- The San Francisco Unified School District voted Tuesday to cover up a controversial mural at George Washington High School. The 1936 mural by Victor Arnautoff, which many felt had artistic merit, will be either painted over or covered by panels because of its depiction of Native Americans. [CBS SF]
- The back doors on the new Muni trains are functional again after Muni completed the repairs on the doors' sensors. The doors had been disabled after a high-profile incident in which a woman got her hand stuck and was dragged down a platform and injured. [ABC 7]
- The Embarcadero homeless Navigation Center is moving forward after the SF Board of Supervisors rejected the neighbors' appeal. The neighbors have vowed to sue to city. [Chronicle]
- After seven hours of debate, the Oakland City Council reached an agreement on the city's two-year budget. The budget, which added $87 million in expenditures to the mayor's plan, passed unanimously six days shy of a deadline. [East Bay Times]
- The first phase of the renovation of Terminal 1 at SFO, being renamed for Harvey Milk, is nearly complete. ABC 7 got a look around. [ABC 7]
- A two-alarm fire was burning Wednesday morning in Emeryville. [NBC Bay Area]
- The Compton's Transgender Cultural District has gotten new street signs and trans Pride flags. [Examiner]
- Increased smoke from Western wildfires could lead to premature deaths across the country, scientists say. [ABC 7]