Death Star in San Francisco

This is for MBFUN and the SF gang--hey Risa, you too. Why didn't you tell me it was IMPERIAL fleet week?

http://current.com/items/89204971_death_star_over_san_francisco

(Found as an example on Kevin Kelly's "Conceptual Trends" blog http://www.kk.org/ct2/ ) but it has Coit Tower, protests, the parrots, Angel Island...very SF.