Or so they say:
“This morning from 10-11 am a large military watercraft will arrive on Ocean Beach. This is part of an exercise and is only a drill.”
“This morning 11am-1pm there will be an exercise w/2 helicopters at Sunset Blvd & Lake Merced Blvd. Noise will be elevated. It’s only a drill”
Mark your calenders:
Sunday, July 29 at 2 p.m.
Stern Grove, 19th Avenue and
Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco”
How it looked last year:
Get all the deets at Odette’s Ordeal.
All right, see you there!
(Arrive early, like super early, like sometime in the AM – make a day of it why not?)
Casting for the Sunday, July 29 performance at Stern Grove can be found here: http://www.sfballet.org/
“Stern Grove – Sunday, July 29, 2012 – 2:00 PM
SCOTCH SYMPHONY
Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor: Martin West
Yuan Yuan Tan, Davit Karapteyan
Nicole Ciapponi
INTERMISSION
SPINAE
Choreographer: Myles Thatcher
Composers: Phil Kline and Mary Ellen Childs
Lacey Escabar, Lauren Parrott, Emma Rubinowitz
Alexander Reneff-Olson, Wei Wang
Jeanette Kakareka, Mimi Tompkins
Aaron Renteria, Devon Carbone, Max Cauthorn
PAUSE
SOLO
Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Martin West
Gennadi Nedvigin, James Sofranko, Hansuke Yamamoto
NUMBER NINE
Choreographer: Christopher Wheeldon
Composer: Michael Torke
Conductor: Martin West
Frances Chung, Pascal Molat
Vanessa Zahorian, Garen Scribner
Sarah Van Patten, Ruben Martin Cintas,
Sasha DeSola, Vitor Luiz
In the event of injury or illness, casting is subject to change”
And don’t forget your kilt…
Courtney Elizabeth in Balanchine’s ‘Scotch Symphony’ – Photo © Erik Tomasson
If you live anywhere near Taraval, you’re going to want to get in on this.
“On November 1, Phil Ting and the Reset San Francisco campaign will pilot its own L-Taraval Express Bus from 46th Avenue & Taraval Street to Downtown San Francisco. (This is an idea from our L-Taraval Muni Town Hall after riders heard about the highly regarded NX-Judah Express.) RSVP for the L-Taraval Express! We’ll have breakfast and wi-fi on board too. Seats are on a first come, first serve basis, so please RSVP.”
OMG, right?
Artist’s conception of Phil Ting driving the LX Taraval Express:
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Here are the pick up times:
• 46th and Taraval – 7:30AM (map)
• 40th and Taraval – 7:35AM (map)
• 32nd and Taraval – 7:40AM (map)
• 19th and Taraval – 7:47AM (map)
Here are the drop-off points:
• Civic Center – 8:25AM (map)
• Powell – 8:30AM (map)
• Montgomery – 8:35AM (map)
• Embarcadero – 8:40AM (map)
See you there!
Is there a new cell phone antenna installation in this photo here? Yes, but you probably couldn’t tell by looking.
Is this the kind of thing that San Francisco wants? Apparently.
Anyway, the answer to wireless connectivity is more antennas, IMO. So this is good.
MOAR of this!
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“SUNSET DISTRICT RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM AT&T NETWORK UPGRADES WITH MORE COVERAGE, MORE CAPACITY
Enhancements Will Improve Connectivity and Performance for
Mobile Voice and Data Network
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 — AT&T* today announced more network upgrades in the Sunset District of San Francisco designed to provide its customers faster speeds, increased reliability and best-in-class wireless service.
AT&T’s network enhancements include a new cell site designed to improve coverage in residential and commercial areas along Sloat Boulevard from Meadowbrook Drive to 39th Avenue, and on Sunset Boulevard from the intersection at Vicente Drive to Morningside Drive.
In addition to expanded coverage from the new cell site, AT&T has added additional capacity to more than 160 cell sites in San Francisco, including several across the Sunset District to help improve overall service.
“Adding more capacity to a cell site is like adding more lanes on the freeway so that voice and data traffic flows faster,” said Terry Stenzel, AT&T Vice President and General Manager for Northern California and Northern Nevada. “Whether customers are talking, texting, e-mailing, surfing the net, streaming music or video, using their favorite apps, or conducting business we want to make sure they have a good mobile broadband experience.”
In addition, AT&T continues upgrading cell sites with fiber optic and Ethernet connections back to the central switching facilities, enabling faster 4G speeds.**
“We’re investing in our network in the Sunset and in San Francisco because we’re committed to providing best-in-class wireless voice and data service to our customers,” said Ken McNeely, AT&T’s California President. “AT&T has invested nearly $775 million in its San Francisco Bay Area wireless and wireline networks from 2008-2010, and we will continue investing and making network improvements.”
