• Glass race to the top! (Our money is on the Millennium.) [Curbed]
• SF Zoo's cat wall too short. [SFGate]
• 22-Fillmore zaniness. [FCN]
• SF hearts Ron Paul. For some reason. (Another election? But we just haaaaad one.) [SFBG]
• Best Rincon Hill(-ish) venues in which to catch the NYE fireworks display. [Rincon Hill SF]
• NYE eating options. Chomp. [Eater]
• Dennis Herrera set to fight for SF's recently blocked health coverage. [SFGate]
• SF health plan illegal? [The Snitch]

And in unrelated Bay Area news, two unfortunate yet critical items:

• Benazir Bhutto was murdered in a suicide attack today. [SJ Merc, via AP]
• Mischa Barton arrested on La Cienega for drunk driving. [Examiner]

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