• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld most of California's laws governing sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants. Ruling in a case brought against the state by the Trump administration, the three-judge panel ruled that the state is within its rights to refuse to aid in federal law enforcement under so-called "comandeering" rules. [CBS SF]
  • Jeff Adachi's widow slammed the SFPD for releasing details of the circumstances of Adachi's February death to the media. Mutsuko Adachi spoke publicly at a hearing about the incident today, and she called the officers responsible "despicable." [NBC Bay Area]
  • It's estimated that the drinking water in the fire-ravaged town of Paradise won't be drinkable for two years. It's going to take at least that long, officials say, to clean all the toxic chemicals out of water lines in town. [CBS SF]
  • A lonely, molting baby elephant seal has been drawing crowds of onlookers in SF. The six-month-old little guy has been hanging out on a beach by Aquatic Park. [NBC Bay Area]
  • A Milpitas grandmother has been arrested in connection with the death of her three-year-old grandson on Monday. [CBS SF]
  • Mission restaurant Commonwealth is likely to be uprooted and have to move later this year due to a rent hike by its landlord. [Eater]
  • Both Pinterest and Zoom had great IPO days today, but Zoom's stock did especially well. [SF Business Times]
  • The day before convicted California abusive parents David and Louise Turpin are set to be sentenced, a 911 tape has been released containing the original statements by the 17-year-old daughter who escaped and turned them in back in January 2018. [ABC 7]