This afternoon, a big-rig fire on I-80 in Berkeley caused a traffic nightmare. [Berkeleyside] Condoms: best practices, they're great, just don't put them on in too much of a hurry. [HuffPo] One store

The SFMTA has approved the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit project, which will include two dedicated bus lanes along the center median of Van Ness, and no more left turns, ever. Construction on

Facebook shuttle drivers want higher wages and were voting on unionization today. [SFGate] When they weren't fighting over their next president, the Board of Supervisors was passing a "bill of rights" for formula

Guy finds treasure trove of previously-unseen photos of 1906 quake aftermath. [SF Gate] Ina Garten was at [Facebook] HQ doing a Thanksgiving Q&A today The Apple watch’s font is called

Your Airbnb rental will now come with a magazine, called Pineapple, since Airbnb is creating that. [The Awl] A new study confirms it: Black and latino executives are scarce in Silicon Valley. [SFGate]

The independent investigator brought in to investigate the death of a gorilla at the SF Zoo says the entire gorilla enclosure is outdated and needs a revamp. [ABC7] [SF Chronicle] [CBS5] Muni Metro

Victor Gotti, the co-owner of San Francisco’s famous Ernie’s Restaurant, has died. [SF Chronicle] Big changes at Reddit. [New York Times] Oakland dogs saved from likely death. [ABC7] San Quentin inmates

Here’s who’s trying to get David Chiu’s seat. [SF Chronicle] The illuminating story of Victor Duboce. [Hoodline] Pedro Zamora, the Real World: San Francisco man who was for many the

[Capp Street Crap] talks to the Bangkok proprietors of a Mission-style taqueria. Here's a great gift idea for the transit nerd in your life: Archival prints from the [Market Street Railway] archives. The

That new Silk Road guy sure tweeted a lot. [Capp Street Crap] That former Lyft COO accused of stealing docs and taking them to Uber freaks out on Twitter. [SF Weekly] Who spent

Carol Channing, Jesse Jackson run into each other at the [SF Chronicle]. Local engineer disappears during Halloween. Have you seen him? [TechCrunch] I went to Burn Pilates, which looks just a little like

As of 4 p.m., the [SF Department of Elections] has released their latest vote count. No big changes, but the gap between David Campos and David Chiu, who are vying for the

Political activists ruin Day of the Dead. [Mission Mission] Jerry Rice thinks Jim Harbaugh is gone, daddy, gone. [Sports Illustrated] SF’s big police corruption trial begins. [ABC7] Supes want the SFMTA to

Christian Bale won’t be Steve Jobs after all. [Hollywood Reporter] Willie Brown wants Ed Lee to shit or get off the pot. [SF Chronicle] Sidecar gets the carpooling OK. [SF Business Times]

This house at Scott and Fulton is the stuff of nightmares. [Hoodline] The Bay Area's most haunted spots, mapped. [Curbed SF] Creator Ryan Murphy admits that yes, all the seasons of American Horror

People saying we need to "move on" from Tim Cook's announcement that he is gay "betray a deep discomfort with the idea of gay people in public life, and even with sexuality itself.

After a Health Department shutdown, Sliderbar has reopened. You going? [Hoodline] Vintage SF postcards and how the same views look today. [Curbed SF] These long-time San Franciscans are all getting evicted from their

[Hoodline]'s fave pet costumes. Man headed from Hawaii to SF caught with cannon barrel in luggage. [CBS5] Warriors co-owner Peter Guber regrets his use of the word 'hoodish.' [KRON4] Could the

The Hamburger Eyes photo studio is closing. [Capp Street Crap] The day a bomb went off on Market Street. [Priceonomics] Why Daisy hates Dolores Park. [Thrillist] The SF Giants want to turn those

Cal Academy octopus picks the Giants to win the World Series. [CBS5] Jean Valjeaning it in the Mission. [Mission Local] Former SFPD cop accused of corruption flips on colleagues. [SF Chronicle] The Ritz

The FBI has told SF cops to up security followingOttawa shooting. [ABC7] Screw your scale. [7x7] Joan Quigley, the SF socialite/astrologer who advised the Regans, has died. [SF Chronicle] Here are some

The DA's office still hasn't decided if they're going to charge a 14-year-old as an adult for an allegedly premeditated fatal stabbing. [SF Examiner] Meet Howard Johnson, SF's 83-year-old crossing guard. [Hoodline] It

The number of homeless kids attending the SFUSD has almost tripled in the last decade. [SF Examiner] SFPD have nabbed two brothers for a fatal Mission stabbing. [CBS5] [SF Examiner] Water main bursts

The man who was struck and killed by a driver this morning was a former [SF Chronicle] printer who had just finished decorating his home for Halloween. The beloved Sam's Grill (374 Bush

The [New Yorker] mulls the demise of the SF Bay Guardian, and says it's unlikely that it will be purchased or revived. If you're not doing anything Saturday night, come see me, Beth