Production for Alcatraz (the upcoming San Francisco-set JJ Abrams thriller) began on January 19th, but don't expect to see many production crews around the City. As previously discussed, a handful of key shots for the first season will likely be filmed here (and on the Rock), but the overwhelming majority of the series will be shot in Vancouver.  

Monday was one of those exceptions.  As SFist reported, Alcatraz filming resulted in street closures and neighborhood warnings of 'simulated gunfire'.  We at Uptown Almanac sent Jenny Wilson down to Filbert Street between Hyde and Leavenworth, to continue our tradition of bringing you the best in shitty iPhone journalism and paparazzi star-fucking.  

You never know, if you hang around Humphrey Slocombe enough, there's still a chance you might have a 'ZOMG it's Hurley from Lost!' moment in the next few weeks.  

Alcatraz premieres on FOX this Fall, and is centered around a team of FBI Agents tasked with hunting down a group of missing inmates and guards who reappear in the present.