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- If you're looking for things to do this week, you're tougher than I am, but here you go. [SFist]
- Homicides have increased in most large American cities this year but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said Tuesday she’s pleased that overall crime in her city, including homicide, has decreased even though its Police Department has been racked by scandals. [Bay City News]
- [Slate] on "The Internet Law That Explains Why 2016 Was So Terrible."
- One report says that SF rents are dropping as Sacramento and Stockton's skyrocket. [SF Gate]
- One Bay Area neighborhood has more lead exposure than Flint, Michigan. [Curbed SF]
- San Francisco police have arrested a suspect in a 2013 fatal shooting in San Francisco’s Bayview District. [Bay City News]
- Judge in SF turns down SFPD union's demand for a preliminary injunction to block a new Police Department use of force policy from going into effect. [ABC 7]
- A horrific crash involving several vehicles early Wednesday shut down southbound lanes on Highway 280 and sent at least one person to the hospital with major injuries. [CBS 5]
- In the wake of the tragic fire in Oakland that claimed 36 lives and the city crackdowns that resulted, the founder of a Mission District arts space will bring together firefighters with managers of both underground and above-board arts spaces to help improve fire safety. [Mission Local]
