Blog Beat: Trader Joe's Opts Out of Castro; SJ Councilmembers Want Smaller Pot Biz; Alameda Measure A

The SFist reports that Trader Joe's is not coming to the Castro, which it found out via Supervisor Scott Wiener's Facebook post.
Some San Jose councilmembers are calling for a drastic reduction in the number of marijuana businesses allowed in the city, San Jose Inside says.
On The Island, Alameda is voting today on Measure A, a school parcel tax that would would raise an estimated $12 million a year over seven years for Alameda’s schools by charging property owners 32 cents per square foot of building on each parcel they own."
KQED Arts hips us to The Bay Bridged podcast, "sampling some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing this month in the San Francisco Bay Area."

Signed up.