• The third puppy, a six-week-old pit bull, that was stolen from SF Animal Care was recovered early Saturday. Dog-lover and passerby Kelly Littles found the gray-and-white dog abandoned in East Oakland and promptly turned him over to a Berkley animal shelter. [ABC7]
• A small half-acre grass fire was reported near Bryant Street and Beale Street last night, which has since been extinguished. No structures or people were harmed. [KRON4]
• The California state legislature is on the cusp of initiating a state-wide rent-control limit. Authored by SF assemblyman David Chiu, the bill would cap the allowed yearly rent increase at 5 percent, plus the rate of inflation, but, under the new bill, couldn’t surpass 10 percent — no matter what. [CBS SF]
• District 5 supervisor candidate Dean Preston’s campaign manager, Jen Snyder, was seen giving the middle finger to former allies on the SF Democratic Committee, earlier in the week. The flip-of-the-bird occurred after Preston lost the nomination to Vallie Brown. [SF Examiner]
• After some health issues, the homeless Mission Street-muse and pigeon whisperer is back, serenading and feeding flocks. John Ratliff, a once award-winning journalist, is back on SF benches, tending to the city’s birds and penning poetry; the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing won’t comment further on the exact nature of his illnesses. [Mission Local]
• A Novato car crash caused nearby power outages, closing roads. [Mercury News]
• After much legal hoopla, San Francisco has made a “tentative” alternative to cash bails, leaning toward “public safety assessments,” conducted by the SFPD. [KQED]
• Traffic and parking woes likely to plague the Chase Center, as its various openings begin to roll out. [SF Examiner]
• Take an up-close look inside (and outside) the new Chase Center, which includes all the amenities any tech-bro could ever want. [Business Insider]
• These are the 15 restaurants worth driving out of the city to enjoy. [SF Eater]

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