Top of the morning’s news:
- The 49ers cemented their move to Santa Clara after the NFL approved, as expected, its portion of the loan needed for stadium construction. The Bay Citizen
- The uproar intensified over the Susan G. Komen foundation’s decision to eliminate funding to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. Oakland Tribune
- San Francisco and Oakland may have to return millions of dollars in federal stimulus funds. Contra Costa Times
- The U. S. unemployment rate dipped to 8.3 percent in January, its fifth straight monthly decline. LA Times
- For the second time, police removed an Occupy Oakland boat from Lake Merritt. Bay City News Service
- Longtime Berkeley tree-sitter Matthew Dodt, arrested at People’s Park early last year, was given a 60-day suspended sentence and three years probation for illegal lodging. AP
- Maggie, the Oakland Zoo’s baby giraffe born Jan. 12, made her public debut yesterday. Oakland Tribune
