morning links

* People in SF paid $32,400 each for a roundtable with President Obama Saturday morning. [Washington Times] * Little girl who was lost at Ocean Beach found safe. [KRON4] * How the Loma Prieta quake

* The San Francisco Bay's wetlands are shrinking. [PBS Newshour] * SF man arrested for trying to run down Milpitas cop. [San Jose Mercury News] * SF 49er Colin Kaepernick is fined $10 K

* [Mother Jones] mulls the $7.7 million opponents of SF's proposed sugary beverage tax have put into their campaign. * Ed Lee speaks on some [Vanity Fair] panel, reportedly says Twitter tax

* Twitter's suing the Department of Justice over federal surveillance records. [CBS5] * This apparently horrible master tenant who allegedly scammed his subtenants to the point of eviction also owned a Valencia St

* People took to City Hall's steps to rally for and against Prop G, the ballot measure intended to curb real estate speculation. [CBS5] * The consultants telling San Francisco where to invest

* The small firms behind SF's manufacturing rebirth could be priced out of the city. [SF Business Times] * Smash and grab car ransackers focus on Twin Peaks. [SF Chronicle] * SF company that

* Will you become a San Francisco Chronicle "member"? [Poynter] * The SFPUC is testing "earthquake resistant iron" in SF. I feel like I'm ripping off some hack 80s

* Woman who fought development when she lived in Philly moves to SF and can't find anywhere to live, so now she's a pro-development agitator. [SF Examiner] * [7x7] runs

* The name of the man SFPD officers shot in the Financial District last week has finally been released, he was a San Rafael man named Giovany Contreras-Sandoval. [SF Examiner] * Now you can

* Holy shit, fashion designer/costumer Patricia Field is in SF on Friday. [Eventbrite] * A former SF firefighter who was blinded on the job says her caretaker has stolen all her savings. [NBC Bay

* Falsely imprisoned man is still adjusting to life on the outside. [SF Examiner] * "Buffered Bike Lane in Golden Gate Park - WORST IDEA EVER!" [Dearest District Five] * 121 Haight Street's

* The SF Giants might start talking to a reporter they'd been dissing. [SF Gate] * Willie McCovey's still in the hospital, but is following the Giants closely. [ESPN] * SFPD Chief

* "Loud but peaceful" protesters gathered at Powell and Market Wednesday night to demonstrate against US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. [SF Chronicle] * That woman who was killed by a driver outside

* Come take a ride with On Lok Lifeways. [KALW] * Prices for offices in SF skyscrapers are going up remarkably swiftly. [Bloomberg] * SF State's president is unaware of the rape allegations made

* Oh, the good old days, when SF’s leaders concealed a plague. [SF Chronicle] * The [Marin Independent Journal] reports that the Golden Gate Bridge has a new spokesperson. What they don't

* The [SF Chronicle] provides us with this "handy San Francisco guide to waiting in lines," which is very funny and contains swearing! * Longtime 49ers exec Dave Rahn has died. [LA Times]

* An 11-year-old SF girl killed in a collision on 280 has been identified. [CBS5] * The same "art gallery" that left out a statue that toppled onto a little kid

* [The Atlantic] takes a deep dive into how BART planned for its "Fleet of the Future." * Are you a "metal guy" who's over 18? Want to be

* Sent to me in an email subject lined "POP POP!": "Snapchat Investor Says High-Profile Failures Are Just Around the Corner." [Valleywag] * Learn a little more about Gwynn Murrill&

* Folsom Street Foundry is apparently now "the epicenter of the fighting game community’s revival." [Shoryuken] * According to the [SF Chronicle]'s Debra Saunders, "San Francisco feminism" means

* When's the last time you visited the state capitol, fourth grade? [SF Gate] * A 25-year-old SF man has pled guilty after, while allegedly boozed and coked up, he slammed

* SF gets closer to setting up $2 million dollar funding pool for lawyers of kids in danger of deportation. [SF Chronicle] * [The Sonia Show] worries that she might offend people who live elsewhere

* The average price of a condo in San Francisco is $1,119 per square foot. [SF Business Times] * Apparently, the guy who founded Yelp is more qualified to sit on a stage and

* It's been a violent summer for the residents of Visitacion Valley. [KCBS] * An [NBC Bay Area] reporter tours San Francisco's sewer system. * Now ISIS (or its associates) wants to

* People appeared to enjoy UN Plaza's Night Market last Friday [KTVU], but were a little freaked out by all the security [SF Chronicle]. * Is this SF's below market housing