• Several Bay Area cities, starting with Berkeley, might require tobacco-style climate change warnings on gas pumps. (Seems a little bit late for that.) [CityLab]
  • A 26-year-old San Francisco man who went to Yemen to work on a project with coffee farmers is now trapped in the war-torn country. [ABC 7]
  • The massive Mission fire in January was NOT arson, likely electrical, says SFFD. [CBS 5]
  • Venture capitalist Peter Thiel just gave a talk where he basically said American democracy is dead, or never really existed. [Washington Post]

  • The SFPD passed up other suspects to nab black drug dealers, leading to charges of racial bias in Tenderloin drug busts. [Chron]
  • Divisadero might get rezoned for higher housing density. [Hoodline]
  • Supervisor David Campos wants dedicated funding for Mission affordable housing. [SF Business Times]
  • A real estate sales brochure for the Empress of China building is causing anger in Chinatown, in part because it could become bland office space. [SF Mag]
  • Remember the developer and former president of the Building Inspection Commission whose house on Twin Peaks collapsed and slid down a hill in December? Well the city is now suing him. [Chron, Examiner]