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- Noise Pop kicks off next week, here's what you can't miss. [SFist]
- California officials say that land in the Central Valley is sinking so much from over-pumping of groundwater in the drought that they will press for new laws to limit well drilling to slow the damage. [Associated Press]
- "Zeitgeist Likely to Lose Literal NIMBY Challenge," [SocketSite] predicts.
- Spring training for the San Francisco Giants begins next week. [KRON 4]
- Victor Virgil Anderson, former dancer, dance educator and co-founder of Berkeley’s 59-year-old Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, has died. [SF Chronicle]
- Apple CEO says fake news is "killing minds," and governments and tech firms must act to stop it. [Associated Press]
- Guard dogs abandoned by traveling pot workers flood animal shelters. [CBS 5]
- For the month of February, the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is waiving adoption fees for all pets aged seven or older. [SF Examiner]