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- As predicted yesterday, a final plan for corporate shuttles was approved today, a continuation of the status quo. [SFist] [Chron]
- On our storm radar today were road closures in Pleasanton and Highway 84 in Alameda as well as Sacramento flood water troubles. [KRON4]
- There were also evacuations amid storms in Monterey County and a menagerie of zoo animals relocated from San Jose for their safety. [CBS5] [NBC Bay Area]
- Speaking of San Jose, in the same area as the Coyote Creek flooding that stranded homeless encampments this morning, non-homeless residents were also stranded as rescue crews offered assistance. In San Jose, all told, more than 225 people were rescued. [SFist] [Chron, Chron]
- Longtime pot use can make you uncontrollably nauseated for weeks at a time, says a new study — I'll have to get back to you on that in, you know, a long time. [KRON4]
- An SF design studio created a special straw for McDonalds' Shamrock Shake, which allows you to taste both the top mint and bottom chocolate flavors by ingesting them with the same straw, at once. For a more elegant solution, you could just stir up the shake. [Forbes]
- Martin Shkreli, the loathsome "pharma-bro" whose visit to UC Davis ended in a poop-pelting, is now talking to Cal undergrads online because that's how sad and lonely he is. [Chron]