• Only weeks before Sunday's deadly crash in the Tenderloin, the SFMTA had made changes to the intersection where it happened. Taylor Street was narrowed from three lanes to two, and white buffer zones were created to prevent pedestrian fatalities. [ABC 7]
  • The new project chief for the Central Subway project has six weeks to report back to the SFMTA about the project's status. The tense relationship with the project contractor could push the opening of the subway well into next year. [Bay City News]
  • Juul Labs co-counder James Monsees testified before a House committee in Washington Thursday about the vaping craze. Monsees insists the company was not targeting teens. [CBS SF]
  • The e-scooter situation at San Diego's Pacific Beach has become pretty chaotic, and it's spawned a repossession business called ScootScoop. Two repo men respond to calls from annoyed business owners, pick up errant scooters, and the charge the scooter companies to get them back. [The Verge]
  • On Sunday, the San Francisco Marathon will cause road closures throughout the city. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Emeryville now has the highest minimum wage in the country at $16.30 per hour. [SFGate]
  • A Menlo Park man who's served as the photographer for a local boys' swim team is accused of sexually abusing young boys for decades. [CBS SF]