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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/chaincutting20130902-640a.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-109560\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/chaincutting20130902-640a.jpg\" alt=\"Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom cuts a chain with a blow torch to ceremonially open the Bay Bridge on Sept. 2. He is flanked by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. (Photo by Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom cuts a chain with a blowtorch to ceremonially open the Bay Bridge on Sept. 2. He is flanked by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. 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Even though it won't go all the way to Yerba Buena Island until 2015, Quan said, \"Just enjoying that will become the experience that people all over the area, and probably the world, will want to have.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The path is named after a tireless \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Alexander-Zuckermann-founder-of-the-East-Bay-2547646.php\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay bicycle advocate\u003c/a> who died in 2007. His son, David Zuckermann, was there for today's events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just like a dream, really,\" Zuckermann said. \"I think it's just more beautiful than you could imagine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-mile path on the south side of the new eastern span takes you to just west of the tower. It's accessible by bicycle and foot from Emeryville and West Oakland and open from sunrise to sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://baybridgeinfo.org/sites/default/files/images/BayTrail_MAP_SEP_2012_REV.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109777\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/Bay-Bridge-Trail-Map-e1378250606255.png\" alt=\"Bay Bridge Trail Map\" width=\"526\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can't quite get there yourself, KQED Science has put up this \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/KQEDscience?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> of the newly opened path, shot with Google Glass and sped up to twice its normal playback speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/KNCGfJNsF7M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Tuesday 8:33 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-Bay-Bridge-same-old-traffic-4782880.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a> this morning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Bay Bridge debuted its new, towering east span Tuesday, but the morning commute is no different than normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic across the bridge is typical of a weekday, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday morning. Cars were bumper to bumper at the toll plaza early and the speed across the bridge was about 40 mph, the CHP said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KQED's Dan Brekke gave this report from earlier in the commute, around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For whatever reason, the commute down the Eastshore Freeway through Berkeley seemed to get heavy and slow earlier than usual this morning. It could have been a surge of people returning to work after Labor Day. Or maybe it was a deliberate slowdown in the pace of the metering lights at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza to feed traffic onto the new span more deliberately than usual. Or perhaps something unknown. Or all of the above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I caught a ride in the casual carpool from North Berkeley with a Prius driver who is very … deliberate. Traffic looked terrible from the University Avenue overpass and was backed up on the entrance ramp. But she worked her way over to the carpool lane toward the bridge without much of a problem, and from there we cruised — first slowly, then almost at the speed limit — all the way on to the bridge. Traffic on the span itself seemed lighter and calmer than usual with little of the jockeying and lane changing you expect in the morning commute. Then, as the new bridge’s suspension tower came into view, everyone seemed to slow down to take in the sight. Even though the California Highway Patrol has been warning people not to use the new right-hand shoulder unless they have an emergency, I saw one driver parked there, apparently enjoying a stop-and-gawk moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, the bridge returned to normal as we passed through the cleaned-up Yerba Buena tunnel. Having gotten their first look at the new bridge, most drivers seemed to step on it as they emerged onto the western suspension span.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24002703/first-morning-commute-new-bay-bridge-span-underway\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times reports\u003c/a> that the CHP said one driver already had been arrested for DUI in the wee hours, near the toll plaza, and \"another driver was caught stopped on the old eastern section of the bridge taking photographs, (CHP Officer Sam) Morgan said. The driver apparently accessed the old span by way of Yerba Buena Island.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Joanne Elgart Jennings took this\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wNjYwyRFs\" target=\"_blank\"> video\u003c/a> last night of the first cars driving over the new span:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/X9wNjYwyRFs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://bcove.me/5696liek\" target=\"_blank\">time-lapse video\u003c/a> of the opening procession, from the Bay Area News Group:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003cembed width=\"620\" height=\"349\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\" flashvars=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:15 p.m.: From Bay City News:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Bridge, complete with a newly constructed eastern span, opened hours earlier than scheduled, transit officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge had been closed since last Wednesday night while construction crews finalized work on the new eastern span connecting Oakland to Yerba Buena Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge was scheduled to be reopened by 5 a.m. Tuesday but the work was finished faster than anticipated, Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dougherty made the announcement at a celebration held in Oakland this afternoon for the new span, a self-anchored suspension bridge that is replacing an old cantilever bridge that opened more than 75 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Finally. 24 years in the making. First civilian cars on the new eastern span of the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> with an CHP escort \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/JOlFhbQprY\">pic.twitter.com/JOlFhbQprY\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Cy Musiker (@CyrusKQED) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CyrusKQED/statuses/374763880473305089\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>UPDATE: New \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> is now open. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/OHTnw5DhLV\">http://t.co/OHTnw5DhLV\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— 511 Bay Area (@511SFBay) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/511SFBay/statuses/374763645286502400\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>This just in: the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> will open tonight between 9 and 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CaltransHQ (@CaltransHQ) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaltransHQ/statuses/374738861177307136\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:00 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, flanked by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, ceremonially opened the Bay Bridge after cutting its chain with a blowtorch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway patrol is leading a procession of classic cars with officials and dignitaries across the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still no word on the exact time the bridge will open to the public tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:45 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty just announced during the ceremonial opening of the new eastern span that the bridge will open tonight, far ahead of the scheduled opening time at 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. Dougherty did not give a time for the opening, so we're still waiting for that crucial detail. Stay tuned.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Speaking at the Bay Bridge reopening ceremony, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said, \"We are opening the new bridge before the next earthquake, and thank God.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"None of us will forget that, first and foremost, the new east span is a public safety project,\" Heminger said. \"And despite the journey’s length, it has been completed before the arrival of our next big earthquake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The contributions that this bridge will make to the Bay Area are enormous,\" said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was elected in 1989, and I have been waiting for this day along with all of you,\" Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The Bay Bridge reopening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here's an earlier report from Bay City News on the impending bridge opening: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans officials will consider today whether to open the eastern span of the Bay Bridge before its scheduled debut at 5 a.m. Tuesday, a bridge spokesman said this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state public transit agency, which is putting finishing touches such as lane painting on the 2.2-mile span, will assess how close they are to completing the project, bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said at a news conference in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109511\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/baybridge20120826.