Day Around The Bay: Should The Bay Area Become A 'Megaregion'?: SFist

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The SF Homeless Project, a collaborative effort among the city's media outlets to focus on San Francisco homelessness, is winding down. [SFist] [KRON4] [KQED] [KQED] [SF Weekly] [Chronicle]
Gavin Newsom lent his support to the boycott of Cinemark after the movie chain reportedly tried to stick the surviving victims of the 2012 Aurora Colorado mass shooting with a $700,000 legal bill. [Deadline]
In the latest addition to the growing list of Oakland Police Department sexual abuse scandals, cops who worked at Richmond schools are now being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct with a former student. Meanwhile, a Contra Costa sheriff’s deputy resigned yesterday after being accused of sexually exploiting the same minor at the center of the OPD sex scandal. [East Bay Express] [KQED]
BART just got new trains! The diesel trains will connect Pittsburg/Bay Point and Antioch. [BART] [KRON4] [Chronicle]
Gary Johnson (you know, the guy running for president on the Libertarian Party ticket) visited SF yesterday. [Chronicle]
Despite promises form Google to increase the diversity of its employees, not much progress has been made. [Google] [Cnet]
Casa Guadalupe, a market on 25th and Mission, will be going organic in an attempt to keep pace with the changing neighborhood. [Capp Street Crap]
Another on-demand laundry service just entered the crowded Bay Area market. [Business Times]
Should the Bay Area become a "megaregion"? What does that even mean? [Business Times]
Accusations of racism marred a Mission housing meeting. [Mission Local]
There are going to be a lot of measures on this November's ballot. [Chronicle]
Like robots? Like burgers? Then you'll probably like this robot burger restaurant opening up in SoMa. [Eater]
Are you still here? Stop reading this. Go to the park or something. [SFist]

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