- San Mateo County authorities have arrested a 61-year-old Half Moon Bay man on suspicion that he sexually assaulted a former student. The accused has been a teacher and coach for Cabrillo Unified School District for the past 27 years. [Chronicle]
- A Bay Area resident hoping to become the first woman to swim from the California-Oregon border to Mexico is now halfway through her 900-mile attempt. Catherine Breed, 33, of Pleasanton began her journey back in July. [NBC Bay Area]
- Virginia State University went into a campus lockdown on Saturday morning following a shooting involving at least five victims and multiple suspects. [CBS]
- South Bay pastor Justin Buzzard is making his college football comeback at the age of 47 as a member of San Jose City College's football team, the Jaguars. [NBC Bay Area]
- A 40-pound tortoise named Benny escaped its enclosure and took a half-mile stroll on a major roadway near Highway 24 in Orinda before being safely returned home. [Mercury News]
- Be prepared: next week, two southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed "at the tail end of morning rush hour" to allow for crews to repair asphalt and tend to potholes. [Chronicle]
- Hawaii's Big Island is bracing for Tropical Storm Lala, a storm powerful enough to receive a rare hurricane warning from the National Hurricane Center. [AP]
- President Donald Trump filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Friday in his continued efforts to build a new ballroom at the White House. [CNN]
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