Great Highway Closed This Week
SF Appeal reports that the Great Highway will be closed early this week (today? tomorrow?) for clean-up. Apparently, sand from the beach and dunes has spread out on the roadway and poses a driving hazard. So, heads up if you’re traveling that way.
Super Bowl XLV Set: Packers to Face Steelers
Two of the most storied franchises in the history of the NFL will be meeting in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboy Stadium on February 6 as the Packers and Steelers advanced to the championship game on Sunday.
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre: Suzanne Vega
Grammy award-winning American folk singer and songwriter, Suzanne Vega, will perform her eclectic music at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco this Thursday.
The Real Workout of San Francisco
Word on Polk Street is that a new Reality Show is coming to San Francisco. A full film crew complete with grips, props builder and camera operator setup outside of the Crunch gym housed in the former Alhambra Theater last Saturday.
SF State Budget Woes
SF State has a $32 million deficit and with state and education funding quickly drying up, the university is facing a monetary crisis. To this end, the school created the 12-member University Planning Advisory Council [UPAC], who released a report today detailing the possible steps SF State would need to take to ease their financial woes.
Report: Bay Area Traffic Improving
For the first time in 28 years, Bay Area commuters can no longer complain about having one of the five worst commutes in the nation.
Event: The Edwardian Ball
Squeeze into your corsets and don your top hats because this weekend’s the Edwardian Ball! Taking place tonight and Saturday at the Regency Ballroom, this two-day fest let’s you revel in all your be-costumed Gorey (Get it? Gorey as in Edward Gorey. Ahem). This event will be a turn of the century celebration of music, theatre, circus arts, bands, DJs, ballroom dance and fashion.
SFPD Issues Warning Prior to Chinese Lunar New Year
The Chinese Lunar New Year begins on February 3. The celebration is a customary time of gift exchange, usually involving red envelopes filled with cash.
Sober Up
SF Appeal reports that the SFPD will be holding a sobriety checkpoint in Potrero Hill (at Potrero Avenue and 23rd Street) on Saturday, January 22nd from 8:30am going on till the wee hours of the night. Why they are announcing the DUI checkout days ahead of time is anyone’s guess. Now all the reckless drunkards will know to avoid Potrero as they’re slamming home Four Lokos.
Planned Parenthood Comes to the Mission
Women all over SF now have a new clinic they can go to for safe, clean and affordable OB/GYN care. After having the one and only clinic (Golden Gate Planned Parenthood) in the city stripped of its affiliation, Planned Parenthood has now reopened an office in the Mission.
