- Airbnb says “soon” all SF listings will be legal, as Berkeley hosts rush to comply with registration law by Oct deadline. [Curbed][Daily Cal]
- Supervisors are considering tossing out the sale of Presidio Terrace to private owners who don't live there. [Examiner]
- James Franco to Palo Alto journalism teacher: 'You're my hero'. [Chronicle]
- Today’s the the 110th anniversary of the Cliff House fire. [Chronicle]
- Today is also the 90th anniversary of the first successful demonstration of a working TV, which took place in SF. [NBC Bay Area]
- Weird guy traveling with mule heads to SF to protest lack of public spaces.
- Mystery fighter jet roars over East Bay cities. [CBS 5]
- Judge rules that comatose, medically brain dead Jahi McMath may still be alive. [CBS 5]
- Facebook’s plan to fact-check stories is being hindered by the company’s refusal to share information. [Politico]
- Oakland attorney John Burris is representing NFL star Michael Bennett in a high-profile Las Vegas police brutality case. [Examiner]
- SF VC Justin Caldbeck, who was accused this summer of sexually harassing multiple women, is now threatening legal action against one of his accusers. [BuzzFeed]
- YIMBY head becomes NIMBY when it comes to a restaurant at the site of a shuttered Upper Market laundromat. [Examiner]
- During a confirmation hearing Wednesday for a judgeship on the 7th Circuit, Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested that a nominee’s Catholic “dogma” figured a bit too heavily in her decisions, and this has drawn criticism from conservatives. [Washington Post]