- Brasa in Berkeley to close, but it's a "happy ending." [Inside Scoop]
- Fisherman's Wharf to get new main drag. Finally. [Eater]
- Minimum wage ‘tip credit’ idea gets cold shoulder. Brr. [Berkeleyside]
- 7th annual Bicycle Music Festival to culminate in a pedal-powered block party in the Mission. [Mission Mission]
- Oakland man sent to prison for 1998 kidnapping and rape of two high school girls. [Oakland Tribune]