- Soylent has just released a reformulated powder. The selling point? It tastes blander. [Soylent Blog]
- Tenants in a live-work artists' collective at 968 Peralta Avenue who were already being targeted for a city inspection as an illegal dwelling received an eviction notice from their landlord this week. [Chronicle]
- Here's how the SFMTA thinks SF’s raised bikeway system might work. [SFMTA]
- An East Bay man trying to create a kite-surfing hangout in the Delta for Silicon Valley’s elite has stepped up his unusual battle with water regulators. [Chronicle]
- The San Francisco DA’s office uses a social media tracking tool called MediaSonar to surveil suspects. [Examiner]
- Mayor Lee is at odds with San Francisco's Superior Court over a decision to recall tens of thousands of arrest warrants for quality-of-life offenses, because the court says they're a waste of resources and rarely enforced. [Chronicle]
- The firing of Hayward's police chief might have been over her husband’s arguably scammy classes, which the city paid him for, in "effective executive communications." [KQED]
- A voter-mandated “Five-Year Financial Plan” was released Thursday by the City Controller’s Office says that scarce office space, a housing crunch and a transportation system at near capacity are restricting further economic growth. [Examiner]