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- Did you know about King Norman? [SFist]
- Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly assaulted a pregnant restaurant employee in Colma last month. [KRON 4]
- Airbnb gets free rein in Arizona thanks to new law. [CNet]
- Tesla Motors says it has started producing lithium-ion battery cells at its $5 billion factory in Nevada. [Associated Press]
- Bob Castaneda, a Vietnam veteran and art car creator known for driving around in an oversize Radio Flyer red wagon powered by a 350 Chevy engine, has died. [SF Chronicle]
- Lyft says that it is on a path to profitability and had more than doubled its quarterly ridership from the year prior. [SF Business Times]
- Police report they have arrested 40-year-old Nathan Bracy of San Francisco in connection with a fatal stabbing at Valencia and Duboce streets on December 29 [Mission Local] and that they've arrested a 29-year-old Stockton resident for a fatal shooting that occurred that same day [SF Examiner].
- An East Bay animal shelter is desperately looking for people to adopt after 42 animals were dropped off Tuesday. [ABC 7]
- Medium’s exit from the online ad business was news to some of its publishing partners, many of whom have come to depend on the publishing platform as a key source of revenue. [Politico]
- SF's DPH is considering relocating from its headquarters and other buildings in the Civic Center area at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. [SF Examiner]
- One rescued from two-alarm fire burning Thursday in SF. [KRON 4]
