Green race a bit of a snore-fest

The TTX GP, on the other hand, should prove to be far more sedate. In fact, it could have quite easily been called the Politically Correct TT; certainly the Environmentally Friendly TT. But perhaps the most apt appellation would be the Really Boring TT. Most motorcyclists -- even the drunken hooligan contingent that can normally be counted on to disgrace any event -- will ignore this race.

But the media will lap it up.

That's because the TTX GP is the world's first zero-emissions motorcycle race.

Pundits will proclaim it yet another sign of our seismic shift in thinking when, yes, even bad-ass bikers climb aboard Al Gore's train to planetary salvation.

The premiere event in the green Grand Prix will be for electrically powered bikes.

UPDATE:Calif Regulators OK Sempra Utility $2 Billion Transmission Line

SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Sempra Energy (SRE) unit San Diego Gas & Electric Co. won approval Thursday to build, at customers' expense, a $2 billion transmission line in California's Sonoran Desert, which the company said it would use primarily to transport renewable power.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved the project and SDG&E's use of customer funds to pay for it, with the understanding that the 123-mile high-voltage line will be used primarily to ship renewable energy from the Imperial Valley to San Diego.

VIDEO: Police and the homeless in cold weather

People also might not want to stay in the shelters because they get booted so early in the morning.

This week, City Councilman Nick Licata asked that some overnight shelters allow guests to stay longer into the morning so they're not put back on the streets early in the morning.

"5:15 in the morning is a really cold time," Eisinger said.