- Former state senator Mark Leno, who's contemplated a mayoral run before, is going to announce Thursday that he's officially entering the race for mayor in 2019. [Chronicle]
- Prior to the Ghost Ship tragedy, an inspection program in Oakland revealed that three quarters of buildings inspected posed dangers. [Chronicle]
- San Francisco is legally mandated to reduce their vehicle fleet, but instead they got more cars. [Examiner]
- Even though she didn't show up, security and overtime to keep the peace the day of the canceled Ann Coulter event still cost $500,000. [Chronicle]
- A fire that burned an Oakland homeless encampment was in a city-sanctioned camp, so that experiment appears to be over now. [CBS 5]
- The rogue National Park Service staffer who tweeted side-by-side shots of inauguration crowds has been traced to San Bruno. [CBS 5]
- Crime in SF dropped last year, except for gun violence. [Chronicle]
- The family of the teenager killed this week in the Sunset speaks out. [Examiner]
- Why weather apps are often wrong about SF temps. [SFGate]
- Sharks Are Dying By the Hundreds in San Francisco Bay [Bay Nature]
- Waymo says former executive Levandowski made a deal with Uber before he left, and was given 5 million shares of Uber stock day after leaving, months before Otto acquisition. [Axios]
- Some supervisors are staying silent when the call rises for homeless Navigation Centers in each district. [Examiner]
- Protesting Students Take Over UC Santa Cruz Administrative Building. [NBC Bay Area]