• BART is launching its Clipper Card-only pilot program on Monday at one station in Oakland. Why can't they just say "no more paper tickets" and stop selling them everywhere all at once? [Examiner]
  • Under federal pressure, San Francisco State is shutting down a student exchange program with China. The 14-year-old program also involved a high school in Redding. [Examiner]
  • Billionaire Peter Thiel doubled down on his attack on Google in an op-ed in the New York Times Thursday. He says that Google's recent move to start an AI lab in China while ending an AI contract with the Pentagon is "shocking." [New York Times]
  • SF firefighters had to rescue a woman, an 8-year-old child, and a dog from a cliff at Fort Funston Friday afternoon. [Examiner]
  • Some racist graffiti on a home in Bay Point was apparently "staged to look like a hate crime." [East Bay Times]
  • A suspect has been arrested in a fatal shooting that happened in East Oakland 11 days ago. [CBS SF]
  • Italian Americans in the Bay Area are raising money for the family of the slain police officer in Rome. [ABC 7]
  • Warriors President Rick Welts just got his keys to the Chase Center. [ABC 7]
  • Here's a review of Kim Petras's show this week at Mezzanine. [The Bay Bridged]