More doubts about Zynga’s survival, thief steals flag from outside City Hall in Redwood City, Swedish team mulls pulling out of America’s Cup, more.
Politics and Government
Raiders punter Chris Kluwe turns down a White House invitation so as not to miss a day of training camp. Mercury News
Vice President Joe Biden will drop in at the Sea Cliff home of BinWise CEO Doug Dickey and his attorney wife Dawn Ross for a June 17 DNC breakfast fundraiser. Political Blotter
Supervisor David Campos says an audit of San Francisco’s housing authority reveals things “to be a lot worse than I expected them to be.” Examiner
After five homicides in a week an assemblywoman calls for the California Highway Patrol to help supplement local crime-fighting efforts in San Jose. Mercury News
The Chronicle publishes data showing crime on the rise across the Bay Area, but with twin hotspots: Oakland for violent crime; San Francisco for property crime.
Political Blotter posts a collection of videos of soon-to-retire state treasurer Bill Lockyer, including one from a 2008 campaign victory party in which an awkward-appearing Nadia Lockyer appears with him on stage.
Media, Arts, Books
CNN says it’s closing its Baghdad bureau. Poynter
Latest foray for Berkeley-based Center for Investigative Reporting: a one-act drama based on a documentary film by CIR correspondent Mimi Chakarova, at the Tides Theater near Union Square. KQED
Too much information? CNN’s Zoraida Sambolin shares before and after photos of her double mastectomy on Facebook. TV Newser
News and notes
Doubts about Zynga’s survival mount after the floundering San Francisco-based Internet game company announces it’s laying off nearly a fifth of its workforce. Mercury News
Critical decision by the Swedish team Thursday will determine whether America’s Cup, already small, gets smaller. SF Business Times
PG&E failed to spend $50 million it collected from ratepayers ostensibly for gas line safety improvements during the decade leading up to the San Bruno disaster. Chronicle
Inside The Jungle, San Jose’s biggest homeless encampment. Mercury News
Cops raid a Burlingame boutique selling fake Gucci, Chanel and other fake glam stuff. Mercury News
From the Redwood City police blotter: Someone steals a flag from outside City Hall. Mercury News
Ultra marathoner Rene Brunet, 63, of San Francisco, dies while competing in the Mount Diablo Trail Run. Contra Costa Times
