morning links

* Federal appeals court rejects San Francisco's lawsuit alleging that a federal agency failed to ensure enforcement of safety standards for gas pipelines, contributing to unsafe conditions and the deadly 2010 San

* Caltrain's board has approved $20 million in funding for a program to electrify 51 miles of track between San Francisco and San Jose and to replace Caltrain’s 29 diesel locomotives

* San Francisco Port Commission member Mel Murphy is facing even more impropriety allegations. [Bay City News] * And this story only gets worse: [KRON4] reports that slain child Maddy Middleton was raped and strangled.

* Elderly SF tenants get worried when they're asked to relocate for building renovation. [ABC7] * [Wired] explains their relationship with Reddit and how their shared ownership may or may not influence their

* Your weekend ICYMI: Oakland Animal Rights activists face terrorism charges, Soda companies are suing SF, drone footage of CA reservoirs shows the drought's impact, Twitter's deleting "stolen"

* Another take, this one highly critical, on that SPUR guy's op-ed on SF's woes. [Calitics] * A head-on crash on Highway 1 near Pacifica is being investigated as

* Here's "A Complete Guide To Eating In Palo Alto And The Rest Of The Peninsula." So now you know. [The Infatuation] * That robot that's hitchhiking to SF

* A study confirmed what we all suspected: the San Francisco-Oakland area has a greater proportion of roads in poor condition than any other major urban area in the U.S. [Bay City

* Francisco Sanchez was in court for a pre-trial conference Thursday, [ABC7] says he looked "thin and frail." * The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club won't be endorsing Mayor Ed

* Abrupt rent increase drums longtime Castro business Klotz Watches and Clocks out of the game. [Hoodline] * Uber and Lyft drivers flout their companies' and SFO's rules when they pick folks

* Did you feel this morning's earthquake? * [CityLab] argues that SF voters must reject a housing moratorium. * The [Washington Post] on why some in San Francisco are turning against Airbnb. * The [Guardian]

* Your weekend ICYMI: Portland is festooned with dildos, Clover's recalling some milk, there was a mass murder in Modesto, a man narrowly escaped from a meat grinder, undocumented immigrants got a

* Here's why that person who donated $34 million to Oakland wanted to remain anonymous. [KRON4] * "National Crisis - Hospitals Filled With Bicyclist inflicted 'Near Misses'" Reports [Dearest District

* Mountain lions are basically taking over Gilroy. [Bay City News] * Stanley Roberts says "tourists almost always follow the rules of the road when cycling around. But locals often refuse to." T/

* San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is urging San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the Board of Supervisors to hold a hearing on the city’s Sanctuary City policy. [Bay City News] * [sic] "

* Pier 70 planner Evan Rose has died. [SF Chronicle] * Bernal Heights resident offers discount on locally-designed bags for dog shit. [Bernalwood] * Marin man who pretended to be a Navy SEAL is now

* Reddit cannot be saved, says [Valleywag]. * BART's running slow this morning after a fire was reported on the tracks between Glen and Balboa Parks. [KRON4] * Twitter stock surges after a site

* Remember that brutal beating in a Levi's Stadium bathroom? One of the admitted culprits got a five year prison sentence for the attack. [Bay City News] * Reddit's chief engineer

* Your weekend ICYMI: RIP Doyle Drive, long live Presidio Parkway, the SF Zoo lost a venomous snake, a reckless driver didn't care that Doyle Drive was closed, a Giants fan got

* Oakland is sending some of their police recruits to be trained in SF. [Contra Costa Times] * Korean War memorial breaks ground in the Presidio. [ABC7] * SF Supe John Avalos failed to provide records

* Here's what it's like at Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival at Oracle Arena. [SF Gate] * Palo Alto’s Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is looking for a tech

* The [Anti-Eviction Mapping Project] has a new map — this one details "the encroachment of public space by private forces." * [SocketSite] calls out "Housing Policy Hypocrisy In San Francisco,"

* The United Food and Commercial Workers is now signing up California budtenders, trimmers, joint-rollers, and growers. [SF Weekly] * That illicit Irving Street Quickly is now claiming it's not a Quickly

* Early this morning, a white van started burning on the Bay Bridge. [KRON4] * According to [Pando], docs at UCSF reveal that tobacco companies paid the ACLU, the EFF, Malcolm Gladwell, and many many

* SF man killed in Folsom stair collapse. [KRON4] * Cocaine is a hell of a drug. [Fishbowl] * [The Verge] turns comments off for the summer. * How many (start-up) angels is too many? [New