• Millions of NorCal residents in the dark as PG&E continues its previously planned power outages. Yesterday evening saw the start of the bankrupt utility company’s preemptive blackouts, affecting the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of account holders; most of the shutoffs are expected to be completed by today, affecting an estimated 2.35 million people across 38 counties in total. [KPIX]
  • A downtown San Jose shooting left one inured and another killed Saturday night. This shooting marks the 31st homicide this year for the South Bay City, a worrying figure. [Mercury News.]
  • United Airlines is in talks with Apple about revamping the carrier’s terminal at SFO. The partnership appears to still be hush-hush, but being that Apple is United’s top-spending customer at $150 million (annually), we’d expect something first-class. [CNBC]
  • Your “air purifying" utility mask isn’t as effective filtering wildfire smoke as you might think. [ABC 7]
  • A two-car accident on Highway 101 in South Bay left one motorist dead. [Mercury News]
  • Thursday’s Park Merced shooting near Lowell High School, which left 21-year-old Valeria Villagomez dead, might be linked to earlier accounts of domestic violence. [Examiner]
  • Cal Fire investigators believe a series of explosions might have caused SoCal’s now-contained Tick Fire. [East Bay Times]
  • Here’s what you can expect from the final season of HBO’s Silicon Valley, the first episode premiering tonight at 9pm. [SFist]