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  • The New York Times got into the on-the-ground studies happening of this year's Sierra snowpack, which is healthier than it's been in a few years but shows some alarming signs of climate change — especially because it's melting off earlier than years past. [NY Times]
  • An argument over who owns a meteorite chunk will be decided in San Francisco, and not because we're the spaciest. [Chronicle]
  • San Francisco had a lot of million dollar home sales in 2015. In fact, we had the third most in the US. [SocketSite]
  • Remember the story of the drunken Oakland Police Department officer who allegedly barged into a couple's home and assaulted them? He will face misdemeanor battery charges. [SFist] [CBS 5]
  • A man was stabbed around 1 a.m. Saturday morning on Grant, near Union Square, after he refused to let the future-stabber use his cellphone. [CBS 5]
  • A man in Los Angeles posed as an Uber driver in order to pick up and then sexually assault a woman. No word on whether he was using an Uber decal purchased on eBay. [CBS 5] [SFist]
  • In perhaps related news, a car service just for women called Chariot for Women just launched in Boston. [ABC 7]
  • An elderly woman who apparently jumped into the water off Pier 35 had to be rescued this morning. [Chronicle]