AT&T’s mobile broadband network provides several important advantages for customers, including the ability to talk and surf at the same time. For instance, customers can look up directions to an event while still talking on the phone, or browse social media sites will chatting with a friend. AT&T also provides access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in more than 200 countries. Business Traveler magazine recently named AT&T as having the “Best Mobile Coverage in the World” – the fourth time AT&T has received the distinction.
In addition, most AT&T customers have access to nearly 27,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots across the country, and nearly 800 across the San Francisco Bay Area at no extra charge. With half of AT&T customers now using smartphones, the popularity of Wi-Fi is soaring. In 2008, there were about 20 million connections to the AT&T Wi-Fi Network. In 2010, that skyrocketed to more than 320 million Wi-Fi connections, and in just the first 6 months of 2011 customers have made more than 443 million connections to the AT&T Wi-Fi Network.”
Godspeed, AT&T.
Whatever you do, avoid the intersection of 22nd Avenue and Noriega, you know, because of the historic gunplay at that location…
…when you’re on your way to 31st Ave. for the Second Annual Noriega Street Food Fair on Saturday.
And look who’ll be there waiting for you – it’ll be Marisa Churchill, former Top Chef, Food Network Challenge competitor:
All the deets:
Noriega Street to Host 2nd Annual Food Fair on Saturday - Hundreds of residents expected at community event
Who:
Senator Leland Yee
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
Marisa Churchill, former Top Chef, Food Network Challenge competitor and author of Sweet & Skinny
Heather D’Eliso Gordon, Registered Nutritionist at Kaiser Permanente
Marci Harnischfeger, Head Dietician at Shopwell.com
James Cabigon, Personal Chef
Chefs of Loving Hut Vegan Cuisine
Self-Help for the Elderly Lion Dance Team
Live salsa dance performance and vocals by local talent Tracy Samiento
When:
Saturday, August 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Where:
Noriega Street, between 31st Avenue and 33rd Avenue, San Francisco, California
What:
The Office of State Senator Leland Yee is proud to announce the second annual Noriega Street Food Fair, which strives to empower the community by demonstrating how to prepare simple, healthy meals and by providing resources to encourage a health-savvy lifestyle. It is also designed to rally the community and promote the diversity of merchants and restaurants along the Noriega Street corridor.
Everyone is invited to sample an array of tasty eats from the Sunset and far beyond, including Chinese cuisine, tacos, Jamba Juice fruit smoothies, tofu treats and even meat-free German currywurst. This free event will also offer five healthy cooking demonstrations, nutritious recipe ideas, healthy food samples from vendors including Pirate’s Booty and Honest Tea, free giveaways, health education and free consultations from Chinese and Western health-care professionals, pony rides, live entertainment, children’s activities and more.
Via SFFunCheap comes the news of Free Slurpee Day.
On a drizzly day in the Godforsaken West Bay, a 7-11 is the Beacon of Culture amongst the grow- and cat- and halfway- houses:
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“Monday, July 11th is Free Slurpee Day at almost every 7-Eleven in the country, but a few locations in the Bay Area are actually holding full on “7-Eleven Day” celebrations.
One 7-Eleven location in San Francisco (3400 Mission Street at 30th Street) hosts four hours of brainfreezing fun with not only free slurpees for all comers, but also fun competitions like Brain freeze contests (exactly what it sounds, who can slurp a slurpee the fastst), with prizes, a jump house with a slide, balloon artist, KYLD radio from noon to 2pm and a live mariachi band at 11am.
This event is free and open to the public. There’s also another free 7-Eleven Day celebration in Sunnyvale from 1p-5p.
Free Slurpee Day 2011 Celebrations
- What: Free Slurpees throughout the Bay Area can only mean one thing…that’s right, it’s 7-Eleven Day. To commemorate 7-Eleven’s 84th birthday on July 11, aka 7-Eleven Day, Bay Area 7-Eleven stores will show their love by offering free 7.11-ounce Slurpees and hosting a series of competitions, including 84-second timed Slurpee-drinking contests
- Why: Because 7-Eleven wants to say thank you to the Bay Area and invite y’all
- Where: Nearly 400 participating Bay Area stores will offer free Slurpees.
Two Bay Area stores will host big 7-Eleven Day celebrations at::
- 11 am – 3 pm: 3400 Mission Street (at 30th) in San Francisco
- 1 pm – 5 pm: 708 N. Fair Oak Ave in Sunnyvale- When: Monday, June 11, 2011 – 7 am – 11 pm, while supplies last”
And here’s a stab at participating locations:
Look at this – it’s evidence of a non-yuppie child living among us:
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How refreshing to see a non-wooden tricycle!
