morning links

* Here's a book about the cost overruns on the Bay Bridge, just some fun reading if your life doesn't feel bleak enough as-is. [CityLab] * San Franciscans gathered in

* More on why BMW's car-sharing business tanked in SF. [Fortune] * [Inc] says that "The tech bus wars may be close to a truce." * SF's City Hall

* Your weekend ICYMI: A possible East Bay high school shooting was thwarted, CA has a bunch of new pot rules, and Obama was in SF giving advice to Kanye, a great white shark

* Prefab housing (as the Midwest refers to the assembly-line homes that make up many a faceless development) hits San Francisco, and the Mayor seems thrilled. [SF Chronicle] * Unnamed SF teen, what were

* Hang on, only three of the Best Bars In The World are in SF? The only explanation is that this listmaker is punishing us for losing Dave's and Zeke's.

* There is much disagreement with our list of the 10 most scenic Muni lines! [SFist] * Man allegedly flies from SFO to Boston with 100 pounds of weed in his luggage. [Boston.com] * District

* Is the Bay Bridge's main cable about to go? [SFist] * The Palace of Fine Arts might become a fitness club, a museum, an art space, a marketplace, or a hotel and

* You're probably old enough to remember when the last tech bubble burst! But, asks Jay, is Silicon Valley? [SFist] * Chelsea Clinton visited SF's Everett Middle School Tuesday. [ABC7] * The

* Here's what happened when Caleb went to Sunday's Finest, a "whacky fake church service." [SFist] * The Castro Street Fair was more than just street-wandering fun. [Civic

* Your weekend ICMY: Cookie Dough remembered, disputes over Robin Williams' estate have been settled, the Oregon gunman killed himself as police arrived, a woman stabbed a kid on Muni, a man sexually

* Man moves to SF from India to work at Salesforce, disappears in East Bay lake. [Bay Area News Group] * Outer Sunset residents spar over skateboarding, live music uses for proposed temporary park. [SF

* An arrest has been made after a plastic-wrapped body was found dumped on an Oakland street. [KRON4] * Over in the comments on our report providing background on Chris Harper Mercer, the man

* This history of Muni's graphic art is really interesting! [Moving SF] * Someone is stealing and killing pet cats in San Jose. [KRON4] * You guys can relax: The high-end jewelry store

* Airbnb makes misleading statements about the University of California's involvement in a study on their company's impact on Los Angeles area housing. [LA Times] * [SF Gate] says that whole

* San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks has pleaded not guilty to sexual battery. [Associated Press] * Tattered flag at Hyde Street post office draws complaints. [ABC7] * Driscoll's Mortuary has gone green. [Mission

* [ThinkProgress] claims that "nobody is talking about" homeless people in SF aged 18-24. * San Francisco plans to spend about $479,000 annually to distribute diapers monthly to families in need.

* Your weekend ICYMI: An exploding transformer and a raccoon took out power to San Francisco, man attacks Muni, and a fire in SoMa. * Your Saturday and Sunday links. * BART's keeping mum

* Hiro Takahashi of San Mateo celebrated his 100th birthday by taking his first-ever [BART] ride. * Australian shocked by Twitter's "dodgy" neighborhood. [News.com.au] * Lincoln High School turns

* SFPD says that the pick-up truck used by a driver to strike and seriously injure a pedestrian two weeks ago was a "sonic blue" 2001-2005 model year Ford Ranger.

* An unbecoming ruckus at the D3 Supe candidates' debate. [SF Weekly] * Apple fans are excited about the progress made on the company's new Union Square location. [Apple Insider] * How Airbnb

* San Francisco is blanketed with surveillance cameras. [CBS5] * A haunting story of a woman struck by a driver in Oakland, and how her dog's microchip helped identify her. [Wired] * Facebook stands

* Instagram says they have 400 million users. [Wired] * The [Petrelis Files] catches the Chron in a Stonewall mistake. * San Francisco is trying new tactics in the fight against college campus sexual assaults. [Bay

* Of course! Why wouldn't Twitter invite the sexist, bigoted, and racist Donald Trump to their headquarters, from which he issued even more of his often sexist, bigoted, and racist tweets? That&

* What happened this weekend: your Saturday links, a shocking freeway shooting Saturday afternoon, and your links from Sunday. * San Franciscan "jazzed" to participate in Junipero Serra canonization. [ABC7] * Seventy percent of

* In this sweet and moving story, an [Associated Press] reporter reunites an elderly Valley Fire victim with his dog. * Why San Francisco "makers" are struggling. [Upstart] * Monty Python's John