SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- After going dark for nearly three years, San Francisco's iconic Bay Bridge lights returned Friday night. The expanded light installation artwork, known officially as "The Bay Lights," returned at 7:40 p.m. Alysa Liu spotted at Loard’s in Alameda In a lead up to the lighting , Ben Davis, founder of illuminate, the arts nonprofit behind the lights, and artist Leo Villareal shared remarks outside Waterbar on the Embarcadero. That will be followed by a collective countdown to the relighting of the lights, which have been expanded to both sides of the bridge. Bringing the lights back in an expanded fashion was an $11-million project that relied on donations from major philanthropists and over 1,300 donations from individual contributors. The event was open to the public. Watch the full report from KRON4's Jack Molmud in the video player above. ...read more read less