- Fred Blackwell has only been Oakland's City Administrator for a month, but he's already quitting to take a gig in SF. Wow, there sure is a lot of turnover in Oakland's top jobs, isn't there? [Oakland Tribune]
- Completely unrelated, I'm sure, is the news that Oakland is rebranding. Problem: solved. [SF Business Times]
- The San Francisco Opera's beloved veteran Italian language coach, Elena Servi Burgess, has died. [SF Classical Voice]
- The Twitter tax break means SF is missing out on 100 million tax dollars, but Twitter spokesperson Colin Crowell says there's "a net tax benefit even with this tax arrangement" because otherwise Twitter would have left SF. Do we still believe that? [Bloomberg Businessweek]
- Emma Donoghue discussed her new novel, about an unsolved murder that took place in SF in 1876. [NPR Books]
- The Legion of Honor's super-fancy-pants Salon Doré reopens on April 5. [Art Newspaper]
- Some compelling arguments re "Why the San Francisco 49ers Must Cut Ties with Troubled CB Chris Culliver." [Bleacher Report]
- No one wants to hear about Kathie Lee's NorCal wine. [CBS/AP]
- [KPIX] has a new anchor! Her name's Veronica De La Cruz, and you might have seen her on MSNBC or CNN. Welcome, Veronica!
- [Beyond Chron] doesn't understand why people who are frustrated with the tech community still want them to provide money to the city. As Teen Talk Barbie said, "Math class is tough!"
- If you spend any time in Alamo Square. you might have seen Terry Williams. Now [Hoodline] has more on the well-liked SF native/dogwalker.
- More on Le Video's fight to remain in business, this time from [Time].
- [SF Chronicle] staffer's kid has a meltdown while the staffer is on the air. Hilarity ensues.
