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- SFMTA gave in to merchants and will roll back some of the changes made to Mission Street. [KRON4] [Mission Local] [SFist]
- A Stanford-developed device kills bacteria in water using sunlight, and is inexpensive to manufacture. [Cnet]
- San Jose-based Cisco is laying off 14,000 employees around the globe. [Business Times] [ABC 7] [CRN]
- Corporate cash, originating from allies of Mayor Ed Lee, is flooding local politics. [Public Press]
- City databases have some pretty large errors in them — including a $20 million one. [Public Press]
- Feel like owning the Smog Queen? Well, now you can. [SocketSite]
- Instagram is launching a "live events" channel — think concerts, sports, and so on. [Consumerist]
- The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts we're going to get a lot of rain this winter. [Chronicle]
- UC Berkeley spent over $200,000 to boost its departing chancellor's image. [Chronicle]
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development rejected a San Francisco plan that aimed to slow the departure of minority groups from neighborhoods the city deemed to be gentrifying. [Chronicle]
