Day Around the Bay

-The rain and all the usual stuff causing havoc on the roads.

-Teachers to get Lunar New Year off. Oh, and students will too.

-Vallejo cops shoot a driver for extremely reckless driving.

-Thanks to activists in the Bay Area, people will be able to whack off to a more eco-friendly Victoria Secret's catalogue.

-The Ex thinks the Transit Effectiveness Project should do a book report on how Portland does public transportation.

-Berkeley U.N. Center is out of UNICEF Holiday cards.

-First official law suit filed against the U.C. Berkeley new athletic center filed.

-Fruitvale Elementrey School declares a "War Against Improper Toys Drive" and asks the students to bring in toy guns and violent video games. Irony of title lost on everyone.

-San Jose's Norman Mineta to get a Medal of Freedom from the President, a strange thing considering Mineta has yet to really screw anything up.

-Venture capital companies are throwing money around like drunken sailors again.

-The Christmas Tree at Union Square makes for some cool photos.

-Judge rules California has six months to get it's prison act together.

-It's still October in the Tenderloin.