• Metallica was reportedly caught negotiating with Live Nation to take a cut of tickets to be sold on the secondary market. It's a scheme that Live Nation says some artists take part in, but it's frustrating to fans who find shows quickly sold out at the regular price. [KQED]
  • The City of Oakland had a day in court today in its antitrust suit against the Oakland Raiders and the NFL. The judge in the case, which stems from the team's decision to move to Las Vegas, said the city had to return with arguments that weren't so "loosey goosey." [CBS SF]
  • The judge in the "Rideshare Rapist" case has indicated that he doesn't want to throw out DNA evidence against the suspect only because it was wrongfully obtained. He said that the original warrant for the man's arrest was based on far more evidence than the DNA that definitively connected the defendant to the case. [Examiner]
  • BART continues its legal battle with the state Public Utilities Commission over its censure of the agency for the deaths of two workers on the BART tracks in 2013. BART was fined $1.3 million for the accident, due to the negligence of a train operator instructor, but BART continues to appeal and has spent over $800K on the legal battle alone, which began in 2017 when the PUC leaked train cab video of the incident. [NBC Bay Area]
  • An Iraq War veteran and San Mateo County correctional officer drowned Tuesday in Lake Tahoe. [Bay City News]
  • While SF stays nice and cool this weekend, the rest of the country will be sweltering, and New York even canceled a music festival because of it. [New York Times]