- Now on their way to full containment, on schedule, tomorrow, the Tubbs Fire is now 92% contained as of this afternoon, and the Nuns Fire is 82% contained. [Cal Fire]
- Large numbers of birds appear to have migrated to the East Bay hills from the North Bay, at least those that have survived the fire and smoke. [SFGate]
- The bike patrol officer gravely wounded in the hit-and-run on Wednesday has been identified as Officer Elia Lewin-Tankel. The suspect in the incident has been ID'd as 50-year-old Maurice A. Johnson. [ABC 7]
- A Petaluma woman arrested Monday on suspicion of looting and mail theft in Santa Rosa was re-arrested on Wednesday after additional thefts were discovered. [CBS 5]
- Monte Neil Kirven, 81, a noted wildlife biologist and peregrine falcon preservationist, has been identified as one of the victims of the Tubbs Fire. [Chronicle]
- A family tells the story of having to leave behind their beloved dog when they were evacuated by helicopter escaping from the Atlas Fire, and miraculously he survived. [NBC Bay Area]
- Bay Area sculptor Boback Emad was one of those to lose a home in Santa Rosa, and with it he lost a large amount of his own work, 30 years of sketchbooks, as well as works by Picasso, Miro, and Dali. [Chronicle]
- Renderings have been released for a ten-story hotel set to rise on Mid-Market on the Kaplan's site. [Socketsite]
- The SF Arts Commission is proposing legislation that will give downtown developers more incentive to contribute their required 1% public art spending to a citywide arts fund, rather than spending it on something for their lobby or plaza. [Examiner]
- Private auto use among SF residents has gone down by a few percentage points in the last four years, except among wealthier residents. [Examiner]
- Other challengers rise to oppose Feinstein’s next Senate run. [Chronicle]
- San Francisco and Oakland together rank fourth on a list of the nation's most rat-infested metro areas. But unless they're using the Transbay Tube, shouldn't rats from either side of the Bay be counted separately? [ABC 7]
