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- The estimated $3 billion Berkeley Global Campus project the campus had been working toward since 2014 will be suspended indefinitely in light of UC Berkeley’s budget deficit, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced at a meeting Thursday. [Daily Californian]
- A massive redwood tree in Glen Park will be moved (not chopped down) so owners can subdivide a property. [Glen Park News]
- Burning Man begins Saturday, let the quibbling on whether or not the city seems less populated commence. [KRON 4]
- In addition to their "quality filter," Twitter is now working on "a keyword-based tool that will let people filter the posts they see," because if you can't see that people are threatening to kill you on their platform everything in OK. [Bloomberg]
- Amazon seems to be overcharging some Fresh customers, by a lot. Bug or intention? They won't say. [Cnet]
- The SFMTA has started work on a "protected intersection" at 9th and Division. [Moving SF]
- Seven-count conviction for SF serial car burglar. [KRON 4]
- New York-based developer Thor Equities has sold SF's landmark Phelan Building for $375 million. [SF Business Times]
- Judith Liteky, who spent decades organizing support for Central American war refugees and protests against a U.S. training center for Latin American military leaders, died Saturday of multiple myeloma at her home in San Francisco. [SF Chronicle]
- Google Fiber is pulling back on its broadband rollout even more, as pressure grows to cut costs. [Recode]
- SF man enraged that soon salons could legally offer patrons booze. [CBS 5]
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