What's Causing San Francisco's Building Boom; SF State Groundskeepers; Park Blues; More!

[holiday shopping from a distance via Curbed Flickr Pool/potential past]

· What's behind San Francisco's sudden building boom? [Atlantic Cities]
· PHOTOS: Groundskeepers nurture SF State [Golden Gate Xpress]
· SFist year in review: the animals we loved in 2012 [SFist]
· Meet the puddle people at the Alemany Flea Market [Bernalwood]
· State parks audit confirms fears [SF Examiner]
· San Francisco real estate brokers close deal with a whole lot of fuzz on it [SFBT]