Mostly sunny today with highs near 65°F and gusty afternoon winds. Small craft advisories are posted; rain chances return Sunday.

Doctors and regulators are urging California to consider banning high‑silica engineered stone after hundreds of fabricators developed silicosis and dozens have died.

Portuguese app store Aptoide sued Google in San Francisco federal court, accusing the Play Store of choking off rivals and seeking injunctions plus unspecified triple damages. The filing follows a string of antitrust rulings that have already forced changes to Android distribution.

A multimillion-dollar renovation has refreshed 316 rooms and 19,000 square feet of meeting space at the Hyatt Centric Fisherman's Wharf.

A stolen‑bike call on Fairfield’s Linear Park Trail escalated into a struggle; police credit a drone pilot and K9 for helping secure an arrest.

MongoDB has signed a roughly 23,000‑sq‑ft lease at 490 California Avenue as new owners reposition the Palo Alto building for tech tenants. The deal takes most of the four‑story property.

A Seattle federal suit says Costco's $4.99 rotisserie chicken is tied to repeated USDA Salmonella failures at a Nebraska plant; Costco disputes the claims and has asked a judge to toss the case.

A late‑night burst of gunfire in the Western Addition damaged multiple parked cars and two homes; police say there were no injuries and are asking for tips.

Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown plays the Orpheum for a one‑week run April 21–26 with access performances and multiple showtimes. Tickets are available through ATG.

Oracle will buy up to 2.8 GW of Bloom Energy fuel-cell power for its AI data centers; 1.2 GW is already under contract and deployment is underway.

Lucid named Silvio Napoli as CEO and secured roughly $750M from the PIF and Uber while pricing a $300M offering as it pushes midsize models and robotaxis. The company reaffirmed 2026 production guidance but flagged heavy losses.

Desean Brasser was sentenced to life without parole after a jury convicted him of killing longtime CapRadio figure Charles Starzynski during a 2022 ATM robbery in Midtown Sacramento.

AB 2624 would extend Safe at Home‑style confidentiality to immigration‑support workers and makes malicious publication of their personal data a civil and criminal offense. Supporters call it protection; critics say it could chill watchdog reporting.