• A coyote wandered onto the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks Tuesday, and seemed pretty curious about this big pink tarp thing it was standing on. Organizer of the annual display Patrick Carney writes says, “I was on Twin Peaks in San Francisco doing maintenance work to the Pink Triangle and turned around and saw a coyote was standing there. Thank goodness it didn’t eat me.” [Instagram]
  • Thieves used the vehicle-ramming technique to rob a cigarette store in the Richmond early Wednesday. The burglary happened at the Cigarettes Cheaper store at 17th Avenue and Geary Boulevard, it was caught on camera, and it follow a string of similar burglaries at stores and dispensaries in the East Bay. [NBC Bay Area]
  • That highly contentious, 90-unit affordable housing complex on Irving Street in the Sunset is finally starting construction, three and a half years after neighbors put up a major fight. [Chronicle]
  • Embattled Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao sent out a fundraising email Wednesday, asking supporters for funds to battle against the recall effort. [KTVU]
  • The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for Plumas National Forest in California, as well as northwestern Nevada, Reno, and Carson City, due to high winds this evening. [Chronicle]
  • A first time Olympic sailor from San Francisco, Hans Henken, is headed to Paris to compete in the Men’s Skiff event. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The Chronicle's Datebook has a nice piece about five longtime members of the San Francisco Symphony who are retiring amid this moment of turmoil for the orchestra.