‘Suspicious Package’ on Muni Near Transbay Terminal (Updates)

transbay closure
Photo by Twitter user a_w_r

Update: 12:15. Turned out it was a bomb scare, KCBS reports. Phew! Streets are being reopened.

Original post:

KCBS is reporting that streets around the Transbay Terminal are closed and people are being evacuated due to…ready for this? A suspicious package found on a Muni bus.

More from KCBS:

The driver of the bus—now parked in front of the terminal near First and Second Streets—told KCBS reporter Doug Sovern at the scene she noticed an item a passenger had left behind that aroused her suspicions.

She described the item as something bigger than a backpack. An alert was issued to every transit agency in the country last week to be on guard for potential backpack bombs after the terrorism-related arrests in New York and Denver.

SFAppeal has street closure information, which impacts the 5, 6, 10, 14, 38, and 108. At 11:20 a.m., AlertSF posted that people should avoid the area for the next 90 minutes, stay inside and avoice windows and glassed areas.

There Is No Spoon

bart diaries girl

Rider Lindsay sent us the picture above with this note:

I was coming home from a very long day visiting a friend (I am from Georgia), caught the very last train of the night (somewhere around/past midnight) and saw this little girl STARING at me while everyone else was fast asleep.

Thanks, Lindsay (and welcome to the Bay)!

Someone caught your eye on BART? Tell us all about it.

Contest: How did the used condom get on the bus?

Can I get You Something Sir
Photo by Flickr user pusspaw

This summer we received a couple of interesting pictures:

Exhibit A: a cherry condom and a cherry cough drop nestled in the corner of the door of the 21.

Exhibit B: a used (we think) love glove hanging off of the ceiling (!) of the 47.

Exhibit C: lonely Jimmy Hat chillin’ across the seat on the T-Third (via plug1).

These pictures beg the question: How did this used condom get on the bus?  I hope this question aroused your interest and got your creative writing juices flowing because we are having our first short fiction contest!

(My apologies — bad double entendres cannot be avoided in writing this post)

What: Muni Diaries Erotic Short Fiction Contest — How did the condom end up on the bus?

Rules: Answer the question: “How did the used condom get on the bus?” in 250 words or less.

Mistress says: Give it to us by Wednesday, Oct. 28. (Deadline extended!)

Money shot: The winner will receive a goodie bag from Good Vibrations!!! We will read our favorites at our next spoken-word party, Muni Diaries Live! Under the Influence, on Oct. 30.

1 709 710 711 712 713 801