- An arrest has been made after a plastic-wrapped body was found dumped on an Oakland street. [KRON4]
- Over in the comments on our report providing background on Chris Harper Mercer, the man who was identified as the gunman responsible mass shooting at Umpqua Community College, readers suggested that news organizations not name or cover the suspects in these cases. This is just a few reasons why news organizations should, and do.
- It's now official: Google has been transformed into Alphabet. [Associated Press]
- People aren't just seeing rats in Castro restaurants: They're apparently scurrying all over some of SF's parks. [Hoodline]
- "WE are trying to ‘wow’ these schmucks so they will accept an offer for the home that is reasonable," wrote Mark Zuckerberg's financial advisor over a real estate deal for the Facebook founder. [SF Business Times]
- [re/code] says that Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Save Twitter.
- Alameda County prosecutor Sharmin Bock, who was caught up in the Shrimp Boy case, has been cleared of wrongdoing. [SF Examiner]
- California Lawyer, one of the nation’s foremost legal magazines, has abruptly ceased publication after 35 years. [SF Chronicle]