First I’ve heard of this:
“The SFMTA continually seeks to expand sustainable transportation options for those who live, work or visit San Francisco,” said Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., SFMTA Executive Director/CEO. “We are especially pleased that adding electric vehicles to the City’s green taxi fleet will increase neighborhood service by creating zero-emissions neighborhood taxis.”
So, should Nat Ford’s goal be to:
1. Fix MUNI; or
2. Expand sustainable transportation options?
No, you can’t say “both.” I vote for Fix MUNI. Anyway.
And I don’t know, there’s good reason why taxi drivers avoid The OutSet – not sure if electrification will help with that. What is the SFMTA going to do, force drivers to come back to the Outside Lands, the Great Sand Wastes, after every drop off? I’m sure WoTP people would like that but there’s no money in it for the drivers…
The Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid on Market Street, back before all of GM’s lies about it came to light:
Anyway:
“MAYOR NEWSOM ANNOUNCES MAJOR ADVANCES FOR BAY AREA ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE
Joint Efforts & Funding by City Governments, Businesses, and Agencies Will Make Bay Area a National Demonstration Project for Promise of Electric Vehicles
San Francisco, CA— Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced major steps toward making the San Francisco Bay Area a national demonstration project of the promise and potential of electric vehicles, with the award of $14 million in grants to support four innovative electric vehicle (EV) projects across the nine county region. The funds, awarded today by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), will leverage additional funds exceeding $30 million to put EVs in government fleets, taxis, and car-share programs, as well as develop a network of charging stations available to the public throughout the region.
“Two years ago, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and I announced our intention to make the Bay Area the epicenter of EV technology and boost our green economy,” said Mayor Newsom. “City governments, auto manufacturers and regional agencies have stepped up to the plate, and together we are making good on that commitment.”
In addition to supporting the build-out of public EV charging infrastructure throughout the Bay Area, the projects funded by this grant money will include purchasing approximately 90 plug-in vehicles and installing charging equipment to support them in municipal fleets, a car sharing electrification program and a pilot project for EV taxi cabs. This innovative taxi program will launch a fleet of taxis with rechargeable batteries for local neighborhood trips in San Francisco, and will also create the nation’s first battery-switch demonstration for a fleet of cabs built with switchable battery packs and served by battery-switch stations in San Francisco and San Jose.
“The SFMTA continually seeks to expand sustainable transportation options for those who live, work or visit San Francisco,” said Nathaniel P. Ford Sr., SFMTA Executive Director/CEO. “We are especially pleased that adding electric vehicles to the City’s green taxi fleet will increase neighborhood service by creating zero-emissions neighborhood taxis.”
The projects will go a long way toward ushering in a vibrant EV market in the region by expanding the number of Bay Area residents who experience driving or riding in plug-in vehicles, and by providing charging infrastructure that will encourage people to give up their gasoline cars.
“Zero-emissions EV technology will prove essential to meeting San Francisco’s greenhouse gas reduction goals when 51 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation,” said Melanie Nutter, San Francisco Environment Director. “EV technology also holds extraordinary promise for creating new jobs, reducing our reliance on foreign oil, and putting more money into consumers’ pocketbooks.” EVs cost approximately 3 cents per mile to operate, while a vehicle powered by a conventional internal combustion engine costs 13 cents per mile (based on gas at $3 per gallon).
To further leverage the efforts, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has recently set aside an additional $5 million to help install EV chargers in homes and in public locations over the next two years.”
7:47 AM, June 28th – The bay area just got a few little rolls from an “adorable” quake that had an epicenter just three miles to the west of the San Francisco Zoo, under the Pacific on the San Andreas Fault.
The animals at the zoo are unnerved:
“I can hear the Peacocks at the @sfzoo flipping out over the little earthquake.”
Oh well. Here it is, from the USGS:
| Magnitude | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 37.742°N, 122.556°W |
| Depth | 8 km (5.0 miles) |
| Region | OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| Distances |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.4 km (0.2 miles) |
| Parameters | Nph= 73, Dmin=9 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp=101°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2 |
| Source | |
| Event ID | nc71416595 |
Saint Francis of Assisi was all, “Is that what Thouest calls an Earth-Tembler Temblor, Master Andreas? Really, t’was merely a trifling. Next time, Thouest should Bring It On.”
An artist’s depiction of Frank raising the roof in victory over Saint Andy this A.M.:
Still standing, baby!
The kids of Dianne Feinstein Elementary School way out there in the Parkside have created at least seven versions of Frida Kahlo.
Which one do you like best?
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