- Grab a free coffee and protest cuts to the state education budget at one of the many rallies around the Bay Area today. San Francisco rallies are being held at 505 Van Ness, 2800 Mission and Castro & Market. [EducateOurState.org via Appeal]
- How is the re-opened Kwik Way in Oakland doing? [OaklandLocal]
- Parklet Watch 2011: The panhandle gets a new parklet on Fulton Street, right around the corner from the first one on Divisadero. Celebrate said parklet, at the author of BikeNOPA with a Pies for Parklets party tomorrow. [BikeNOPA] [Streetsblog]
- Planking, already an Internet sensation, catches on with local public transit riders. [MuniDiaries]
- Another day, another report of a Polk Street opening: Eleven o One is a new slick, yet friendly looking cafe on the edge of the gulch. Polk Street barhoppers looking for a 2 a.m. bite - look for the "Unholy Matrimony", which weds chicken and jalapeño poppers. [TheTender]
- Authorities in Danville are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl, considered to be at-risk. She was last seen near San Ramon Valley High School. [KTVU2]
- In Gilroy, a man was arrested for exposing himself at a children's lemonade stand. [KTVU2]
- 13 passengers were injured yesterday evening when their tour bus lost its brakes while exiting the 80 near Vacaville. [CBS5]
- Blind Item! San Francisco has a lot of hills (duh), and one local news editor has just crested one of her own. We wish her a happy birthday. [BlindItems!]
