- A 'Stop the AI Race' march is scheduled for Thursday morning in SF, coinciding with the last day of Dreamforce. The protest march comes as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei hasendorsed slowing down the AI race , and as OpenAI announced it waspostponing its planned IPO . [KRON4 ]
- Bruce Davis, who's been called Charles Manson's "top lieutenant" and who participated in the 1969 murders of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea, died Friday at age 83 at the state prison system's California Medical Facility in Vacaville. [Bay Area News Group ]
- The Lucas Fire , burning near the Mendocino-Lake county line, has burned 4,128 acres, but more evacuation orders were lifted Tuesday as containment has risen to 35%. [KPIX ]
- Officials in Walnut Creek have signed off on an eight-story (!) residential complex slated for downtown, which would bring 104 new homes to the area and be the tallest building on the town's commercial corridor. [Chronicle ]
- It's still an open question whether Wednesday's performance of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra will happen at the SF Opera, with the orchestra strike still going and the season officially on hold followingSaturday's last-minute cancellation . [Chronicle ]
- Trump is, of course, pissed that the Supreme Court ruled against him on the mail-in ballot order, and he responded with a lengthy diatribe on Truth Social, saying things like "these are not the people I interviewed," and "It is a Court that will go down as having rendered some of the most destructive, hurtful, and damaging decisions in our Country’s history." [New York Times ]
- And in case you missed it, Patricia from Widow's Bay ("Are you coming to Sunset Cocktails?") won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series last night; also, The Pitt won again for Drama, Matthew Rhys won for bothWidow's Bay andThe Beast In Me , andWidow's Bay won Best Comedy. [CNN ]
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