• The previously announced closure of the westbound span parallel to the Carquinez Bridge, called the Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, happens this weekend, and will involve detours through Benicia. The bridge is being repaved. [KTVU]
  • President Trump is now threatening a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against liberal think tank the Center for American Progress over a report they published that concludes that his National Guard deployment has had little effect on crime rates around the country. [New York Times]
  • Two San Jose women were caught by Milpitas police with hundreds of pounds of allegedly stolen copper wire in the back of a van. [KRON4]
  • A Planet Fitness in downtown San Francisco that has been struggling since opening just before the pandemic has been evicted and will be moving just five blocks away. [Chronicle]
  • The SF health department has confirmed 10 cases of cyclosporiasis among city residents in the last year, only one of which has been genetically linked to the outbreak that started in the Midwest, and that person had traveled there. [Chronicle]
  • After a three-year absence, Frontier Airlines has returned to Oakland Airport with nonstop flights to Las Vegas. [ABC 7]
  • The deYoung Museum had an Egyptian-themed nightlife event Thursday centered on its "Treasures of the Pharaohs" exhibit, and at least one guy from San Rafael dressed up like a pharaoh. [KPIX]