• 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]