San Francisco home sales are the slowest they've been in three years. [SocketSite] Human tellers to be excised from 100-year-old Bernal Heights bank. [Bernalwood] Oh, good, another smoke shop for the Upper Haight.

The [Harvard Business School] takes on San Francisco's culture clash. Wacky Marin couple produces BDSM-themed art show. [SF Chronicle] Bag of dildos dumped on the street? [Capp Street Crap]'s got it. New

Using the single example of a tweet that makes the gripping and shocking announcement that "Almost every major patent concept from the 1930s was in chemistry. Today, all software," [The Atlantic] concludes that

Jim Harbaugh admits that his "mutual split" with the 49ers wasn't mutual: he was dumped. [ESPN] SFFD doesn't have enough arson investigators. [KQED] A story of how two families — one middle-class and white,

Contra Costa County probation officer is drunk on the job when he drives into Fresno man, but the county refuses to foot the bill. [ABC7] The alleged high-end art thief who escaped from

Marin Mountain Bike has to recall some kids' cycles over safety issues. [KRON4] "Stanford douchebags" (just kidding, that's a reference to this!) will be paying 3.5% more to go to school next

$9 million Western Addition Boys & Girls Club opens today. [SF Chronicle] Marin County DA wins lawsuit against Target for false advertising and violating unfair competition laws. [KPIX] What happened when a man

Tech writer is "Confident That the Tech Industry Is Fixing Its Diversity Quagmire." Glad that's settled then. [Huffington Post] Andy's Chinese Cuisine, which has blanketed the western neighborhoods with take-out menus for as

If you've ever been curious about that magic shop in the Inner Sunset, [Hoodline]'s got a report for you. Who stole the Smuggler's Cove tiki ax? [Eater SF] Wow, the Crunchies (which,

Look out, Apple Watch: Swatch is getting ready to crush you. [Bloomberg] Mission district landlord dumps non-profit that helps cancer victims to make more room for tech company. [Capp Street Crap] 115 unit

The I-80 Fremont Street off-ramp has been closed to make way for Transbay Transit Center construction. [KRON4] Now [SF Gate] has Willie Brown "writing" listicles? How the mighty have fallen. CAL-OSHA rules are

Anti-drunk driving non-profit writes glowing press release about Uber after Uber donates to them. [Valleywag] [Slate] reminds us that the Silk Road trial isn't just about drugs. [Wired] says more and more "techies"

CEO for San Rafael-based startup posted (then removed) ad for combined Executive Assistant/Nanny for a 9-month-old. Since it looks like both jobs involve caring for someone with a brain that's not fully

Joe and Jennifer Montana appear to have a remarkably successful marriage. [CBS5] Don't get too excited about all this talk about a second BART tube. If it happens (and that's a big "if"

Google delivers another earnings letdown, and as a result their stock sinks even further. [Associated Press via Yahoo] Prosecutors say they've traced $13.4 million in bitcoin from the Silk Road to Ross

A water main has broken at Oak and Baker. [KRON4] More information on the mother of three killed in the crossfire during a gun battle in SF. [SF Chronicle] [ABC7] [KTVU] Does [Rincon

New Yorker comes to SF to see girlfriend, discovers she's been untrue, gets stuck at SFO due to the blizzard, then ends up humiliated on [KRON4}. Hard to decide which aspect of this

The Golden State Warriors have revealed their Chinese New Year uniforms. [KRON4] Mills College student Kendall Anderson writes a scathing indictment of the Oakland Police Department's "investigation" of her rape. [Salon] Twitter is

Are you wondering who on earth would buy an SF taxi medallion? Well, now you know. [SF Chronicle] I thought this article entitled "Here’s the Secret Silk Road Journal From the Laptop

Beretta's avian-themed secret illustrated cocktail menu is pretty much the living embodiment of the Portlandia entreaty to "put a bird on it." [Eater SF] Texans are angry that a Novato man is asking

Now [Twitter]'s doing recaps. You could live in Hunter Pence's loft. [Socketsite] You will be shocked, SHOCKED to learn that "nobody is using Google+." [Business Insider] Why the Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics

Three hospitals in SF got bad "grades" from a nonprofit patient advocacy group. Can you guess which ones? [KRON4] Supe London Breed encourages African-American parents who believe their kids are involved in crime

The Western Neighborhoods Project has released over a thousand photos of old San Francisco. [Richmond SF blog] The [SF Business Times] explains why so many restaurants close in January. Almost two months after

Do tech companies really support free speech? [Pacific Standard] [Businessweek] suggests we save dive bars by landmarking them. A mystery substance possibly dumped along the East Bay shoreline is killing birds. [ABC7] An

The [SF Examiner] publishes a press release touting SF Weekly's new editor. Duck abducted from SF playground has been returned unharmed. [SF Chronicle] Generously-funded online dating company Zoosk (which is based in SF)