• Two new bills from state lawmakers are aimed at easing the approvals process for the Oakland A's proposed new stadium near Jack London Square. That fight with the city council aside, the two bills — both signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom — show broad support for the project at the state level. [Chronicle]
  • A female Stanford student who blacked out at a fraternity party Thursday night later tested positive for a date-rape drug. The student reported the incident to campus security personnel and tested positive for GHB. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is crediting pre-positioning of firefighters and the PG&E power shutoff for limiting fire damage last week. Two small fires broke out and were quickly doused in Moraga and Martinez. [CBS SF]
  • A pedestrian was struck and killed at around 2:40 a.m Monday on an eastbound offramp on I-580 in Richmond. [ABC 7]
  • Two small earthquakes, including a 2.9M quake, struck near San Jose on Sunday. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Fog delayed the Blue Angels airshow on Sunday by 25 minutes. [ABC 7]
  • Thousands came out to celebrate the Italian Heritage Parade in North Beach on Sunday. [ABC 7]
  • The undefeated 49ers beat their division rivals, the Rams, 20-7 on Sunday, bringing their season standing to 5-0. [Bay City News]
  • Chronicle old-guard columnist Carl Nolte suggests that many of the decisions San Franciscans made in the past few decades to preserve the city's beauty — like removing all freeways and not building housing in the Presidio — have exacerbated our current traffic and housing problems. [Chronicle]
  • A petition before the Supreme Court asks the justices to weigh in on the question of "faithless electors," and whether electoral college members should be allowed to vote their conscience. [New York Times]