Sandcastles soak up Ocean Beach spotlight
Just slightly behind schedule, the wail of an air horn pierced whispers of fog fighting to form above Ocean Beach.
Shining sun spawns scrumptious sandcastles
OCEAN BEACH — Bay Area elementary school students transformed sand into delicious delights.
SF Community: Community Pot Luck
SF Community School, San Francisco. HOK/Thornton Tomasetti/Webcor.
Claire Lilienthal: Green Eggs and Sand
Claire Lilienthal Elementary School, San Francisco. David Armour Architecture/Moroso Construction/Terra Ferma Landscapes/Designs for Living.
Ulloa: DPR/Gensler/Ulloa
Ulloa Elementary School, San Francisco. DPR Construction, Gensler.
Marshall: Scrumptuous Sandcastles
Marshall Elementary School, San Francisco. Blach Construction Company/Geifand Partners.
Skyline: Sand Chefs
Skyline Elementary School, Daly City. GCI General Contractors/McMillian Electric/Pivot Interiors, Inc./ASD.
West Portal: The Artful Dodgers
West Portal Elementary School, San Francisco. Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction/WRNS Studio.
Earhart: Bite-sized Beachcombers
Earhart Elementary School, Alameda. Perkins+Will/Skanska USA Building, Inc.
Chinese Immersion: Soup-A-Stars
Chinese Immersion School At De Avila, San Francisco. DGA Planning Architecture Interior/Novo Construction/Sidemark.
Cipriani: Dome/HCS/Tandus
Cipriani Elementary School, San Francisco. Dome Construction Corporation/HKS Inc., Tandus Flooring.
Sheridan: Funky Lobsters
Sheridan Elementary School, San Francisco. Interior Architects/Principal Builders/Vanguard Concept Offices/Masland Contract.
Rosa Parks: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish
Rosa Parks Elementary School, San Francisco. Balfour Beatty Construction/SCB Architects.
Creative Arts Charter School
Creative Arts Charter School, San Francisco. Walker Warner Architects/GFDS Engineers/Redhorse Construction.
Hillcrest: Very Hungry Caterpillar
Hillcrest Elementary School, Oakland. Smithgroup JJR/Clark Construction/Ratcliff Architects.
Jefferson: Sands of Thyme
Jefferson Elementary School, Daly City. Peninsula Custom Homes, Inc./Kendall Wilkinson Design/Feldman Architecture/Strandberg Engineering.
Rooftop: Team Rooftop
Rooftop Elementary School, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson/ARUP/Ryan Associates.
Garfield & McCoppin: Bacon in the Sun
Garfield Elementary School & McCoppin Elementary School, San Francisco. The Design Partnership LLP, Holmes Culley/Martinkovic Milford Architects/Plant ...
Commodore Sloat: The Baconators
Commodore Sloat Elementary School, San Francisco. Butler Armsden Architects/Strandberg Engineering/Geoffrey DeSousa Interior Design/Clayton Timbreli & Company.
Junipero Serra: EHDD/Nibbi
Junipero Serra School, San Francisco. EHDD Architecture/Nibbi Brothers General Contractor.
Gordon J. Lau: Team Spork
Gordon J. Lau Elementary School, San Francisco. Sundt Construction/Buehler & Buehler Structural Engineers/Dougherty & Dougherty Architects.
Lawton Alternative: Tsunami Sundaes
Lawton Alternative Elementary School, San Francisco. URS Corporation/Jacobs Associates/Siegel & Strain Architects/Ben C. Gerwick Inc./Forsythe General Contractors.
Sunnyside: The Sunnyside Ups
Sunnyside Elementary School, San Francisco. Swinerton Builders/Levy Design Partners/ZFA Structural Engineers.
Lakeshore Alternative: McCarthy & TEF
Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School, San Francisco. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc./TEF.
Lafayette: Sandy with a Chance of Meatballs
Lafayette Alternative Elementary School, San Francisco. BNBuilders/Taylor Design/Interface Engineering.
Dianne Feinstein: XL Sandcastle
Dianne Feinstein Elementary School, San Francisco. XL Construction Corporation/Harley Ellis Devereaux.
KZV Armenian: Sandwiches & Sandwizards
KZV Armenian School, San Francisco. Cody Anderson Wasney Architects/Vance Brown Builders.
Central Elementary: Stantec, DPR & Central
Central Elementary School, San Francisco. Stantec/DPR Construction.
Francis Scott Key: The Hungry Games
Francis Scott Key Elementary School, San Francisco. Pfau Long Architecture/Pankow Builders/Herrero Builders.
John Yehall Chin: frozen popSeagulls
John Yehall Chin Elementary School, Architectural Resources Group.
Clarendon Alternative: SANDchefs
Clarendon Alternative Elementary School, Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, Rudolph & Sitten, Inc., WSP Group.
Sun shines on Ocean Beach sandcastles
The Da Vinci Devils from Chinese Immersion School took home gold on Ocean Beach Saturday.
Ocean Beach sandcastle contest rescheduled
Join SFBay on Ocean Beach Saturday, November 9 for the 30th annual edition of Leap's sandcastle contest.
Even whales love Ocean Beach sandcastles
A cold, foggy morning gave way to perfect sandcastle weather for kids and adults.
