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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Bicycle Music Festival
| (07-31-2010; 17:36 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- The 5th annual Bicycle Music Festival, a pedal-powered event, featured numerous bands at Marx Meadow, followed by a LiveOnBike parade to Showplace Triangle in Potrero Hill for a pedal-powered evening concert. It was the first legitimate BMF with city permits and collaboration with Axis Cafe. |
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Immigration rally
| (07-28-2010; 17:28 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Members of the Episcopal Diocese of California, including the bishop Rev. Marc Andrus, were arrested with supporters for staging a sit-in on 7th Street during an immigration reform rally. The event occurred just hours after a federal judge blocked key parts of the controversial Arizona law SB1070, which was to go into effect the following day. Rev. Deborah Lee spearheaded the civil disobedience. |
| (07-28-2010; 16:22 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Supervisors Chiu and Campos talk about immigration, Pelosi, sanctuary city, SB1070, and a federal judge's ruling. |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
ENDA protest
| (07-27-2010; 17:17 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Eight LGBT groups protested Pelosi's reluctance to call for a vote on the House floor for ENDA. The groups submitted a joint letter to Pelosi calling for an immediate vote, and attempted to hand-deliver the letter at her office. |
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tidal Wave Festival
iPad: Vimeo
| (07-25-2010; 14:15) PDT SAN FRANCISCO [John McLaren Park] -- The 12th annual free Tidal Wave Festival featured thrash, doom, grind, punk, old school metal, etc., and is paid for by donations and volunteers. This video is one song from Blind Illusion - Marc Biedermann. |
iPad: Vimeo
| (07-25-2010; 14:52 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [John McLaren Park] -- The 12th annual free Tidal Wave Festival featured thrash, doom, grind, punk, old school metal, etc., and is paid for by donations and volunteers. Snippets of two bands are showcased in this video. |
Friday, July 23, 2010
Fallen Elms
(07-23-2010; 14:43 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- Vandals struck the Music Concourse and cut numerous young elm trees with a hand saw. This is one of many related incidents since mid-May, totaling the number of downed trees to about 44. Authorities see a pattern, and surmise the same culprit or culprits are responsible.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hyatt Hotel protest
| (07-22-2010; 17:51 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Hyatt Hotel] -- Union organizers staged a march and rally to protest contractual disputes with the Hyatt chain. After a short march through downtown and a rally in front of the Grand Hyatt near Union Square, police attempted to disperse the crowd. Instead, a defiant group did a sit-in on Stockton Street, a major artery in the area, that closed traffic and bus lines. Police arrested about 150 demonstrators. The event was part of a 15-city mobilization to bring the workers' plight to public attention. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Protest against Smart Meters
| (07-20-2010; 12:47 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [State Building] -- Concerned citizens staged a rally in front of the California Public Utilities Commission office to protest PG&E's planned installation of wireless Smart Meters in homes and businesses. Opponents say the devices emit harmful microwave RF radiation that can induce detrimental biological effects. |
Monday, July 19, 2010
Mesherle, Grant supporters clash
| (07-19-2010; 15:33 PDT) WALNUT CREEK, CA [Superior Court Building] -- Johannes Mesherle and Oscar Grant supporters clashed during an afternoon rally that closed businesses, roads, and for a short time the local BART station. The pro-Mesherle group organized the much-publicized rally, which was countered by a pro-Grant protest, resulting in emotional and boisterous debates. Hundreds of supporters, centrists, rouge and mainstream journalists, and police from numerous agencies converged on the streets in a normally stoic and quaint Bay Area orthodox suburb. |
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Lily Pond
| (07-18-2010; 16:04 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- Lily Pond is an algae-covered, trash-strewn, noisy, urban artificial lagoon that is ill-maintained because of budget cuts. The pond has no inlet for fresh water and is home to a few resident ducks who forage in the murky water. |
Monday, July 12, 2010
Environmental scientist challenges Lennar's EIR
| (07-12-2010; 12:59 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [City Hall] -- Environmental scientist Wilma Subra challenges the Environmental Impact Report for Lennar's proposed development in the Hunters Point Shipyard. Louisiana environmental attorney Monique Hardin also speaks out against the EIR. A speech by a POWER representative talking about jobs was disrupted by a pro-Lennar faction affiliated with Communities of Opportunity advocating for employment. |
