• Moderna says it has an updated vaccine that protects better against Omicron, and a preliminary study showed an eightfold increase in antibodies in those who received the new shot. The company is hoping to have a new booster approved for use by fall. [Associated Press]
  • The SF Medical Examiner has identified the motorcyclist killed in Tuesday morning's chain-reaction crash at the 101-80 interchange in San Francisco. He has been identified as Colin Rumbold, 34, of Alameda County, and there are some further details from the investigation about how the multiple crashes took place. [KTVU]
  • In celebration of BART's 50th anniversary, the agency is giving a 50%-off discount on all Clipper card-paid rides in the month of September. [KRON4]
  • The Chronicle has a map showing how various neighborhoods voted in the Boudin recall, and it's clear enough that Boudin's progressive strongholds in the Mission, Bernal Heights, and the Haight had lower turnout this election and neighborhoods like the Sunset and Marina had higher turnout. [Chronicle]
  • Out in Contra Costa County, District Attorney Diana Becton held off a challenger on Tuesday and got handily reelected. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Eva, the German shepherd who helped save her human from a mountain lion attack last month, has died after experiencing brain inflammation and seizures from skull fractures endured from the mountain lion fight. [SFGate]
  • Local celebrity chef Charlie Palmer is making moves once more, and he and partner Christopher Hunsberger, a longtime Four Seasons exec, are planning to open new chef-driven hotels under the brand name Appellation in Healdsburg and Pacific Grove next year. [SF Business Times]
  • A couple of Bay Area bars landed on this 50 Best Bars in North America list: Friends and Family in Oakland came in at #33, and ABV in the Mission District came in at #39. [KRON4]
  • Draymond Green's mom, Mary Babers-Green, was on 95.7 The Game's Morning Roast today, and she said, regarding Charles Barkley's opinions of her son, "[Draymond] can always put up that middle finger and say, ‘It’s a ring, Chuck.’ He can’t deny that. He doesn’t have a ring." [East Bay Times]

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