- The SF Department of Building Inspection is issuing a new set of rules Friday that will allow for single staircases in four-story buildings as long as there is a fire escape or secondary egress. It's been an issue, builders say, in cases of small or oddly shaped lots, forcing them to stick to three stories. [Chronicle]
- A 29-year-old Santa Rosa man has been found and arrested for the hit-and-run death of a woman on a bicycle. The crash happened on Guerneville Road on the night of September 27, and the bicycle was found in the middle of the road, with the bicyclist located in a nearby ditch. [KRON4]
- Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall tonight as a Category 3 storm on the Florida Panhandle, near Pensacola. New Orleans and the Alabama coast are expected to see storm surges, and inland wind impacts are likely to stretch into Georgia. [CNN]
- There was a line to get in the new Uniqlo store opening today on Market Street, and there's a big block party planned all day. [NBC Bay Area]
- After delaying the release of Meta's AI agent Muse over safety concerns, Mark Zuckerberg's hand was reportedly forced and Muse was released as competition was ramping up. [New York Times]
- A person was shot by an ICE agent in New York City on Thursday, in the Bronx, prompting Mayor Zohran Mamdani to say "Abolish ICE." [KTVU]
- Looking at the multiple ways Trump has alienated Republican voters... as if no one could have predicted this. [New York Times]

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