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A hot pot restaurant in Cupertino that, true to its Silicon Valley location, uses a humanoid robot to take orders from customers and also features it dancing in the dining room, lost control of that robot and it refused to stop dancing and slamming into things. buff.ly/gAGE8UA

The SF Public Defender's Office filed a complaint this week with the city's Department of Police Accountability in connection with an August 2025 incident in which they say two men were wrongfully detained and abused at the hands of police. buff.ly/05QCQRV

A Hayward police officer faces felony charges for allegedly extorting an illegal brothel and taking a $1,000 bribe and free sex services in exchange for protection against police. buff.ly/RSnbCzj

If a coalition of labor groups and community organizers gets their way, the hourly minimum wage in Alameda County for companies with 100 or more employees could double in the next few years. buff.ly/yfDAacE

An Antioch family’s electric vehicle suddenly shut down due to a faulty battery, trapping a 12-month-old child inside for 30 minutes as the family scrambled to unlock it, and they eventually figured out there was a backup key hidden in the rear hatch. buff.ly/9VJFPEq

A bill is already being introduced in the California legislature to rename Cesar Chavez Day, which is coming up on March 31, as Farmworkers Day, one day after revelations of his past abuse of girls and women came to light. buff.ly/UQfB2jI

Two Tahoe ski resorts announced early closures this week due to the warm weather; SF police officers have a tentative deal for a 14% raise over four years; and Elon Musk is yelling about politics again. buff.ly/V1svGf5

A woman was injured Monday in a hit-and-run by an e-scooter on Market Street; the first gray whale death of the year has been recorded in the Bay; and Orlando's Pulse nightclub has been demolished to make way for a memorial. buff.ly/2N0jMgB

Jordan Miller, the sole survivor of the horrific Cybertrack crash in Piedmont during Thanksgiving week in 2024, filed a lawsuit against Tesla Tuesday, claiming that Tesla’s faulty door locks trapped him in the burning vehicle. buff.ly/wEXojtd

The fallout has only barely begun from the bombshell revelations about iconic labor activist Cesar Chavez, whose name is emblazoned on schools and streets up and down the state of California. buff.ly/Jwm1zme

If you haven't been following Sam Smith's endearingly "piggy" Instagram account devoted to his food consumption around the Bay Area, you're missing out. And as Smith was getting ready to leave town, they had one final meal on the roof of the Castro Theatre. buff.ly/RAMvpJh

Nine Bay Area airports, including SFO and Oakland, are on the FAA’s “hot spot” list notifying pilots about areas on the ground at US airports that could potentially be the sites of collisions or near-misses. buff.ly/iPnxsrM

The Contemporary Jewish Museum, which has been closed to the public for over a year, now plans to sell its Yerba Buena area building in order to "right-size" the organization. buff.ly/WjQ38LF

In a new video compilation presented in court in a wrongful death case, two former Oakland police officers can be heard laughing after witnessing — and arguably causing — a high-speed crash on June 22, 2022. buff.ly/LgSmcbB

On Monday morning, San Francisco police officers patrolling the 7th and Market area came upon the scene of a suspected aggravated assault that left the female victim lying on the ground with life-threatening injuries. buff.ly/I3yjR7r

The California gig workers union has filed a formal complaint over Waymo transporting unaccompanied minors; an Audi driver was killed in a Livermore crash; and there was a widespread outage on Xitter. buff.ly/oyhTj1G

A bombshell New York Times investigation reveals details about the abuse of two girls at the hands farmworker union leader Cesar Chavez, and now Dolores Huerta, who helped found the United Farm Workers, has a bombshell of her own. buff.ly/fANGwk5

Labor union hero Cesar Chavez, who is celebrated annually with a California state holiday on March 31, is now the subject of troubling historic allegations of abuse of young women and girls, and the union he co-founded is canceling their Cesar Chavez Day this year. buff.ly/A7egOzv

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman probably should have kept his thoughts to himself Tuesday morning. But instead, like his rival Elon Musk often does, he took to Xitter to say something utterly tone-deaf about coders losing their jobs. buff.ly/qoHKtod

A woman who residents say is a former tenant entered an Alameda apartment building Monday and intentionally sprayed bear repellent, leading to the evacuation of the building and surrounding vicinity, and sending two people to the hospital. buff.ly/ivRIRz5