It’s 7 a.m., 48° and headed to a cooler 55°. It looks like we’re good until Wednesday, when the deluge (maybe an exaggeration) begins. Details for the next 10 days are here.

Police arrested Occupiers in the Mission, reports SF Gate. (Oops, we missed that one.)

And Bernalwood keeps us up on the wild old women of Occupy Bernal.

Governor Brown wants to take the prison system a different way, reports the Chronicle, slashing funds for new prisons, phasing out the Division of Juvenile Justice and placing the most violent youth offenders in county facilities. “And after years of cuts to rehabilitation programs in prisons,” the article continues, “Brown wants lawmakers to restore about $100 million in funding for drug treatment, education and other services.” You can read the full piece here.

Enjoy the day, lc

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As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

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