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-109511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/baybridge20120826-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"A worker walks on the bike path next to the new Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension tower. After nearly 12 years of construction and an estimated price tag of $6.4 billion, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open tonight. The new self-anchored suspension tower is the world's largest. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker walks on the bike path next to the new Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension tower. After nearly 12 years of construction and an estimated price tag of $6.4 billion, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open tonight. The new self-anchored suspension tower is the world's largest. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A decision could be made about an earlier opening by 3 p.m. today, when dignitaries including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee are to attend a private opening ceremony and cut a golden chain at about 4:30 p.m. to celebrate the bridge's completion, Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as of this morning, Caltrans officials were still looking at opening the bridge at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol will deploy officers on the bridge once it opens to make sure motorists are following the 50 mph speed limit and are not pulling over to look at the bridge, Officer Daniel Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the bridge does open, CHP officers in patrol cars will be blocking lanes in front of traffic to keep auto speed \"nice and low,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHP officers want to make sure that drivers do not succumb to the temptation of stopping to view the new bridge while driving on it, and anyone who blocks traffic will be cited, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The opening may come as a surprise for the motoring public,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And here's the Associated Press scene-setter on the opening of the new eastern span:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be no public celebration with tens of thousands of pedestrians and fireworks when the ribbon is cut on the new, $6.4 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday. Instead, after years of delays and cost overruns, the inauguration of the one of the state's most expensive public works projects will be marked with a relatively low-key event that may not even include the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109516\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/bay-bridge-maintenance.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-109516 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/bay-bridge-maintenance-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"While the new eastern span of the bay bridge is being put into place, the western span was covered with maintenance workers over the weekend. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the new eastern span of the bay bridge is being put into place, the western span was covered with maintenance workers over the weekend. (Photo by Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"People are tired, but everyone's very excited,\" bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said on Monday morning. \"It's kind of this last lap so to speak, the last leg of this marathon. We are all looking forward to getting to the finish line.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The invitation-only inauguration is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., with a formal chain-cutting ceremony 90 minutes later. About 20 cars, ranging from vintage models to modern electric vehicles, are then expected to take a spin across the span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government officials, labor leaders, survivors of the 1989 earthquake that collapsed two 50-foot sections of the old eastern span and people who were alive when the Bay Bridge first opened in 1936 are expected to attend. Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just like a dream, really,\" Zuckermann said. \"I think it's just more beautiful than you could imagine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2-mile path on the south side of the new eastern span takes you to just west of the tower. It's accessible by bicycle and foot from Emeryville and West Oakland and open from sunrise to sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://baybridgeinfo.org/sites/default/files/images/BayTrail_MAP_SEP_2012_REV.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-109777\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/Bay-Bridge-Trail-Map-e1378250606255.png\" alt=\"Bay Bridge Trail Map\" width=\"526\" height=\"376\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can't quite get there yourself, KQED Science has put up this \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/KQEDscience?feature=watch\" target=\"_blank\">video\u003c/a> of the newly opened path, shot with Google Glass and sped up to twice its normal playback speed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/KNCGfJNsF7M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Tuesday 8:33 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-Bay-Bridge-same-old-traffic-4782880.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a> this morning:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The Bay Bridge debuted its new, towering east span Tuesday, but the morning commute is no different than normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic across the bridge is typical of a weekday, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday morning. Cars were bumper to bumper at the toll plaza early and the speed across the bridge was about 40 mph, the CHP said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KQED's Dan Brekke gave this report from earlier in the commute, around 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>For whatever reason, the commute down the Eastshore Freeway through Berkeley seemed to get heavy and slow earlier than usual this morning. It could have been a surge of people returning to work after Labor Day. Or maybe it was a deliberate slowdown in the pace of the metering lights at the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza to feed traffic onto the new span more deliberately than usual. Or perhaps something unknown. Or all of the above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I caught a ride in the casual carpool from North Berkeley with a Prius driver who is very … deliberate. Traffic looked terrible from the University Avenue overpass and was backed up on the entrance ramp. But she worked her way over to the carpool lane toward the bridge without much of a problem, and from there we cruised — first slowly, then almost at the speed limit — all the way on to the bridge. Traffic on the span itself seemed lighter and calmer than usual with little of the jockeying and lane changing you expect in the morning commute. Then, as the new bridge’s suspension tower came into view, everyone seemed to slow down to take in the sight. Even though the California Highway Patrol has been warning people not to use the new right-hand shoulder unless they have an emergency, I saw one driver parked there, apparently enjoying a stop-and-gawk moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that, the bridge returned to normal as we passed through the cleaned-up Yerba Buena tunnel. Having gotten their first look at the new bridge, most drivers seemed to step on it as they emerged onto the western suspension span.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24002703/first-morning-commute-new-bay-bridge-span-underway\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Times reports\u003c/a> that the CHP said one driver already had been arrested for DUI in the wee hours, near the toll plaza, and \"another driver was caught stopped on the old eastern section of the bridge taking photographs, (CHP Officer Sam) Morgan said. The driver apparently accessed the old span by way of Yerba Buena Island.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Joanne Elgart Jennings took this\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wNjYwyRFs\" target=\"_blank\"> video\u003c/a> last night of the first cars driving over the new span:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/X9wNjYwyRFs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a \u003ca href=\"http://bcove.me/5696liek\" target=\"_blank\">time-lapse video\u003c/a> of the opening procession, from the Bay Area News Group:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cobject id=\"flashObj\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" classid=\"d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\">\u003cparam name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"base\" value=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\">\u003cparam name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\">\u003cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"src\" value=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\">\u003cparam name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\">\u003cparam name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"true\">\u003cparam name=\"pluginspage\" value=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\">\u003cembed width=\"620\" height=\"349\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1\" flashvars=\"videoId=2645646384001&playerID=76675348001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAF4Pseg~,AuucDCy8Ix3VSqgy6atYY7v7OFM-6GmW&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u003c/embed>\u003c/object>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:15 p.m.: From Bay City News:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Bridge, complete with a newly constructed eastern span, opened hours earlier than scheduled, transit officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge had been closed since last Wednesday night while construction crews finalized work on the new eastern span connecting Oakland to Yerba Buena Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge was scheduled to be reopened by 5 a.m. Tuesday but the work was finished faster than anticipated, Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dougherty made the announcement at a celebration held in Oakland this afternoon for the new span, a self-anchored suspension bridge that is replacing an old cantilever bridge that opened more than 75 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>Finally. 