Pilarcitos Cyclo-Cross Racing - Candlestick Point

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Which one of these is not like the others?

Riding up Twin Peaks

Riding up Twin Peaks with eastern and downtown San Francisco in the background.

Downtown San Francisco from atop Twin Peaks.

SF Twilight Crit - mens and womens racing

Men's amateur racers.

Major crash and pile up.

Womens racing.



Women's cat 1 racers speeding past the grandstand on lap 5.


Womens pro racers.

SF Giants beat Ariz. Diamondbacks in the bottom of the 9th

A nailbiter that came down to the final pitch to the final batter in the bottom of the 9th inning. Giants down 3-2 with 2 outs, 2 strikes. It seems to be over. And the pitch to Eugenio Velez ...Eugenio Velez's hit on the 0-2 pitch from Arizona's Brandon Lyon into the right-center-field gap drove in two runs and gave the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks today, completing a series sweep.

Giro de San Francisco - Labor Day Crit

Pro bike racers rode around a 1.25-mile loop in San Francisco's Levi's Plaza on Labor Day 2008.Cat 1 racers on turn #1.




Up the short hill the pack chases the leader.

Cat 1 racers whip around turn #2 during one of 55 laps around the 1.25-mile course.

Protestors during SF Olympic Torch relay

Pro-China and pro-Tibet protesters clash on the (original) torch relay route in San Francisco. The two groups clashed while waiting for the Olympic Torch, which never arrived.



Only in San Francisco, the token nude protesters. OK, total freedom, right, got it. And China's naked aggression, OK. Kind of a limp demonstration if you ask me, but OK, we get it. Thanks for the clarification guys.

Read more about this sad fiasco:
The Olympic torch ducks out of sight in San Francisco, leaving the streets to thousands of politicians
--Salon.com

Run ... for cover:
Torch relay turns into keep-away game
--San Francisco Chronicle

Route change called desperate, last-minute act
--San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco postcard - Jan. 9

Quintessential San Francisco scene: steep Nob Hill, a taxi, cable car, financial district and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the distance.
San Francisco Financial District buildings.