• State Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) has introduced a new bill to limit ticket reseller markups on certain concerts and venues. If successful, AB 1720 — aka the California Fans First Bill — would cap resale prices at 10% above face value. [KPIX]
  • A flea infestation that recently forced Fairfax's Peri Park in Marin County to temporarily close has now spread to a neighboring fire station. In response, the town has approved an exemption to its town-wide ban on pesticides to address the issue. [KTVU/Marin IJ]
  • Musician Phoebe Bridgers is inviting fans to hear her new album early at planetariums across the nation, including five listening sessions across three nights at San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences from Aug. 10-12. [SF Standard]
  • In a 50-49 vote held early Saturday morning, the Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general following the capitulation of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy and several other key holdouts. [Chronicle]
  • San Francisco welcomed the debut of Mission Bay School on Thursday, marking the city's first new public school to open in over a decade. [KRON4]
  • A small plane was forced to crash land near downtown Ukiah on Friday, causing road closures but incredibly resulting in no major injuries to the two people aboard. [Chronicle]
  • The daughter of Paul Walker is publicly denying that she sold the late actor's 1998 Toyota Supra, which he drove in the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious film franchise. [KRON4]
  • Acclaimed pitmaster Matt Horn has closed the last remaining Horn Barbecue location in Oakland, marking an inauspicious end to his once hallowed operation following numerous claims of wage theft filed against Horn over the last two years. [Berkeleyside]

Image: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 04: Phoebe Bridgers, winner of the Best Alternative Music Album award for "The Record"- Boygenius, Best Rock Song award for "Not Strong Enough", Best Rock Performance award for "Not Strong Enough" and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance award for "Ghost In The Machine", poses in the press room at the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)