• A downtown power outage is affecting the Ferry Building and over 100 other PG&E customers in the vicinity. For the time being the whole Ferry Building is closed. [Chronicle]
  • David Talbot, author of Season of the Witch and occasional columnist, shares a tale of intervening in a confrontation between a "New San Francisco" resident in Precita Park and gray-haired dude living in a hippie van. The resident was filming the older hippie with his cell phone, seeking to report him for living out of his van, and Talbot put him in his place. [48 Hills]
  • 10 inmates in the San Francisco County Jail are suing the SF Sheriff's Department alleging sleep deprivation. The class-action suit was filed Monday, and claims the department systematically disrupts inmates' sleep. [Mission Local]
  • BART is looking at four new fare gate options to combat fare evasion. Fare hikes are also on the table. [ABC 7]
  • The City of San Francisco is leasing a building in the Bayview to create a new shelter for pregnant homeless women. The shelter will accommodate up to 17 pregnant women at a time, as well as seven infants. [Examiner]
  • Marin County native John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" of infamy, was released from federal prison today after serving a 17-year sentence. According to his attorney, he plans to live in Virginia. [Chronicle]
  • The trade war with China is having some big impacts on Napa Valley wine exports. [CBS SF]
  • The Examiner's taxi-driver columnist agrees with the recent hit pieces about San Francisco, and suggests everyone is in a depressed mood here. [Examiner]
  • At the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts 2019 conference in Miami over the weekend, late Public Defender Jeff Adachi was given a posthumous award. [CBS SF]
  • The USDA has a recall out this week on E.coli-contaminated beef, which all has "EST. 788" inside the USDA stamp on the label. [ABC 7]