Local:

  • 34-year-old Jeremy Pakyin Yeh, a former elementary school teacher in San Bruno who was found guilty earlier this year of molesting four of his students, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday. A lawsuit filed by the parents of one of the victims says that the student was called a liar when she tried to tell school administrators, and other students were disciplined for “spreading rumors.” [KRON]
  • Kehlani, who was born and raised in Oakland, was removed from Cornell University’s Slope Day lineup due to her their pro-Palestine stance and criticism of Israel. This hasn’t stopped the artist from continuing to speak out, including calling out celebrity silence. [Chronicle]
  • Assemblymember Matt Haney introduced a bill that would extend existing Good Samaritan laws to protect state university and community college students who call 911 for drug overdoses. The bill would require that institutions connect students to harm-reduction resources, including counseling and overdose education, rather than disciplining them. [KRON]
  • A person who entered the BART trackway was fatally struck by a train at the Warm Springs BART Station in Fremont on Thursday evening. [Chronicle]
  • A cybertruck driver ventured a little too far into Lake Tahoe Boca Reservoir using “Wade Mode.” [@CHP Truckee]

National:

  • Amazon has strategically scheduled its own major book sale at the same time as the annual Independent Bookstore Day, which is the biggest day of the year for many non-chain bookstores. The event is taking place nationwide on Saturday, including a variety of Bay Area bookstores. [Vulture]
  • After backlash, the Trump administration reinstated funding for the Women's Health Initiative. The decades-long project has been critical in tracking over 40,000 women for groundbreaking research on aging, chronic disease, and women's health. [NPR]
  • Additionally, Trump faced several court losses this week, with judges blocking parts of his orders on voting, immigration, and DEI programs—even some by judges he picked. [U.S. News & World Report]

Video of the Day:

  • Blast from the past: Early to mid-00s “electrocknic” band Pants Pants Pants, whose flyers were often affixed to every telephone pole in town back in the day, recreated the intros to seasons 1 and 5 of Full House in hilariously absurd detail.

Image: Vesuvio Cafe, North Beach; Leanne Maxwell/SFist