Cookie Monster weighs in on the SF vs. NY debate. And by "debate," I mean vaguely trollish media musings, for as CM says, "Both cities are fun with lots of terrific people!" [Mashable]

Family of mother and child killed in SF housing authority property is angry that they can't get answers behind fatal fire. [NBC Bay Area] You guys, I'm scared! I agree with Willie Brown

San Francisco DA George Gascon wants the mayor to give him $400,000 to pay for an attorney, an investigator and a paralegal to prosecute drivers who mow down pedestrians. [KTVU] Sheriff Ross

SFO gets warning to watch out for potentially deadly respiratory virus. This is how it all begins, folks. [KPIX] If you're the kind of person who validates themselves by the (easily damaged) color

The San Francisco Unified School District has lifted its ban on hats, caps, and other head coverings. Now individual schools can make their own decisions to allow or ban them. [SF Examiner] Here's

Survey says that SF drivers are some of the most courteous in the nation, drivers consulted by [KGO] are not so sure. When San Francisco decided they needed to hire more city workers,

Cycle rental spot The Bike Hut is "one, very low-key non profit in one, very high-profile spot." [NBC Bay Area] Iconic Castro business has been served with an eviction notice. [Petrelis] SF parking

According to [The Awl], local scribe Dave Eggers is a "racist asshole." RadiumOne sure knows how to pick 'em! Their CEO beat the crap out of his girlfriend, and their director of engineering

SF is the best place to start career, says dubiously named "data website." [SF Business Times] Can we all just agree that Tim Draper, he of the "California needs to be divided up

This San Francisco man tracked the folks who stole his wallet to that Best Western on 7th Street. Though there's a mountain of evidence, the suspect, who was already out on parole, "could

For $25 you can join a group tour of Levi's Stadium. [NBC Bay Area] Here's how a bunch of people think Google's new "homepage" (what a quaint term! Yet I can't think of

Not only is Jeremy Irons weird about marriage equality, he's a litterbug. [SF Chronicle] When this SF company says that it wants to become the "Wikipedia of medicine," I wonder if they understand

The first person to ever win the [SF Marathon] was a cab driver from Reno. Soon-to-be SF company LinkedIn experiences "its largest quarterly loss since going public," and has "has fallen out of

This guy set up a fake wi-fi hotspot in San Francisco, and got access to about 1500 people's data in just a few hours. [WSJ] [Bleacher Report] predicts the 49ers' most important games

1960s-era 49er defensive end Dan Colchico dies at age 76. [AP/Merced Sun-Star] Not only is Shrimp Boy apparently posting to Facebook from jail, he just participated in a journalism symposium from the

SF lawyer Michelle Friedland overcomes conservative groups' disdain for her support of LGBT rights to ascend to a judgeship on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. [San Jose Mercury News] The

How much does it cost to get busted for selling "hacks, cracks, data theft, botnets and zero days"? [ZDnet] 49ers fan sues the NFL for $50 million, saying that they engaged in "'economic

[KPIX] introduces us to Elba Borgen, SF landlord, Ellis Act evictor, and yacht club member. This is how 54-year-old landscaper Lonnie Monroe saved a man from killing himself. [SF Chronicle] SF health officials

It was another night of extra innings for the Giants in Denver last night, but Hector Sanchez's 11th inning grand slam, put San Francisco on top 12-10. [KTVU] The 49ers regular season schedule

[KALW] has more on that controversial plan ("Blogs picked up the story. Many mocked the idea.") to distribute free crack pipes on San Francisco's streets. San Francisco to Santa Monica, blogged. [The Unworldly

SF man admits to participation in Marvel Entertainment securities fraud. His punishment will be to sit through the Eric Bana and Ed Norton Hulk movies 100 times each. [Reuters] McLaren Park is beautiful!

These elderly cyclists (one is 94!) rode from Vancouver to SF. In other news, you are lazy, weak. [Focus Taiwan] "Jennifer's Sunny San Francisco Victorian" will make you want to throw all your

The [SF Chronicle]'s "Open Forum" is apparently so hard up for reader contributions that it's resorted to (notes OG SFist Matt Baume) publishing an "essay from CFACT, a climate-change-denial corporation funded largely

Yahoo's recently fired COO got a $58 million severance package for 15 months of work. [AP] Reporters will be allowed to use bring laptops and tablets in court as they cover the Leland

[Bleacher Report] picks the SF Giants' All-21st century team. Agree? Disagree? Supe tries to speed up passage of new law requiring landlords who Ellis-evict tenants to make bigger payouts, after hearing that property