- Details on the nine-story condo development that could replace Flax. [Hoodline]
- Biotech VC based in SF is fired from his own company, sued for fraud. [Xconomy]
- Merchants want to keep sex workers out of Union Square. [NBC Bay Area]
- Philanthropic organization gives the New York Times, Mozilla, and the [Washington Post] a $3.89 million grant because the newspaper websites can't figure out how to moderate comments. Sounds like a brilliant use of money.
- [SF Gate]'s Ambush on Memory Lane! is not something anyone would want to be the subject of, but it sure makes for great reading. Today's victim: Marc Benioff.
- Hunters Point's abandoned Police Athletic Club. [7x7]
- The [Huffington Post] appears quite outraged at the idea of a plaid shirt made to be more visible when cycling at night, calling it "the most hipster item of clothing ever."
- Kevin Weston, who wrote for the SF Bayview and the Oakland Post, has died. [Peninsula Press Club]
- Everybody wants in on the disappearing message gravy train. [SF Business Times]
- Facebook was down for about half an hour, but you were probably sleeping and didn't even notice. [Bloomberg]