KCBS Insider Phil Matier will be away for the next few weeks.

Work is well underway on a $400 million dollar renovation of San Francisco's iconic Transamerica Pyramid. Staff at the Standard got an up close work at some of that work.

For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising spoke with Astrid Kane,  Senior Editor at The Standard, the Bay Area's fastest-growing news source.