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- Bay Area's fault connections could make for a very bad scene. [SFist]
- Equipment problems dog BART again Thursday morning. [KRON 4]
- Call an Uber, and soon you'll get a robot. [CNet]
- The operators of Backpage.com have asked a California judge to throw out charges against them of pimping and trafficking prostitutes. [Associated Press]
- The much-loved Point Reyes Books names new owners. [SF Chronicle]
- Behold the faux-Vegas splendor of this Silicon Valley mansion. [SocketSite]
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Apple is rumored to be pulling USB 3.0 and Magsafe ports from their next MacBook Pro. [Motherboard]
- SF's million-buck one-bedrooms, mapped. [Curbed SF]
- SF State’s Queer Alliance is attempting to re-register their club status for spring 2017 after a two semester long absence due to embezzlement of funds by a former member. [Golden Gate Xpress]
- The National Football League would "love to have" the Oakland Raiders stay in the East Bay rather than jump to Las Vegas, Commissioner Roger Goodell says. [SF Business Times]
- Google has reached an agreement with CBS to carry the broadcast network on its soon-to-be-launched web TV service. [Wall Street Journal]
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A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed Wednesday while he was responding to a civil disturbance call in Northern California. [FOX]
- Jeanne Taylor, Grace Cathedral benefactor, dies at 85. [SF Chronicle]
- For the first time in its 44-year history, Sequoia Capital, one of the most vaunted venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, has hired a female investing partner for its U.S. operations. [Bloomberg]
- San Francisco advanced plans Wednesday to create special financing districts on Treasure Island as part of the area's major redevelopment. [SF Examiner]
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