• So we're calling this weekend's NFC Championship game between the Niners and the Seahawks the "Nerd Bowl" apparently. [WSJ]

• San Franciscans trash more than 4,500 pounds of clothing per hour, says the SF Environment Department. Today, the city started working with a global clothing recycler to change that. [Grist]

• NASA shows just how bad the California drought is. [Unofficial Networks]

• New California law requires bartenders to wear gloves. [EaterSF]

• Google and Apple face $9 billion lawsuit for conspiring to suppress wages. [Valleywag]

• The Wireless: Law enforcements secret partnership with phone companies makes everything transparent except the law. [SFWeekly]