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- There are lot of cool things to do next week, here are a few! [SFist]
- Officials say Californians are using less water than they have in years, thanks partly to winter rains that are doing the lawn-watering for them. [Associated Press]
- Eighty chihuahuas were rescued last month from a hoarder house in Solano County, and now the dogs need new homes. [KRON 4]
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Peter Thiel isn't so sure carbon emissions are a problem. [Houston Chronicle]
- Users are complaining that their Google Home isn't listening to them. [CNet]
- St Regis residents take note: Adjacent buildings might get a lot taller. [SocketSite]
- Sign celebrating Portola's designation as SF's Garden District to be unveiled this weekend. [Portola Planet]
- Ocean Avenue liquor stores struggle to adapt to area changes. [Ingleside Light]
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Families pay more to live in SF than anywhere else in the Bay Area. [Curbed SF]
- After being shut down for lewd conduct, neighbors ask city to permanently revoke massage permit for Paradise Health Center on Balboa. [Richmond District]
- About a dozen Muni passengers in San Francisco had to evacuate their train and walk through the tunnel after the train stalled. [ABC 7]
- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has signed off on a plan to provide some funding for legal defense to immigrants through the public defender's office, albeit at a far lower level than advocates had initially hoped for. [Bay City News]
- First came the flood, and now many San Jose residents are facing a new threat: black, green and even blue mold. [KCBS]
- The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury, a civilian watchdog body that investigates and reports on various aspects of city government, needs its next crop of jurors. [Mission Local]
