• Firefighters in Sonoma raced to take advantage of the reprieve in the wind to gain ground in the Kincade Fire on Monday. More than 4,150 firefighters are battling the blaze, many from other states. [Chronicle]
• Over 250 employees at Facebook have signed an open letter condemning the company's policy allowing political ads to contain un-fact-checked falsehoods. The employee letter suggests that the policy could undo a vast amount of integrity work by product teams that's been done since the 2016 election. [New York Times]
• At the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, the power shutoffs require a balancing act with backup generators to keep from destroying experiments. Employees are checking on the experiments every couple of hours and making sure the generators are running properly. [SF Business Times]
• Firefighters were called 330 separate fires across the state in one 24-hour span over the weekend. [SFGate]
• The American Institute for Economic Research argues that the reason we're in this position with PG&E is that they're a protected monopoly, and they've chosen to prioritize profit over costly safeguards that would insulate its rural transmission lines. [AIER]
• In somewhat better news than usual for Juul, the Centers for Disease Control published some new numbers on deaths from vaping illnesses and said the majority of them were linked to THC products, not tobacco. [CNN]
• A top-floor condo at the Stanley Saitowitz-designed 8 Octavia has hit the market with an asking price of $1.46 million. [Curbed]
• In its third-quarter earnings report, Alphabet fell short on profit but exceeded analysts' expectations on revenue. [CBS SF]
• Also, Alphabet apparently has an offer in to buy Fitbit. [Reuters]
• Flying Falafel will get to open in the Castro, says the Planning Commission, after competing shop Gyro Xpress filed a request for discretionary review. [Eater]

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