• After a rocky 2019, Tesla is now the most valuable U.S. automaker of all time. The company's stock has risen 160 percent since last June, and it's now worth $86.5 billion. [CBS SF]
  • A new BART Police chief was officially appointed today. Chief Ed Alvarez has been serving as interim chief since Carlos Rojas retired last spring. [Examiner]
  • One of the Ford Mustangs famously featured in 1968's Bullitt just fetched a record $3.7 million at auction. The car was sold at the annual Mecum collector car auction in Kissimmee, Florida by a seller whose dad purchased it in 1974 for $3,500. The other "stunt" version of the same car was discovered in Mexico in 2017. [CBS SF]
  • Some sort of norovirus or stomach flu has been sweeping through Yosemite resorts. [SFGate]
  • Governor Gavin Newsom's 2020 budget includes $20 million for enforcement of the new gig-worker/freelancer law AB5. [Examiner]
  • The dilapidated Piers 38 and 40 in SF, near Oracle Park, are set for possible redevelopment as retail, or office, but the restoration of the buildings will be expensive. [Chronicle]
  • Castro-neighborhood LGBT social club The Academy (2166 Market Street) is expanding with an upstairs lounge and more public programs. [Bay Area Reporter]