- The still-under-construction, Norman Foster-designed Oceanwide Center development at First and Mission streets has just been sold to a different Chinese investor for $1 billion. The project went on the market in December, and the Chronicle notes that the price is staggering in part "because the project still requires years of construction to be completed." A plan for a second, adjacent tower was halted and/or scrapped last year. [Chronicle]
- According to a new report from the SF Medical Examiner, fatal heroin and fentanyl overdoses more than doubled in 2019 over the previous year. There were 290 deaths from one or the other drug, or a combination of the two, compared to 134 recorded in 2018. [KRON4]
- It's been eight months since it got city approval, but SF's new conservatorship program for the mentally ill and drug-addicted remains delayed. The Mayor's office says it is awaiting all the proper approvals of the necessary forms and documentation from the city's Superior Court. [Examiner]
- New DA Chesa Boudin has ended SF's cash bail program, saying that "From this point forward, pretrial detention will be based on public safety, not on wealth." [Chronicle]
- The man injured by an officer's bullet early this morning in Livermore has been identified as 38-year-old Matthew Kelly, and officers say he appeared to be deliberately trying to drive his car into them and a citizen who was being questioned in a DUI stop. [KRON4]
- Uber is testing a program in which it's letting some California drivers set their own rates for rides. [CBS SF]
- The food and drink lineup for the sold-out BottleRock festival in May has dropped. [7x7]