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The Last Waltz turns 40. [SFist]
- Legislation that would make City College of San Francisco tuition free for all city residents advanced Wednesday to the Board of Supervisors, but with the city’s budget in flux the plan’s future remains uncertain. [Bay City News]
- Sarah Jessica Parker describes Twitter as "a boneyard, a feast of vitriol." [InStyle]
- San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly said Wednesday that he has no interest in the Oregon Ducks coaching job. [Associated Press]
- [Slate] argues that "Facebook Should Consider Subsidizing and Promoting Local News."
- Tech billionaire Sean Parker's $250 million effort to help the immune system sniff out and defeat cancer is starting a project focused on discovering highly personal tumor tags. [SF Business Times]
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GoPro has revealed that it will cut 15 percent of its workforce and shut down its entertainment division following a failed effort to enter the consumer drone market. [SF Business Times]
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An SF man was one of three who died of an ecstasy overdose at the HARD Summer Music Festival in Southern California in July, as the San Bernardino Coroner now reveals their cause of death. [Associated Press]
- At a community meeting held Wednesday night, opposition to an eight-story, 184-unit Mission District housing project doubled down insisting that making 25 percent of its units affordable was not enough. [Mission Local]
- Fitbit is buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million. [TechCrunch]
