• A disabled train at Powell Station Wednesday evening caused major delays in the East Bay-bound direction on BART. The problems started with a person on the tracks near MacArthur Station in Oakland, and the big delays started around 6:20 p.m. [ABC 7 / SFGate]
  • A shooting at 22nd and Bartlett Streets Wednesday left a man dead, and the suspect remains at large. The incident happened at 4:12 p.m. [CBS SF]
  • A new high-speed rail progress report suggests that the biggest risk factor moving forward is the Federal Railroad Administration creating delays by not approving project plans. The project has to expend a segment of its federal funds by Dec. 2020 or risk losing the money. [SF Business Times]
  • A 3.4-magnitude quake struck Calistoga last night. The l'il shaker hit around 10:30 p.m. [Chronicle]
  • There are officially 21 Democratic candidates running for 2020 right now, but so far only 17 of them qualify for the first debate. In order to qualify, candidates need to poll at 1%, or have received donations from 65,000, including 200 each in at least 20 states. [New York Times]
  • Bill Johnson, PG&E's new CEO, starts his job this week. [KQED]
  • A cruise ship has been quarantined in St. Lucia over a measles case. [NBC Bay Area]