morning links

* 45,000 people lost power in the East Bay last night. [KRON4] * Introducing Sanfranciscius, the temperature scale for San Franciscans. [MrEricSir] * "Google would never hire a person like me" says Google

* Your weekend ICYMI: local lesbians seek sperm, Sufjan Stevens played the Fox, Escape from Alcatraz contenders lost their bikes, Oakland police shot and killed a suspect, an alleged NorCal bank robber was nabbed,

* 60-year-old woman is killed when she crashes the car she was driving into a Emeryville apartment building. [Bay City News] * Carlos Santana and his wife Cindy Blackman Santana will perform the

* There was an armed home invasion robbery in Park Merced Friday morning. No one was hurt, but stuff was stolen. [KRON4] * A financial management service figured out how much money they say you

* A lot of Bay Area residents are recycling "grey" water at home, are you? [Associated Press] * Speaking of, [Wired] says there's a better way for California's farmers

* Study appears to suggest that San Francisco would save money on care for homeless people if the city gave them housing. [Huffington Post] * A mystery donor has given UCSF $50 million for a

* Napa Valley Register wine columnist George Starke has died. [Fishbowl NY] * SFPD makes an arrest in a homicide from last October, says it's a case of a friendship gone sour. [KTVU]

* VC backed vanity publishing site says they're no longer a publishing site,they're "a network." [Business Insider] * Campos and Wiener debate the proposed market-rate housing moratorium

* Weekend ICYMI: someone tried to recycle a $200K computer, SF MOMA worker falls down an elevator shaft, an SF Zoo polar bear passes, offering a kid a soda in Davis is a no-

* Eight baby ducklings were rescued from a Concord storm drain Saturday, and were reunited with their mom shortly thereafter. [CBS5] * A woodworking studio for kids is planned for Mission Street. [Capp Street Crap]

* The [SF Business Times] asks if championship trophies help Bay Area sports teams win with voters and politicos, which is a very good question! * A San Francisco resident and a Los Angeles resident

* A great piece on an Inner Sunset man who's had a 27-year career as a professional clown. I know it's a tough sell, but it's fascinating!

* 99% of the Bay Bridge's anchor rods can withstand a major earthquake, says Caltrans. Sounds credible. [Bay City News] * "A Series of Wholly Unrelated Observations About Vox Media's

* A couple big SF companies are backing out of their huge office spaces. Not the best sign, y'all. [SF Business Times] * BuzzFeed has hired a lot of people in the Bay

* Long weekend ICYMI: still another dead whale washed ashore, Josh Skenes will be opening a mysterious new restaurant with Jiro Lin, protesters defied Libby Schaaf's ban and demonstrated anyway, the Warriors

* "Google Maps is racist because the internet is racist." [Wired] * A new funding effort could get better lighting for Haight Street. [Hoodline] * Someone's giving DIY website Brit + Co. $23

* Former SFPD officer who testified in federal corruption trial gets 12 months in the slammer. [KRON4] [KQED] [SF Chronicle] [SF Examiner] * Now you can buy shit straight from the YouTube ad. That is,

* The NFL turns its nose up at Oakland, says a Super Bowl there isn't in the cards, [SF Business Times] * The [New York Times] weighs in on the Presidio Parklands plan.

* How the Mission blue butterfly ended up flying over Twin Peaks yet again. [Bay Nature] * Google's looking for a new Doodler. [KRON4] * [SF Magazine] suggests that the Chron's recent

* The US Supreme Court has ruled that two SF cops cannot be sued over their use of force when arresting a knife-wielding woman with a history of mental illness in a confrontation

* ICYMI this weekend: battery thieves target Priuses, Caltrain hit someone in Atherton, a cyclist was killed during an organized ride/race, ACC is seeking whoever tortured and beat a dog, the Warriors won

* The Alamo Square Neighborhood Association will meet Monday, and you can be sure they'll have a lot to say about whatever happens at Bay to Breakers today. [Hoodline] * Salesforce chief Marc

* BART's released the latest property crime stats from their stations, and the Fremont line wins the prize. [KRON4] * How Silicon Valley is letting go if its "techie island fantasies."

* A cruise ship docked in SF had its departure delayed after a norovirus outbreak among passengers crapped the ship up so much it needed to be "sanitized." [KRON4] [KPIX] [KGO] * The

* Twitter’s systems for policing harassment are easily gamed. [Wired] * Facebook requires vendors that provide them with service workers (janitors, security guards, and the like) to pay those staffers at least $15/hour.