SF News A Whole New Slew of Parks and Public Spaces Have Opened on Yerba Buena Island There are parts of Yerba Buena Island that have not been open to the public in generations, but they are now, in the form of hiking trails, dog parks, and more as the island takes on its long-planned new identity.
Arts & Entertainment Yerba Buena Island Gets Nice 69-Foot-Tall Sundial Sculpture That’s Visible From SF The installation of Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s new sculpture "Point of Infinity” was completed this week on a hilltop on Yerba Buena Island, and it will act as a sundial so tall that the Federal Aviation Administration had to sign off on it.
SF News The Bay Bridge Is Getting a New Yerba Buena Island Off-Ramp, Opening On Sunday The ongoing effort to make Treasure Island a thing hits a new milestone Sunday, as a new and more modern eastbound off-ramp to Yerba Buena Island opens Sunday morning, and bicyclists will be able to access the islands (from the Oakland side) seven days a week.
SF News [Update] Bay Bridge Bike Path Will Finally, Probably, Open This Sunday Scroll to the bottom of this post for updates. After years of construction and numerous delays, the Bay Bridge bike path is finally set to open this Sunday. Probably. KQED News reports that
SF News Massive Eastbound Traffic Backup On Bay Bridge Following Mud Spill I-80 eb #BayBridge Treasure Island exit closed. #Caltrans working to clear roadway. pic.twitter.com/ljid4QfcPi— CHP San Francisco (@CHPSanFrancisco) September 1, 2016 Those trying to get out of the city a day
SF News Surprise! Bay Bridge Bike Path Delayed Yet Again Remember when officials promised us in May that the bike path connecting the East Bay to Yerba Buena Island would fully, finally open in September? Well, yeah, about that. The Chronicle reports that
SF News Officials: Bay Bridge East Span Bike Path Will Finally Fully Open This September After a series of delays (at least four), engineers working on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge are finally confident enough in their progress to give a projected date for the completion
SF News Work Begins On Massive Treasure Island Redevelopment Work has begun on a 20-year development project that will radically transform both Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island into something virtually unrecognizable from what we know today. The plan, now two decades
SF News Fireworks Blamed For Lighting Up Yerba Buena Island Fire Niners and bluegrass fans heading out of the city Sunday evening were met with a slow-moving traffic jam on the Bay Bridge thanks to a vegetation fire, possibly sparked by fireworks and dry
SF News Update: Fatal Bay Bridge Accident Inconveniences Westbound Traffic Update: all lanes are now open. It seems that "a box truck, from a business called 'Diet to Go'...drove directly into the back of the big rig," killing the box truck driver.
SF News Thwap: Bay Bridge Hit By Container Ship Egads! The west span of the Bay Bridge was struck this morning by a container ship, the Cosco Busan. According to the Chronicle, "Coast Guard officials said the incident was not serious enough
SF News Your Commute: No Bridge, Just Tunnel You know how everyone says San Francisco is a little bubble utopia isolated from the realities of the rest of the world? Well, you might as well embrace it this Labor Day, because
SF News Caltrans Must Be Loaded...Part Deux SFist first brought this story to you last week...Bay Area bridge costs are way over budget. We aren't talking a few hundred or thousand dollars here. The San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge