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Mission Sunday Streets
| (07-11-2010; 15:21 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Mission] -- Sunday Streets buskers along 24th Street. The last Sunday Streets in the Mission until summer 2011. |
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Free range pigs and chickens
| (07-06-2010; 11:54 PDT) WATSONVILLE, CA [TLC Ranch]-- An independent family farm that is part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) which provides consumers with local food directly from the source, mostly at farmers' markets. |
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Fillmore Street Fair
| (07-03-2010; 17:03 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Fillmore] -- Native Elements plays at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. |
| (07-04-2010; 17:15 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Fillmore] -- Snippets of five bands at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. |
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Lifehouse snippets
| (06-27-2010; 16:28 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- Lifehouse as seen between heads, hair and hands. |
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Mission Sunday Streets
| (06-20-2010; 12:09 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Mission] -- Live on Bike with rapper/inventor Fossil Fool (Rock The Bike) pedaled through the Mission District Sunday Streets. After the ride, a pedal powered stage, part of the SoundWave Festival, featured punkgrass band Kemo Sabe. You may vote for this video at R&R World. |
| (06-20-2010; 14:20 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Mission] -- Drums and dancers at Mission Sunday Streets. |
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Haight Street Fair 2010 music
| (06-13-2010; 17:34 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Haight] -- The 2010 Haight Ashbury Street Fair showcased a variety of booked and busker performances. The single-day annual event is the paramount street venue for musical presentations, a few which appear in this video. You may vote for this video at R&R World. |
iPad: Motionbox
| (06-13-2010; 17:55 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Haight] - - The 2010 Haight Ashbury Street Fair showcased a variety of booked and busker performances. Four bands of many are showcased in this video. |
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Nurses rally
| (06-10-2010; 12:12 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [UCSF] -- Nurses rally for safe staffing at University of California medical centers throughout the state. Nurses had planned a one-day strike, but a court order barred the walkout. |
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Artsfest3 94124
| (06-05-2010; 13:22 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bayview] -- Cyclecide performs at the 3rd annual Artsfest3 at 3rd and Fairfax. |
| (06-05-2010; 14:11 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bayview] -- Breakdancers Phoenix and Spidey perform at Artsfest3 94124. |
| (06-05-2010; 15:13 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bayview] -- The Yau Kung Moon Dragon and Lion Dance Association performs unique, exciting moves and special audience participation, including doggy interaction. |
| (06-05-2010; 16:25 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bayview] -- The Bullet Proof Space Travelers visit Artsfest3 94124. |
Monday, May 31, 2010
Love of God Festival
| (05-31-2010; 18:47 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- A non-denominational Love of God Festival was held at the bandshell with a variety of performers and activities for children and adults. The music and dancing was vibrant, energetic and colorful. Mirabai & Friends played an inspiring participatory set, sharing the stage with the audience, which comprises half of this video. The festival was sponsored by Miracle of Love and was the first in San Francisco. |
| (05-31-2010; 18:49 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- High-energy all-dance montage: children's music to hiphop to Hare Krishna. |
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Ocean Beach
iPad: Motionbox
| (05-30-2010; 15:12 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Ocean Beach] -- Warm, sunny day on the extreme west side of the city. |
USS San Francisco Ceremony 2010
| (05-30-2010; 12:00 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Land's End] -- Annual memorial dedicated to the 100 Sailors and seven Marines killed in action during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12/13 November 1942. Color Guards video includes Master of Ceremony, Color Guards, Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner. A very noteworthy detail is that Shipmate Eugene Tarrant was on all 17 battles of the USS San Francisco (CA-38), and leads the Pledge of Allegiance. |
