• A 23-year-old Oakland man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for setting off a bomb at a protest last summer that injured 10 police officers. Giovonni Gaines brought a homemade explosive device, described as a pipe bomb, to a protest over the death of Nia Wilson. [CBS SF]
  • A Milpitas man allegedly assaulted a woman with a knife outside an apartment complex and then barricaded himself inside. A standoff with police ensued for about four hours last night. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Dean Preston, the progressive who's running against mayoral appointee Vallie Brown for District 5 supervisor, wants to make Muni free. [Examiner]
  • Engineers are considering this new, somewhat confusing "diverging diamond" interchange for the Ashby Avenue interchange over I-80. [Chronicle]
  • Livermore police are still seeking a suspect in a July 8 shooting a Taco Bell, and now they've released photos of him. [NBC Bay Area]
  • A Sonoma County jail inmate died while eating a sandwich. [Chronicle]
  • A couple who's been living in the former Iranian consulate in Presidio Heights for 35 years is being evicted by the U.S. State Department for unknown reasons. [NBC Bay Area]
  • A seven-year-old from Berkeley is possibly the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Shasta. [Berkeleyside]