• Vanity Fair is hosting a 'New Establishment Summit' in SF on October 1 featuring some "tech titans," and tickets are $5,500. Yes, $5,500. [RachelSchafer/Twitter]
  • Judge rejects Shrimp Boy’s bid for dismissal, says there's no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Ed Lee. [KRON 4, Examiner]
  • Remember that Bernal Heights tenant who had that 315% rent increase? She's suing for wrongful eviction. [SF Mag]
  • We were just talking about this yesterday, it being coyote pupping season, and now a coyote has attacked this cute little dog, who was being walked by his owner in Stern Grove. [ABC 7]
  • Instagram isn’t just square anymore. [Instagram]
  • In answer to that frequent question “do people still use Facebook?”, JFYI, a billion people visited the site on Monday. [Slate]
  • PG&E wants to make it way more expensive to go solar. [Chron]
  • Here’s a list of all the controversial developments that are up for review next month. [Business Times]
  • Here's another racial bias claim against the Napa Valley Wine Train. [ABC 7]
  • There is a slight chance it may rain a bit Saturday. [Chron]
  • Luxury Canadian clothing chain Kit and Ace triumphs in their bid to move into Hayes Valley, despite the fact that they are formula retail, and the neighborhood fought them. [Hoodline, Chron]
  • Scary van with the words "Free Candy" painted on the side with bloody handprints terrifies Sacramento neighborhood, turns out to be headed to Burning Man. [CBS 5]
  • Now Robin Williams’s kids and widow are fighting over his bike collection. [ABC 7]