- A 30-year-old project to widen the 101 freeway at what's called the Marin-Sonoma Narrows, between Novato and Petaluma, is nearly complete. A new carpool lane on either side between Novato and the Sonoma border was the final puzzle piece, and it is set to open within weeks. [Chronicle]
- President Trump held a news conference Monday morning announcing that he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, DC because of the out-of-control crime and homelessness on the streets there. Data suggests crime is down in DC, and Trump didn't say where he planned to move the homeless as shelters in the city are full. [New York Times]
- Trump rattled off several other cities where crime is "very bad," and included Baltimore and Oakland as places "we don't even mention anymore" because things are so bad there. [KTVU]
- A driver in Pleasant Hill was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing their SUV through the railing of the second floor of a parking garage and landing the car on its nose on the ground below around 4 am Sunday. [KTVU]
- One suspect is in custody after a fatal shooting in Oakland on Saturday afternoon on the 500 block of Aileen Street. [KRON4]
- In a bizarre and seemingly unprecedented deal, chip-makers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give a 15% kickback to the US government on all chips that they sell to China. [Reuters]
- Is SF Mayor Daniel Lurie's new "family zoning" upzoning plan just a more timid version of the state's density-bonus program, with a poison pill baked in that forces developers to choose between the two? [Chronicle]
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