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- How a Bureau of Land Management agent allegedly abused his position for Burning Man privilege. [SFist]
- Hit-and-run crash kills pedestrian on 101. [KRON 4]
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Dick Costolo says he's sorry for not doing enough to curb Twitter's bullying and trolling. [CNet]
- Former Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State by a 56-43 vote, with both of California’s senators opposing the move. [SF Chronicle]
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Apple is designing a new chip for future Mac laptops that would take on more of the functionality currently handled by Intel processors. [Bloomberg]
- San Francisco-based Lily Robotics was raided by law enforcement agents as part of a criminal investigation. [SF Business Times]
- The San Francisco Police Department announced on Wednesday that it will be pulling out of the Joint Action Task Force, a controversial co-operation with the FBI. [48 Hills] [ABC 7] [CBS 5] [SF Examiner] [SF Chronicle]
- Facebook had another strong quarter in Q4 2016, earning $8.81 billion in revenue. [TechCrunch]
- SF school language programs reportedly "shut out" black students. [SF Examiner]
- SF controller’s affordable-housing compromise gets mixed response. [SF Chronicle]
