Weird BUT true

A developer is thinking small when it comes to the huge problem of homelessness near San Francisco.

Real-estate mogul John Sobrato is asking Santa Clara, Calif., for 2 ¹/2 acres of city land to stack shipping containers — and flip them into tiny apartments of between 160 and 240 square feet for the down-and-out.

City officials said they’re studying Sobrato’s proposal.

A kind Wisconsin cop let a student off the hook for speeding — and wrapped a bow on the big break.

Menomonie police officer Martin Folczyk pulled over a University of WisconsinStout student, who said he was late to give a presentation and trying to find a friend to tie his necktie.

Folczyk sent him on his way with only a warning, and tied the frantic student’s tie for him as well.

Women are packing heat in the nation’s coldest state.

The number of female hunters in Alaska is on the rise, according to the most recent data, with more than one in five licenses going to the fairer gender.

Mowed down by their own foolishness.

Thieves broke into the Western Mower and Engine Shop in Poway, Calif., and snatched up chain saws and hedge trimmers valued at $5,000 — all in 90 seconds, police said.

But in the rush to escape, one of the crooks left his cellphone behind. Cops found the phone, which led to the arrest of the suspected burglars.

Hey, deadbeats — you have to buy the IKEA bed before you can sleep in it.

The retailer warned that it’s illegal to hold impromptu sleepovers at their stores. The company has had to deal with overnight pranks at locations everywhere from the United States to Japan after two guys filmed themselves camping at a Belgium IKEA.

“We hope that this trend will slow,” IKEA spokesman Jakob Holmström said. “We do not see what’s fun about it.”