Top of the morning’s news:
- Sheriff-elect Ross Mirkarimi is being investigated by SFPD after a neighbor called police to report alleged domestic violence involving his wife, Eliana Lopez. Chronicle
- San Francisco has used Hetch Hetchy Reservoir for nearly a century for a measly $2,500 a month and a Central Valley congressman wants to change that. The Bay Citizen
- Airport security can pat your groin to search for drugs, but only if the officer is the same gender and you don’t object, a federal appeals court ruled. Chronicle
- The unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent nationally in December, the fourth straight monthly decline. AP
- Anthony Bourdain’s new Travel Channel show, The Layover, premieres Monday with a San Francisco-based episode. Examiner
- Well-known Monterey Bay marine biologist Nancy Black, who operates a whale-watching business, was indicted on charges she illegally fed killer whales in protected waters and lied to investigators. Chronicle
- A San Jose nurse was charged with murdering his mother-in-law with a machete. Mercury News
- The Sacramento Kings fired coach Paul Westphal. Sac Bee
- The Boston Globe, Mitt Romney’s hometown paper, endorsed Jon Huntsman. The Hill
- The Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh is moving ahead with plans for a restaurant and performance venue in San Rafael’s Canal District. Rolling Stone
