- The 19-year-old man who was fatally shot in Dolores Park Wednesday night has been identified as a Lowell High School grad. The victim was Luis Arguello Inglis, a current student at San Jose State, and there is a GoFundMe for his family. [KTVU]
- In the span of a week, the Peninsula Humane Society (PHS) and SPCA have rescued two young peregrine falcons that fell out of their nests in two separate instances, one in San Jose and one in San Mateo. Staff are calling his a "rare occurrence," and both fledglings were able to be reunited with their families. [KRON4]
- The Japantown Mall has seen a significant turnaround in the last eight years, attracting more young people as the J-pop trend continues. Just the simple, old-timey fun of claw-machine games have proved to be a significant draw, via Japanese chain Kiddleton, which has two locations in Japantown. [Chronicle]
- Soleil Ho has a column about restaurant diners' increasing hostility and carelessness when it comes canceling reservations and no-showing. Small businesses, even popular ones, lose money when parties don't show up without canceling or cancel at the last minute, and that is why some restaurants make you pay ahead on Tock, or charge cancelation fees — and we shouldn't have to tell you this. [Chronicle]
- One of the few LGBTQ-owned breweries in the Bay Area, Local Brewing, has brought back their Pride-themed beer, called Gay Crush, for this Pride season. Local Brewing has been back up and running since last fall doing contract brewing out of Richmond's East Brothers brewery, ever since their brewery on Bluxome Street burned in December 2022 fire. [KPIX]
- There was yet another new grass fire burning east of Livermore Saturday morning. [NWSBayArea/X]
- A dog in Oregon helped to get its human rescued after a man drove his truck off an embankment and landed in a ravine — and the dog traveled four miles back to a camp where the man's family was staying to alert them. [ABC 7]