• Laura Owens, daughter of former KGO radio host Ronn Owens, pleaded guilty in a Phoenix courtroom earlier this week to four felonies. The plea deal brought her felony charges down from 14, all of which are tied to false pregnancy claims she purportedly made to former Bachelor contestant Clayton Echard and another man. [Chronicle]
  • After 27 years in circulation, Berkeley independent publication the Daily Planet is shutting down. The news was announced by publisher Becky O’Malley, who cited health issues and insufficient operating funds as motivating factors. [Berkeleyside]
  • Seneca Nation President J Conrad Seneca claims President Trump violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua by ordering Lake Ontario to be renamed "Lake America" and called for the decision to be reversed. [KRON4]
  • Democrats in California have introduced a new, last-minute bill aimed at banning ICE agents from using electric shock gloves after it was recently announced that they intend to buy and utilize them. [KQED]
  • A new exhibit from famed anonymous UK street artist Banksy is set to open at Oakland's Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in November. [KRON4]
  • On Friday, President Trump signed a new executive order to establish a US Space Academy, which he said will "attract, train and graduate the very best of our nation" for spaceflight. [KPIX]
  • A woman is calling for the return of her step-mother's ashes after they were stolen as part of a car burglary in Oakland's Chinatown earlier this week. [KTVU]
  • After being detained by ICE at a Louisiana airport on Thursday, British far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was deported back to the United Kingdom on Friday. [CNN]
  • Actors Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway are set to star in a new sequel to Cruise's 1990 racing drama Days of Thunder with Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies) directing for a scheduled summer 2028 release. [Hollywood Reporter]

Top image: A Nov. 2, 2006, issue of the Daily Planet covering issues in Berkeley and Oakland.