-- Alameda County judge tells Berkeley tree squatters, like the scrappy Ninjah and Stork here, to climb down. For good. [SFGate]

-- Car crash on the 101 kills one, lands two in jail. [Examiner]

-- And yet another death on the 101, this time by gunfire. Egads. [CBS5]

-- Missing Sacto woman's cell traced to SF. "She drives a silver, small model Kia with the license plate 5WMU818," fyi. [KGO, via BCN]

-- According to the Weekly's Joe Eskenazi, Lincoln was the best / ugliest U.S. president. Oh, and he'll be the face of a shiny new '09 coin. [The Snitch]

-- Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums endorses Clinton for President. Yep. Yeah. Moving along... [Oakland Tribune]

-- Always worth a listen, Tom Ammiano's voicemail greetings. [SFBG]

-- TSG yearns for Norv Turner's return to the 49ers. [Chron blogs]