| (05-30-2010; 12:20 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Land's End] -- Honoring RADM Daniel J. Callaghan, USN, 28 July 1890 - 13 November 1942. Descendants were in attendance. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was a major blow to the Japanese occupation. Watch the video and click the links for more details about this significant historical occasion. |
| (05-30-2010; 13:30 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Land's End] -- Jim L. Bain plays a heart-wrenching version of Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. |
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Anti-immigration law protest
| (05-29-2010; 18:05 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [AT&T Park] -- Protesters rallied against Arizona's immigration law during a baseball game between the Giants and Diamondbacks. The rally was organized by the May Day 2010 Coalition. |
Friday, May 28, 2010
Critical Mass, bay to beach
| (05-28-2010; 20:11 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bay to Beach] -- Massers and cops took the scenic route across the city, where groups of people staged rogue bonfires on the beach. |
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Sunday Streets, Bayview
| (05-23-2010; 10:13 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Bayview Hunters Point] -- Sunday Streets (AT&T Park to 3rd/Carroll) and Bayview Music and Street Festival, featuring Puro Bandido. This was perhaps the first Sunday Streets with organized music that unfortunately had meager bicyclist participation. |
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Stand-in against sit/lie proposal
iPad: Motionbox / YouTube
iPad: Motionbox
| (05-20-2010; 12:18 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Polk/Sutter] -- A stand-in against the arrests of sex workers & the City's sit/lie bill proposal was organized by the US PROStitutes Collective, which says the proposal will further criminalize people living and working on the street. |
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Bay to Breakers - new rules
| (05-16-2010; 11:18 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park Mile 5] -- The 99th Bay to Breakers brought new rules, including float restriction west of Traverse/Arguello in Golden Gate Park, $250 fee for float entry, strict alcohol enforcement, and 11 a.m. shutdown of amplified music on JFK drive in the Park. There were no live bands on JFK as in previous years. The media focus was on elite runners breaking records, evidence that Bay to Breakers has become a serious race. Partying was fairly tame on JFK Drive in the Inner Richmond area. This video shows some of the partying, with serious comments by rollerblader and sound system aficionado David Miles after he was shut down and moved to his regular Sunday location on 6th Avenue, where he bellows music weekly to skaters. During B2B on JFK across from 6th Avenue, DJs from SanFranPsycho were briefly shutdown, but defied the order for several hours. The party apparently stayed at Alamo Square, Nopa, and the Panhandle, so the revelers never reached JFK Drive. Supervisor Mirkarimi is perturbed about the carnage in his district. |
Bay to Breakers - first male runners
iPad: Motionbox / YouTube
| (05-16-2010; 08:19 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park Mile 5] -- The two male frontrunners were in tandem all the way to the end at mile 7.5, but Sammy Kitwara (#21) of Kenya beat Peter Kirui (#24) also of Kenya, by milliseconds that garnered $25k for Kitwara. They emerge out of a full pack of female runners, who left the start five minutes earlier. |
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Gavin Newsom talks on Bike to Work Day
iPad: Motionbox / YouTube
| (05-13-2010; 08:43 PDT) SAN FRANCSICO [City Hall] -- The City's mayor rode his bicycle to the office on Bike to Work Day surrounded by colleagues and supporters. He spoke at a brief ceremony. Nothing unexpected was stated at the casual event. He praised bicyclists and lambasted SUVs in his short speech. |
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Gavin Newsom talks about Critical Mass
Chinese artist Zhang Huan
iPad: Motionbox / YouTube
| (05-12-2010; 10:33 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Civic Center] -- Zhang Huan is the mastermind behind a giant copper sculpture called Three Heads Six Arms. He spoke at a dedication ceremony as part of the Shanghai-San Francisco Sister City 30th Anniversary Celebration. |
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Stockton Asparagus Festival
| (04-24-2010; 17:57 PDT) STOCKTON, CA [McLeod Park] -- The annual festival transpired under sunny and warm (but not hot) conditions. The headliner on Saturday, Blue Oyster Cult, ripped it up. Next festival: April 15-17, 2011. |
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Day of Action
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