Humpday Headlines: Fire at Daly City BART Disrupts Service

A Spare the Air alert is in effect today, along with a heat advisory, and some inland spots are likely to see triple digits. KPIX putting SF's high at 85 today, while the Chronicle had suggested that some neighborhoods, including the Mission and Pacific Heights, would top 90. [KPIX]
BART service was disrupted Tuesday night due to a substation and track side fire at Daly City Station, which led to Red Line service being stopped between West Oakland and Daly City/SFO. The fire was contained as of 7:44 pm. [KTVU] Update: Systemwide delays continued on BART Wednesday morning, with equipment problems on the tracks reported at both Daly City and West Oakland stations.
That prescribed burn on Angel Island that sent some smoke over the Bay on Tuesday will not continue Wednesday due to air quality concerns, but may resume in the coming days as conditions change. [Chronicle]
San Mateo County Sheriff's Deputy Steven Romero has been charged with felony child abuse and prosecutors say he choked and dragged his five-year-old son for not eating breakfast fast enough. [KTVU]
A 21-year-old woman is being sought by police in Pacifica after she allegedly struck a police officer with her car while fleeing a Safeway theft in July. [KRON4]
Airlines across the UK and Europe were scrambling to deal with a backlog of stranded passengers after a technical problem with the UK's air traffic control system led to the cancellation of over 1,750 flights. [Associated Press]
The Chronicle updated its Chronicle 200, the list of the biggest companies in the Bay Area by revenue, for the first time since 2009, and these days Apple tops the list, with Alphabet and Nvidia in second and third.

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