Although the meathead-induced brush fire and other assorted acts of unpleasantness on Bernal Hill left a bad taste in many mouths, we should also remember that the weather on the evening of July 4 was uncommonly great, and the fireworks display(s) were rather fabulous. Thankfully, we have these photos of the show from Flickr user zoxcleb to remind us of that.
Another feel-good note: The Bernal Go Team deployed on Bernal Hill Saturday morning, and they made speedy work of the post-Fourth clean-up effort. Go, Go Team, G0!
PHOTOS Above, zoxcleb; below, Telstar Logistics
Bernalwood 
And thanks to all the volunteers who cleaned up on their own initiative on Friday – they did a lot of the heavy (or disgusting) lifting of garbage produced by the 4th of July crowd. Hurray to all who help keep our Hill clean and safe – and boo to those who don’t.
A whole bunch more volunteers than shown here cleaned up Saturday morning. The folks in the photo were part of that group. I think Friday is a typo… unless others cleaned up Friday as well — but those do look like our garbage bags.
Yes, there were others on Friday – kind-hearted dogwalkers and the like who took the initiative to clean up much of the broken glass, etc. on their own. (I saw several carrying bags full of bottles when I was out walking my own dog.) But great turnout on Sat. as well, and thanks to all who joined the effort!