• The suspect in two San Mateo County stabbing murders last month pleaded not guilty today and told a judge he wants to represent himself in court. 26-year-old Malik Dosouqi of Pacifica does not sound well. [CBS SF]
  • A Merced County man who was fatally shot on Sunday in SoMa has been identified as 20-year-old Richard Ponce. He was shot in the area of Bonifacio and Mabini streets near the Whole Foods. [Examiner]
  • Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan have fired their personal security chief for allegedly racist and sexist remarks. Liam Booth, who had been with the family for over a year, had reportedly said some rude things about Chan, and created a hostile work environment for other house staffers. [CBS SF]
  • Another witness in the Ghost Ship trial has corroborated the story about hearing glass breaking as well as "an argument" right before the fateful fire broke out. The witness, who is a two-time felon who was living in "a sauna" in the lot next door, testified to seeing a group of individuals run out of a side door just before the fire started. [CBS SF]
  • If you use San Francisco's — rather than the federal government's — definition of what "homeless" is, SF's homeless population is actually over 1,700 people higher than reported on Friday. [Curbed SF]
  • The Chronicle has taken another dive into the topic of the formula retail ban in neighborhoods like North Beach, which is rife with vacant storefronts. [Chronicle]
  • The California state budget now has a fund set aside to pay for the veterinary care of homeless peoples' pets. [SF Weekly]
  • Everyone is freaking out that the state's nascent earthquake alert system didn't work for either of last week's major SoCal earthquakes. [New York Times]