- Top financial advisers are smelling (read this part in old-timey prospector voice pls) gold in these here hills. [Wall Street Journal]
- Bruce Bochy says the Giants need to step it up. I'm hoping he means like in those Step It Up movies, but will also accept "they need to start winning." [San Jose Mercury News]
- Officials are trying to figure out when to schedule a three-day closure of the Presidio Parkway. [Contra Costa Times]
- The landlord in that massive rent increase case says, via Facebook, "This is all over the Internet and I cannot comment, but I know my friends know the truth and I pray greedy is a word that never has and never will apply to me." [ABC7]
- Meanwhile, the tenant says her eviction had nothing to do with her Airbnb hosting. [SF Gate]
- A cyclist was seriously injured after he crashed into the back of a signaling car. [KRON4]
- Buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC is in advanced talks to acquire most of the assets of Digital First Media, which would mean a new owner for The San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Oakland Tribune (among others). [Reuters]
- [Wired] says that there are a lot of good reasons for people to sue Uber.
- [Vice] rode along with SFPD's only mental health liaison.
- Oak Street's bike lane remains a de facto parking lot. [Streetsblog SF]
- Twitter says "bug" caused sex-focused content to disappear from search. [BuzzFeed]
- 89% of local kids (and their parents) got the SFUSD school they wanted. [SF Chronicle]