• Tim Lincecum's soul patch is not bad luck, it turns out. The two-time Cy Young winner stayed on the mound for 8 innings and held the Padres to a single run. He even brought Brandon Belt home on an RBI. That run, plus Carlos Beltran's homer (his first for the Giants) in the 4th put the Giants on top 2-1. [MLB.com]

• With the grand opening of a Fresh & Easy on Third street, the Bayview got it's first grocery store in 20 years yesterday. Not everyone was happy about that though. [BCN/Appeal]

• On Valencia: Farewell Parking Lots, Hello Condos [MissionLocal]

• The cables on the Golden Gate Bridge are getting a fresh coat of paint. [CBS5]

• Meanwhile, in Oakland: Activists aren't happy with the acting school police chief. [KTVU]

• OldSF.org is like "google street view with a flux capacitor" [OldSF] [Mission Mission]