24 years in the making. First civilian cars on the new eastern span of the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> with an CHP escort \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/JOlFhbQprY\">pic.twitter.com/JOlFhbQprY\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Cy Musiker (@CyrusKQED) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CyrusKQED/statuses/374763880473305089\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>UPDATE: New \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> is now open. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/OHTnw5DhLV\">http://t.co/OHTnw5DhLV\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— 511 Bay Area (@511SFBay) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/511SFBay/statuses/374763645286502400\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>This just in: the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BayBridge&src=hash\">#BayBridge\u003c/a> will open tonight between 9 and 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CaltransHQ (@CaltransHQ) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CaltransHQ/statuses/374738861177307136\">September 3, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:00 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, flanked by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, ceremonially opened the Bay Bridge after cutting its chain with a blowtorch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway patrol is leading a procession of classic cars with officials and dignitaries across the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still no word on the exact time the bridge will open to the public tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:45 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty just announced during the ceremonial opening of the new eastern span that the bridge will open tonight, far ahead of the scheduled opening time at 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. Dougherty did not give a time for the opening, so we're still waiting for that crucial detail. Stay tuned.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:15 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Speaking at the Bay Bridge reopening ceremony, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said, \"We are opening the new bridge before the next earthquake, and thank God.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"None of us will forget that, first and foremost, the new east span is a public safety project,\" Heminger said. \"And despite the journey’s length, it has been completed before the arrival of our next big earthquake.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The contributions that this bridge will make to the Bay Area are enormous,\" said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was elected in 1989, and I have been waiting for this day along with all of you,\" Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The Bay Bridge reopening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here's an earlier report from Bay City News on the impending bridge opening: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans officials will consider today whether to open the eastern span of the Bay Bridge before its scheduled debut at 5 a.m. Tuesday, a bridge spokesman said this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state public transit agency, which is putting finishing touches such as lane painting on the 2.2-mile span, will assess how close they are to completing the project, bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said at a news conference in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109511\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/baybridge20120826.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-109511\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/baybridge20120826-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"A worker walks on the bike path next to the new Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension tower. After nearly 12 years of construction and an estimated price tag of $6.4 billion, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open tonight. The new self-anchored suspension tower is the world's largest. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker walks on the bike path next to the new Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension tower. After nearly 12 years of construction and an estimated price tag of $6.4 billion, the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will open tonight. The new self-anchored suspension tower is the world's largest. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A decision could be made about an earlier opening by 3 p.m. today, when dignitaries including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee are to attend a private opening ceremony and cut a golden chain at about 4:30 p.m. to celebrate the bridge's completion, Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as of this morning, Caltrans officials were still looking at opening the bridge at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol will deploy officers on the bridge once it opens to make sure motorists are following the 50 mph speed limit and are not pulling over to look at the bridge, Officer Daniel Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the bridge does open, CHP officers in patrol cars will be blocking lanes in front of traffic to keep auto speed \"nice and low,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHP officers want to make sure that drivers do not succumb to the temptation of stopping to view the new bridge while driving on it, and anyone who blocks traffic will be cited, Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The opening may come as a surprise for the motoring public,\" Hill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And here's the Associated Press scene-setter on the opening of the new eastern span:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will be no public celebration with tens of thousands of pedestrians and fireworks when the ribbon is cut on the new, $6.4 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Monday. Instead, after years of delays and cost overruns, the inauguration of the one of the state's most expensive public works projects will be marked with a relatively low-key event that may not even include the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_109516\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/bay-bridge-maintenance.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-109516 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/bay-bridge-maintenance-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"While the new eastern span of the bay bridge is being put into place, the western span was covered with maintenance workers over the weekend. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">While the new eastern span of the bay bridge is being put into place, the western span was covered with maintenance workers over the weekend. (Photo by Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"People are tired, but everyone's very excited,\" bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said on Monday morning. \"It's kind of this last lap so to speak, the last leg of this marathon. We are all looking forward to getting to the finish line.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The invitation-only inauguration is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., with a formal chain-cutting ceremony 90 minutes later. About 20 cars, ranging from vintage models to modern electric vehicles, are then expected to take a spin across the span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government officials, labor leaders, survivors of the 1989 earthquake that collapsed two 50-foot sections of the old eastern span and people who were alive when the Bay Bridge first opened in 1936 are expected to attend. Gov. Jerry Brown, who was closely involved in planning the bridge when he was mayor of Oakland, is expected to skip the ceremony to be with his wife at a family gathering in Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new span and the rest of the bridge will not immediately be opened to traffic. It closed on Wednesday night so crews could do final work, and they were still striping, putting up signs and putting down roadway markers on Monday, Gordon said. Some barrier railing also needed to be put up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic by 5 a.m. on Tuesday, though it could open earlier. Gordon said a decision will be made on Monday afternoon and could be announced at the ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new section of bridge, designed to make the span safe during earthquakes, has been under construction for almost a decade and follows years of political bickering, engineering challenges and cost overruns. 