lunchtime links

* Santa Cruz Sentinel staff reporter allegedly leaves bizarre voicemail for friend of the mother of slain child Maddy Middleton. [Facebook] [IndyBay] * SFPD officer arrested for possession of banned gun was accused of performing

* Long-vacant, oft-vandalized Polk Street house to become three-unit development. [SocketSite] * Man injured in Russian Hill apartment blaze. [Bay City News] * Small medical plane headed for Oakland disappears in Northern California.

* Supervisor Jane Kim pens an op-ed for the [SF Chronicle] demanding a five-day notice before city officials remove homeless encampments. * Portions of the Monterey Bay are covered in green slime. [CBS

* Does the knowledge that Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn't know how to pronounce Pokemon make you like him more or less? [Gizmodo] * All about "Facebook's big plans for

* Aspiring CA governor Gavin Newsom has been accused of poor attribution and plagiarism. [Sacramento Bee] [Sacramento Bee] [Associated Press] * Drivers routinely ignore Transbay Terminal signs, leading to blocked and delayed buses. [KRON 4]

* Those pesky "equipment problems" delayed BART trains going through downtown Oakland toward San Francisco this morning. [Bay City News] * The National Park Service is stepping up its effort to restore the

* Dennis Green, a former coach for Stanford University and the San Francisco 49ers, has died Friday morning at the age of 67. [ESPN] * Two Bay Area scientists and a stuntman want to recreate

* San Francisco's chief toxicologist has somewhat mysteriously resigned. [Bay Area Reporter] * Bat Rays keep wandering into local salt ponds, where they then expire. [SF Chronicle] * Should SF charge $167 for block

* Former PG&E exec admits he didn’t understand documents he reviewed as part of his job. [SF Chronicle] * Why you still can’t use a chip card everywhere. [Slate] * Tesla autopilot

* No, Pokemon Go doesn't collect data for Google Maps and the NSA. [Snopes] * Activists hang banner accusing OPD of human trafficking at police HQ. [IndyBay] * A self-driving car convention will

* The number of homes currently listed for sale in San Francisco (808) remains at a five-year seasonal high and is now running 67 percent higher versus the same time last year. [SocketSite]

* On Monday, [Google] is "introducing a new tool in Search to simplify the voter registration process to make it easier for you to have your voice heard." * Plans to raze the

* Senator Elizabeth Warren has urged the federal government to investigate Airbnb. [Guardian] [SocketSite] * A 31-story high-rise has been proposed for 330 Townsend. [SF Business Times] * The police sergeant who shot and

* [Business Insider] "13 popular fast food chains you can't find in San Francisco." Sure, but I think we'll be OK. * 28-year-old SF resident Adam Jeter

* This Marin couple dedicates their lives to cataloguing and displaying bad art. [SF Chronicle] * The Tahoe spread at which the opener of old-timey TV series Bonanza was shot can be yours for

* The [SF Chronicle] mulls "pop culture pariah" Azealia Banks' SF stop. * The November election in SF is gonna be a doozy. [SF Chronicle] * The number of homes currently listed for

* Remember that SF-shot show Chance, starring Hugh Laurie? It'll be hitting Hulu in October. [Deadline] * Now an Alameda County District Attorney Investigator has been fired over the ever-expansing sex

* No, you're not being a baby (about this, at least) — this July is even colder than usual in SF. [SF Chronicle] * Tech workers who spoke to [Mission Local] were pretty skeptical

* "This one-bedroom, two-bath pied-à-terre in the Millennium Tower looks like the bad guy’s condo from an ‘80s Oliver Stone movie." [Curbed SF] * Crime roundup: Not guilty

* A bus ride with blueberry bars. [Fog City Notes] * Yahoo suitors will offer up their third round of bids tomorrow,. [Recode] * Plan for 52-unit condo development at 651 Geary Street moves forward.

* The great Susie Cagle on Oakland's flipping epidemic. [Curbed] * Notorious Silicon Valley VC company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has raised $1.4 billion to invest in tech companies. Good luck

* [Facebook] announces changes to its News Feed, will give priority to items from your friends and family over posts from pages you follow. * An ode to "Summer, San Francisco style." [Fog

* Twitter might be working on new apps for virtual and augmented reality. [CNet] * Soon Google will have the ability to use all of the information associated with your account — search, Chrome, YouTube, the

* Local startup seeks to help elderly clients stay in their homes longer and make life easier for the caregivers. [SF Business Times] * Weekend shootings: Man grazed in Hunters Point, two shot in the

* What are the chances for S.F.’s second swig at a soda tax? [SF Business Times] * Another wolf spotted near the CA/Oregon border. BUILD A WALL. [SF Chronicle] * Netflix has a