- A kidnapped 22-year-old woman fends off her would-be attackers [MissionLocal]
- San Francisco inches closer to letting us pay inflated parking meter prices on our smartphones. No one is pointing out that the pilot area in Hayes Valley has zero cellphone reception though. [Chron]
- Silent Knight, our favorite blind sea lion has finally found a home at the San Francisco Zoo. He'll be moving in with his new blind roommate Henry in May. [SFEx]
- Speaking of the Zoo, SFist pal Beth Spotswood finally pays a visit to that gorilla pit in the Outer Sunset for this week's CultureBlog. Or at least the Leaping Lemur cafe. [Chron]
- If you missed Coachella this weekend, AllShookDown has 13 reasons why you should be glad you did. [AllShookDown]
- On the other hand: if you're in to fashionable, free spirited ladies from LA County, Elle magazine has 38 reasons why you should maybe be sorry you missed it. [Elle]
- In an attempts to capture the spirit of people in the 90's who were attempting to capture the spirit of people in the 60's, Volkswagen introduces a (new) New Beetle. And it's (predictably) kind of ugly. [AP/OaklandTribune]
- The Mission, now on VHS. (Because: Retro, duh.) [MissionMission]
- Can we hurry up and fix this Prop 8 thing? Because Evan Rachel Wood would totally marry Kate Winslet. [Advocate]