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For another … it was never the architectural marvel of that other bridge over by Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of East Bay commuters will feel a little twinge of sadness this week. The old span did its job remarkably well, long past its recommended use-by-date. It also had a certain aesthetic charm: the rhythmic bump of your car passing over its concrete sections, the flicker of natural light between the supports on the lower deck, the flash of gorgeous views on either side. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graphic artist Carol Klammer noticed it one day years ago when she snapped a photo while driving on the bridge. (She knows: bad idea. She was young and reckless.) Nonetheless, when a friend suggested she submit a few T-shirt design ideas to \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandish.com/mens/tees/mens-bridge-black-aqua.html\">Oaklandish\u003c/a>, a retail fashion firm created to celebrate all things Oakland, it was that photo of the Bay Bridge she chose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108777\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 275px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/28/108776/m_oakbridge2_detail/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108777\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-108777 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/m_oakbridge2_detail-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Oakland Bridge t-shirt Carol Klammer designed for Oaklandish. (Courtesy of: Oaklandish)\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the Oakland Bridge t-shirt Carol Klammer designed for Oaklandish. (Courtesy: Oaklandish)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Klammer says she found the photograph compelling because of its first-person perspective. “It wasn’t your typical landscape shot of the bridge.” You don’t see a lot of pictures of this particular section, and there are even less taken from the driver’s perspective (for good reason). Of course, this view has particular resonance for local commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klammer processed the photograph from color to black and white. Then, with tracing paper, she traced along the areas with the strongest contrast. She adds, “I think it works because it’s not contained in a box.” Letting the design float on the T-shirt is visually “liberating,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klammer, by the way, now works for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.parksconservancy.org/\">Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy\u003c/a>, designing souvenirs for their stores. 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He reportedly made no mention of \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/08/16/cbs-5-exacerbates-deadly-confusion-about-bike-lane-right-of-way/\">widespread violations by drivers who turn across bike lanes\u003c/a> instead of merging fully into them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it was his “right” to be there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum, Ernst blamed all three victims who were killed by truck drivers in SoMa and the Mission this year, and refused to leave until she “understood that it was the bicyclist’s fault.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>Bike advocates are disturbed that many fatal collisions caused by drivers are written off as “tragic accidents.\"\u003c/strong> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While San Francisco police wouldn’t comment directly on Ernst’s behavior, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chuck Nevius \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/Discord-growing-between-bicyclists-police-4757178.php\">talked to SFPD brass\u003c/a> who privately “confirmed that not only was he acting on his own, they considered his actions an embarrassment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same day of the event, a staffer from the SFBC decided to canvass the neighborhood for any surveillance video that might have captured the crash. 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It was really just basic police work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said they found the footage in the nick of time because the auto shop had planned to erase it the next morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An attorney for Le Moullac’s family, Micha Star Liberty, said the video confirms her client did not cause the collision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s most important is that it reveals to me that she was a true victim with respect to this collision and did nothing wrong,” said Liberty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make matters worse, the police initially refused to give Liberty a copy of the police report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s crystal clear that the family of Amelie Le Moullac and me as their attorney should be given information contained in the report,” Liberty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was only after media calls that police finally indicated they were going to release it\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/Police-response-to-cyclist-s-death-offtrack-4762740.php\">, according to Nevius\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>By Monday, the department had changed its tune, probably after the intervention of Police Chief \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=bayarea%2Fnevius&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Greg+Suhr%22\">Greg Suhr\u003c/a>, who responded quickly to a text questioning the delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Normally we do not release accident reports that result in death,\" Suhr replied. \"That said, we're working on getting a copy of the report to the family.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liberty said she had been told to expect an e-mail copy of the report that afternoon.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Nevius described the SFPD’s response to the crash as “tone-deaf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates say they're disturbed that many collisions caused by drivers that end in the deaths of bicyclists \u003ca href=\"http://cironline.org/reports/bay-area-drivers-who-kill-pedestrians-rarely-face-punishment-analysis-finds-4420\">and pedestrians\u003c/a> are written off as “tragic accidents,\" with no citations or charges except in drunken driving and hit-and-run cases. Some have accused the police of having a bias against bicyclists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard from many of our members that they’ve had unfortunate interactions with the police,” said Smith. “What’s really distressing right now is that this might not be an isolated incident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department, Albie Esparza, said he understands the “perception” and “concern” from bike advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know the information that was available to the investigators. We do certainly ask for the public’s help and assistance,” said Esparza. “If this piece of evidence was not retrieved, it is now. We have it in our possession and we’re grateful for the people who came forward and provided us with that information, which we’re going to take a look at and incorporate into our investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police investigation will be forwarded to the San Francisco district attorney’s office, which will decide whether formal charges will be filed against the truck driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the SFBC says it is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/main/open-letter-to-mayor-lee-take-action-on-soma-streets/\">pushing the mayor\u003c/a> and the Municipal Transportation Agency to install a green protected bikeway on Folsom Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re really keeping our eye on the larger picture, which is the need to redesign our streets so that they’re safer for people biking and walking,” said Smith. “We’re really asking the city to make some changes so there is separation from these large fast-moving trucks and people biking and walking.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108651\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/27/108647/amelie-le-moullac/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108651\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-108651\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/Amelie-Le-Moullac-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Amelie Le Moullac was killed while riding her bicycle on Folsom Street. Photo from Voce Communications via Streetsblog SF\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amelie Le Moullac was killed while riding her bicycle on Folsom Street. Photo from Voce Communications via Streetsblog SF \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Voce Communications )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bicycle advocates are accusing the San Francisco Police Department of shoddy evidence-gathering in the case of a bicyclist who was killed by a big-rig driver on a SoMa street earlier this month. They say it might be part of a troubling pattern of police bias against bike riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 14, Amelie Le Moullac, 24, was on her way to work, traveling east in the bike lane on Folsom Street, when she was struck and killed by a truck making a right turn onto Sixth Street. It was the third death of a bicyclist hit by a vehicle this year. All of the crashes have happened in or near SoMa and have involved trucks. None of the drivers has been cited or charged, according to bike advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A week after the crash that killed Le Moullac, the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) held a memorial and safety event near the crash site. They gathered signatures for a petition to Mayor Ed Lee to make “some much needed and overdue changes” to SoMa streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, San Francisco police \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLInp_Hs9g\">Sgt. Richard Ernst\u003c/a> shocked bike advocates and some of the victim’s co-workers by blaming Le Moullac for the collision, even though the investigation was ongoing. