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- Is the Pixel better than the iPhone? [CNet]
- Reports of new hate group appearances in Bay Area have groups alarmed. [Chron]
- An unsubstantiated claim that federal immigration officers were in the process of conducting operations in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties became a viral rumor, leading to panic. [CBS5]
- A woman who allegedly vandalize a Davis mosque by putting bacon on the doors has been arrested. [SFist] [CBS5]
- Adolph Gasser photography, a 67-year old business, is closing. [Hoodline]
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Water is starting to pour through a "glory hole" in Lake Berryessa, a concrete structure that lets water through only when the lake is quite full. [Chron]
- Highway 37 in Novato remained closed Thursday, as Caltrans workers build a metal wall to keep water off of the road. [KRON 4]
- A Seattle area man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children admitted to having gang ties and that he had been arrested previously, the U.S. Justice Department said in court documents filed Thursday. [Associated Press]
- YouTube has auto-captioned a billion videos. [CNet]
- NoPa residents pack meeting with police, frustrated with uptick in area crime. [Hoodline]
- The fate of the Titans of Mavericks surf contest hangs in the balance, and the fight over event ownership is still making big waves. [NBC Bay Area]
- Less than 24 hours after the incident, San Francisco police arrested a man they allege was the shooter in a Tenderloin killing that caused the victim to crash his car early Wednesday morning. [SF Examiner]
- Uber gives their -rich-only-on-paper staffers a way to cash out. [Bloomberg]
