• A Lodi winery that initially denied a gay wedding has done an about-face. Likely realizing they were in sticky legal territory, Viaggio Winery has changed their policy, "effective immediately," and gay weddings are welcome. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Remember that $130,000/year job to live on an island in the Bay and run a bed and breakfast? The job posting went viral back in January, and the Chronicle talks to the couple who got the job and is living on East Brother island, near Richmond. [Chronicle]
  • Alaska Airlines is giving away 2-for-1 flight vouchers at Giants games this weekend. [KRON 4]
  • People are reacting to Twitter's weird new marketing campaign in BART stations. [SFGate]
  • Also, Twitter didn't get the memo about it being illegal to chalk-spray stencil advertisements on city sidewalks, because they've done that too. [Chronicle]
  • Symantec laid off 15o people at their Mountain View campus today. [SF Business Times]
  • A preliminary report says that all five members of the crew of the Conception were asleep at the time of the Labor Day fire. [Bay City News / Chronicle]
  • Hayes Valley Champagne bar The Riddler has reopened after a closure for a seismic retrofit. [Hoodline]