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Streetsblog San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/08/21/at-safe-streets-rally-sfpd-blocks-bike-lane-to-make-point-of-victim-blaming/\">reports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Ernst arrived on the scene, he didn’t express sympathy for Le Moullac and other victims, or show support for safety improvements. Instead, he illegally parked his cruiser in the bike lane next to an empty parking space for up to 10 minutes, stating that he \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/08/21/memorial-cyclist-marred-sfpd-harassment\">wanted to send a message to people on bicycles\u003c/a> that the onus was on them to pass to the left of right-turning cars. He reportedly made no mention of \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/08/16/cbs-5-exacerbates-deadly-confusion-about-bike-lane-right-of-way/\">widespread violations by drivers who turn across bike lanes\u003c/a> instead of merging fully into them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it was his “right” to be there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to SFBC Executive Director Leah Shahum, Ernst blamed all three victims who were killed by truck drivers in SoMa and the Mission this year, and refused to leave until she “understood that it was the bicyclist’s fault.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>Bike advocates are disturbed that many fatal collisions caused by drivers are written off as “tragic accidents.\"\u003c/strong> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While San Francisco police wouldn’t comment directly on Ernst’s behavior, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chuck Nevius \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/Discord-growing-between-bicyclists-police-4757178.php\">talked to SFPD brass\u003c/a> who privately “confirmed that not only was he acting on his own, they considered his actions an embarrassment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/smokecloud082113a/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108350\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108350\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/smokecloud082113a.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Rim Fire rises above a ridge in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The view is across an area of the park that burned several years ago. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Rim Fire rises above a ridge in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The view is across an area of the park that burned several years ago. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Updates\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/25/2884465/fighting-the-flames-residents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modesto Bee\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.uniondemocrat.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonora Union Democrat\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myMotherLode.com\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:10 p.m.\u003c/strong> \u003cem>SF not “scrambling” to relocate water supply, says SFPUC\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve seen some \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/08/26/officials-try-to-protect-giant-sequoias-from-california-wildfire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlines\u003c/a> out there about the Rim Fire threatening San Francisco’s water supply as it moves closer to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. AP wrote that water officials “were scrambling to fill area reservoirs with water from Hetch Hetchy before ash taints supplies.” This morning, on KQED’s “Forum,” SFPUC General Manager Harlan Kelly said the agency was indeed concerned that the ash produced by the fire would eventually work its way into the water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles Sheehan, spokesman for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told KQED’s Dan Brekke this afternoon that “there is some ash but most of the water is clear.” And he also emphatically denied the city was “scrambling” to move water into other reservoirs. Sheehan said that San Francisco had started to ship water from Hetch Hetchy to its Bay Area reservoirs as part of a seasonal move to begin to free up capacity at Hetch Hetchy in anticipation of the upcoming rainy season. He emphasized that those water shipments were standard practice for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheehan also told Brekke that water officials have seen no indication of a change in quality of Hetch Hetchy water. He said remote monitoring is ongoing all along the system, and so far there’s no sign of any change in the level of particles in the water. He mentioned, as many others from SFPUC have, that water from Hetch Hetchy is drawn through an outlet 270 feet below the lake surface. That’s relevant because it means the water there is more likely to be free of contaminants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit too soon to speculate” on the longer-term impact on water quality or how the city would address it, Sheehan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see the latest data on the \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/selectQuery?station_id=HHY&sensor_num=15&dur_code=E&start_date=&end_date=now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water level at Hetch Hetchy at this California Department of Water Resources link\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 1 p.m. \u003c/strong>The latest from AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Containment of the Rim Fire more than doubled to 15 percent, although it was within a mile of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s the water supply of the city of San Francisco, so we’re paying a lot of attention to that,” said Glen Stratton, an operations section chief on the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which has grown to 234 square miles in size, also posed a threat to giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park. Crews were using sprinklers and lighting fires to clear brush, though the fire remained several miles from the massive trees, Stratton said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Julie Hutchinson, battalion chief for Cal Fire in Riverside, said on KQED’s “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201308260930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum”\u003c/a> this morning that the weather is the wild card in fighting the fire. “A wind shift in any direction can cause the fire to make runs in the direction that the wind is pushing it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on on “Forum” this morning, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly said that the fire’s close proximity to Hetch Hetchy has not affected the ability to deliver water and power to meet the city’s needs. But he also said the agency was concerned about the ash produced by the fire that would eventually work its way into the water supply. More from AP on this aspect of the story …\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ash from the 234-square-mile fire has been falling on the reservoir, but so far hasn’t sunk far enough into the lake to reach intake pumps, Kelly said. Water quality remained good on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco gets 85 percent of its water from Hetch Hetchy as well as power for municipal buildings, the international airport and San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kelly said on “Forum” that two of the three area plants used to generate power for the city have been taken offline. The remaining plant is producing less than a third of the power the city typically needs, he said, and power purchased on the open market is being used to make up the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/25/rim-fire-destroys-berkeley-tuolumne-family-camp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuolumne Family Camp was destroyed by the fire\u003c/a> (info on refunds at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Parks_Rec_Waterfront/Recreation/Tuolumne_Camp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city of Berkeley’s website\u003c/a>), San Francisco Rec & Park is reporting that the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://sfrecpark.org/camp-mather-update/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Mather site has sustained only minor damage\u003c/a>. The Strawberry Music festival, however, scheduled for Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 at the camp, has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.strawberrymusic.com/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Yosemite National Park goes, the National Park Service says that as of 9:30 a.m. most of the park was not affected and is “relatively smoke free.” However, there are multiple closures of roads, campsites, trails and other attractions. Look at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/rimfire.htm\">National Park Service’s Rim Fire update page\u003c/a> to find out what those are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the White House announced today that President Obama had called Gov. Jerry Brown for an update on the fires. Brown got his own briefing at a fire base camp today. Said Brown …\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JerryBrownGov\">@JerryBrownGov\u003c/a> on costs of CA fires: “We’re going to ask the President to prob pitch in some more before the season is over.” