- The SFPD is mourning the loss of one of their own, nine-year veteran of the department Luciano Ortega, who died suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday at age 29. Ortega reportedly collapsed while playing rugby, which he did every Sunday. [KTVU]
- A 34-year-old Alameda County man, Joel Gonzalez, has been charged with multiple felonies and could face 20 years to life in prison after a July 24 incident in which he allegedly struck a sheriff's deputy with a stolen vehicle. Gonzalez and another suspect were allegedly driving stolen cars in the Ashland area near San Leandro, and the collision with the deputy occurred after the deputy had deployed a spike strip, and he was thrown 20 feet. [KRON4]
- A body that was found Saturday morning in the Oakland estuary, near the 100 block of Embarcadero, is being treated by police as a suspicious death. [KTVU]
- Following the collapse of real estate investment company LeFever-Mattson, the first dozen of their properties in foreclosure will go up for auction on August 8. [KPIX]
- The return of pre-Fogust fog this week will continue into Wednesday but then start to break, as another area of high pressure will bring sun and warmth, especially on the Bay side of San Francisco and inland, Thursday and Friday. [Chronicle]
- A mass fundraising call Monday night dubbed "White Dudes for Harris" raised $4 million for the Harris campaign, and included appearances by actors Bradley Whitford and Mark Ruffalo. [CNN]
- In another win on the HIV drug front for Bay Area-based Gilead, a new study found that twice-yearly injections of the drug Sunlenca were 100% effective in preventing HIV infection in 5,000 young women and girls in South Africa and Uganda. [Associated Press]
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