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Sunday Links: Top SF Law Enforcement Official Arrested, Under Investigation for Hit-and-Run

Six people are dead and two missing after a 27-foot boat capsized during a storm on Lake Tahoe; a motorcyclist who taunted CHP during a high-speed chase was arrested in Berkeley; and a high-ranking SF Sheriff’s official was arrested for hit-and-run.

Day Around the Bay: Silicon Valley Bank (Sort Of) Back From the Dead, Leases SF Space From LinkedIn

Valencia Street’s Stonemill Matcha is going to reopen, Oakland is getting a new minor league baseball team, and the bankrupt-but-acquired Silicon Valley Bank has agreed to leasing some space in the downtown SF LinkedIn building.

Business & Tech

LinkedIn Lets Go of Hundreds More Employees In New Round of Layoffs

Following two earlier layoff rounds that occurred this year, Bay Area-based LinkedIn announced Monday that it is slashing 668 more jobs, or 3% of its workforce.

Business & Tech

X Rolls Out Its First Non-Tweet-Related Feature, and It's a LinkedIn Competitor

Saying over the weekend that he can't bring himself to look at resumes on LinkedIn because "the cringe level is so high," Elon Musk rolled out a beta version of X Hiring, which will charge verified organizations a fee to post jobs.

Business & Tech

Two Men Confess To Cyber Ransom Scheme Involving 2016 Uber and Lynda.com Hacks

In a San Jose federal court Wednesday, a Florida resident and one Toronto local pleaded guilty to charges of computer hacking and extorting conspiracies, as part of the massive 2016 Uber and Lynda.com data breaches.

LinkedIn Map Shows Where People Flee To When They Leave The Bay Area

Where do people go when they leave the Bay Area? Die-hards might answer "who cares" — The farthest from San Francisco or Berkeley or Oakland that they'd deign to move would be to a

Russian Man Accused In LinkedIn, Dropbox Hacks Arrested In Prague

An accused Russian hacker who is thought to be behind several high-profile data breaches at LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring was arrested by US authorities and Interpol earlier this month while vacationing in Prague.

Arts & Entertainment

New Public Space At LinkedIn Building Is Now Open To All But Known To Few

A photo posted by Jessica Nguyen (@jtnguyen06) on Apr 29, 2016 at 4:41pm PDT If you don't know, now you know: POPOS are plazas, atriums, and small parks that are part of

Everyone Wants To Work At Bay Area Tech Companies, Says New LinkedIn Report

No, it's not just their employees' inflated sense of ego — everyone does really want to work at Bay Area tech companies. Or so says a new LinkedIn report, which notes that jobs at

Microsoft Is Going To Buy LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion

The "add you to their professional network" jokes are practically writing themselves for tech journalists Monday, as Redmond, WA-based Microsoft announced this morning that they would be acquiring Mountain View, CA-based LinkedIn for

Arts & Entertainment

John King: LinkedIn Tower 'Has All The Charm Of A Well-Tailored Packing Crate'

In a scorching hot takedown from Chronicle architecture writer John King, our local arbiter of tall building taste calls the new tower at 222 Second Street, which is leased in full by LinkedIn,

LinkedIn CEO Gives His $14 Million Stock Bonus Back To Employees

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner would like to add millions to the coffers of employees in his professional network. Combing through some filings, Re/code discovered a generous move on Weiner's part, which the

Hidden Change: Someone Is Placing Envelopes With Bus, Meter Fare Around City

Awesome! Can't help but wonder if someone is watching others discover these and smiling @abc7newsBayArea pic.twitter.com/DK7FcyJ4He— Melanie Woodrow (@MelanieWoodrow) February 13, 2016 Someone (or, perhaps many someones) has taken to

Arts & Entertainment

The Irony!: Three Big Tech Companies All Had <i>Great Gatsby</i>-Themed Holiday Parties This Year

A lot of people, including SFist, were quick to call 2014's bubble-riffic round of tech company holiday parties "excessive," which has perhaps prompted them to be a little more low-key about talking about

Founder Of 'Elitist' Dating App 'The League' Wants No Scrubs

Amanda Bradford, the "single" (her pun) founder of SF-based members-only dating app 'The League,' has fired back at critics — there have been many, including, to some degree SFist — who pegged her and

Google Downsizes Its Glass Circus Tent Campus Design

Just when it seemed that Google's dreams of constructing a glass canopied colossus had been thwarted by the Mountain View City Council, the Business Times reports that the company has unveiled new, scaled

Google's Canopied Campus Dreams Dashed By Mountain View City Council

It was just around midnight last night that the Mountain View City Council rebuffed Google's new attempt at town domination. This means that Google's recently revealed dreams of creating a game-changing piece of

Disrupt The Halls: Pics From 2014's Excessive Tech Holiday Parties

It's not just about who has the bigger tree and the better eggnog. Tech companies in SF are, once again, competing to delight their workers in a holiday party proxy war. Yahoo recently

Local Man Pays Homeless Person $1 For Each 'Like' Of Their Picture Together

A San Francisco man named Daniel Polk was explaining homelessness to his children when he decided to take a photo with a homeless man named Edward near the Castro Walgreens, promising to donate

LinkedIn Busted For Wage Violations, Must Shell Out $6M For Unpaid Overtime

Turns out that the social network designed to help you get a better job is a pretty lousy employer. LinkedIn is coughing up nearly $6 million in back wages and damages after the

Arts & Entertainment

There's A Tinder For LinkedIn Now

If you've always though there was a little romance in those endless "Invitation to Connect" emails from LinkedIn, then LinkedUp! might be your new favorite dating app. Although not officially affiliated with LinkedIn,

LinkedIn Plans To Lease Entire 26-Story Office Tower In SoMa

In the latest high-profile office lease, Mountain View-based buttoned-up social network LinkedIn will be expanding to San Francisco proper with 450,000 square feet of office space in the forthcoming 222 Second Street