• 600 California Street in SF's Financial District, a former WeWork site, just went up for auction and no one bid on it. The building has a significant amount of debt tied to it, and it is now owned by Dallas-based Lone Star Funds, which bought the debt from the original lender Goldman Sachs for $130 million — well under the $320 million the building was once worth. [Chronicle]
• A jury in North Carolina awarded a woman $5,000 in damages, finding Uber liable for a driver who grabbed the woman's thigh and asked if he could "keep her" with him. The case is part of a group of so-called "bellweather cases" around the country in which Uber's liability is being tested, including two upcoming sexual assault cases in San Francisco. [KPIX]
• A crash Tuesday morning in which an overturned Tesla caught fire closed two northbound lanes of I-280 near the Serramonte Center, causing a significant backup. [KRON4]
• A suspected retail theft crew linked to over 100 robberies in Northern California and Nevada, four men ranging in age from 24 to 61, were arrested in Santa Clara County last week after police conducted several searches in San Jose. [KPIX]
• Many Napa County residents’ property tax checks are being stolen out of the mail and cashed for other sums in a check-washing scheme. [ABC 7]
• Beloved former SF brewery 21st Amendment is coming back, sort of, by way of four of its most popular beers which will be back on store shelves, thanks to the Pennsylvania brewery that bought the brand assets. [KRON4]
• Of course, now the Southern Poverty Law Center, which investigates hate groups, is under investigation by the Trump Justice Department. [New York Times]

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