• Muni is currently mulling some possible changes, including the price of a bus ticket — fares may go up to $2.50 in 2018. Also, while you probably know it is illegal to not give up a bus seat to an elderly or disabled person, did you know that kids under 18 years of age are actually punished more harshly for the same crime? Youth face criminal penalties and fines of $380, while adults merely face administrative citations and a fine of $112. Messed up, right? Anyway, the SFMTA Board was set to vote today on decriminalizing the youth offense. [SF Examiner]
  • A surveillance video shows the theft of "thousands of dollars" worth of items from a tourist's rental van. Don't leave your valuables in the car, everyone! [ABC 7]
  • Remember that tenants' rights attorney accused of stabbing and killing someone on 6th Street? Defense is now saying that video evidence proves that an intern at the nonprofit Eviction Defense Collaborative, who was also charged with murder in the case, was nowhere near the stabbing when it occurred and is innocent. [SFist] [SF Examiner]
  • Overtime in the Sheriff's Department is on the rise, while the prison population is declining. [Chronicle]
  • Michael Mina just stepped down from the role of CEO at his own restaurant group, Mina Group. He hopes this will allow him to spend more time in the kitchen. [Eater]
  • The children's clothes purveyor Tea Collection just signed a deal to move into Pier 70. The other confirmed tenant is Restoration Hardware. [SF Business Times]