• These images of how San Francisco might have looked in some alternate reality where things actually get built are the best thing the Chronicle has ever posted. [John King/Chron]

• Gavin Newsom, who has been pretty quiet for awhile now, wants you to give California a report card. [Daily Cal]

• Outerlands report: man critically injured in a baseball bat attack at Taraval and 35th Ave. [BCN/Appeal]

• Driver who struck and killed pedestrian on Sunset Blvd arrested for manslaughter. [Chron]

• How San Francisco is trying to re-invent the housing project. [Atlantic Cities]

• California's almonds are thirsty. [East Bay Express]

• Here is an infographic explaining the numbers behind "if it's yellow, let it mellow." [TheBoldItalic]