• As they say, "If you can't win the pennant at least annoy the Padres". And the Giants did just that by closing out the sweep of the Friars with a 3-1 game three. Carlos Beltran hit the 299th and 300th homerun of his career. [McCoveyChron] [MLB]

• There was a switch problem on the Muni underground at West Portal, in case you were wondering why it took you so long to get home. [BCN/Appeal]

• The Albion Castle is on the market for less than $1 million. Clearly someone someone needs to snap this up and develop it in to some kind of gothic, mead-serving supper club. [CurbedSF]

• Rhea's Deli is getting a new storefront and a cameo on Bay Area Check Please. [MissionMission]

• The long-empty RNM in the Lower Haight will become Maven - a new food/drink spot from a former Beretta Manager and Bacar sommelier. [Haighteration]

• In Fairfield, a schoolboard candidate admits she abducted four different children. [CBS5]

• A bomb scare and a car plowing in to a bodega. Sounds like Santa Rosa had a big day. [KTVU]

• SFMTA will pay $8 million to build a Chinatown apartment complex to replace one they're tearing down to build the central subway. [SFBizTimes]