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RimFire&src=hash\">#RimFire\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— John Myers (@johnmyers) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnmyers/statuses/372064003784060930\">August 26, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In other fire news, some evacuated residents from communities like Pine Mountain Lake are now returning. Fire officials say crews defended the town with a fire break that slowed the spread of the blaze. Maggie Dowd, a Groveland district ranger for the Stanislaus National Forest, said residents had done a lot to minimize damage from fires by limbing trees and clearing brush around their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in Pine Mountain Lake,” Dowd said, “and as a resident we are expected to do defensible space every year. We have a certain period of time to do that, and if we don’t, then we are fined. And I think that over the past couple of years they’ve had a lot of success with residents, and if fire was to come to that larger community it wouldn’t have engulfed it as it has in other populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Monday, 8:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong> Fire officials say the fire has now burned just under 150,000 acres. That moves the \u003ca href=\"http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rim Fire\u003c/a> up to No.13 on Cal Fire’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list\u003c/a> of the biggest fires in state history. The blaze is also now the biggest recorded in the Sierra Nevada since at least the 1930s, the earliest date on the Cal Fire list. The state fire agency warned in an advisory early this morning that conditions today will continue to be tough: “Winds again today will pose a challenge with gusts of 26 mph out of the south, pushing the fire further to the northeast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news this morning: Cal Fire says containment on the fire doubled this morning from 7 percent to 15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other developments early Monday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Berkeley’s much-loved Tuolumne Family Camp became a casualty of the fire. KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/25/breaking-berkeley-tuolumne-family-camp-burns/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside reports the fire swept through the 90-year-old camp on Sunday. KGO-TV just posted this video of the burned camp:\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Earlier update: (11:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25):\u003c/strong> Federal and state fire officials say the \u003ca href=\"http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rim Fire\u003c/a> has now burned about 144,000 acres, or 225 square miles. That makes it the 14th biggest fire in California history (or at least since 1932, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Cal Fire’s official list\u003c/a>). But that total also signals a slowdown in the growth of the fire, which trebled in size from Wednesday into Thursday, then more than doubled again from Thursday through Friday evening. More than 2,800 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is 7 percent contained. Crews made enough progress on securing firelines that officials Saturday evening lifted an evacuation advisory for two communities, Pine Mountain Lake and Buck Meadows. About 4,500 residences are still threatened. Officials say 23 structures have burned, including at least four homes. Despite tentative signs of progress in fighting the blaze, officials say the fire is far from tamed. From the latest Associated Press report:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Overnight the fire grew 7 square miles as firefighters gained little ground in slowing the now 207-square-mile blaze, said Daniel Berlant of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, unfortunately, we are expecting strong winds out of the south,” he said. “It’s going to allow the fire to advance to the northeast.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nFire officials are using bulldozers to clear contingency lines on the Rim Fire’s north side to protect the towns of Tuolumne City, Ponderosa Hills and Twain Hart. The lines are being cut a mile ahead of the fire in locations where fire officials hope they will help protect the communities should the fire jump containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high winds and movement of the fire from bone-dry brush on the ground to 100-foot oak and pine treetops have created dire conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A crown fire is much more difficult to fight,” Berlant told The Associated Press Sunday. “Our firefighters are on the ground having to spray up.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other details:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco officials said Sunday the fire still has had no impact on the quality of water from the city’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They added that utilities crews are returning today to the Kirkwood Powerhouse, shut down last week when the fire swept through the canyons downstream from the reservoir, to start repairs. A second generating facility, the Holm Powerhouse, was also shut down. Crews haven’t been able to make it back to that facility to assess any fire damage that occurred there. The generating stations normally supply power to the Municipal Railway transit system and a wide array of other municipal facilities, including San Francisco’s City Hall and San Francisco General Hospital. The city says it has spent $600,000 so far to buy power to replace the normal supply.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuolumne County education officials have \u003ca href=\"http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/2224644/Silva-All-Tuolumne-County-Schools-Closed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled school\u003c/a> for tomorrow and Tuesday. That’s partly out of concern for the difficulty of traveling through some areas of the county and party because of smoky, unhealthy air in the area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials in Yosemite National Park are taking special steps to protect the two groves of giant sequoias that the fire could threaten. Crews have cleared brush from around trees and installed sprinklers in the Tuolumne and Merced groves just in case. “All of the plants and trees in Yosemite are important, but the giant sequoias are incredibly important both for what they are and as symbols of the National Park System,” park spokesman Scott Gediman told the Associated Press.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More on the fire:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KPCC’s “Fire Tracker” graphic summary of the blaze:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://projects.scpr.org/firetracker/rim-fire/embed\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post (Saturday, Aug. 24): \u003c/strong>Acting on a request from San Francisco officials, Gov. Jerry Brown \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has issued an emergency declaration\u003c/a> to help the city cope with the Rim Fire’s potential impacts to the Hetch Hetchy water and hydropower system. City utility officials shut down two of the system’s three powerhouses and nearby electrical transmission lines last Saturday as the fire began to sweep through steep, heavily wooded terrain west of Yosemite National Park. The power generated in the system is used to run the Municipal Railway transit system, City Hall, police and fire stations, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco International Airport and other municipal facilities. For now the city is replacing that electricity by using power banked with PG&E or by buying it from other suppliers on the open market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Carlin, deputy general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told us this afternoon that there’s no suggestion in the emergency declaration — or in the potential damage to the city’s electricity-generating facilities near Yosemite — that power will be interrupted to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In other developments Saturday: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The joint federal/state fire command says the fire has burned 125,620 acres—about 200 square miles. That’s more than four times the area of San Francisco or equivalent to the entire area of San Jose and Santa Clara.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fire officials reported the fire is 5 percent contained. They continue to rate the blaze’s growth potential as “extreme” due to inaccessible terrain and very dry conditions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials say 23 structures, including four homes, have burned. AP reports 5,500 homes are threatened, and officials have issued evacuation advisories for several towns and hamlets west of Yosemite. Resorts and summer camps in the area have also been shut down.