• A new count by SF's Department of Public Health puts the number of homeless, mentally ill and addicted people at 4,000. The new number doesn't particularly shed light on anything we didn't already know, says the Coalition on Homelessness. [Chronicle]
  • Convicted Santa Clara County murderer Mark Hudson, 54, is the sole suspect in a homicide that occurred in a state prison facility in Corcoran. Prison guards had to break up a fight between Hudson and fellow lifer William New, 72, and New suffered injuries to head that he later died from. [CBS SF]
  • SF Planning Director John Rahaim is stepping down after more than a decade on the job. Rahaim was appointed by then Mayor Gavin Newsom and oversaw the biggest construction boom in SF's recent history. [SF Weekly]
  • The lates from the Ghost Ship trial deliberations: Jurors want to hear fire captain's testimony read back. [ABC 7]
  • WeWork has inked a deal to purchase a downtown building where it's been renting 73,000 square feet, 600 California Street, for around $330 million. [SF Business Times]
  • The more progressive candidate in the only SF supervisor's race this November, Dean Preston, is likely to give incumbent mayoral apointee Vallie Brown a run for her money. [SF Weekly]
  • And, in case you didn't know, Mayor London Breed is likely to "sail to victory" in getting re-elected November with no real challengers. [SF Weekly]
  • SF restaurants are edging toward charging customers extra for credit card transactions — passing on a fee that could offset as much as $100,000 a year in lost revenue. [Chronicle]