• The Trump-appointed judge who was put in charge of the classified documents case in Florida has just dismissed the entire case. In a stunning ruling that will clearly be appealed, Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that the entire case was invalid because the special prosecutor assigned to it had not been appointed by the president or confirmed by the Senate. [New York Times]
• A number of key projects that were approved pre-pandemic under what was called the Central SoMa Plan have stalled and may be dead completely, leaving behind a very quiet, formerly industrial neighborhood. Part of the problem is sky-high construction costs for office uses. [Chronicle]
• A half-dozen current and former UCSF employees who work at a lab-animal colony in Hunters Point filed personl injury suits against the university over the proximity of the lab to the polluted former Navy Shipyard. The suits were filed in 2020 but have only now been made public; a couple ended in payouts of $20,000 and $12,500, but several suits are still pending. [Chronicle]
• A multi-vehicle crash on I-680 in Contra Costa County left one person dead Sunday night. [KPIX]
• A 25-year-old San Francisco woman, Queen Masuisui, was arrested by Colma police for a June 24 incident that is just now being publicized, in which she and another individual were "tampering" with cars at a Colma auto dealership. [KRON4]
• Donald Trump is telling conservative publications that he "threw away" a "tough speech" he had prepared for the Republican National Convention, and he's working on a new one because he says he "wants to unite our country." [New York Times]
• James Sikking, a character actor who appeared on TV's Hill Street Blues and Doogie Howser, MD, has died at age 90. [Associated Press]

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