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Jessie Layne basks in the sun at the Garfield monument in Golden Gate Park on her day off Friday.
Whether the thousands of attendees to the 31st annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair go for the food, the live bands or the remnants of San Francisco’s famous counterculture, organizers hope the weather will help boost attendance.
With alcohol off-limits for the second year in a row, warm temperatures are a more important drawing factor to the festival, according to the fair’s spokesman, Flip Sarrow.
“We always expect a lot of people for the fair, especially if the sun stays out all day,” Sarrow said.
Also scheduled to reap the benefits of the warm weekend are the 2,000 competitors braving the Pacific Ocean’s frigid temperatures and other grueling conditions Sunday, in the 27th rendition of the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.
The race begins with a 1.5-mile swim from the former prison island to the mainland, where competitors will participate in an 18-mile bike ride before finishing the contest with an 8-mile run.
Other events scheduled for this weekend include the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts, the Great San Francisco Crystal Fair at Fort Mason Center and the San Francisco Black Film Festival at participating movie theaters.
Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 75 degrees Fahrenheit today and Sunday, with a20 percent chance to rain for Sunday, according to Weather.com.
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MrHyphy said:
Time to chill on the block with a tank top yadadafeel me?
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Examiner Reader said:
Was the tree in the picture cut down? There is no breakage on the tree and looks like it was taken down by a chain saw.
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Examiner Reader said:
Let's not forget those of us that were stranded because MTA doesn't have a proper back up plan for light rail interuptions. Dozens of people waited for their chance to crowd onto a shuttle bus, maybe 3 showed up in the hour i waited. When lodging a complaint, the MTA rep. said they do not plan for these things. REALLY? you should always plan for how to get around an interuption in the line. But then again, its the MTA! BTW, what the hell does O'Malley ahve to do with the weather? Everyone seems to be all up in arms about relating him to the storm damage. It's an act of nature, or as some might say, an act of GOD lol. if so, GOD does not seem to be happy with those that are close minded lately.
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Steven Lessner said:
O'malley,busch,and miller would all be typical weatherman where they could lie to the public.Between the state liars and shelia dixon and her corrupt adminstration it's a race to see who can steal more tax dollars. Dixon's adminstration does a pretty good job of stealing since most of her people are black.Instead of giving a tax break she wants to give raises to her people while other people in the private sector are losing their jobs let's give raises and screw the people in the city. Dixon doesn't care about the city of baltimore, one of the most violent in the country.Just as O'Malley could care less about Maryland,this is not the "FREE STATE" anymore it's should be renamed the expensive state that has the most laws in the nation.
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Examiner Reader said:
O'Malley would make a better weather man than he is a politician. He could lie about the weather and blame it on Bob Ehrlich and global warming.
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Examiner Reader said:
Had it not been for global warming there would be 40 inches of snow laying on the ground right now with many people losing thier lives!
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Examiner Reader said:
Was the issue with VDOT and /or the lack of the national /local reporting
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Examiner Reader said:
Virginia definitely doesn't know how to handle this type of weather, let alone do Virginia drivers know how to drive. Being from Indiana, it cracks me up to see places of business closing down because the weather report says there's a chance of snow. People need to slow down and remember what driver's ed taught them, it'll save lives.
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Examiner Reader said:
Cabin fever!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
The problem is that Virginia does not know how to handle winter weather. It's not just highways. "It was a perfect storm at a perfect time..."? Gimme a break. Just own up to not having enough DOT trucks, and to not having an efficient plan when snow/ice falls. There certainly are plenty of other states that deal with snow/ice every year, yet they don't seem to have these issues. It's amazing really.
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Examiner Reader said:
ok
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Tinker said:
Just think how much colder it would be if "AL" had not invented global warming!
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Examiner Reader said:
Actually, there was also a 7:05 ferry from Oakland to SF that I was on - what a wild ride!
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