- The second pedestrian in two days was struck by a SMART train in Rohnert Park. After a woman was killed crossing the tracks of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Thursday morning, a second person was struck Friday morning in the same vicinity. [CBS SF]
- The Bay Area's own Kamala Harris was seen as taking a commanding role in Thursday night's second round of the first Democratic candidate debate. Harris also had a particularly tense exchange about race with former Vice-President Joe Biden. [Chronicle]
- Bay Area home prices dropped 1.7% in May. It's the biggest year-on-year drop in seven years. [Chronicle]
- A driver turning onto First Street from Howard struck and injured a pedestrian Thursday. The pedestrian was left with life-threatening injuries. [Hoodline]
- A bill making its way through the California state house would outlaw discrimination based on natural black hair. The CROWN Act would make it illegal for employers to enforce grooming standards that disallow afros, cornrows, and dreadlocks. [Tribune News Service]
- Nordstrom is closing at Stonestown Galleria, and Target is expanding into most of its space, to triple in size. [Chronicle]
- The city-owned TPC Harding Park hosted the inaugural San Francisco Pride Pro-Am Golf Tournament on Wednesday. [Examiner]
- A man was arrested for a DUI after crashing through the front windows of Sweet Tomatoes restaurant in Pleasant Hill. [ABC 7]