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- We now have a cause of death for Home Alone actor John Heard, who was found dead last month in a Palo Alto hotel room: heart attack. [CBS 5]
- The man found dead in the Bayview on Tuesday was homeless and living in a van, which is where he was shot. [Bay City News]
- That anti-Google protest by the alt-right planned for Saturday in Mountain View has been postponed due to alleged "threats" from the "alt-Left." [SFGate]
- Remember that fun sounding couple who was advertising for a personal assistant/slave last week? Well the Chronicle has now broken down which aspects of their Craigslist ad are actually illegal. [Chronicle]
- Will the Embarcadero ‘Promenade Ribbon’ sidewalk lights ever light up again? [Curbed]
- UC Berkeley students break world record for largest human letter. [ABC 7]
- A mistake on a pretrial questionnaire led to the release of murder suspect Lamonte Mims, accused in the killing of film scout Edward French on Twin Peaks. [ABC 7]
- Also, the DA's office could have objected to his pretrial release, but they did not. [Chronicle]
- In order to make time for necessary repairs and upgrades throughout the BART system, BART will likely soon have to start opening one hour later in the morning, at 5 a.m. instead of 4 a.m., which is likely to impact a lot of commuters' lives. [Chronicle]
- The San Francisco Republican Party is angry that USF will is having a separate black student orientation. [CBS 5]
- Rep. Jackie Speier wants to invoke the 25th amendment (the insanity one) to remove Trump, and that's a long shot. [NBC Bay Area]
- After their story was told in the media, SF donors help a family rescue their RV home from a tow yard. [Chronicle]
