- A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in San Jose on Thursday afternoon. The suspect driver remains at large. [CBS SF]
- Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Matt Haney are calling for a public hearing to discuss the mayor's plan to cut 41 mental health beds at SF General. The plan would take 41 long-term beds out of use to turn them into 27 short-term Navigation Center beds. [Examiner]
- An early morning fire damaged several businesses on the main thoroughfare in Los Gatos. These included Double D's Sports Grille, which recently reopened after a fire that gutted it in 2016. [NBC Bay Area]
- A Palo Alto teen was arrested Thursday evening after allegedly making online threats to "shoot up" Henry M. Gunn High School. The threats appear to be unfounded, and the 14-year-old had no weapons. [CBS SF]
- Chinese restaurant Kung Food near Alamo Square was robbed of thousands of dollars in a robbery that was partly captured on surveillance video. [KRON 4]
- Vacaville police are searching for a man in his 20s or 30s who robbed a bank on Thursday. [KRON 4]
- Great America is hiring 500 people to be "monsters" for their Halloween Haunt. [NBC Bay Area]
- Airbnb has been siphoning off more business travelers in San Francisco, and hotels are pissed. [SF Business Times]
- Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash all plan to invest heavily in a 2020 ballot measure to regulate gig-economy workers — especially if AB 5 passes. [KQED]