- There's a fairly interesting backstory on the man who allegedly stabbed a guy at a Subway sandwich shop on Market Street before being fatally shot by an SFPD officer last month. He was apparently estranged from his family in Texas, was in crumbling mental health and had been living in a homeless shelter after briefly working at the SFMOMA cafe. [Examiner]
- Draymond Green’s mom got into a verbal altercation with Cavs fans in Cleveland on Wednesday, to which Green responded that she could "hold her own" and that "fans here are just rude." [CBS 5]
- Remember the tale of WrkRiot, that failing startup that spawned a cautionary tale from a fired employee that went viral last summer? Well, now its CEO, Isaac Choi, has been indicted for fraud by the Department of Justice. [CNet]
- A pants-less streaker ran onto the field of a Giants-Brewers game in Milwaukee yesterday. [Chronicle]
- The SFMTA is reducing speed limits on some major city streets. [Examiner]
- Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, and others will be attending a Jared Kushner-led summit later this month to “transform and modernize” government information technology and digital services, at the order of the president. [Bloomberg]
- Daveed Diggs, the Oakland-born, Tony-winning star of Hamilton on Broadway and more recently on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, is shooting a "buddy movie" in Oakland that's looking for extras. [SFGate]
- The SFPD's 143-year-old mounted unit (on horseback) could be going away as two of its only five officers retire next year. [SF Mag]
- Remember that huge statue/sculpture made out of recycled Transbay Terminal scraps that was supposed to be installed outside the Transbay Transit Center? The city has canceled the project and let the artist out of his contract because of delays and escalating costs. [KQED]
- The next iOS update allows for a new video screen capture feature and a lot of people are freaking out about potential privacy issues. [Consumerist]