• A driver allegedly drove his SUV onto a sidewalk near Clarendon Road near Howard Avenue in Burlingame to deliberately strike four teenagers. The suspect, 18-year-old Omeed Adibi, was shortly detained and arrested after he fled the scene yesterday night around 5:20 p.m. in a black SUV that was later tracked to the 800 block of Burlingame Avenue; there appears to be no clear motive or reason as to why Adibi decided to hit the group of teenagers, of which two have suffered major injuries. [KPIX]
  • Bay Area Costco stores are running low — or completely out of — essentials like bottled water and toilet paper as coronavirus fears mound. A specific scene at one in Mountain View proved to be quite dystopian as, per one employee, "850 customers showed up this morning [to shop]"... which they later went on to say is "double their usual Christmas crowd." [ABC7]
  • The founder of Trader Joe's, Joe Coulombe, has died at 89. Creator of the beloved no-frills grocery store died Friday at his home in Pasadena, according to his son, Joseph. [New York Times]
  • East Oakland Burrito Roll is still adamant about feeding the homeless — 500 of them at a time. [Berkeleyside]
  • The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkin has launched a live-map that allows users to track COVID-19's march throughout the globe. [John Hopkins CSSE]
  • Sanders is polling strongly in the Bay Area as Super Tuesday looms. [SF Examiner]
  • These Redditors know oddly interesting, left-of-center facts about Oakland that'll surpise even the most savvy of locals. [SFGate]
  • Though it's a tad cloudy outside, get some fresh air today and see postcard-worthy Bay Area viewshed while walking along these brief local hikes. [7x7]