- Mayor Lee and Supervisor Jane Kim held a press conference to announce that widely-anticipated UNIQLO store coming to Union Square this Fall. Curbed was there to document the event. Key takeaways: everyone loves UNIQLO and Jane Kim is still a babe. [CurbedSF]
- Despite that escalator excrement problem, BART has no plans to re-open bathrooms in the San Francisco stations. [BCN/Appeal]
- Local entrepreneur "Gary" offers in-home bra fitting services. [SFist Flickr Pool]
- This phallic Castro Valley cell tower got a makeover. [Chron]
- Knife Crime 2012: Man stabbed while trying to sell an adult-sized tricycle in SoMA. [SFEx]
- Sonoma County SWAT team frees hostages in a standoff with an intoxicated suspect. [KTVU]
- Why SFWeekly Staffer Joe Eskenazi is not watching the Olympics tonight. (Spoiler alert: they're kind of lame sports and the Dodgers are in town.) [SFW]