Public transit in the Bay is getting close to pre-pandemic levels of ridership (but not BART); Oakland police are seeking help finding a missing teen; and Christian Pulisic is out for today's Australia match due to injury.

The 17-year-old accused in the March 16 crash in East Oakland that killed three people has been released; T&T Supermarket has opened in San Jose; and In-N-Out just did a pop-up in South America.

Progressive Aisha Wahab took the most votes in Tuesday's election and will advance to a runoff for Eric Swalwell's term remainder; the family of deceased 49er Aldon Smith is having his brain checked for CTE; and fans packed Levi's for another World Cup match.

SFFD mounts a daring overnight rescue of hiker trapped at Land's End; baby penguins arrive at SF Zoo; and SF Giants pitcher Landen Roupp reps a bible verse for Pride.

Two people were shot and wounded near Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda Thursday night; two women who were likely sleeping on a Santa Cruz beach were swept into the ocean by a rising tide; and more women describe sexual harassment and worse inside Cesar Chavez's farmworker movement.

Michael Moritz's Crankstart Foundation is giving Oakland a $9M hand with its illegal dumping problem; Olympian Eileen Gu's house in Sea Cliff has apparently been doing some dumping of its own; and SF Pride had an official kickoff variety show last night.

The 17-year-old boy killed in a May 30 freeway crash in SF has been identified; a 7.8M earthquake in the Philippines created no tsunami danger for the US coast; and thieves stole a bunch of rare Pokemon cards from a Brentwood store.

East Bay jolted by a preliminary magnitude 3.6 earthquake on Sunday morning; teenager injured in I-580 shooting; and SF tasting menu restaurant Anomaly SF slated to close.

After the latest ballot count on Thursday, Hilton and Becerra remain neck and neck and Steyer still trails; voters in the North Bay continue to support the SMART train; and a new report says Super Bowl LX generated $720M in local economic activity.

Early voting turnout is at a fairly low 17%, but a surge of ballots is expected; Los Gatos is flying its first-ever Pride Flag on the town square; and a Senate bill seeks to limit how the military can use AI.

A Berkeley property manager found one of his residents dead in her apartment on Saturday afternoon, prompting police to initiate Berkeley's first homicide investigation in 16 months. Officials have shared that the victim was in her 30s. [Berkeleyside]

A woman was critically injured after being hit by a Recology garbage truck in San Francisco's Tenderloin on Friday morning in an alley close to the intersection of Ellis and Jones Streets. Authorities with Recology say their investigation into what took place remains ongoing. [KGO]

The actual number of Bay Area layoffs in Meta's most recent round is 3,200; former ABC 7 journalist Cecilia Vega has been ousted from '60 Minutes'; and Pam Bondi is facing more Epstein questions before a House committee.

The victim in a Sunday stabbing in Oakland has been identified as a 19-year-old man; Meta's new round of layoffs is impacting Seattle more than the Bay Area; and the rate of suicide among ICE detainees is increasing.

One person was injured in a freeway shooting on I-80 Monday night; there was a vigil marking two months since Oakland mother Amy Hillyard went missing; and a 36-year-old man drowned in Donner Lake Sunday.