• SF man swindles family and friends out of $1.6 million to pay Barbra Streisand. What? [SFGate]
• "Do you want me to call my Dad?" Melodramatic UC Berkeley student comes down from tree. [CBS5]
• Booze banning drama. [Eater]
• Jackie Speier and dinner at Chevy's? Sounds like the perfect evening. [Sweet Melissa]
• Hipster piercings lead to lead poisoning. Ba-dum-bum. [Oakland Tribune]