SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Essential Phone Reviews Roll In * [Wired] gives a mostly positive review to the Essential Phone. * Uber's former CEO characterizes a lawsuit brought against the company by investors as a "personal attack." [CNet] * iOS 11
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Last Muni Metro Shutdown Weekend Approaches * The artist who painted Mark Zuckerberg with feces has a show in SF. [Wired] * SF's luxury towers race to be the fanciest. [SF Gate] * [CNet] says tech diversity reports leave a
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: ICE Raid Reported In Oakland * [Google]'s putting pollen reports front and center. * Uber's current management plan "is a recipe for a wreck," [Wired] argues. * The Essential Phone might finally be headed to
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: 'Nail Thrower' Targeting East Bay Tires * Report claims there are still places in SF to get a house for less than a million bucks. [SF Gate] * Another scientific takedown of James Damore's memo, but let's
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Baby Found Safe Following Oakland Carjacking * Stanford's Cantor Arts Center has a new director. [SF Chronicle] * San Francisco's infamous Sixth Street will undergo a makeover in 2019. [Moving SF] * First responders to UPS shooting honored
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Do You Live On A Privately Owned Street? * A useful and brief look at there were are with the Hunter's Point redevelopment project. [SocketSite] * More on Instagram's disappearing photo problem. [Consumerist] * Domestic violence charges against former San
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Shuttering Chinatown Businesses Blame Central Subway * Instagram will let you invite friends onto your livestream. [CNet] * How Peter Thiel's company edged its way into police work. [Wired] * Do San Franciscans pay close to half their incomes just
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Valencia Street Dinged For Bike Unfriendliness * Do you like your brands sassy or bland? [Ad Week] * We're in the final days of Muni's 7R bus. [Moving SF] * "A complicated set of technology transfers and
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Chron Backs Market Street Plan * That's one fancy barn. [SocketSite] * Man runs into burning Berkeley apartment building to save neighbor. [ABC 7] * Suspects sought in weekend kidnapping and robbery at Berkeley's People’s Park.
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Social Media Villains To Avoid * A field guide to social media villains. [Ad Week] * Apple has filed a patent for a screen with privacy-viewing options. [CNet] * Uber Freight has expanded to CA. [SF Chronicle] * Coding boot camps
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Millbrae Thief Caught On Tape * How Firefox plans on crushing Chrome. [CNet] * Is Netflix's future in anime? [Wired] * Which San Francisco mega-project needs to happen most? [Curbed SF] * Complaints follow UC Berkeley's new
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Instagram Stories Turns Two * Dealing with Silicon Valley's age problem. [Wired] * Tesla owners described as "fanatical." [Roadshow] * North Face planning "concept store" on Union Street. [SocketSite] * Instagram Stories is already a
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Mission Co-Working Spot Under Scrutiny * Uber drivers need armed guards in South Africa. [CNet] * Family of beavers moves to Los Gatos Creek for first time in 170 years. [ABC 7] * [Slate] argues that Lyft needs to do more
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Boater Almost Hits Sunken Bay Vessel * Five arrested in daring Dutch iPhone heist from moving truck. [Associated Press] * Should tech companies attempt to police the web? [Wired] * Rash of car burglaries at BART. [CBS 5] * A boater nearly crashed
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: CA Coders Rank Behind Those In Washington, Wyoming * Coding skills survey says California's developers rank behind Washington and Wyoming. [CNet] * [SF Gate] has a fun slideshow of tech CEOs before they were on top. * [Curbed SF] quite rightly calls
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Development Near BART Stalls * Twitter makes itself even less useful (if possible) by crapping up "notifications." [Ad Week] * Do Wisconsin workers have the skills necessary to work in new American Apple plant? [Wired] * Chinatown alleys
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: San Francisco's Jacket Demands * San Jose school staffer arrested for alleged sexual assault of developmentally disabled woman. [CBS 5] * San Francisco in jackets. [Racked] * [CNet] predicts disappointing earnings for Twitter in light of company's continuing
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Food Prep Causes Oakland Homeless Encampment Fire * [Wired] takes a look at Sunset surfboard maker Danny Hess. * Mark Zuckerberg does lengthy livecast while backyard grilling. [CNet] * Point Reyes ranching might soon come to an end. [KQED] * Pharma bro Martin Shkreli
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Look Out For Lake Merced Fish * Airbnb is on track to host a million guests by the end of 2017. [SF Business Times] * YouTube is trying a tech fix to direct viewers away from extremist videos. [CNet] * Mountain lion
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Twitter Ignores Harassers Until Media Comes Calling * Disability rights organization files class-action lawsuit against Uber over wheelchair access. [Associated Press] * No one knows who will be securing the Transbay Transit Center. [SF Examiner] * San Jose police dog attacks toddler.
SF News Wednesday Lunchtime Links: Facebook 'Glitch' Kills Catholic Pages * Time Out makes its San Francisco print debut. [Ad Week] * Ride hail companies are costing airports big parking bucks. [Roadshow] * Geary BRT moves forward. [KTVU] * Teen arrested in fatal Richmond park shooting. [SF
SF News Tuesday Lunchtime Links: Caltrain To Seize Property For Electrification Effort * Publisher dumps book co-written by Silicon Valley VC John Doerr and tech CEO Kris Duggan following a sexual harassment and assault suit against the latter. [Bloomberg] * [Beyond Chron] looks at the upcoming
SF News Monday Lunchtime Links: Why Twitter Won't Ban The President * Here's how 10 San Francisco high schools performed on the AP exams. [SF Gate] * SF's board of Supes is expected to OK a city-wide Office of Cannabis this
SF News Friday Lunchtime Links: Raccoons Allegedly Imperil Bay Area Dogs * If CA legislators don't take more aggressive steps to manage global warning, Jerry Brown says he'll instead to cut greenhouse gas emissions through “massive” new regulations. [SF Chronicle] * SF
SF News Thursday Lunchtime Links: Apple Panic As iPhone 8 Nears * "Sense of panic" at Apple over rush to release iPhone 8. * This weekend, Sunday Streets is in the Mission. [Moving SF] * Cal Alumni Association faces discrimination, retaliation claims. [Daily Californian] * Merchants