BART is Back -- July 5, 2013

After a 4 1/2 day strike, BART resumed this afternoon.  The issue is not settled, but negotiations will continue for 30 days.  Management is not negotiating in good faith.  They appear to be trying to bust the unions.

I worked from home Monday through Wednesday.  Today my wife drove me to 19th and Holloway.  I caught a two-car M Oceanview train downtown.  I asked the guards in my building how things had been this week.  They said things were quiet.

I took BART back to Colma.  A nine car airport train came in and I found that the last two cars were closed off.  The car I rode on was well packed.

The Egyptian military deposed the democratically elected president.  A very complicated situation.

Today is the 75th anniversary of Herb Caen's first column in the Chronicle.

I took the photo in the Embarcadero Station this morning.  

Signs of the Times #36 - February 11, 2011

I went for a walk down Third Street on Wednesday and found these signs on every block I found the ice cream cone interesting, and the way "yourself" is broken into two words.

President Mubarak finally quit. I hope things go well in Egypt. People are very happy.

I was sad to hear that Cal has decided to eliminate men's baseball. Bad choice.

When I got off the BART train at Montgomery Street this morning, Muni was making a loud announcement that outbound traffic was stopped at Castro Station. On the way home, I got in the car and the announcer on the radio was saying that Castro Station had just reopened after a derailment in the morning.

Tomorrow and Sunday there is going to be a San Francisco History Expo at the Old Mint, Fifth and Mission, from 11am to 4pm. I hope to get there Saturday. Many local history organizations will set up mini museums and there will be a 1929 Mack hook and ladder truck parked out front.

Egypt -- January 31, 2011

I hope the people of Egypt get the government that they want.