morning links

* Livermore firefighters and cops talked a woman down after she threatened to leap from an overpass. [Bay City News] * Franklin Street was (loudly) paved from 10 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.

* Everyone got up early to commemorate the 1906 quake's anniversary this morning. [SF Chronicle] * The Fisherman's Wharf [Madame Tussaud] wants your nominations on what "Bay Area Innovator"

* According to a scathing report, Oakland's police discipline system is completely broken. [SF Chronicle] * Why SFFD uses handmade wooden ladders. [Popular Mechanics] * Sign-wielding man promotes Uber outside Yellow Cab HQ.

* [Wired] gives Twitter's new homepage the thumbs down. * Driver crashes into Oakland building during police chase. [KRON4] * Even following a necropsy, marine mammal experts can't figure out why that

* Kiss left turns on Fillmore at Oak and Fell during peak morning and evening traffic hours goodbye. [Hoodline] * The NTSB has released their report on the fatal BART collision that killed two track

* Ex-49er running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Fresno prison. [Associated Press] * Listen to the Grateful Dead sing an a cappella version of "The Star Spangled

* ICYMI this weekend: RoboGames carnage, Salon writer can't tell brown actors apart, alleged armed robbers mow down pedestrians as they flee the cops, and an NYC cab in SF. * Here are

* Another day, another police pursuit in which a bystander is killed, this time in Richmond. [KRON4] * Police have successfully talked down a guy who climbed a Salinas electrical tower and screamed at the

* Famed barman Seamus Coyle is sent off in style. [SF Chronicle] * Some 24th Street merchants say the area needs way more cops. [Capp Street Crap] * Netflix boosted CEO Reed Hastings’ pay by 43

* Sure, you can try an Apple Watch on at a store today, but you'll have to buy it online. [Wired] * This group of seniors has been feeding the needy since 1993.

* Richmond District bank robbed at knifepoint. [KRON4] * Mark Pincus returns to Zynga (which still exists!) as CEO. [Associated Press] * Annette Bening will be getting an honorary degree from SF State this May. [SF

* SF man toting almost two pounds of pot is busted on community college campus. [KRON4] * Worrying affordable housing advocates, the SF Conservatory of Music has snapped up a large rent-controlled building on

* It's raining, so you know what that means: flooding in San Francisco. [KRON4] * Police chase carjacking suspects from Oakland to Market and Gough. [Oakland Tribune] * SFPD Chief Greg Suhr defends drug-

* ICYMI this weekend: Lon Simmons has died, a 'mummified' body was found in an SF hoarder's home, how Harvey Milk changed this guy's life, SFPD arrests suspects

* The SFMTA is spending $117,870 to install 28 BikeLink electronic lockers in four of their parking garages. [SF Examiner] * One of the anchor rods on the Bay Bridge might have already snapped.

* Why startups are ditching Silicon Valley for San Francisco. [SF Business Times] * A pilot was killed when his ultra-light aircraft crashed near the Petaluma Municipal Airport. [CBS5] * Fastrak fuckup leads to thousands

* "Are San Francisco Housing Prices Foreshadowing The Next Global Financial Downturn?" asks [Seeking Alpha]. * That self-driving car that left SF the weekend-before-last has made it to New York.

* The SFFD has refused to toughen its alcohol testing rules. [SF Chronicle] * Two separate planes leave SFO, have to flip it back around after in-flight troubles. [KRON4] * Tech reporters blew the Meerkat

* A squirrel knocked out power to 5000 Santa Clara residents Tuesday night. [KRON4] * Ron Conway and Sean Parker are launching a "tech-powered think tank". First up: those pesky redwood forests!

* Willie Brown reminds you that he doesn't like places without tablecloths (Subway obviously excepted). [Inside Scoop] * What Muni can learn from "elitist" private bus services like Leap. [Wired] * It&

* ICYMI this weekend: Blondie's Bar might be in trouble, self-driving Benz returns to SF, Hapa Ramen's Richie Nakano was fired from the restaurant he founded, KGO's

* An earpiece/mic combo is being used to detect SF's leaky pipes. [SF Chronicle] * Watch the Dolphin Club take a dip in the Bay. Yes, there are Speedos. [KQED] * Prepare for

* The San Jose Police Department's computer system couldn't handle the demands put on it when an officer was shot and killed. Which makes you wonder how the 11-year-

* Nan Tucker McEvoy, the last member of The [SF Chronicle]’s founding family, has died at age 95. She was a real character and a lot of fun. * D11 Supe John Avalos talks

* Bernal Heights resident finds a replica grenade while gardening. [KRON4] * [The Awl] takes on SF's private bus service boom. * Twitter launches Periscope, its livestreaming video app. (We're on it