Mental Health Break: 1980 Muni holiday movie
Over on Muni Time Capsule today, we bring you a movie by Wouter van der Brugghen that features Muni in 1980 set to a wicked soundtrack. Enjoy!
Muni News: BART ups security, Muni fare hike reaction, NX-Judah Express hearing
- BART Ups Security In Downtown SF Stations (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Muni Financing Debacle Could Cost SF $68 Million (The Bay Citizen)
- Activists eager to put brakes on Muni hikes (SF Examiner)
- BART Cellphone Shutoff Policy Up For Discussion Again This Week (SF Appeal)
- SFMTA to hold Dec. 6 hearing on the NX-Judah Express route (SFMTA)
- DA: Muni Driver Could Be Charged in Woman’s Death (The Bay Citizen)
- Suspect In Fatal BART Shooting Convicted Of Conspiracy (Bay City News via SF Appeal)
Photo Diary: ‘The Hangover, Part 3’ on Muni
From Muni rider Ariel:
“Hmmmm, Zack Galifianakis is that you? No, just a lookalike!”
Nice papoose, dad.
Decorating Muni Streetcars for the Holidays
Inside streetcar 1818 as it’s being decorated for the holidays
Last Saturday, Tara and I joined folks from Market Street Railway in what has become an annual tradition: The hanging of wreaths, streamers, and garlands on the historic F-Market/Wharves streetcars.
Here are a few of our behind-the-scenes shots. Look for car 1818 (already a green-and-red livery) on the streets in all its holiday glory soon!
MSR volunteers adorn the outside of car 1818 with garlands
A sideview of 1818
Car 1818 with its wreath
Car 496 (Melbourne) also got some love on Saturday from the volunteers
Man Shot in Foot in Mission Muni Shelter
A man was shot in the foot at a Muni shelter on Mission and 16th Street Monday night around 7 p.m., reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Police officers arrived at the scene shortly after and apprehended the suspect.
More from the Chronicle:
A patrolling officer heard gunfire near the corner of 16th and Mission streets around 7 p.m. Monday and saw the fleeing gunman, police said.
The officer chased the man but lost sight of him, but another officer nearby spotted him and detained him. A handgun was found under a parked car. Police have not released the man’s name.
The victim is expected to survive.
Mission and 16th, right at bustling dinner/commute time? Scary stuff. We’ll keep you posted if there is more information.
Photographers Wanted: Step Up to Shoot for ‘I Live Here: SF’
Photo: Julie Michelle/tangobaby
As big believers in the shared urban experience, as well as the idea that everyone has a story to tell, we’re all peas in a curious pod.
Now, Julie turns the lens inward as she navigates troubled waters, sharing a little about herself:
I love this city. I love it for all of the things that make it visually and emotionally beautiful. I even love the unpleasant things about the city, in a way. Because no thing shines as brightly without a shadow somewhere in the picture.
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I realize now that this project is not just mine, but part of the bigger community here: the one that has encouraged and supported me, and also one that wanted to share and be discovered.
There are people who have written stories and are waiting on me to photograph them, and I simply cannot say when that will happen again. But I want their stories and images to be shared here, and perhaps some of you would like to join in.
Photographers: if this sounds like you, let Julie know you’re interested in stepping up to the plate for an installment of I Live Here: SF. Here’s contact info for Julie Michelle, plus additional details, toward the bottom of her post.