- You know that guy who decided that getting a permit was going to take too long so he just started excavating a small hillside on his property in Sunnyside to create an off-street parking spot? Well, it turns out, in this case, his scofflaw ways won out in the end because the city gave him their blessing to do some emergency shoring of the excavated hill, since he created a landslide hazard, effectively almost finishing his project over the weekend. [Socketsite]
- Say goodbye to Vernon Davis, 49er fans. He's just been traded to the Broncos. [ESPN/ABC 7]
- Among the things that toppled on freeways during storm-related traffic incidents today, a pile of frozen chickens, and 4,000 nails. [Chron]
- EB-5 visa program comes under fire for "selling citizenship" to wealthy foreign investors who have $1 million to spend on SF development projects. [Chron]
- Apparently Marc Andreeson has blocked a disproportionate number of women on Twitter. Do women just talk too much, Marc? [Medium]
- On the one side among users of neighborhood-watch site Nextdoor you have rampant racial profiling. On the other, you have politically sensitive users in Noe Valley and Glen Park who are now debating whether it's offensive to call petty thieves "criminals." [Chron]
- Performer who once made a "2 Legit 2 Quit" parody video that helped Ed Lee's original mayoral campaign now regrets it. [BrokeAss Stuart]
- All those star ratings on every on-demand app have, essentially, turned us all into assholes and/or horrible bosses with unreasonable expectations. [The Verge]
