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17 October 2016 / SF News / Eve Batey

Monday Morning Linkdump: Richard Branson's Spliff Support


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  • Your weekend ICYMI: An SFPD officer was shot in the head Friday night, two Santa Clara University students were caught painting a swastika on campus with their own blood (??), another Bay Bridge pier was imploded, audience members at the Treasure Island Music Fest were miserable, Silicon Valley leader/Facebook board member dumps $1.25 million into the campaign coffers of a bigoted demagogue sex assailant, this short from Pixar staffers is lovely.
  • Your Saturday and Sunday links.
  • Those miserable Treasure Island fans won't be getting any refunds. [SF Chronicle] [SF Chronicle]
  • Storm roundup: Nearly 200,000 people were without left without power over the course of this weekend's rains [KRON 4], a coastal flood advisory remains until 3 p.m. today [Bay City News], More rain has fallen over the last few days than all of last October [KRON 4] [ABC 7]
  • Germany wants Tesla to stop using the term "autopilot." [Associated Press]
  • Fillmore Street now home to extremely fancy co-working place. [SF Business Times]
  • Apple Inc. has drastically scaled back its automotive ambitions, leading to hundreds of job cuts and a new direction that, for now, no longer includes building its own car. [Bloomberg]
  • Richard Branson Skypes into SF weed conference, sings praises of legalization. [CNet]
  • "What We Know About the Commissioners Selecting SF’s New Police Chief" [Mission Local]
  • The saga of the UC Berkeley personal trainer who was put on paid administrative leave over questions about his relationship with Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and his wife gets stranger by the day. [SF Chronicle]
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