- Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the federal government to investigate Airbnb. [Guardian] [SocketSite]
- A 31-story high-rise has been proposed for 330 Townsend. [SF Business Times]
- The police sergeant who shot and killed Jessica Williams has a record of complaints filed against him. [48 Hills]
- An alleged mass cat killer faces 11 additional counts in San Jose. [ABC 7]
- PG&E knew more than 15 years ago that it lacked information about the dimensions and strength of its oldest gas pipelines, but did not order its engineers to inspect them. [SF Chronicle]
- Outcry over the placement of an SFPD officer who controversially shot a homeless man on the Department's reform bureau has prompted his loss of that role. [Mission Local] [SF Examiner]
- Group monitoring the misuse of Valencia bike lanes determines that it's about as bad as you'd think. [Streetsblog SF]
- A proposed sales tax hike that will go before San Francisco voters in November would reduce the amount of spending in local businesses, but simultaneously raise an equal amount of tax revenue. [SF Examiner]
- 78-year-old SF resident Forbes Kiddoo suffered major injuries Wednesday when his pickup truck veered off a Petaluma-area road. [Press Democrat]
- San Francisco had the highest average gas price in the county in June at $3.00 per gallon. [KRON 4]