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Brown’s Friday night declaration, which cited the possibility of a temporary interruption to power and water deliveries from the Hetch Hetchy system, frees state resources to help the city deal with any damage to its infrastructure. The state declaration also makes it possible for the city to ask for federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Carlin, the SFPUC’s deputy general manager, said that utility crews are in the fire zone today to try to assess the condition of power facilities shut down last weekend after the fire started. Carlin said a full assessment of 12.5 miles of transmission lines and two powerhouses probably won’t be finished until Monday or Tuesday. Crews are visiting the Kirkwood powerhouse, 12 miles below O’Shaughnessy Dam, to see how much damage it sustained as the fire burned in the area. Inspection of power lines and the Holm Powerhouse, downstream of the system’s Cherry Lake reservoir, is on hold today. Carlin said crews are checking the condition of service roads and other forest routes and waiting for an all-clear from fire officials to access the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as the city’s Hetch Hetchy water supply goes, Carlin said there’s no sign yet the fire has affected water from the system’s main reservoir behind O’Shaugnessy Dam. He said the reservoir has been off-limits to everyone but fire personnel, “So we’ve had no eyes on the water there.” But he said remote monitoring of the water supply at the Kirkwood Powerhouse and at other downstream locations has shown no change in the water’s clarity. City officials have noted that Hetch Hetchy water is transported toward the Bay Area in underground pipelines and should be safe from ash and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlin said if Hetch Hetchy water quality is seriously degraded, the city would tap its water resources closer to the Bay Area—San Antonio and Calaveras reservoirs in Alameda County and the Crystal Springs reservoirs in San Mateo County. Customers would get at least 36 hours’ notice if that happens, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An interruption of the flow of Hetch Hetchy water would reach far beyond San Francisco. The system serves not only the city’s businesses and 800,000 residents, but also 1.7 million people on the Peninsula and Alameda County.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_108350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/smokecloud082113a/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-108350\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-108350\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/smokecloud082113a.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke from the Rim Fire rises above a ridge in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The view is across an area of the park that burned several years ago. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smoke from the Rim Fire rises above a ridge in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, Aug. 21. The view is across an area of the park that burned several years ago. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Updates\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/25/2884465/fighting-the-flames-residents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modesto Bee\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.uniondemocrat.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonora Union Democrat\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">myMotherLode.com\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cal Fire\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 3:10 p.m.\u003c/strong> \u003cem>SF not “scrambling” to relocate water supply, says SFPUC\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve seen some \u003ca href=\"http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2013/08/26/officials-try-to-protect-giant-sequoias-from-california-wildfire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headlines\u003c/a> out there about the Rim Fire threatening San Francisco’s water supply as it moves closer to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. AP wrote that water officials “were scrambling to fill area reservoirs with water from Hetch Hetchy before ash taints supplies.” This morning, on KQED’s “Forum,” SFPUC General Manager Harlan Kelly said the agency was indeed concerned that the ash produced by the fire would eventually work its way into the water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles Sheehan, spokesman for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told KQED’s Dan Brekke this afternoon that “there is some ash but most of the water is clear.” And he also emphatically denied the city was “scrambling” to move water into other reservoirs. Sheehan said that San Francisco had started to ship water from Hetch Hetchy to its Bay Area reservoirs as part of a seasonal move to begin to free up capacity at Hetch Hetchy in anticipation of the upcoming rainy season. He emphasized that those water shipments were standard practice for this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheehan also told Brekke that water officials have seen no indication of a change in quality of Hetch Hetchy water. He said remote monitoring is ongoing all along the system, and so far there’s no sign of any change in the level of particles in the water. He mentioned, as many others from SFPUC have, that water from Hetch Hetchy is drawn through an outlet 270 feet below the lake surface. That’s relevant because it means the water there is more likely to be free of contaminants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit too soon to speculate” on the longer-term impact on water quality or how the city would address it, Sheehan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see the latest data on the \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/selectQuery?station_id=HHY&sensor_num=15&dur_code=E&start_date=&end_date=now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water level at Hetch Hetchy at this California Department of Water Resources link\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 1 p.m. \u003c/strong>The latest from AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Containment of the Rim Fire more than doubled to 15 percent, although it was within a mile of Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s the water supply of the city of San Francisco, so we’re paying a lot of attention to that,” said Glen Stratton, an operations section chief on the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which has grown to 234 square miles in size, also posed a threat to giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park. Crews were using sprinklers and lighting fires to clear brush, though the fire remained several miles from the massive trees, Stratton said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Julie Hutchinson, battalion chief for Cal Fire in Riverside, said on KQED’s “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201308260930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum”\u003c/a> this morning that the weather is the wild card in fighting the fire. “A wind shift in any direction can cause the fire to make runs in the direction that the wind is pushing it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on on “Forum” this morning, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly said that the fire’s close proximity to Hetch Hetchy has not affected the ability to deliver water and power to meet the city’s needs. But he also said the agency was concerned about the ash produced by the fire that would eventually work its way into the water supply. More from AP on this aspect of the story …\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ash from the 234-square-mile fire has been falling on the reservoir, but so far hasn’t sunk far enough into the lake to reach intake pumps, Kelly said. Water quality remained good on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco gets 85 percent of its water from Hetch Hetchy as well as power for municipal buildings, the international airport and San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Kelly said on “Forum” that two of the three area plants used to generate power for the city have been taken offline. The remaining plant is producing less than a third of the power the city typically needs, he said, and power purchased on the open market is being used to make up the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/25/rim-fire-destroys-berkeley-tuolumne-family-camp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuolumne Family Camp was destroyed by the fire\u003c/a> (info on refunds at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Parks_Rec_Waterfront/Recreation/Tuolumne_Camp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city of Berkeley’s website\u003c/a>), San Francisco Rec & Park is reporting that the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://sfrecpark.org/camp-mather-update/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Mather site has sustained only minor damage\u003c/a>. The Strawberry Music festival, however, scheduled for Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 at the camp, has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.strawberrymusic.com/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Yosemite National Park goes, the National Park Service says that as of 9:30 a.m. most of the park was not affected and is “relatively smoke free.” However, there are multiple closures of roads, campsites, trails and other attractions. Look at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/rimfire.htm\">National Park Service’s Rim Fire update page\u003c/a> to find out what those are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the White House announced today that President Obama had called Gov. Jerry Brown for an update on the fires. Brown got his own briefing at a fire base camp today. Said Brown …\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\u003cp>.\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JerryBrownGov\">@JerryBrownGov\u003c/a> on costs of CA fires: “We’re going to ask the President to prob pitch in some more before the season is over.” