[תרגם] This is the latest installment in the weekly TransBay Transit Center 10-Day Construction Update – this one from Friday, May 31, 2013 to Sunday, June 9, 2013. Without further interruption, here’s the latest news, starting with today, as there was no weekend work. Weekday Work (6/3/13 – 6/7/13): Night Shift: Excavation and Internal Bracing Work: Western Transit Center Site (Between First and Second Streets): This week general maintenance of equipment and site clean-up of excavation and trucking is scheduled...
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[תרגם] The Osso Steakhouse San Francisco Movie proves that the good life inspired by such movies as The Great Gatsby is in affordable reach at the The Osso Steakhouse at 1177 California Street, at Jones. The Osso Steakhouse San Francisco Movie stars Tim Allen, The Great Gatsby, Jerry and Jennifer Dal Bozzo, JC the Bartender, and Juan Carlos Rosara Executive Chef, and Jim Wagner and Dante Sarafini, with a cameo by Beth Schnitzer, and the special guest star: The Porterhouse Steak. Zennie62 regulars know that I love great food,...
[תרגם] The SF Transbay Transit Tower groundbreaking is an exciting development that this vlogger will attend today. Here’s the press release: Boston, MA, March 26, 2013 – Hines and Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) announced today that it will ceremonially break ground to celebrate the acquisition of 101 First Street, a land parcel sold by Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) for approximately $192 million. The sale of the 50,000-square-foot parcel closed today at nearly $4,000 per land foot. The firms are now set to develop...
[תרגם] Received this note of unfortunate news about San Francisco’s popular hotel owner, Paul Handlery. Paul Robert Handlery, well-known as the owner and Chairman of Handlery Hotels, Inc., passed away January 26, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 92 years old. Paul completed 2 years of undergraduate study at UC Berkeley and went on to earn a B.S. with Honors from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. During WWII Paul served as a commissioned officer in the Quartermasters...
[תרגם] Super Bowl XLVII is just five days away. If you’re in either San Francisco or Oakland and looking for a Super Bowl Party to attend, visit the Lake Chalet in Oakland, or the Park Chalet and Beach Chalet in San Francisco. The Chalet Restaurant owners, Lara and Gar, have planned to set up 50-inch large screen televisions – five of them at the Lake Chalet, two at the Beach Chalet, and three at the Park Chalet, plus one giant 110-inch set there. With all of those TV sets, you can’t miss the contest pitting...
[תרגם] The Castro Street Fair Board of Directors just announced the date for their Ruby Anniversary, celebrating 40 years! The fair will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Castro & Market Streets. “It’s such an honor to continue a tradition that was started by Harvey Milk almost 40 years ago,” said Fred Lopez, President of the Castro Street Fair Board of Directors. “This year, we plan to highlight how this incredible San Francisco tradition continues, year after year, to bring this wonderful...
[תרגם] Ross Mirkarimi has dodged a bullet this week, since legendary Retired Navy Cmdr. Zoe Dunning (pictured), anti-DADT Activist, and Green Bay Packers Fan who won a seat on the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee (DCC), pulled her resolution to start a recall effort to remove the Sheriff from his position. According to the San Francisco Examiner,...
[תרגם] WonderCon, the large comic book convention that started in the San Francisco Bay Area, and has been in Oakland at the Oakland Convention Center since 1987 to 2002, then at the Moscone Center to 2011. In 2012 WonderCon was forced to seek a temporary home due to expansion-related construction at Moscone Center. Anaheim came forward with an aggressive...
[תרגם] Catching up on San Francisco news. The San Francisco Giants capped a glorious World Championship season with another giant parade down Market Street Wednesday. This one, which culminated with a large ceremony in front of San Francisco City Hall, wasn’t larger than the 2010 version that drew over a million people (largely due to the weather),...
[תרגם] Here’s another San Francisco Transbay Terminal Construction Update report as the giant new transport center speeds toward completion: 10 Day Look Ahead: Construction Activities Friday, October 12, 2012 – Sunday, October 21, 2012 This week at Transbay… What to Expect This Weekend (10/13/12 – 10/14/12): Western Transit Center Site...
[תרגם] Ross Mirkarimi, the long-time San Francisco progressive politician who, after being termed out as District Five Supervisor, was elected to be San Francisco’s Sheriff, only to be suspended from his job, by court stay-away order separated from his wife Eliana Lopez (who moved to her native home Venezuela January 13th, 2012), and all after an New...
[תרגם] The San Francisco Chronicle is, as of this writing, no longer listed as one of the top 25 U.S. Newspapers, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations data for March 2012, and for September 2011. And this happened,even as the SF Chronicle seemed to post somewhat better numbers for 2012 than for 2011. But read on. In September 2011, the SF Chron posted...
