- Is Park Station’s weed bust program the best use of SFPD resources, [Hoodline] wonders?
- Three San Jose State students were convicted of misdemeanor battery for bullying a black roommate, putting a bike lock around his neck and calling him racial slurs, but the jury deadlocked as to whether two of the defendants are guilty of a hate crime and acquitted the third. [Chron]
- Everyone is on the tech market downturn beat these days, from the [Business Times] take on venture capital dry spells and wake up call signs to the [WSJ] who tell of valuation woes and general hangover symptoms.
- A Super Bowl 50 worker is suing for for labor violations citing lack of breaks and unpaid wages. [CBSSF]
- The Vau de Vire Society, a circus troupe of a sort responsible for the yearly Edwardian Ball inspired by Edward Gorey, is looking for a new home according to [KQED].
- SFO security allegedly forced a Sikh man to remove his turban. He's also a YouTube star, as [Mashable] observes.
- The S.S. Jacob Luckenbach sank more then 60 years ago after colliding with another ship 17 miles southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, but the 469-foot freighter is still posing an environmental hazard from its ocean grave. [Chron]