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RimFire&src=hash\">#RimFire\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— John Myers (@johnmyers) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/johnmyers/statuses/372064003784060930\">August 26, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In other fire news, some evacuated residents from communities like Pine Mountain Lake are now returning. Fire officials say crews defended the town with a fire break that slowed the spread of the blaze. Maggie Dowd, a Groveland district ranger for the Stanislaus National Forest, said residents had done a lot to minimize damage from fires by limbing trees and clearing brush around their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in Pine Mountain Lake,” Dowd said, “and as a resident we are expected to do defensible space every year. We have a certain period of time to do that, and if we don’t, then we are fined. And I think that over the past couple of years they’ve had a lot of success with residents, and if fire was to come to that larger community it wouldn’t have engulfed it as it has in other populations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Monday, 8:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong> Fire officials say the fire has now burned just under 150,000 acres. That moves the \u003ca href=\"http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rim Fire\u003c/a> up to No.13 on Cal Fire’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list\u003c/a> of the biggest fires in state history. The blaze is also now the biggest recorded in the Sierra Nevada since at least the 1930s, the earliest date on the Cal Fire list. The state fire agency warned in an advisory early this morning that conditions today will continue to be tough: “Winds again today will pose a challenge with gusts of 26 mph out of the south, pushing the fire further to the northeast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news this morning: Cal Fire says containment on the fire doubled this morning from 7 percent to 15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other developments early Monday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Berkeley’s much-loved Tuolumne Family Camp became a casualty of the fire. KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/08/25/breaking-berkeley-tuolumne-family-camp-burns/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside reports the fire swept through the 90-year-old camp on Sunday. KGO-TV just posted this video of the burned camp:\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Earlier update: (11:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25):\u003c/strong> Federal and state fire officials say the \u003ca href=\"http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3660/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rim Fire\u003c/a> has now burned about 144,000 acres, or 225 square miles. That makes it the 14th biggest fire in California history (or at least since 1932, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Cal Fire’s official list\u003c/a>). But that total also signals a slowdown in the growth of the fire, which trebled in size from Wednesday into Thursday, then more than doubled again from Thursday through Friday evening. More than 2,800 firefighters are battling the blaze, which is 7 percent contained. Crews made enough progress on securing firelines that officials Saturday evening lifted an evacuation advisory for two communities, Pine Mountain Lake and Buck Meadows. About 4,500 residences are still threatened. Officials say 23 structures have burned, including at least four homes. Despite tentative signs of progress in fighting the blaze, officials say the fire is far from tamed. From the latest Associated Press report:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Overnight the fire grew 7 square miles as firefighters gained little ground in slowing the now 207-square-mile blaze, said Daniel Berlant of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, unfortunately, we are expecting strong winds out of the south,” he said. “It’s going to allow the fire to advance to the northeast.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\nFire officials are using bulldozers to clear contingency lines on the Rim Fire’s north side to protect the towns of Tuolumne City, Ponderosa Hills and Twain Hart. The lines are being cut a mile ahead of the fire in locations where fire officials hope they will help protect the communities should the fire jump containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high winds and movement of the fire from bone-dry brush on the ground to 100-foot oak and pine treetops have created dire conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A crown fire is much more difficult to fight,” Berlant told The Associated Press Sunday. “Our firefighters are on the ground having to spray up.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Other details:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco officials said Sunday the fire still has had no impact on the quality of water from the city’s Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They added that utilities crews are returning today to the Kirkwood Powerhouse, shut down last week when the fire swept through the canyons downstream from the reservoir, to start repairs. A second generating facility, the Holm Powerhouse, was also shut down. Crews haven’t been able to make it back to that facility to assess any fire damage that occurred there. The generating stations normally supply power to the Municipal Railway transit system and a wide array of other municipal facilities, including San Francisco’s City Hall and San Francisco General Hospital. The city says it has spent $600,000 so far to buy power to replace the normal supply.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuolumne County education officials have \u003ca href=\"http://www.mymotherlode.com/news/local/2224644/Silva-All-Tuolumne-County-Schools-Closed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled school\u003c/a> for tomorrow and Tuesday. That’s partly out of concern for the difficulty of traveling through some areas of the county and party because of smoky, unhealthy air in the area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials in Yosemite National Park are taking special steps to protect the two groves of giant sequoias that the fire could threaten. 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They continue to rate the blaze’s growth potential as “extreme” due to inaccessible terrain and very dry conditions.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials say 23 structures, including four homes, have burned. AP reports 5,500 homes are threatened, and officials have issued evacuation advisories for several towns and hamlets west of Yosemite. Resorts and summer camps in the area have also been shut down.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Brown’s Friday night declaration, which cited the possibility of a temporary interruption to power and water deliveries from the Hetch Hetchy system, frees state resources to help the city deal with any damage to its infrastructure. The state declaration also makes it possible for the city to ask for federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Carlin, the SFPUC’s deputy general manager, said that utility crews are in the fire zone today to try to assess the condition of power facilities shut down last weekend after the fire started. 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He said the reservoir has been off-limits to everyone but fire personnel, “So we’ve had no eyes on the water there.” But he said remote monitoring of the water supply at the Kirkwood Powerhouse and at other downstream locations has shown no change in the water’s clarity. City officials have noted that Hetch Hetchy water is transported toward the Bay Area in underground pipelines and should be safe from ash and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlin said if Hetch Hetchy water quality is seriously degraded, the city would tap its water resources closer to the Bay Area—San Antonio and Calaveras reservoirs in Alameda County and the Crystal Springs reservoirs in San Mateo County. Customers would get at least 36 hours’ notice if that happens, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An interruption of the flow of Hetch Hetchy water would reach far beyond San Francisco. 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Since then, it has shown first-run films but also has been home to foreign films, double bills and many other special features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is nestled in the Balboa Street commercial corridor between 36th and 38th avenues, home to a number of restaurants, coffee shops and other businesses. In the neighborhood surrounding the Balboa, the thought of the theater closing down has been met with shock and worry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107564\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-107564 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/Margarita-Rossi-1-640-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Margarita Rossi, an usher at the Balboa Theatre, stands at concessions stand in the lobby. (Victor Casillas Valle/Ocean Beach Bulletin)\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margarita Rossi, an usher at the Balboa Theatre, is seen here at the concessions stand in the lobby. 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(Victor Casillas Valle/Ocean Beach Bulletin)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s certainly a problem if the Balboa Theatre shuts down. A lot of people go see movies and come here after to eat. It’s also the only theater of its kind around this area,” said Antoine Nacouzi, owner of Victoria’s New York Pizza just across the street from the Balboa. “The theater is important to the area and businesses around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Simple Pleasures Cafe down the street, owner and coffee roaster Ahmed Riad was surprised by the news of the theater’s situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even know,” Riad said. “If we did, we would do whatever we could to help. We have a direct interest to keep them alive for this community – it’s a landmark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rob Meyer, who said he’s a frequent Balboa Theatre moviegoer, said, “I love the Balboa. 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