• A new record may have been set for NBA Finals tickets: Someone paid almost $70,000 for a pair of court-side seats tonight at Oracle. That beats the prices we were seeing earlier. [CBS SF]
  • The section of defense testimony focused on the relative innocence of co-defendant Max Harris in the Ghost Ship fire trial has begun. Witnesses Thursday testified to Harris' character, and to the fact that the electronic music party the night of the fire was not organized by him. [Chronicle]
  • A 56-year-old, machete-wielding man, apparently intoxicated, was fatally shot by police in San Leandro Wednesday. The man had reportedly exposed himself to some children, then discarded the machete, and he was shot when he raised an object in his hand that turned out to be a piece of wood. [Bay City News]
  • A brief power outage at Oakland Airport's Terminal 2 this morning left passengers on two Southwest flights unable to get off their planes. The terminal was running on generator power, and power was ultimately restored a half hour later. [ABC 7]
  • The BART board just approved a new $2.4 billion budget, but shot down any fare increases. [Chronicle]
  • Local cocktail scribe Camper English went to check out the pop-up Rat Bar gimmick at the SF Dungeon, and he's says it feels mostly "tacked on," but "the bragging rights for having done it may be worth the price of admission." [Eater SF]
  • The redevelopment of the Hollywood Billiards building at 1028 Market Street is about to break ground, with a building that wraps around and connects to the other already under construction behind it, 1066 Market. [Socketsite]