• According to the [East Bay Express], that smartphone app BART created for riders to report bad behavior is instead being used to racially profile people.
  • Today is Shrimp Boy/Ed Lee news: HRC commissioner at center of bribery allegations freaks out on an [SF Examiner] reporter, and the Alameda County prosecutor implicated in the scandal has taken a leave of absence and hired a heavy-hitting PR guard dog [SF Chronicle].
  • Oakland’s iconic Rock Paper Scissors has been evicted. [KQED]
  • The SF 49ers have released Aldon Smith after he was arrested again last night. [ESPN]
  • A trans singer from SF tells American Idol's producers off, says they only wanted him because "now they just need that token trans person for America to gossip about." [99.7 now]
  • Jeremy's, the longstanding designer for cheap store in South Park, is closing. [SF Gate]
  • Here's a short film showing the building of Aquila, Facebook’s full-scale unmanned aircraft. [SF Egotist]
  • The Upper Haight Farmer's Market is doneski. [Hoodline]
  • The [SF Examiner]'s editor scrambles to convince people that things aren't as bad over there as have been widely reported.