• We may be in for some thunder and lightning with the storm that's passing through Thursday. [CBS 5]
  • Zynga is having more layoffs, getting out of the sports game category, getting rid of 364 jobs, still trying to get profitable at this late date. [NYT]
  • Even though we couldn't pass a soda tax in hyper-liberal SF, there's now a proposal for a statewide soda tax. [Business Times]
  • Yesterday California's water board finalized what are the biggest water usage cuts in state history. [ABC 7]
  • And in further bad news for the new span of the Bay Bridge, salt water may be seeping into the foundation of the new eastern span’s tower. [Chron]
  • SF-based virtual currency company Ripple Labs, which sold the Bitcoin-like XRP, has settled for $700,000 in a federal investigation. [Examiner]
  • That guy who broke into a Mission apartment on meth because he thought it was spaceship docking bay, who was acquitted of several other charges last month, has pleaded guilty to one charge of burglary, and will get two years in prison. [Examiner]
  • Reddit has launched a video division apparently to create original content. [The Verge]
  • Huh? The SF branch of Madame Tussaud's is now immortalizing a couple of YouTube randos celebs, Smosh, who, granted, have 20 million subscribers. [TubeFilter]