• State lawmakers are set to debate taking out a $4.2 billion bond to deal with climate-related natural disasters in the future. The idea is to borrow the money before it's needed in order to prepare for the next disaster. [Associated Press]
  • A standoff was going on all day Monday that began just before 4 a.m. at an illegal marijuana grow house in West Oakland. Police arrested one person but believed that there were other armed individuals inside. [Bay City News]
  • A federal judge in SF today tossed out a lawsuit brought against the government by the parents of Kate Steinle. The suit had sought to hold the government responsible for the irresponsibility of the Bureau of Land Management ranger who left the gun in his vehicle that was stolen and eventually ended up in the hands of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate. [Examiner]
  • Remember the Laguna Honda Hospital abuse investigation? Now a patient claiming abuse by staff is suing. [Examiner]
  • Speaking of Laguna Honda, plans are moving forward for a 250-unit affordable development for seniors on hospital property. [Chronicle]
  • A collision involving a big-rig truck temporarily shut down all northbound lanes of I-880 Monday evening just as rush hour began. [CBS SF]
  • A dryer fire at a laundromat at Hayes and Ashbury Streets caused the 21-Hayes bus to be temporarily rerouted Monday afternoon. [Hoodline]
  • A trial judge was selected in the murder trial of John Lee Cowell in Oakland today, but the defense is now seeking a change of venue. [Bay City News]
  • President Trump's threat to withhold California's federal highway over an EPA-related backlog may have been empty. [Chronicle]