- Tropical Storm Mario is going to be bringing moisture and potentially lightning our way, and the Bay could see some rain on Thursday or Friday. This model, though, shows the Bay Area at the very northern edge of where the storm's impacts will be seen. [SFGate]
- An arrest has been made in the killing of a Concord man who was found dead by the side of a road in Napa County Sunday. The Napa County Sheriff's Office has arrested 22-year-old Bryan Gomez of Vallejo for the murder of 20-year-old Salvador De Jesus Castillo-Hernandez. [Bay Area News Group]
- At a hearing Tuesday, bail was denied for Daniel Patrick Rodriguez, the suspect accused of fatally stabbing a San Francisco father last week in front of his young son near Commodore Sloat Elementary School. [ABC 7]
- C&H Sugar has reached a settlement with Contra Costa County over emissions violations relating to its co-owned sewage treatment plant in Crockett, which reportedly gave off "excessive" odors over a two-month period in 2022. [KRON4]
- The restaurant business in San Francisco appears to be on the upswing, with restaurant sales figures up 6% over the first half of 2024, and the general mood seeming more lively and optimistic. [Chronicle]
- Speaking in Pennsylvania Tuesday night, former President Barack Obama said that the country is at "an inflection point," and that while political violence has occurred during "certain periods" in our history, it is "anathema to what it means to be a democratic country." [KPIX]
- A Democrat, Xp Lee, was elected Tuesday in a special election in Minnesota to replace his mentor, former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was killed in an act of political violence in June. [New York Times]
Photo: Mattia Bericchia
