Is there anyplace in San Francisco more charming than SOMA at night? No, there is not. And this President's Day, it'll be even charminger: construction and traffic reroutes on the Bay Bridge may cause a few heavy-flow days over the holiday weekend. If you're clever, you'll probably want to avoid SOMA in the late-night and early-morning hours. But then again, if you're clever, you probably already do.

But it's not all blocked onramps and gas stations this weekend! There's also some bus reroutes, courtesy of the delightful YMCA Chinese New Year Run on Sunday at the Chinatown YMCA (855 Sacramento Street). The fun starts at 8am, and registration's $35. According to the website, "random awards will be handed out at the end of the finish line." Random! What fun. A pair of tweezers, some month-old cheese, a hedgehog, forty-two pounds of wigs ... readers, if you participate in the run, please let us know what they wind up giving away.

After the jump: details!

Chinese New Year Run

On Sunday, February 17, the Chinese New Year Run will begin at 8:00
a.m. The run will take place from Grant and Sacramento to Portsmouth
Square and require street closures and Muni re-routes.

Street Closures, 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

· Grant Avenue from California Street to Pacific Avenue

· Pacific from Grant to Stockton

The run will begin at Grant and Sacramento, continue north on Grant,
west on Pacific, east on North Point, south on The Embarcadero, west
on Washington, south on Battery, west on Pine, north on Kearny and
finish at Clay.

Muni service on the following lines will be affected:

1-California

10-Townsend

12-Folsom

9X-San Bruno

30-Stockton

39-Coit

45-Union

47-Van Ness

California Cable Car

F-Market

Bay Bridge Construction

Traffic in the South of Market area may be heavier during the night
and in the early morning hours over the holiday weekend due to Bay
Bridge retrofit construction that will require detouring traffic from
the I-80 freeway.

Please go to www.baybridgeinfo.org or call 415-597-5895 for further details.