• We're only a couple of hours into this storm and there are already three power outages in Sonoma County. About 5,000 customers were affected but PG&E said it had restored power for all but a few hundred by late afternoon. [CBS SF]
  • This big rain storm means a "first flush," which means a lot of water washing toxic stuff into Bay Area waterways all at once. That means a lot of built-up trash, motor oil, cigarette butts, pesticides and more fun stuff. [KRON4]
  • According to BART's own data, people of color are cited far more often for eating and drinking than white people. Out of 55 total citations in the last five years, 33 of them went to black people. [Examiner]
  • San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani is getting called out for referring to the homeless as a "zombie invasion" in a four-year-old email to an architect. [Mission Local]
  • The Board of Supervisors is voting next month whether to establish a new Office of Emerging Technology, for companies that want to test their products in public space. [SF Business Times]
  • Traffic was moving again on I-80 in both directions following a total shutdown Tuesday afternoon in the Sierra. [KTVU]
  • Fog is carrying mercury from the ocean to the Santa Cruz Mountains, where it's poisoning mountain lions. [Chronicle]