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- Legal experts are saying that the Trump administration would be wise not to seek an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court in the travel ban case, which they will likely lose, but that may not stop them from trying. [Chronicle]
- Speaking of Beer Week, Stanford archaeology students this week made beer using a 5,000-year-old recipe from China, and it was a little sour. [ABC 7]
- Here's a look at a couple of new residential buildings, totaling 584 units, coming to mid-Market near Gough. [Socketsite]
- On Thursday the BART board approved a plan to remove even more seats to make more room for standing passengers. [CBS 5]
- A Santa Clara woman was reunited with the dog she's spent over two-and-a-half years looking for. [ABC 7]
- Here's the story of a weird, possibly fake kidnapping of a Milpitas council member’s daughter. [Chronicle]
- San Francisco is a top city for marriageable men, study finds. [Chronicle]
- Civic Center Plaza all the way from City Hall to UN Plaza is getting some improvements, including a fun looking new playground. [Chronicle]
- The city is once again looking for a new operator to take over the former Yoshi's on Fillmore Street. [Chronicle]
- The SF Botanical Garden Twitter account was hacked, and soft porn was posted there. [Examiner]
- Slate brings us a delightful analysis of the things President Trump has tweeted about while his daughter and son-in-law are observing Shabbat. [Slate]
