- The San Francisco Public Library does not have bedbugs, says the San Francisco Public Library. We'll still be finding an alternative place to pee when we're in Civic Center, thank you very much. [Chron]
- Valencia Street's beloved coffee shop/office 780 Café bites the dust after taking over for The Summit. It seems that controversial $5 minimum purchase to use the WiFi still couldn't keep the empenada joint afloat. [EaterSF]
- Oakland man surrenders five and a half pounds of World War 2-era TNT. Why he needed five and a half pounds of aging dynamite, the world will never know. [KTVU]
- Are you an in-shape dude living in or near Hayes Valley? Do you wear socks? This guy has a job for you. [Hayeswire]
- Ripped from the Examiner's storied crime pages comes this year-end list of San Francisco's worst offenders of 2012 [SFEx]
- Less depressing: Images of 2012, a whole year of Berkeley life in lovely photos. [Berkeleyside]
- Ten ways in which dining in San Francisco changed this year. [GrubSF]
