• Trans person who works at Facebook (and even pioneered their agender policy) was banned from the site over the "real names" policy, and says the company's got "a very WASP notion of how names work, and the reality is far more complex." [Medium]

  • “The Dolores Park Pride plan was a complete fail this year,” says Dolores Park Works, in part because no one sprang to fund a cleanup on Saturday or Sunday. [Dolores Park Works]

  • PG&E wants to deduct their $1.6 billion penalty for the San Bruno blast, and state legislators want to stop them. [CBS 5]

  • Two people were injured in a three-alarm house fire in Ingleside today. [ABC 7]

  • Drought conditions, and the draining of underground aquifers, are causing homes in the Central Valley to sink. [CBS 5]

  • Supervisor David Campos supports the shutdown of the Mission Miracle Mile Improvement District, saying it no longer reflects what the neighborhood needs. [Chron]

  • The first phase of a huge development over on Alameda, at the old Naval Air Station, has been given the go ahead. It will have 800 units of housing and 60,000 square feet of commercial space. The plan to deal with the former base has been ongoing for 18 years. [Chron]

  • 15 great whites were just spotted in Monterey Bay. [Chron]