morning links

* Civil grand jury says SF's government is not so hot at ethics, transparency. [SF Examiner] * Uber's "we'll marry you on pride weekend" stunt backfires, as

* It all comes down to this weekend: SF State's Tiana Wills competes in Sacramento to determine if she can continue her high jump career. [SF Examiner] * [Thrillist] wants you to get

* The [SF Chronicle]'s John King gets out the long knives re George Lucas' decision to place his museum in Chicago, says "Instead of planning ahead, City Hall of late

* The new owners of Mavericks want to make it into "the Super Bowl of surfing." [KCBS] * Apple's new head of retail writes a "touchy-feely" blog post.

* The guy who created Defenestration is pretty bummed that it's gone. [LA Times] * [SF Gate] polled the Chron newsroom to pull a slideshow of "Things you’ll never see again

* Inside the San Francisco shower bus. [CBS5] * San Francisco public schools have a wealth of librarians. [SF Examiner] * Check out these photos of San Francisco gay life in the 80s. [Huffington Post] * The

* SF grand jury has harsh words for the mayor's office, at least when it comes to waterfront planning. [KPIX] [SF Examiner] * The coach of the San Francisco 49ers begs his employees,

* Details on the nine-story condo development that could replace Flax. [Hoodline] * Biotech VC based in SF is fired from his own company, sued for fraud. [Xconomy] * Merchants want to keep sex workers

* If this [Bloomberg] report headlined "San Francisco’s Tech Frenzy Reaches Biggest Bank Tower" doesn't make you say this, nothing will. * The [SF Chronicle]'s urban design critic

* Even more minimum wage fears: restaurant threatens to replace staff with computers if increase proposal passes. [KPIX] * "Reputed street gang member" convicted of stabbing SF 49er Aldon Smith in the leg

* Central Subway boring hits major milestone. "It's like giving birth," says man who works for the SFMTA. [SF Examiner] * SF Giants fan catches home run ball with one hand,

* Woman buys purse at Buffalo Exchange, finds diamond ring. [ABC7] * Mission District tenants turn 14-unit building into co-op to avoid eviction. [KPIX] * Another one of those companies that seems to exist

* Mr. and Mrs. Harbaugh are now pimping Dockers. [99.7 Now] * In the apparent nick of time, City College of SF won't be forced to close, might get more time to

* San Francisco isn't the only city struggling to find a way to preserve historic/iconic restaurants and bars. [The Guardian] * Here's a San Francisco priest from the late 1800s.

* The houseboat dwellers of Mission Creek. [KCBS] * SF is less LGBTQ friendly than Seattle, according to [Nerdwallet], a site that seems to exist solely for the purpose of listicles. * Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg sued

* Neighbors of the old San Francisco Reservoir want a park, others say that the spot should be used for housing. Who will win? [SF Examiner] * SF synagogue defaced, police investigating as hate crime.

* [Our Urban Playground] writes a list of "Things Parents From San Francisco Never Say." Agree? * Speaking of parenting, here's what [SF Gate] thinks every SF kid should do before

* Tenderloin non-profit Youth With a Mission needs to raise $500,000, fast, to stay in their building. [Christian Post] * If you want to listen to the 911 call made after SF Giants

* Trucks LOVE to park in the Fell Street bike lane. [Streetsblog] * Muni drivers who worked Monday getting extra pay. [SF Weekly] * Meet Dogpatch designer Tina Frey. [InDogpatch] * The [SF Chronicle]'s CW

* Whatever you do, don't try to take a picture of Artichoke Joe's. [SF Gate] * Diane von Furstenberg for Google Glass line is set to launch tomorrow. Don't

* SFUSD administrators go to [Twitter] school. * What non-profits get city funding? "Whoever yells the loudest." [SF Chronicle] * Learn to garden and borrow equipment at the Golden Gate Park resource center.

* According to the [New York Times], "San Francisco is already running out of worthy old buildings." * Remember that Snapchat guy's gross emails? Yeah, well, he's really sorry

* Two more firefighters (that brings the tally to four) suspended over on-the-job DUI crash that injured motorcyclist. [KTVU] * It's not enough that Muni makes you late for work, now

* Why pay for planning from an educated professional when you can get a bunch of people to compete—for free—to make over Market Street? [SF Business Times] * Supervisor Mark Farrell uses Isla

* You'd think that "How to survive the San Francisco tech boom" might be an article on avoiding evictions or something, but it's actually on where to start