8AM
In the interview , she did n't seem very glad to have been vindicated ; she sounded like she was talking about a dead friend when she described what Civic Center had become . Now it was rush hour and Civic Center was as busy as it could be . The Civic Center BART also serves as the major station for Muni trolley lines , and if you need to switch from one to another , that 's where you do it . At 8AM , there were thousands of people coming up the stairs , going down the stairs , getting into and out of taxis and on and off buses . They got squeezed by DHS checkpoints by the different civic buildings , and routed around aggressive panhandlers . They all smelled like their shampoos and colognes , fresh out of the shower and armored in their work suits , swinging laptop bags and briefcases . At 8AM , Civic Center was business central .