• BART is now independetly investigating the altercation yesterday that lead to a black man being handcuffed on the Pleasant Hill rapid transit platform–for eating a breakfast sandwich. “BART’s independent police auditor received a complaint about this and is reviewing,” said BART Board Vice President Rebecca Saltzman of the incident: “I and other BART directors are following up with management about this.” [SF Examiner]
  • "Dopamine fasting" is, in fact, a thing. In a day and age where people are always on some sort of device, psychologists and other mental health professionals are advocating to take conscious time (days, weeks, months) away from things like video games, movies, porn, etc. in order to “re-shape” the brain’s reward system, a practice Silicon Valley seems gungho on adopting. [ABC 7]
  • Attorneys for the city of Oakland filed legal papers Firday which wouldn’t allow Alameda County to sell its half-ownership of the 155-acre Coliseum to the Oakland A’s. Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch was approached yesterday by East Bay attorneys who all agree that Roesch should grant a preliminary injunction for Alameda County, one that would not allow the county to sell its shared ownership of the Coliseum complex Oakland A’s for $85 million. [KPIX]
  • A new study conducted by CoreLogic shows that Bay Area home prices continue to dip, albeit marginally. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Every single toilet at San Francisco’s City Hall yesterday stopped working for a few hours because of a construction mishap for Muni’s Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Project. [SF Examiner]
  • A careless car struck an e-bike rider at Fulton Street and Webster Street last night; the victim is reported to have suffered head trauma. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Celebrated SF muse “Diamond Dave” is turning 82 and is throwing a party everyone’s invited to. [Mission Local]
  • An endangered California Condor was brought in from the Pinnacles National Park in Monterey County and is being treated for lead poisoning at the Oakland Zoo. [KPIX]
  • Here’s why SF all of a sudden got so foggy this week (spoiler alert: strong ocean winds have something to do with it.) [SF Gate]
  • Cheers to fall this weekend with one of the Bay Area’s best ciders. [The Bold Italic]

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