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- Meal ingredient delivery service Blue Apron buys BN Ranch, the second Bill Niman ranch — he departed the first before it was sold to Perdue. [Eater]
- As Bay Area population growth slows, and some counties shrink in number, it's time to take a long look in the mirror and ask if we're even that cool anymore. [Chron]
- Cool new SF showroom features “fanciest toilets in the world,” which are like mini spas for your nethers, and surely justify the price of Bay Area real estate! [ABC7]
- A fundraiser for Koko the gorilla has been launched after storms damage her roof. [KRON4]
- Pre-fab microhousing for homeless people moves forward in Berkeley and Oakland, but San Francisco is not sold on the idea. [Hoodline]
- Uber could be breaking laws in its plan for drivers to accept tips in certain states. [Bloomberg]
- California would stand to lose $24.3 billion under Trumpcare. [KQED]
- Marin County Assemblymember Marc Levine wants to ban smoking on all California state beaches and state parks. [CBS5]
- SF jail staffers could get body cameras as part of a new program. [CBS5]
- Bard wanted: Danville seeks a poet laureate — be it ye? [NBC Bay Area]
- Medium launches memberships for $5 per month hahahhahahha. [The Verge]
- An initiative whose goal is to “build and preserve” housing for 500 teachers and paraprofessionals by 2020 has helped house just 16 educators in the last two years, so maybe it should pick up the pace. [Examiner]
- An update on Shiloh Heavenly Quine, the first state-funded inmate to receive gender confirmation surgery, from womens’ prison. [Chron]
- Reminder that we’re due for another storm Friday, and that it's really not worth getting out of bed if you can help it. [KRON4]
