• Mission Street bouncy ball party gets rowdy, turns in to a street melee, ends in a couple of arrests. [SFAppeal]

• Carlos Santana dropped in to Mission High School (his alma mater) to congratulate students on raising their test scores and play a brief concert.

• Start polishing those balls, Lucky Strike Lanes in SOMA will probably finish construction in mid-to-late February. [LiveSOMA] via [GrubStreet]

• Important Hamburger News: Pearl's Deluxe Burgers on Market Street opens Wednesday. [GrubSF]

• Nessie Spotting: Vanessa Getty seen at a release party for Classy, "a young woman’s primer on how to conduct herself in all manner of situations," penned by a fabulous gentleman. [SFWire]

• The Contra Costa Times issues a retraction of sorts for that 25% tipping mixup, which was (no surprise here) basically made up. [InsideScoop]

• John Waters muses about riding Muni, "I feel like it’s just like an amusement park ride…I love it" [MuniDiaries]