• There was another early morning fire in the East Bay this morning, this one growing to three alarms and destroying a large, two-story commercial building on the 700 block of Heinz Avenue in Berkeley. The building was uninhabited and no one was injured; this comes after a three-alarm blaze Tuesday morning that destroyed a bookstore in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood. [KTVU]
  • Kezie Smith, the half-brother of Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B. and one of the men at the center of the viral BBQ Becky video, has died at age 43. The cause appeared to be medical complications. [KTVU]
  • Eight individuals linked to flash-mob-style robberies at high-end retail stores in Southern California last year have now been sentenced in state court after pleading guilty to federal charges, the state AG's office announced. [Bay Area News Group]
  • SF's Department of Public Works has tagged six palm trees on Castro Street for removal, about ten years after they were installed during a street-improvement project, saying that they are failing to thrive and may be diseased. [Hoodline]
  • An Antioch mother of two was killed by an alleged drunk driver Saturday when she was bicycling to buy popsicles at a nearby convenience store. [KTVU]
  • SHVO,  Michael Shvo’s New York-based investment and development firm, has just given the SF Business Times a tour of the renovated lobby level of the Transamerica Pyramid, which is set for a September reopening but there may be some complications. [SF Business Times]
  • Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says that the Crowdstrike meltdown last week and subsequent schedule problems cost the company $500 million, and it sounds like they may sue Crowdstrike and Microsoft for damages. [CBS News / ABC News]