An LAPD officer fired at a dog during a Pacoima encampment cleanup after the animal bit two people, including an officer, police say. Investigators remain on scene.

Ballast bought three historic Van Ness buildings in Pac Heights for about $48.5M, adding roughly 110 apartments as investor interest returns to tight SF neighborhoods.

An unidentified passenger fell from a stateroom balcony aboard the Carnival Firenze off Catalina Island and died; federal agents have joined the investigation.