A paltry 30 -- 30! -- people were arrested in San Francisco for public intoxication on New Year's Eve around Broadway, Market Street and the Embarcadero. (Needless to say, we're sad to see that number isn't higher. Did any of you even go out that night? The economy can't be that bad, can it? Live a little. Sheesh.) The California Highway Patrol, however, reports 84 drivers were pinched in the Bay Area for suspicion of driving under the influence of booze and/or drugs from 6 p.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Thursday. Last year only 41 people were arrested from driving while tipsy.

Week Around the Ists


Obviously, they were looking in the wrong places.
Its difficult to arrest productive citizens for public intoxication one night of the year, when you ignore drunken homeless every other day of the year.
And, forget about drunkenness ... what about the naked guys in the Castro. Hee hee. Not that I would really want them arrested.