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  • A dead blue whale washed ashore near Daly City. Officials were on site today attempting to determine the cause of death. [KRON4] [Chronicle] [CBS 5]
  • Mission District residents, specifically in the north-eastern corner of the neighborhood, attended a Mission Police Station community meeting and implored the SFPD to address the homeless situation in the area. [Mission Local]
  • UC Berkeley fraternities and sororities have ended their temporary self-imposed ban on parties that followed reports of sexual assault. New rules have been decided upon which UC Berkeley’s Greek organizations hope will make students attending parties safer. [Chronicle] [SFist]
  • Private donors, city officials, and neighbors teamed up to turn an empty lot at 24th and Sanchez into a town square. The location will host farmers markets, and, neighbors hope, events like movie nights. [Chronicle]
  • According to an SFMTA report, red light cameras don't necessarily make SF intersections safer by reducing collisions. [Newspaper]
  • A Tesla was spray painted overnight with "211" leading to two competing hypotheses: The vandal was hip to the company's after-hours stock price ($211), or, perhaps more likely, it was a reference to a San Francisco gang. [Chronicle]