- Some Bay Area folks are finalists for that one-way Mars trip, where the rent is presumably cheaper. [CBS5]
- Michael Bauer comes out against the current system of tipping. [Chron]
- A very impressive woman is going to row from the shores of Japan to the Bay Area. [ABC7]
- Forget Yosemite, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area is America's most visited National Park site. [Chron]
- Star of the Sea — the charming church that won’t let girls perform altar services — saw fit to distribute some very detailed sex pamphlets to some very young children. [Chron]
- Uber’s now revving up for a $2.8 billion funding round. [SF Business Times]