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  • The Golden State Warriors wrote a supremely shady open letter to the City of Oakland today about agreeing to pay the $787,000 bill for their victory parade this year, despite an earlier estimate that it would cost $300,000. "This amount comes on top of the nearly $6 million the Warriors have already spent to produce two victory parades in Oakland; most American cities cover the majority of the expenses associated with victory parades." [East Bay Express]
  • Stanley Roberts wags his often-wagging finger at BART fare evaders. [KRON 4]
  • SF Supervisors, led by Katy Tang and Aaron Peskin, are looking to the city's ballooning problem with budget set-asides, all voter-mandated, and many of them for the SFMTA with no expiration dates. [Chronicle]
  • Suspiciously, there were four grass or brush fires in four separate parts of McLaren Park Wednesday afternoon. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Have you heard about rolled ice cream? Well, now you have. [Chronicle]
  • Amazon’s newest Echo model is smaller and costs $99. [The Verge]
  • An Oakland businessman is in a lot of hot water over a five-year-old venture he had centering on foreign investors and the EB-5 visa program. Federal regulators now say he misappropriated funds. [SF Business Times]
  • There were more reactions to Trump's war of words with Mark Zuckerberg yesterday. [Tech Crunch] [ABC 7]
  • Trulia report says San Franciscans want to move to South SF. This seems unlikely, no? [Curbed]
  • The city is trying to revoke the permit for a 64-year-old Union Square flower stand because it's been closed since last summer and has failed to promptly remove graffiti. The owners, the Hoogasian family, say they planned to reopen when the Central Subway construction was over. [Hoodline]
  • Levi's Stadium's ongoing curfew drama continues as an extension request is denied for Coldplay. [CBS 5]
  • SF households may lose parking permits to free up spaces citywide. [Examiner]