A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting of the Oakland mother of three who died trying to protect her children from gunfire. [CBS5][Oakland Tribune] Police are looking

Should Apple buy Tesla? Some shareholders say “yes.” [Wired] The "feeling fat” emoji has been removed from Facebook. [SFGate] Try out for Family Feud in SF! [CBS 5] The homeless man allegedly beaten

Have a Coke and an ordinance! SF Supes want warning labels on ads for sugary drinks, all sorts of other city-enforced soda rules. [KRON4] [SF Chronicle] [CBS5] Yet another 49er arrested after allegations

Is Oakland's minimum wage hike hurting their burgeoning restaurant scene? [Chron] [KQED] A bill demanding background checks and drug tests for ride-hailing drivers has resurfaced. [Business Times] A court agrees that animal rights

Local man claims he’s Wilt Chamberlain’s secret son. [UK Daily Mail] Oakland police are offering a $15,000 reward for any information about yesterday's I-580 shooting. The victim is now stable,

72 passengers have reached a settlement in the 2013 crash of Asiana Flight 214. [Chron] Blue Bottle bought a pre-ground coffee startup, is this coffee treason? [Business Times] A lawsuit filed in Oakland

Prop 8 backers lose appeal to avoid campaign disclosures (that is, to hide who donated to block marriage equality). But it's all been public information for a while now anyway. [Chron] This bumper

This citizen data scientist has broken down SFPD data to make trend maps of drug offenses in San Francisco. [Lance Martin] The proposed Mission development moratorium includes a ban on new high-end restaurants,

Another case of sexual battery has been reported on the UC Berkeley campus. [KRON 4] About 50,000 Uber drivers across multiple states had their information compromised in a data hack that happened

Up to 1,500 BART riders could have been exposed to measles, again, when an infected San Mateo County resident rode from Millbrae to Civic Center station last week. [ABC7] Zelda Williams gives

It’s going to cost us $22 million and a year of work to clean up the toxic mess left behind at the soon-to-close Pacific Gun Club. That's 80 years’ worth of shotgun

Should SF meet its affordable housing goal...by building in Oakland? Hey, it wasn't my idea, blame Oakland's new mayor! [SF Chronicle] The Borderlands books saga continues: now they're pitching a sponsorship program.

Some Bay Area folks are finalists for that one-way Mars trip, where the rent is presumably cheaper. [CBS5] Michael Bauer comes out against the current system of tipping. [Chron] A very impressive woman

Fire officials have acknowledged that their inspectors were lax when it came to documenting repairs of violations like the ones found (for years) at the building at 22nd and Mission Street that burned

Today has been declared Sylvester Day in San Francisco. And you know about the Sylvester musical right? [EurWeb] Powell Street BART station filled with smoke today due to a "sparking track insulator." [AP]

How Being Flip On Twitter Can Ruin Your Life: The Justine Sacco Story Remember her? She tweeted "a joke" and then got in a plane, and by the time she landed everyone was

Farewell, Geary Boulevard Radio Shacks! Oh, come on, like you're surprised. [Richmond SF blog] Do you live on landfill? If you can handle the anxiety that might come with the knowledge that you're

San Francisco, where the medical pot is free if you use this weed delivery app for the first time. [SF Weekly] Playland Bar, which has been suspended due to allegations of an employee