- Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday that Interim District Attorney Suzy Loftus will remain in her role until January 8. Breed said that DA-Elect Chesa Boudin requested that Loftus remain until he's prepared to assume the job (he's also getting married this week). [CBS SF]
- A ballot measure may in store for the March presidential primary election that would tax property owners for vacant storefronts. Sup. Aaron Peskin suggests such a tax would give store owners leverage in lease negotiations. [Examiner]
- A plan is moving ahead to replace UCSF's Laurel Heights campus with a 744-unit housing development. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the plan, which includes some controversial tree removals. [Curbed]
- Eater brings us the frustrating tale of an Outer Sunset wine bar/restaurant that's caught in a morass of City Hall red tape. The not-yet-open Palm City Wines is trying to debut in a former corner market space, and now has to go through a lengthy neighborhood-notification process. [Eater]
- There's an unveiling Sunday for a new mural at 24th and Capp Streets depicting immigrants and victims of police violence. [Mission Local]
- 86-year-old local film actor Sam Hiona and his wife are fighting to stay in the North Beach apartment where Hiona has lived since 1965, but they are facing an Ellis Act eviction. [CBS SF]
- 34-year-old Berkeley campus-adjacent pizzeria Fat Slice has closed its doors. [Berkeleyside]