• Wells Fargo admits that there were actually 3.5 million fake accounts opened in customers' names, up 70 percent from the previously reported 2.1 million. [Bloomberg]
  • On Thursday, the US State Department ordered the closure of Russia's consulate in San Francisco, the oldest of the four Russian consulates in the US. This was in response to Russia's orders that the US close some of its facilities in Russia, and the closure has been ordered to take place by Saturday, September 2. [SF Business Times]
  • In response to an increase in property crime, the SFPD announces that foot patrols from Mission Station, covering the Mission and Castro, will quadruple. [Mission Local]
  • At Oakland town hall meeting Wednesday, Kamala Harris announces a plan to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders’s single-payer health care bill (a.k.a. Medicare for all). [CNN]
  • Video takes you inside the rarely-seen Old Mint. [Curbed]
  • Peter Thiel is apparently spending millions on an off-shore trial of a herpes vaccine, circumventing the FDA and causing critics to call it unethical. [Daily Beast]
  • SF school principal removed for not reporting sexual assault allegations, suspect retires with full pension. [CBS 5]
  • Professor teaching at San Jose State University who can’t afford a place to live in the South Bay says she is spending most nights sleeping in her car. [CBS 5]
  • More boaters end up stranded when their sailboat hits rocks by Alcatraz, and the two men required a dramatic water rescue. [NBC Bay Area]