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- Tech companies come out against a proposed "extreme vetting" policy that would collect the passwords of visitors and immigrants from websites they visit. [Consumerist]
- Two former employees at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Information System Services Division have filed a whistleblower claim saying they were fired for calling attention to the alleged destruction of sensitive documents of things like settlements with local polluters. [CBS 5]
- A female staffer at a special education school in Berkeley has been released from the hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday from an alleged stabbing by a 20-year-old student. [CBS 5]
- SFFD battalion chief Sam Romero is facing domestic violence charges stemming from a public fight that occurred with a girlfriend at a restaurant in Daly City. [ABC 7]
- San Leandro has declared itself a sanctuary city. [ABC 7]
- The Richmond City Council says it has become the first city in the country to go on record in support of impeachment hearings for President Trump. Good for them. [ABC 7]
- Here are renderings of a proposed lakeside tower in Oakland which could be either 250 feet or 450 feet tall, depending on approvals. [Socketsite]
- As part of a long-term plan, SF's famously pure drinking water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir is going to be mixed with a small amount of local groundwater starting next month, in an effort at future conservation that should not affect our water's taste, say water managers. [Chronicle]
