Good grief, this Chinese New Year business sure does go on for a long time. This weekend, it's a New Year Parade and a New Year Community Fair that'll be tying up traffic. A ton of major east-west lines will be affected on Saturday afternoon -- the 5, the 71, the 38, the F, the 1, and so on.
Also causing trouble: the weather. Muni can barely keep its head above water when it's dry, so the predicted storm this weekend will only make things worse. Plan your trips carefully, or better yet, curl up at home with a mug of cocoa and a copy of Last Wolf Standing.
After the jump: details!
Chinese New Year Community FairFriday, February 22 at 11:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Sunday, February 24.
Street Closures
· Grant between California and Broadway
· Pacific between Kearny and Stockton
The following Muni line will be re-routed.
· 12-Folsom/Pacific
Chinese New Year's Parade
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 4:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
The Parade will commence at 5:30 p.m. from Market & 2nd and proceed
along the following streets Market, Geary, Powell, Post, Kearny,
Columbus disbanding between Pacific and Washington.Street Closures
From 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
· Market Street between Beale and 2nd
· 2nd Street between Market and Mission
From 5:20 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Market Street between Beale and Geary
Geary between Market and Powell
Powell between Geary and Post
Post between Powell and Kearny
Kearny between Post and Columbus
Columbus between Kearny and PacificThe following Muni lines will be affected or re-routed.
Powell Cable Car
California Cable Car
F- Market & Wharves
1-California
2-Clement
3-Jackson
5-Fulton
6-Parnassus
9-San Bruno
9X-San Bruno Express
12-Folsom/Pacific
14-Mission
21-Hayes
30-Stockton
31-Balboa
38-Geary
38-Geary Limited
45-Union/Stockton
71-Haight/Noriega



Good grief, it's February and this Black History Month business sure does go on for a long time. And it's a leap year which adds one more day! What's up with the cultural insensitivity people?
Yeah, Black History Month, that's another one. The Chinese and the Blacks sure know how to draw out a party.
...and Christian children take TWO WEEKS OFF from school for Christmas. Have you tried going to Union Square during the last two weeks of December? It's insane!