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Blog Beat: La Niña is Here; Newsom's SUV Caught Parked at Fire Hydrant; W Visits Facebook

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  • QUEST elucidates La Niña, the climate phenomenon that could minimize rain and snow this winter in the Bay Area and surroundings.
  • From the HayWord: Hayward's Video Z, which specializes in Spanish-language films, is closing tomorrow. They may still have some inventory left, all under $5.
  • Gavin Newsom and Jean Quan are going to have to have a run-off over who is the bigger parking abuser. Last week Quan was outed as owing more than $1,000 in parking tickets. Today, The Snitch snapped a photo of Newsom's SUV parked in front of a fire hydrant in a red zone, two guys manning the front seat while the Mayor visited the San Francisco Tennis Club.
  • Valleywag clues us in that George W. Bush is visiting Facebook today. But you probably defriended him a long time ago anyway.
  • From California Beat, a video of the tree-lighting ceremony at Union Square.

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