• Uber's surge pricing probably results in fewer drivers on the road, as it turns out. [Chron]

  • At last night's GOP presidential debate Trump denied insulting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, even though it's on his own website. [Twitter] [Vox] [ABC7]

  • A San Francisco man is trying to connect homeless people with their families through YouTube. [Good]

  • Google (uh, Alphabet) gets ready to start testing giant WiFi balloons in India. [CNET]

  • Airbnb uses controversial temp agency to staff No on F campaign. [SF Weekly]

  • The people behind the controversial people-rating app "Peeple" spent a lot of time trying to explain themselves in a long interview and a separate television appearance. [Re/code] [Calgary Herald]

  • A man tried to confess to murder at a Santa Clara jail, but was turned away. [ABC7]

  • Developers of massive Laurel Heights site can’t decide how much to build. [SFBizTimes]

  • Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf gave her first State of the City address. [CBSSF] [Chron]

  • Bay Area lawmakers discussed upping bridge tolls again. [CBSSF]

  • A group started giving out "free hugs" at SFO, and things quickly got real. [DailyMail]

  • Hayes Valley's Petit Crenn started serving breakfast and lunch this week. [Eater]

  • Worker at that San Jose seafood spot where 200 people were sickened with shigella also comes down with it, although he's not believed to be the source of the outbreak. [ABC7]