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Kara Swisher ripped into Travis Kalanick for canceling his Code Conference interview. [Recode]
Chronicle columnist David Talbot has picked up the longstanding cry to rename Justin Herman Plaza, given that Justin Herman was highly controversial former head of redevelopment who was blamed for displacing thousands of African Americans. One idea: Maya Angelou Plaza. [Chronicle]
Three crying, dehydrated kittens were rescued from inside some mechanical construction equipment in Redwood City yesterday. And yes, you can adopt them. [Examiner]
Increasingly activist football star Colin Kaepernick was doing a good deed by giving away some of his old suits to parolees seeking employment in New York. [AP]
Murfee, a German Shepherd who is a rescue mentor dog, was stolen from an East Bay home on Sunday. [CBS 5]
California’s population rose to 39.5 million in 2016 with rises seen in both SF and San Jose. [AP]
Pablo Gomez Jr., the UC Berkeley student suspected of murdering a woman whose case sparked outrage because of their preferred pronoun, has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial. [Daily Cal]
The city of San Francisco wants Uber to release the names and addresses of all its local drivers so it can tell them they need business licenses, but Uber is fighting to block the effort, and is suing the city. [Chronicle]
Thursday is Star Wars Day, and here are some local ways to celebrate.
An employee at a Half Moon Bay restaurant was arrested Saturday for allegedly recording women a children on video in a restroom. [BCN/ABC 7]
If a levee were to break in the wrong place, it could cut off the drinking water supply to the Bay Area for months or even years according to a new report, but fixing the system could cost as much as $3 billion. [NBC Bay Area]
SF homeless czar Jeff Kositsky reports that nine homeless encampments have been "resolved" since last August, and of the residents in them 70 percent have been put in shelters, returned to family, or put into treatment programs. [Examiner]
Check out this kid from San Jose whose mom helped him create a Lou the Seal costume for Halloween last year, and he wore it to a game over the weekend and met Lou himself. [MLB]

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