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- In news pertinent to Airbnb and Airbnb-ers, some on the Board of Supervisors have proposed a 60-day cap on all short term rentals, regardless of whether a host is there or not, though already-registered hosts would be grandfathered in to the system as it stands. [Business Times]
- Once upon a more colorful time, our city's cable cars used to be designated a color for each route. [SFMTA]
- A giant fighting robot being built in Hayward. [CBS5]
- The group of vegan activists, Direct Action Everywhere, who ran into Chez Panisse in Berkeley to protest last month have accused Berkeley of retaliation or something. [Chron]
- Will San Francisco become one of the first cities in California to use speed enforcement cameras? [ABC7]
- Don’t freak out about those Ocean Beach "swastika" coconuts — they’re Hindu, not Nazi. [Hoodline]
- Here are some details, plans, and renderings of a proposed 800-foot tower next to the Transbay Transit Center, as designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, the same architect as Salesforce Tower. [Socketsite]
- Following the Loma Fire and all this rain, mudslides are now a serious concern in the Santa Cruz Mountains. [CBS5]
- A Manson follower and convicted murderer named Robert Beausoleil, who is 68, was again denied parole this week... for the 18th time. This time? It was because he was recording and selling music without permission from the California corrections authorities. [CBS5]