- A bill to deter phone theft by creating a cellphone killswitch was killed by lawmakers, probably because they're in deep with the wireless communications industry. [Chron]
- Author Gary Kamiya takes on the much-talked-about soul of San Francisco in "San Francisco is Dead, Long Live San Francisco." [SFMag]
- In the Bayview, a man jumped through a drive-thru window and attacked a fast food restaurant employee. [SFEx]
- A truck full of stolen copper pipe overturned on Fulton Street Wednesday. Metal thieves are the worst. [RichmondSF]
- The Dogpatch is getting an arts plaza on 19th Street. [CurbedSF]
- Behold: Gaspar Brasserie, a new French spot in the Financial District. [InsideScoop]
- Kamala Harris was fundraising at Airbnb HQ last night, which may have been bad timing. [Valleywag]