- Scott Wiener's brush with cell-phone extortionists ended in arrest. No, not for him! [SFist]
- On not going "home" for the holidays. [Slate]
- Academy of Art University student seeks funds to make documentary about gold-painted guy. [Hoodline]
- Sixth and Mission SRO might be razed for tourist hotel. [SocketSite]
- FTC reaches settlement with Oracle after finding the company deceived consumers about “significant security issues” in its Java software. [Consumerist]
- Artwork by Stu Jackson, who was killed in in San Francisco last week. [Hoodline]
- Woman contends with her dead brother's lizards in the Richmond District. [Rumpus]
- Santa Cruz surfers freak out over Kelly Slater's wave pool. [ABC7]
- Register your drone for free for the next 30 days, after that it's $5. [TechCrunch]
- [Wired] recalls some dead or dying "tech giants."
- Well-known SF homeless woman is given a clear-eyed yet sensitive eulogy in the [SF Chronicle].
- Fundraiser for Mario Woods' family to be held at the Elbo Room tonight. [SF Weekly]
- Sara Shortt’s has headed San Francisco’s Housing Rights Committee for 17 years, but now she's moving to LA after “This city has absolutely, totally broken my heart." [Mission Local]
