misc Watch a Time-Lapse Video of the J-Church Rail Replacement Church and 30th St. San Francisco MUNI Construction from Ken Murphy on Vimeo. Streetsblog just posted this fun time-lapse video of three days worth of rail replacement work on the J-Church line at
SF News Sea Cliff Worker Trapped in Collapsed Ditch Worker crews are attempting to save construction worker buried in a ditch at sea cliff. According to ABC 7, "[f]ire officials said emergency crews responded to 38 W. Clay St. on a
SF News Transbay Parking Lot Getting Sifted Through By Archaeologists As some of you familiar with urban construction projects may know, one of the first steps in building something new in a city like ours is bringing in the archaeologists. Today, digging begins
SF News Bay Bridge Eastern Span Still Effed, Behind Schedule, But May Still Open on Time? Big news in the Chron-o-sphere this a.m. is that the Bay Bridge's eastern span construction, while still about 15 months behind, may still open on schedule in 2013 assuming they can get
SF News Construction Beginning on BART's Warm Springs Extension At long last, another new leg of the BART system is about to see the light of day, this time on the Fremont line. The Warm Springs extension project, which will extend BART
SF News UPDATE: <strike>Reopening of</strike> Bay Bridge OPEN! <strike>Delayed at Least One Day</strike> UPDATE: Well, that was a nice surprise. The bridge opened at 7 a.m. this morning. It's been inspected and is now safer than when it closed. Transportation officials announced at 5 p.
SF News Photo: Cartoonish On Time Budget Picket Line Check out the whimsical picket line angry at construction consultants On Time Budget, Inc. over at 1914 Fillmore Street. This adorable fat cat squeezing a construction worker was deflated much too soon after
misc Muni's Guide to the Weekend But it's not all blocked onramps and gas stations this weekend! There's also some bus reroutes, courtesy of the delightful YMCA Chinese New Year Run on Sunday at the Chinatown YMCA (855 Sacramento
misc The Central Subway: It's Gonna Be Terrific! Once category that doesn't appear to get much evaluating is the agency's competence to operate the subway once it's built. But that was never in doubt, was it?
SF News Bernal Heights Burrowing Owl In Danger? We got word today from an anonymous source that two residents of Bernal Heights -- including a former President of Golden Gate Audubon Society -- spotted a burrowing owl a block from their
SF News What an Excellent Question. Next? Via Slog comes this excellent debate candidate. They're doing that thing again where they make the presidential contenders watch YouTube videos before speechifying, and this is possibly one of the best questions we're
Arts & Entertainment Muni's Guide to this Weekend As previously noted, one of the best weekend guides in the city is produced by Muni and sent out exclusively to the press. (The PresidiGo, meanwhile, extends that courtesy to its riders.) So,
Arts & Entertainment Divisadero: Smelly, Dirty, Dangerous, and We Liked it That Way Ah, beautiful Diviz. Is there no boulevard more perfect, more blissful? When we think "nice places to take an afternoon constitutional," we are drawn instantly to its divine charm. It is, simply put,
Arts & Entertainment "Absoludicrous" Found Footage Fest Back in Town This Weekend All of you YouTube addicts out there are probably familiar with many of the "absoludicrous"* found video clips from Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett's touring Found Footage Festival (*Mr. T makes an appearance
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Someone New to the Area Today we found one of many of the following flyers posted on Stillman Street, a strip of eastern SOMA where overpass construction dominates, dangers lurks, and Giants and Shitty Nights fans use as
SF News Yay for Buses and Oxygen! Boooo for Pretending that Hummers are "Low-Emission"! So, obviously, SFist can't even pretend to be neutral when it comes to Prop A. We've been covering its progress for months, and now it's evolved into a smart, fair compromise that has
Arts & Entertainment Selections from <em>LA Weekly</em>'s Sean Penn Article We used to think we couldn't stand Sean Penn, but he never really did anything to deserve our ire. He's talented; seems to have similar political to ours; married to her, wonderful her;
misc Blocker: 2600 Jackson Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a weekly series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist each Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of all
SF News SFist Blotter Well, we suppose this is sort of like those Portraits In Grief type thumbnail portraits of murder victims we suggested to the Chron -- yesterday's paper featured a long article about Allan Broussard,
SF News Gavin Continues His March To Victory: Tony Hall's Out Hall was the one unambiguously-serious mayoral candidate running against Gavin Newsom (and by "unambiguously-serious" we mean was a wedding singer but does not have an animal in his name and wears clothes, of
misc Ask SFist: Any Good Gymnasiums? Hey guys I was wondering what is the best gym to go workout at in San Francisco? Which offers the best amenities and a friendly staff? What gym should I avoid at all
misc Week Around the -ists Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Next up, the East Bay Express: Letters about the bloggers fighting in small claims court. A Berkeley activist opposed to B-Town Dollar Stores, moves, says it's reverse racism. A fun-loving amputees' group called
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Jarring tale about employees wearing flip-flops and shorts to work? Or story about famous writers reading to employees at Google headquaters? You decide. [Chron] -- Making a buck out of lice-topped children.
