• Some people train for forever to run marathons. Others just resort to using social media and cheating to say they ran a marathon when they actually didn't. [WIRED]
  • Yesterday, Forbes released their list of 400 richest Americans, and guess what? Billionaires and millionaires in the Bay Area make up a huge chunk of that list, with the only new Bay Area entrant this year being Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. [Forbes] [SF Gate]
  • Richard Branson recently held an event at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, and in his speech, he expressed his feelings regarding the sale of Virgin America to Alaska Airlines. "It’s strange that people buy companies — and they buy them because they’re so good — and then they start making changes," he said, among other things. [SF Business Journal]
  • Stonestown mall was ranked #1 in Yelp's recent economic outlook and opportunity report. The [SF Business Journal] defined "economic opportunity" as "the chance businesses have to stay open, and for new businesses to thrive."
  • A San Francisco sheriff's deputy who was convicted of assaulting a homeless and disabled man at San Francisco General just had his felony overturned by an appeals judge, who decided that the trial judge "failed to let the jury decide whether the officer’s use of force was necessary." He could potentially return to work for the department, says one of his attorneys, Dylan Schaffer because "he’s done nothing wrong." [SF Chronicle]
  • City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a new lawsuit against PG&E, placing the blame for a landslide from last year on the company's negligence. They're suing for "$6.7 million paid to six homeowners, $600,000 in construction contingencies and more than $500,000 in attorneys' fees," all of which are costs that the city paid out in dealing with the landslide. [KTVU]
  • Merchants and residents in the Excelsior have expressed worry over pot dispensaries popping up in their area, as they feel that they and the patrons they attract aren't good for the neighborhood. [SF Chronicle]
  • The [SF Chronicle]'s John King wrote about Justin Herman Plaza, and suggested that the area needs more than just a name change -- it needs a physical overhaul.
  • Many schools were forced to close as the wildfires raged throughout Northern California. Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park was luckily left untouched by the flames, and has now re-opened. [ABC 7]
  • After one Napa resident battled back flames to protect his home from being consumed by wildfire, he returned to work at his Hayward tattoo shop only to find it had been robbed. [NBC Bay Area]
  • A couple who lost their yurt in the Santa Cruz Bear Fire told [ABC 7] that they thought they were going to die as the flames bore down on them and their home.