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decades now. the san francisco city jail? san bruno will be torn down by the end of the day. that is where nbc bay area s christie smith is now. she joins us live with a look at all the demolition. we see the wrecking ball right behind you, christie. reporter: yeah. good morning. it took five or six swings of the wrecking ball for it to finally do some damage to this old jail but it s happening. 78 years after it opened its doors, last act of san francisco sheriff mike hennessey. he said he vowed to close san francisco jail number three in his first campaign for sheriff 32 years ago. there were reports that it was deteriorating quickly with rumors it was overcrowded. it was built for about 550 inmates but often held 750. it took a federal court ruling in 1997 to finally force the closure. hennessey told us this was a long time coming. the interesting comparison, for example, is this opened in 1934, the same year that alcatraz opened, in 1934. alcatraz was closed dow ....