• The wildfires raging in California, Oregon, and Washington are headline news across the country, and at least seven people have died in this latest round of fire. Entire neighborhoods have been leveled in Medford, Oregon in the Almeda Fire, and the larger Holiday Farm is burning further north outside of Eugene. [New York Times / Daily Mail]
  • Two suspects were arrested in Richmond Wednesday in connection with a string of robberies in Sonoma County involving work trucks and power tools. Sonoma County Sheriff’s detectives tracked a truck stolen in Santa Rosa to Richmond, and arrested Jesus Giovani Peralta and Mario Arvizu-Ramirez with help from Richmond police. [CBS SF]
  • This year's historically bad fires are prompting some rethinking in how California manages wildfires in general. [New York Times]
  • KRON4 talked to a bunch of travelers landing at SFO on Wednesday who were all shocked and weirded out by the orange glow across the local sky. [KRON4]
  • An apartment fire Wednesday evening on the 1400 block of Waller Street in the Haight was quickly contained, and it's unknown how many people may have been displaced. [CBS SF]
  • The state Supreme Court has given its approval to 2018's Prop C, freeing up about $300 million in business tax funds per year that SF can now use for homeless services and housing. [Chronicle]
  • There are currently more homes on the market in SF priced under $1 million than there have been in nine years. [Socketsite]
  • Two beaches in Monterey County are under an advisory due to high bacteria levels associated with a nearby storm drain. [CBS SF]
  • With most of its employees working from home, Twitter is seeking to rent out some of its mid-Market headquarters to subtenants. [Chronicle]
  • Under Martian skies, the San Francisco Giants swept the Seattle Mariners in a two-game series at Oracle. [SFBay]
  • And look: smoke cyclone!