A fog horn malfunction at the Golden Gate Bridge caused an hour-long blare last night around 2 a.m. [CBS5] Steve Jobs: the starchitect of Cupertino. [TheAtlantic] Tea party leader wants to file

Polk Street: now with BBQ. [EaterSF] Whats up with growlers of beer? The Chronicle investigates. [Chron] Wouldn't it be embarrassing someone went back and found all your old emo blog posts? The deleted

Behind the scenes of the original iPhone launch. [NYT] Losing the Lusty [Rumpus] Oakland residents are crowdfunding police. [Valleywag] Is Oakland destined to lose its sports teams? [Grantland] Man rents out San Francisco

Public library bathroom still smelly. [Chron] Folsom Street Fair NSFW Fashion Shoot. [TheBoldItalic] Who is getting rich from Twitter? [NYMag] Limo driver injured during a shooting in the Mission. [KTVU] Acquerello calls out

Circle Jerks: Why Do Editors Love Dave Eggers? [Gawker] 23andMe receives patent to create designer babies. [TheVerge] Oakland Habitat for Humanity crew robbed at gunpoint. [CBS5] Deadly Folsom Street will soon get a

Oakland home prices shot up 76% in one year. There goes your San Francisco exit strategy. [CurbedSF] Chicken and waffles, among other things, coming to the Victory Hall & Parlor in the former

What it means to keep chain stores out of San Francisco. [The New Yorker] After San Francisco Magazine ran tech writer Farhad Manjoo's latest Tech Boom thinkpiece last week, the media has been

For your weekend longread try: "The Care and Feeding of a Tech Boom" San Francisco Magazine's latest take on the current state of tech in the local economy. Then let's circle back and

Austerity Measures: what happens when a restaurant critic and a cast of local chefs spend a week on food stamps. [SFWeekly] A car chase in Oakland ended in a dramatic crash today. [KTVU]

As the city works to clean up Mid-Market, the sidewalk chess games between Fifth and Sixth have been kicked out. [Chron] The New Yorker has a scathing new profile of Bleacher Report founder

DUI suspect arrested for wild wrong-way ride down Highway 101 in Marin. [KTVU] The violent, high-risk sex offender last seen with Oakland federal investigator Sandra Coke had a stay-away order. [Chron] Jobs reviewed

Millennial fired for tweet. And the world reacts. [The Awl] [Gothamist] That was quick: here come the Shear the Beard t-shirts. The man behind Lolinda, Beretta, and Super Duper Burger is opening a

Three potential plans for the Presidio Commissary (currently the Presidio Sports Basement) step into the limelight. [CurbedSF] Police seeking a hit-and-run driver who left a spewing fire hydrant and a critically injured victim

It's here: the S.F. Bay Guardian's annual Nude Beaches issue. Full frontal nudity now available at sidewalk newsstands everywhere. [SFBG] San Francisco's Best Gentrification Writing of 2013, a survey. [SFWeekly] Railing against

Who killed City College? [SFBG] Bigfoot Lodge on Polk Street to become "Cabin." Which is what happens when the Cub Scout-uniformed staff finally grows up, we guess. [InsideScoop] Parklets finally come to Berkeley.

Wednesday's roundup is ready to head out the door to celebrate in the Castro, but in the meantime, some links: How S.F. Weekly got all wrapped up in that whole Michelle Shocked

Is Sacramento trying to hide the Bay Bridge Safety Review from the public eye? Newspaper association says yes. [Contra Costa Times] Rub-and-tug parlors making a comeback as bathhouses. [SFEx] Knife Crime: Woman stabbed

Taste-testing local artisanal coffee against generic (and how one unlucky TBI intern ranked Folgers above all the rest). [The Bold Italic] Here is a photo of 49ers tight end Vernon Davis straight chillin'

Could a new neighborhood grow in the shadow of I-280? A look at the proposal to tear down the freeway in Mission Bay. [CurbedSF] Facebook will unveil video for Instagram this week, say

Last week an S.F. Chronicle editorial came out in support of legislation that would force City Hall lobbyists to disclose their clients, even their lobbyist-columnist Willie Brown. [CJR] Are Silicon Valley (and

Enough with the Tech hate: the backlash begins against tech backlash. [Bold Italic] Naturally, that backlash has its own backlash too. [UA] Former S.F. Pride grand marshals speak out. [BAR] Drakes Bay

27 signs that you’re a Bay Area food snob. [Grub Street] SFPD raids abandoned church. [SF Appeal] In other Google news, they've made Gmail better too! [TechCrunch] The ins and outs of