- Your weekend ICYMI: Patti Smith celebrated her birthday in SF, a blue kitten was saved, SoMa car thieves were caught on tape, Stanford's band offended, and anti-government protestors armed with guns took over a federal building in an Oregon wildlife refuge.
- Your Saturday and Sunday links.
- SF's history of fucking up the Fillmore feels worrisomely familiar. [Hoodline]
- Plans to demolish Mission Street laundromat and replace it with six-story, 55-unit building moves forward. [Socketsite]
- "For anyone who's foolishly walked down San Francisco's "iconic" Market street, they know it wasn't meant for pedestrians." [Dearest District 5]
- San Francisco's BART stations appear to be disproportionately affected by escalator failures. [Hoodline]
- As of today, the Golden Gate Bridge's lane configuration has changed. [ABC7]
- Prominent SF programmer apparently kills self after alleged altercation with SFPD. [Bay City News] [Pastebin]
- Do we need to worry about the toxic chemicals in SF's fog? [SF Chronicle]
- Shrimp Boy's trial will have its closing arguments today. [ABC]
- The SF 49ers have fired coach Jim Tomsula. [KRON4] [SF Business Times] [ABC7] [CBS5] [SF Examiner]
- Was Alex Nieto trying to ward off a dog when SFPD officers fatally shot him? That's what creators of a film on his case believe. [Mission Local]
- Park station captain known for bike crackdown doubles down against Idaho stops. [SF Examiner]
- Well-known "programmer, writer, and investor" [Paul Graham] publishes essay applauding income inequality, [derision follows. Holly Wood] [Rick Webb]
- There's a meeting tonight to discuss plans to renovate Fillmore Street's historic Clay Theatre. [The New Fillmore]
