• It turns out that the Bay Area "rent burden" isn't the worst in the country. [Chronicle]
  • The Santa Clara Council on American-Islamic Relations office had to be evacuated today after receiving a package containing a powdery substance. Even more disturbingly, this also happened at the CAIR office in D.C. [KRON 4]
  • A venture capital firm dedicated $10 million to investing in virtual reality startups. [Chronicle]
  • Nexflix expanded its parental leave benefits to include hourly employees. [Chronicle] [Wired]
  • BottleRock will open ticket sales this Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 11:50 p.m., even though next year's lineup has yet to be announced. [Chronicle]
  • The Board of Supervisors voted to reject the sale of a Mid-Market property. [SocketSite] [Chronicle]
  • The Internet Archive is hosting a 24-hour telethon at their San Francisco offices to raise money for the Wayback Machine. [Laughing Squid]
  • Portland’s “New Seasons Market” might be going into the space at 555 Fulton. [Hoodline]
  • The city releases its plan to deal with El Niño and assist the homeless during the coming storms. [Chronicle] [Examiner]
  • The memorial for a man killed in a drive-by shooting was thrown away after mourners gathered at the memorial were shot at in yet another drive-by shooting. [Mission Local] [Mission Local]
  • Pier 24 Photography might not really be a museum at all, but rather part of an elaborate tax scheme. [SF Weekly]
  • A SoMa gravel yard might become a new manufacturing complex. [SF Business Times]
  • More robberies of people delivering marijuana. [Chronicle]