- How did toast become the latest artisanal food craze? Once you get past the headline, the story of Trouble Coffee's Giulietta Carrelli and her fancy toast is sort of sweet. [Pacific Standard]
- Here's what it's like to spend a day in Dolores Park as an extra on HBO's Looking. Bonus: Jonathan Groff dancing. [Confessions of a Boy Toy]
- Tahoe bears are all, "It's too hot to sleep!" [The Awl]
- Today in pedestrian-involved accidents: a car hit a runner in Union Square and a 47-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck in a crosswalk in Oceanview. [Chron] [BCN]
- Buffalo Exchange wants your furs to help rehabilitate adorable baby animals. [BCN/Appeal]
- UberX driver Syed Muzaffar, who struck and killed 7-year-old Sophia Liu on New Year's Eve also had a previous reckless driving conviction in 2004. [SFBiz]
- Have you noticed more homeless people in Hayes Valley? Is it because the Mayor kicked them all out of mid-Market? [Hayeswire] [Chron]
- If Oakland blows up in this tech boom, it's going to be because BART is making Muni look bad:
Oakland is going to blow up in the tech economy because SF's 1bx and 38bx bus lines make BART look like a supersonic jet.
— Josh Harkinson (@JoshHarkinson) January 14, 2014
