Local:
- A tentative agreement has been reached between the San Francisco Opera’s management team and its musicians after the orchestra launched a strike Saturday, less than an hour before the opera’s opening-night performance. [Chronicle]
- Uber is cutting more than 250 jobs at its San Francisco headquarters in addition to the 137 cuts in Sunnyvale earlier this week and the 3,300 jobs worldwide three weeks ago. [KRON4]
- Peephole Cinema, which was launched by a local woman in 2013, has inspired a new generation of tiny, hidden theaters, with two local artists installing mailbox-sized screens in the Mission District’s Orange Alley. [SFGate]
National:
- The driver of the SUV that crashed into a Los Angeles bus, killing two, is being charged with two counts of second-degree murder. She was allegedly under the influence when she drove the wrong way and broadsided the bus, and narcotics were found in the car. [Los Angeles Times]
- A tiny, new cat species that’s smaller than the typical house cat was discovered in the forests of Bolivia, the first new “tiger cat” species in over a century. [ABC News]
- Waymo says it will launch fully autonomous robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, following mapping and testing with safety drivers starting next year. [The Verge]
Video:
- In honor of Tone Capone, a Berkeley-born and Oakland-raised hip-hop producer and DJ who passed away Saturday, here’s the iconic 1995 hit he produced, “I Got 5 On It,” performed by Oakland duo Luniz. The track reached Number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and catapulted Luniz to instant, global fame.
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