• Mid-Market, around Van Ness, is going to get awfully crowded with tall buildings. [Socketsite]
  • A kid who was (illegally) selling Outside Lands wristbands on Craigslist got briefly kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint of his wristbands and his cash by some would-be buyers, who turned out to be thieves. [CBS 5]
  • Here are some renderings of the huge development headed for the car wash property at Divisadero and Oak. [Hoodline]
  • The Perseid meteor shower happens this week, and it will be most visible Wednesday night into Thursday morning, with the help of a new moon. [KRON4]
  • Traffic on westbound 80 in Berkeley was snarled this morning when a schoolbus carrying kids on a field trip from Berkeley to Oakland collided with several cars, injuring a dozen students. [CBS 5]
  • Tesla is losing $4,000 on every Model S electric sedan it sells. But Elon Musk promises to start making a mass-market car next year. [Reuters]
  • Turns onto Market between 3rd and 8th Streets will be banned as of Tuesday (and that includes you, Uber drivers!). [Chron]
  • US Forest Service abandons Tahoe logging plans after legal challenge. [CBS 5]
  • Borders/Webvan guy wants to launch delivery service powered by robot army in SF next year, to compete with Amazon Prime. [Re/Code]