Some General SF Bay News

I was searching for info on the new Hospital Project Proposal (Geary between Franklin & Gough?) that has been hotly debated and found some other interesting things along the way.

Also, there is a proposal to build a brand new SF General Hospital. Then there is the new proposed Transbay Terminal Building slated for First and Mission St.

How about saving the Golden Gate Park Bandshell? It'll cost somewhere abouts $700 mil for a complete renovation. Good news is the funds may be available, you just need to rock the vote. Yeah seriously, vote here for your favorite landmark of the 25 Bay Area choices, and funding they shalll get. Hurry, votes are only counted thru 10/31/2006.

The Oakland Warriors basketball franchise has finally joined the marketing age. Since they started play at the Oakland Arena (in 1971) they have been without a sponsor for their arena. Now Oracle has reportedly agreed to terms (speculated to be $20-30 million total for a 10-year term) to name the venue Oracle Arena. I, personally, believe it is a sad testament (reflection of the team) that it takes 35 years for a team in a high-profile demographic area to garner this kind of advertising sponsor.

I can't wait to list this SF event, since it is so big. Annie Leibovitz will be speaking and signing copies of her her noteworthy book A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 on Friday (10/27) at the Jewish Community Center in SF. What an amazing opportunity this would be for fans of her expansive work.

Okay, getting into entertainment, Chicago opened last night (Tues 10/24) for a two week run at the Orpheum Theatre here in SF. It is a highly praised cast with Huey Lewis in the lead role of Billy Flynn (uh, except Sat 10/28, this role will feature John O'Hurley). Tix are $25-85.

What happens if you get a Microsoft error message on your puter that says: "Your Password Must Be At Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords"? I say your S.O.L. that's about sums it up. Oh yeah, and make sure to memorize your new password, writing it down somwhere leaves you vulnerable to someone finding it! ha!

Here's some kewl movie news. Cinematical writes of Clooney and the Coen Brothers together in another upcoming film project. I loved O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty. Let's call the working title of this project Burn Before Reading... The FULL title of the Admiral Stansfield Turner book is: Burn Before Reading: President, CIA Directors and Secret Intelligence. Yeah, you try fitting that on a one-sheet!

I've got some interesting golf articles to discuss, prolly in my next post... Definitely by the weekend. Don't forget, this Sunday 10/29 early morn is the end of Daylight Saving Time. What there's no "s" at the end of Saving? Apparently not, here are the deets. Cheers peeps.

image credits: Kira at the GGP Bandshell is an original photo by me, Leibovitz pic from booksmith.com, Chicago from bestofbroadway-sf.com