• Muni had a meltdown at the end of rush hour today. An outbound train had a mechanical problem at Civic Center around 10 a.m., leading to single-tracking, leading to major inbound and outbound delays. [Bay City News]
  • Prosecutors in Alameda County announced they will not be seeking the death penalty in the case of the fatal stabbing last summer at MacArthur BART. The attorney for 28-year-old John Lee Cowell, who's accused in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Nia Wilson, still has not decided what plea Cowell will enter. [CBS SF]
  • A trailer fire sent thick black smoke over Santa Rosa Monday afternoon. The fire was contained on a single property. [Press-Democrat]
  • A 32-year-old man who was punched in the face and hit his head on the ground in the Bayview Saturday night suffered life-threatening injuries. No suspect has been arrested, but one has been described as a man in his 30s. [Chronicle]
  • Local vape-pen purveyor Juul is spending a whole lot of money to overturn SF's e-cigarette ban via the November ballot. [SF Weekly]
  • Mayor London Breed took a quick tour of the Sunset with Chinese-language media in tow, and blamed the Board of Supervisors for a perceived spike in violence against the Chinese-American community. [Examiner]
  • The Contra Costa CHP has forward eight criminal cases to the county DA's office in connection with sideshows that happened on August 11 in Martinez, Rodeo and on the Cummings Skyway between Crockett and I-80. [CBS SF]
  • San Jose, Santa Rosa and Petaluma are all considering following on Berkeley's ban on natural gas in new buildings. [Chronicle]
  • Oakland-based novelist Tommy Orange is among this year's National Book Award winners. [KQED]