Hollywood discovers the Gary Webb story, Presidio claims a financial milestone, San Leandro nods approval for a 100-foot wind turbine on its shoreline, more.
- Opinions differ on what there is to show for it, but at least the Presidio has reached financial self-sufficiency as a one-of-a-kind national park. Chronicle
- San Jose has its 5th homicide of the new year over the weekend. Mercury News
- How Bay Area pollution exhibits itself in children suffering from asthma. Oakland Tribune
- Columnist Scott Herhold recalls the late Bay Area journalist Gary Webb, who wrote a largely discredited book about a CIA conspiracy before committing suicide, and who is now to be the subject of a movie. Mercury News
- San Leandro approved a height variance for a 100-foot-tall wind turbine on the city’s shoreline. East Bay Citizen
- Longtime former Bay Area TV and radio broadcaster Lee Noble McEachern, aka Lee Noble, died at age 91. Marin IJ
