• An 8-year-old boy is said to be fighting for his life after being gravely wounded by crossfire in a freeway shooting Friday night on I-580 in Oakland. This shooting follows the tragic freeway shooting deaths of 5-year-old Eliyanah Crisostomo of Hayward in April, and the November 2021 death of Jasper Wu on I-880 in Oakland. [NBC Bay Area]
  • A new poll finds Rep. Katie Porter leading the race to replace Dianne Feinstein in the Senate, but Rep. Adam Schiff leads in fundraising. Rep. Barbara Lee is polling at 13%, compared to Porter's 19% and Schiff's 16%, but she's far behind on the fundraising front. [Bay Area News Group]
  • An Oakland man was freed from jail earlier this year, as is now coming to light, because a judge dismissed the murder case against him for lack of evidence. Christopher Hunt, 37, was charged with the September 2021 shooting of 41-year-old Kanawa Long, and Hunt's lawyer, Marvin Lew, has accused Oakland police of making false or misleading statements. [East Bay Times]
  • Two Santa Clara County sheriff's deputies have died in the last week, one from a medical emergency and one in a wrong-way crash with a suspected DUI driver. [KRON4]
  • SF Mayor London Breed today announced $4 million in grants for small businesses, focusing on downtown. [Chronicle]
  • Ironically, some activists say, the bike lane on the Richmond Bridge is causing more pollution, because of the traffic it causes. [KPIX]
  • The Safeway in the Fillmore District has now installed automated gates at the self-checkout area that force customers to scan a receipt before exiting, in its ongoing efforts to deter shoplifting. [Chronicle]
  • 11-year-old Littlejohn's Candies, which was part of the wave of gentrifying businesses that arrived on SF's Mid-Market after Twitter moved there, is calling it quits, with plans to open another location elsewhere. [NBC Bay Area]
  • In yet another move showing its conservative bonafides, In-N-Out Burger is banning its employees in several states from wearing face masks — but it can't do that in California or Oregon because of prevailing state laws. [Chronicle]