Local:

  • Firefighters in Oakland were battling a fire at a vacant warehouse on Alameda Avenue in Oakland this afternoon which sent thick smoke across the city. The waterfront fire was sparked around 3 pm and was being fought in part by fireboat. [KTVU / Chronicle]
  • Now that the only pharmacy in the Mission District is the Walgreens at 2690 Mission Street (at 23rd), the lines to pick up prescriptions are typically very, very long. [Mission Local]
  • Air Canada is cutting one of its daily flights to SFO from Montreal, due to weakening travel demand caused by Trump. [Chronicle]
  • And, in better news, this year's World Dog Surfing Competition will be returning this summer to Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica thanks to a successful GoFundMe campaign.

National:

  • The CEO of NVIDIA is asking Trump to ease Biden-era restrictions on the exporting of its AI chips to other countries. This comes just as NVIDIA's stock price fell amid talk of moderating demand for AI tech. [Reuters]
  • Trump doubled down in an interview with ABC News' Terry Moran Wednesday insisting that mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia had MS-13 tattooed on his knuckles as seen in an altered photograph. [New York Times]
  • Two people fell to their deaths from Inspiration Point in Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park, and they were recovered Tuesday after being there for an unknown length of time. [New York Times]
  • Stocks took another dip Wednesday, closing out the wild month of April well below where they began, before Trump went tariff-crazy. [CNN]

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