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- Flood at Green and Jones after cab driver strikes fire hydrant. [KRON 4]
- Should you take the free iPhone 7 deal or lease your next phone? [CNet]
- As oyster season opens, a major player in Marin County will be missing from the action this year. [CBS 5]
- Anti-gay candidate for San Jose city council crashes LGBTQ group's press conference.
- Refurbished Panhandle basketball courts reopen. [KRON 4]
- Stanford's new president takes office amid big debates on sexual assault and the role of the humanities at a university known for tech innovation. [Wall Street Journal]
- Shadowy political coalition calling itself "Rise San Francisco" launches (second item). [SF Chronicle]
- Amid ongoing tensions at SF State surrounding Jewish and Palestinian relations, a petition questioning the University’s partnership with a Palestinian university has garnered nearly 1,300 signatures. [Golden Gate Xpress]
- Invesco Real Estate is buying The Piers, an office and retail development at historic Piers 1½, 3 and 5, from Pacific Waterfront Partners LLC for $103 million. [SF Business Times]
- A fire burned through a one-story SF apartment, leaving three displaced residents and a dog without a home, their belongings stuffed in large black trash bags. [SF Chronicle]
- "The Privacy Wars Are About to Get A Whole Lot Worse." [Locus]
