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- One of Governor Jerry Brown's two corgis, Sutter Brown, passed on today. [Twitter]
- A diminutive semi-homeless man named Dago, a.k.a. Dirtman, who lives in the detached cab of an 18-wheeler truck usually parked in the Upper Haight, had all of his belongings stolen from his recently, and neighbors have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help him. [Hoodline]
- SF prosecutors announced today that they will not retry Michael Smith, the 22-year-old man accused in battery case against BART cops in an incident in which his girlfriend as also accused the cops of causing her miscarriage. [ABC 7]
- Some Christmas Day violence in SoMa and the Bayview might be the result of an escalating gang feud. [Examiner]
- A very cold Canadian weather system could bring up to two feet of snow to the Sierras this weekend. [SFGate]
- Unreliable pedestrian injury data may mean San Francisco’s streets are more dangerous than previously thought. [Examiner]
- Supervisor Eric Mar has penned an op-ed pushing for approval of plans for the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) plans for the 38-Geary, which he says is "one of the busiest bus corridors west of the Mississippi." [Chronicle]
- A rape case against a Stanford football player is being called out by the New York Times as highlighting the school's strangely high bar for deciding guilt in disciplinary hearings, which require a 4-1 majority vote by the disciplinary board. [NYT]
- Here's the Russian Consul General in San Francisco speaking out Friday about the President's sanctions and expulsions of Russian diplomats and consul employees. [ABC 7]
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