- Governor Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is set to testify in the Los Angeles trial against Harvey Weinstein, which has begun jury selection. California’s first partner was an aspiring actress in 2005 when she said she was assaulted by Weinstein at The Peninsula hotel under the auspices of a business meeting. [KRON4]
- A 39-year-old man was shot dead near Fisherman’s Wharf on Sunday evening, hours after Fleet Week ended. The man was shot about 11:15 p.m. at Jefferson and Powell streets, and received a life-threatening injury. [KRON4]
- Three other candidates for San Francisco District Attorney will debate Mayor Brooke Jenkins’ USF nomination next week. The trio is made up of USF alumni: former police commissioner John Hamasaki (JD 2008), former police and fire commissioner Joe Alioto Veronese (JD 2000), and trial attorney Maurice Chenier (BA 1989). [KRON4]
- The prosecution’s star witness testified today in the corruption trial of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith claiming a payment scheme to obtain concealed carry permits. [Bay Area News Group]
- Following another fatal shooting at an unauthorized party at an Airbnb rental, the company is rolling out more safeguards, she says, ahead of Halloween. [KPIX]
- Jurors in the Kristin Smart murder trial in Monterey County return to deliberate after a long weekend off Tuesday. [KSBY]
- United Airlines is adding three new nonstop flights between SFO and Sydney from December 14 to February 8, giving the airline a total of 10 weekly nonstop flights between Sydney and San Francisco. [SF Business Times]
- The Fort Barry missile site in the Marin Headlands – the launch site of the Cold War-era Nike SF-88L missile – could become a national landmark as one of several dozen launch sites. the Cold War under consideration. [Chronicle]
- As people pull out of offers to buy homes across the country, a new report from Redfin suggests that’s not so much the case in the Bay Area, which has the lowest percentage of cancellations transactions in the United States. [Redfin]
- Crowds came out Sunday for the 154th Italian SF Heritage Parade in North Beach. [Hoodline]
Top Image: Filmmaker and first partner from California, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, speaks during the Women’s March Foundation’s National Day of Action! The ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ rally for reproductive rights at Los Angeles City Hall on May 14, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. In an initial draft majority opinion obtained by Politico and authenticated by Chief Justice John Roberts, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote that Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey should be quashed, which that would end federal abortion rights protection nationwide. (Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images)
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