There are many things that confuse me about this scene

We were paying for parking at lunch time at Bay Street in Emeryville when we heard a siren blip (ya know when they only turn it on for a second) so of coarse we rubber necked. It was a bunch of runners carrying a torch with a police escort. The first thing I thought was "cool it's the torch!" but then I said "Shouldn't the torch be lit?" then I remembered that #1 the Olympic torch had already come through the bay area a couple months ago and #2 it wouldn't be in Emeryville any way. Now I'm full of questions.