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- If more cannabis enthusiasts did Crossfit, the latter might finally be tolerable. [SFist]
- Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf has announced that the city is formally launching a national search to find a new police chief. [KRON 4] [SF Chronicle] [ABC 7] [CBS 5]
- During a Facebook town hall Q&A Monday, Mark Zuckerberg said that he's "refining an artificial intelligence assistant to help him at home and work" [CNet] and that Facebook "is not a media company and that’s the way things will stay" [Fishbowl].
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Big parking lot planned for area of 19th and Illinois Streets. [SocketSite]
- Some Airbnb hosts are having a hard time refinancing their homes. [Consumerist]
- GM would've paid $6 billion for Lyft, but Lyft wanted $12 billion. [SF Business Times]
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Silicon Valley has crappy cell phone service, which is funny because there are a lot of technological things happening there. [New York Times]
- Virgin America said it will cut about 225 management jobs starting in October, following the anticipated closing of Alaska Air Group's $4 billion purchase of the company. [SF Business Times]
- Following his remarks decrying police training and brutality, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has invited San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to their police academy. [KRON 4]
