• All lanes of the westbound Bay Bridge were blocked as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday due to police activity. Commuters returning to San Francisco or those trying to get into the city for dinner are sitting in standstill traffic. [Chronicle]
  • A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Oakland made an emergency landing in Honolulu today with a cabin that was filled with smoke. Multiple passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation. [Hawaii News Now]
  • A hit-and-run crash on northbound 101 in San Francisco shut down lanes and caused traffic delays most of Thursday. A heavy-duty truck that has not been located crashed into a guardrail just north of the split between  101 and I-80, causing concrete to fall down on the area of 10th and Bryant, damaging some cars. [Examiner]
  • The Mountain Fire near Redding has forced evacuation and is threatening about 1,000 homes. The fire has so far burned 600 acres. [Chronicle]
  • California may be joining other states in allowing 17-year-olds to vote. An amendment to the state constitution is working its way through Sacramento which would let 17-year-olds vote in primary and special elections if they will turn 18 before the next general election. [KRON 4]
  • A study out of the University of Vermont looked at people's tweets from San Francisco parks and determined that parks make people as happy as Christmas. [ABC 7]
  • YouTube has removed 210 channels that were spreading Chinese government-funded misinformation about the protests in Hong Kong. [NBC Bay Area]