• Thousands of people were reportedly stranded and BART service was interrupted briefly Wednesday by a mentally unstable person in the tracks near Concord station. The person was safely removed but BART apologized for the delay. [KRON4]
  • A driver died last night after crashing into a parked car on Treasure Island, and then subsequently hitting a tree and getting ejected from his Porsche. The deceased apparently hit the parked car and then sped off, only to crash shortly after. [CBS SF]
  • The Bay Area woke up to light showers and wind today, but the sun is expected to emerge by late afternoon. [Chronicle]
  • 16 building on the UC Berkeley campus lost power early Thursday. [CBS SF]
  • A man was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after getting attacked with a machete following an argument with another man. [Examiner]
  • A couple of brazen daytime burglaries, just after people left for work, have neighbors on edge in Walnut Creek. [ABC7]
  • A Sacramento McDonald's is using bagpipe music to deter people from sleeping near the restaurant. [ABC7]
  • The Chronicle has a lengthy piece about the bizarrely violent 2013 murder of an elderly woman in Yuba City and an investigation that spuriously pointed to a kid next door.
  • The top-rated place to eat in the U.S. on Yelp is a shawarma truck in San Diego. [KRON4]