Day Around the Bay: Vallejo Authorities Still Searching For Leads In 2016 Pearl Pinson Case

Local: 

• Investigators are still searching for tips from the public about the 2016 kidnapping of 15-year-old Pearl Pinson in Vallejo. The 19-year-old suspect in the case was shot and killed soon after the kidnapping, but Pinson was never found, with some speculating she had been trafficked. [NBC Bay Area]
• Sports Illustrated writer and 49ers critic Grant Cohn followed the team to Australia this week ahead of their game against the LA Rams Friday. Cohn quickly became smitten with the country, gushing over the Australian Football League, and the feeling was apparently mutual. [SFGate]
• Berkeley and the rest of the East Bay are bracing for an impending rollout of Waymo robotaxis, although there’s been no word yet about an expansion there. The company, which received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand last month, has been known to sprout up in new cities without warning. [Berkeleyside] 

National:

• The US military destroyed five crude oil tankers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Tuesday. Four of the tankers were located in the Gulf of Oman, and the fifth was in the Persian Gulf near Kharg Island, a well-known oil depot. [USA Today]
• President Donald Trump’s recent claims that he was carried away by firefighters ahead of the 9/11 attacks are likely false, as he was miles away from the World Trade Center at the time. [CNN]
• Children’s test scores are declining internationally, which may coincide with their parents’ showing less interest in their schooling. [Associated Press]

Video:

• A Boy Scout troop in Nevada has been helping with the annual Burning Man cleanup efforts for the past three years while also directing unused supplies to the local community.