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- Here's the thing: I don't like movies with animals in them, but I totally want to take my dog with me when I go see stuff! So let's expand this dog film festival idea to shows adults want to see, like action movies and the new Star Wars. [SFist]
- Verizon has reached a deal to buy poor little old Yahoo after all, at a deep discount following the latter company's hack revelations. [Bloomberg]
- You'll be extremely surprised to hear that BART experienced major delays this morning. [KRON 4]
- The era of the 30-second YouTube ad is nearly over. [CNet]
- San Francisco's top 10 places for crying in public, mapped. [Curbed SF]
- A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit the North Bay on Monday evening. [KRON 4]
- The [New York Times] takes a look at a program in Richmond intended to fight violence.
- The Castro gets an early screening of When We Rise. [ABC 7]
- Despite relentless rain and gusty winds, scores of hardy Bay Area protesters showed up in San Francisco on Presidents Day to voice their opposition to the nation’s commander in chief. [SF Chronicle]
- SF’s Elections Commission has asked the mayor to put $4 million toward an open source voting system. [SF Examiner]
