• Racist and sexist slurs, possibly directed at Mayor London Breed, were graffiti'd on the front of SF City Hall this morning. Breed called the vandalism "disgusting" and vowed to investigate, and to get the graffiti removed quickly. [Chronicle]
  • An early-season wildfire erupted Wednesday afternoon north of Napa, dubbed the Crystal Fire. The vegetation fire broke out near the 200 block of Crystal Springs Road in St. Helena, and had grown to 60 acres as of 5 pm, and was at 50% containment, with structures still threatened. [KRON4]
  • Fire crews in St. Helena were also battling a structure fire Wednesday morning, near the town's downtown at Oak Avenue and Adams Street. [KRON4]
  • Dozens of protesters arrived to protest Vice President Kamala Harris's support for Israel when she made an appearance at a campaign fundraiser in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood today. [KTVU]
  • The Alameda city council voted Tuesday to formally shut down that cloud-brightening project taking place on the USS Hornet, which was a noted geoengineering experiment to tackle climate change that the council had previously endorsed. [Chronicle]
  • The Recall Sheng Thao crowd in Oakland has submitted their signatures to put the mayoral recall on the ballot beside the Pamela Price recall. [KRON4]
  • The Chronicle's John King has written about the growing trend of dog parks and dog facilities in new developments around SF. [Chronicle]
  • Elon Musk has announced plans to build xAI's supercomputer... in Memphis. [SF Business Times]