SFGATE: Bay Area New Year’s Eve celebrations off to early start

Bay Area New Year’s Eve celebrations off to early start Published on January 01, 2018 at 12:34AM by By Jonathan Kauffman At five minutes before the dawn of 2018 — in Karachi, Pakistan, or 11 a.m. in California — the crowd in the rotunda of Oakland’s Chabot Space and Science Center was getting antsy. Like …