• All westbound lanes of I-80 were shut down in Emeryville this morning for about an hour after a fatal crash. The collision involved a pedestrian and occurred near the Powell Street exit at 4:25 a.m. [ABC 7]
  • A Santa Rosa weather scientist describes being in a storm-chasing plane that flew through the eye of Hurricane Dorian while it was over the Bahamas. "You feel part of nature and the brain was trying to make sense of the reality that I was living." [CBS SF]
  • A 27-year-old man in Vacaville, suspected of identity theft, was shot by police while trying to flee. He checked himself into a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound after evading capture. [CBS SF]
  • In a symbolic gesture, gig workers delivered peanuts to the headquarters of DoorDash, Postmates, and Instacart. [Chronicle]
  • A crackdown on sideshows in Oakland continues this weekend with extra staffing promised by the OPD. [KRON 4]
  • A state bill that would create a reservation system and impose tolls on tourists to drive down the crooked part of Lombard is headed for Gov. Newson's desk. [SF Business Times]
  • Tonight is the first big event at the Chase Center, the SF Symphony/Metallica show — and we'll see what happens with Muni/traffic! [KRON 4]
  • Home sales in San Francisco remain at an 8-year low. [Socketsite]

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