• A 3.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Sonoma County earlier this morning. Around 7:05 am PDT, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the geological event, striking just three miles southeast of The Geysers. [KRON 4]
• The Kincade Fire is now contained at 72 percent. After burning some 77,000 acres and destroying hundreds of structures, firefighters and first responders appear to be winning their battle with the blaze. [ABC 7]
• Now a fifth person has died from the deadly Airbnb Halloween house party shooting in Orinda. Tiyon Farley, a 22-year-old “mansion party” attendee, had succumbed to her wounds late Friday, making her the fifth individual to have died from the episode of gun violence at the 114 Lucille Way happening. [Chronicle]
• A woman was killed crossing 19th Street and South Van Ness Avenue in the Mission District this week, making it the 16th pedestrian fatality this year. Pilsoo Seong, the victim, was taken to a nearby hospital shortly after first-responders were on the scene, though the internal trauma she endured was too much for Seong to bear; SF-wide initiatives like the Better Market Street project aim to curb pedestrian fatalities, all while making the city’s walkways safer. [Examiner]
• Paul Simon has contributed $1.1 million to various environmental nonprofits. A portion of the funds Simon made from performing at the Outside Lands festival and his two shows at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Hawaii were donated give to the San Francisco Parks Alliance, Friends of the Urban Forest, the Auwahi Forest Restoration Project and Kuaaina Ulu Auamo. [Chronicle]
• After embezzling $6.6 million from a North Bay auto dealership company, over the course of six years, Amir Bakhtiari was sentenced to federal prison. The 51-year-old manager of Sonnen Volkswagen and Audi Marin in San Rafael was court-ordered to pay $8.06 million in restitution to Sonnen Motorcars and the IRS, and given a 54-month sentence in federal prison. [Marin Independent Journal]
• The Sunset's first-ever cannabis dispensary, the Barbary Coast Collective, (finally) opens after a four-year-long uphill battle with community leaders. [Examiner]
• That out-of-place Walgreens inside the Westfield San Francisco Centre’s lower level will close its doors on November 13th. [SF Gate]
• Feast your eyes on some of the craziest, left-of-center “innovations” to come from Silicon Valley this past month. [The Bold Italic]
• Peruse our seven favorite ways to celebrate Day of the Dead in SF.

Image: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald C. Knechtel