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- A new roundup from apartment rental site Zumper shows rents across the Bay Area tumbling, and a noted nine percent drop in the median SF rent year over year. [Curbed]
- More than 2,000 students from 18 Bay Area schools got to see Hamilton today as part of their history classes. [Examiner]
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Watch this video of a self-driving car becoming trapped in circle made of salt. [Laughing Squid]
- A school in the Upper Haight has declared its block a no-rideshare zone for students or parents. [Hoodline]
- Check out the latest renderings for a 1240-unit housing development planned for India Basin in Hunters Point. [Hoodline]
- Google Maps users will soon be able to broadcast their location and movements to friends and family via the app. [Associated Press]
- Remember all that drama last year about the Sierra Club and the SF Bay Area Renters' Federation guy, Donald Dewsnup who was arrested for voter fraud? He just took a plea deal: three years probation. [Examiner]
- California State University just approved the first tuition hike its had in six years, but it's only $270 a year. [Chronicle]
- Supervisor Aaron Peskin, along with the SFMTA and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, are pressing the Public Utilities Commission to release the data it receives from Uber and Lyft in order to help them control traffic issues. [SF Business Times]
- SPUR has just released some conceptual renderings for improvements that could be made along Ocean Beach. [Examiner]
- The SFMTA is thinking about changes for SF’s residential parking permit program. [CBS 5]
- Benicia's police chief had a mildly amusing exchange with an email scammer trying to bilk him for cash. [Chronicle]
