Top of the morning’s news:
- In a sign of dwindling support for the 2013 America’s Cup, Mayor Ed Lee and the regatta’s organizers announce plans to downsize San Francisco’s involvement after a waterfront land deal runs into political headwinds. The Bay Citizen; Chronicle
- City College of San Francisco trustees regularly collect a monthly stipend whether or not they show up at board meetings, the Chronicle says.
- Oakland Tribune’s Tammerlin Drummond says the time has come for state Treasurer Bill Lockyer to persuade his troubled wife, Nadia Lockyer, to resign as an Alameda County Supervisor.
- Filmmaker George Lucas’ plan for a huge digital production studio on the old Grady Ranch in Marin’s Lucas Valley won approval from the county’s planning commission. Marin IJ
- Two biologists and the former director of forestry for Northern California’s Yurok tribe were accused of embezzling $900,000 intended for spotted owl research. AP
