- The four-color tiered system and the state's "Blueprint for a Safer Economy" are set to be lifted on June 15th, but details about what can reopen and how remain fuzzy. Whether or not the state or San Francisco County will still require specific distances between, for instance, restaurant tables, or masks in certain situations, all remains up in the air. [Chronicle]
- There was a surge in vaccinations for 12- to 15-year-olds in Marin County over the weekend. [CBS SF]
- Gun violence in Oakland claimed two more lives on Sunday night. [CBS SF]
- Another dead gray whale washed ashore along the Bay, just northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, and was discovered by a sailor on Sunday. [KRON4]
- The number of homes on the market in San Francisco ticked up again, and is now 10 percent higher than at this time last year. [Socketsite]
- KPIX spoke to some local residents and business owners about the confusing limbo we're in over mask requirements indoors. [CBS SF]
- Firefighters in Southern California are battling a 1,325-acre brush fire in Pacific Palisades, in western Los Angeles. [ABC7]
- The Supreme Court is taking up an abortion rights case out of Mississippi — over a law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — and we already know how Amy Coney Barrett is going to rule. [Associated Press]
- At 82, and as the current court term ends, Justice Stephen Breyer is unlikely to retire under pressure from liberals and law professors, experts say. [New York Times]
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