- Twitter might be working on new apps for virtual and augmented reality. [CNet]
- Soon Google will have the ability to use all of the information associated with your account — search, Chrome, YouTube, the works — to inform the ads you see across the web. [Wired] [Associated Press]
- How to own 7,200 square feet in San Francisco for only $35K. [Richmond District]
- SF-based Lending Club will lay off 12 percent of its staff, admits that it made more than $700,000 in loans to its ex-CEO and his family members in a bid to inflate monthly loan volume. [SF Business Times]
- Investment banker hire spurs rumors that Lyft is trying to get acquired. [SF Business Times] [Wall Street Journal]
- Facebook confirms, then denies allegations that it uses location data to suggest friends. [Fusion]
- For the third year in a row, Oakland’s Lake Temescal has been closed to swimmers after an outbreak of toxic blue-green algae. [CBS 5]
- The California State Transportation Agency might take over regulation of Uber and Lyft from the PUC. [SF Chronicle] [SF Business Times]
- Here's more about [Y Combinator]’s plan to build a prototype city, or something.
- Despite recent tragedies, the Blue Angels will fly at SF Fleet Week. [SF Chronicle]
- A proposed resort in Monterey County would turn picturesque dunes into a 340-room hotel and condo complex and allegedly endanger wildlife. [CBS 5]
- Oakland votes to ban large shipments of coal, in a move that will likely spur a lawsuit from coal companies over contract violations. [ABC 7] [Wall Street Journal]
