- So, if you see this vanity license plate above roaming around the city, it does not belong to anyone here at SFist. No, it belongs to a guy who apparently splits his time between SF and Istanbul, and his Instagram handle is SF_Ist. [SFist]
- Berkeley may soon legalize the public display of female nipples, keeping it in line with SF, where nipple nudity is totally OK. [NBC Bay Area]
- A 25-year-old man living in SF who drove for multiple ride-hailing services was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of collecting and distributing child porn. [CBS 5]
- Officials are looking ahead to how they're going to connect Caltrain with the Transbay Terminal, a.k.a. the DTX, which may cost $4 billion. [SF Business Times]
- Some NorCal pot growers are accused of trying to bribe a sheriff with $1 million. [CBS 5]
- This is a fairly standard story on a jerk landlord who avoided eviction rules with a nasty rent increase on a single-family home, but the landlord also happens to be Shrimp Boy’s lawyer! [SF Mag]
- That fence to protect Alamo Square from protesters two Saturdays ago cost a cool $10,000. [Chronicle]
- Which neighborhoods in SF use Uber and Lyft the least? [Examiner]
- Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in San Francisco — previously the California Culinary Academy is leaving SF. [Chronicle]
- UC Berkeley astronomers detect radio bursts from a distant galaxy, raising extraterrestrial questions. [Daily Cal]
- There's been a wave of grab-and-runs at tony Fillmore boutiques. [New Fillmore]
- A new map shows which SF neighborhoods are hit hardest by air pollution. [Chronicle]
- Why eye-popping whale shows off the California coast are the new normal. [Chronicle]
- Bank of America to close its 90-year-old branch in Bernal Heights. [Hoodline]