- Apple, which uses Martin Luther King in their advertising, does not observe MLK day. [Valleywag]
- Rose Pak remains "bewildered, dumbfounded and shocked," over Ed Lee's D3 Supe appointment, which should make for a fun race for the seat this November. [SF Chronicle]
- SF-based Instacart grocery delivery service is now valued at $2 billion, hates it when you can them Webvan. [SF Business Times]
- Key New York City lawmakers are poised and ready to go after Uber for surge pricing. [SF Business Times]
- Daniel and Eric Louie, who sold newspapers on an Outer Sunset stretch of Irving Street for 28 years, are calling it quits. [Hoodline]
- SF's building boom means lots of job openings at city and state agencies. [KQED]
- Cops gather at USF to marvel or scoff at crimefighting tech. [ABC7]