• A 27-year-old man drowned in Lake Tahoe Sunday while trying to rescue two people who fell off an inner tube. The man was piloting a boat that was towing the inner tube, and the two people who fell off it were safely rescued. [KCRA]
  • BART just kicked off a $96.5 million project to replace 41 downtown escalators. The project is expected to take six years to complete. [Chronicle]
  • The Walker Fire in Plumas County has grown to over 38,000 acres and was just 5 percent contained as of Sunday. The fire started September 4 in Plumas National Forest. [SFGate]
  • If and when the next big wildfire causes Bay Area air quality to plummet, it's better to invest in air purifiers for your home than in those N95 masks. The masks don't do a ton to protect people. [Chronicle]
  • Even though home sales in San Francisco are at an eight-year low, listing activity in the city just hit a 13-year high. [Socketsite]
  • A man was arrested on suspicion of starting a wildfire Saturday near Kelseyville in Lake County. [ABC 7]
  • Former SF fire chief Joanne Hayes-White is reaping a handsome pension of over $300,000 per year, with cost-of-living increases. [Chronicle]
  • A piece of rope that kind of suggested the shape of a noose was found on the grounds of an Oakland elementary school. [NBC Bay Area]
  • An Uber driver in New Jersey was filmed kicking a gay couple out of her car, and Uber now says the driver has been banned. [NBC Philadelphia]
  • After beating the Dodgers twice in a row, the Giants lost 5-0 on Sunday. [Examiner]