• 13 San Francisco police officers are suing the SFPD over what they say is a "biased promotional process." The plaintiffs say that there is a consistent pattern in which less experienced, "lower-scoring candidates" who are African American or female get tapped for promotions before others. [NBC Bay Area]
  • As they join forces to campaign against a California state legislature efforts to make their drivers employees, Uber and Lyft are making some wage concessions. Both companies are lobbying to quash Assembly Bill 5, and they're offering a compromise that includes a guaranteed base wage for drivers. [Chronicle]
  • The SFMTA Board doesn't expect to find a new director by the time Ed Reiskin steps down in August. The plan is to name an interim director and have the new one in place by November 1. [Examiner]
  • There's some further explanation about why BART has been having so many problems during the heatwave. The heat was causing joints to expand in BART's tracks, creating misalignments, and causing trouble with switching mechanisms requiring trains to slow way down or stop. [ABC 7]
  • A 13- to 15-foot white shark was spotted in Bodega Bay and halted some Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office water training activities. [Chronicle]
  • A total of 17,000 people across the Bay Area lost power during the heatwave. [Chronicle]
  • Bay Area cannabis company Harborside has gone public, and has begun trading on the Canadian stock exchange. [NBC Bay Area]
  • As a final projects, architecture students at Cal Poly came up with designs for rebuilding Paradise. [KCBX]
  • Today, former Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer will be the first person to be sentenced in connection with the colleged admissions fraud scandal. [CBS SF]