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- Remember that horrific limo fire on the San Mateo Bridge that killed five women in 2013? One of several ongoing wrongful death suits, brought by widower Aldrin Geronga, resulted in a jury award of $6.5 million. However, Geronga won't be collecting any of it because the limo company was found to be at fault, and he already settled with them for an undisclosed sum. [East Bay Times]
- In case you hadn't heard, the San Jose Sharks are going to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 25 years. [Mercury News]
- Microsoft and Facebook are building a new underwater internet cable that will cross the Atlantic Ocean, carrying customers' data between North America and Southern Europe. [Chron]
- As we kind of previously gathered from their Instagram, both Wachowski sisters aren't working on Sense8 right now, which was just in SF shooting. Lilly Wachowski is taking some time off from directing and Lana is doing it solo. [Vulture]
- Privacy activists have put up a big mobile billboard at Netflix HQ protesting VPN blocking by the company. [Consumerist]
- A kid from San Jose has reached the top 10 in the National Spelling Bee finals today. [CBS 5]
- Santa Cruz's Cowell Beach has been ranked worst in water quality across California. [Chron]
- Taser co-founder got shouted down at an SF use-of-force meeting, and faces allegations of supposed manipulation of evidence in the Alex Nieto case. [48 Hills]
- A naked man was detained after he was found wandering on the side of the freeway near a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 880 Thursday morning. [CBS 5]
