Tuesday Morning Topline: The Rain Returns

"Rain is back in the forecast for San Francisco this week, starting today. Expect showers to begin around noon and become steadier in the afternoon, with some breaks in between, and some slightly heavier rain is expected Wednesday. [Accuweather] Mission District food vendors who typically set up near the 16th and 24th Street BART station plazas were kept away by city workers for all of Super Bowl week, in order to "clean up" the plazas, and they are fuming over the lost business. [Mission Local]"

"Kaiser Permanente patients remain in a lurch as a nurses' strike enters its third week, and as the strike has expanded to include thousands more employees, with the two sides still far apart in negotiations. [Bay Area News Group] There were two pileups involving a total of seven cars crashing into each other in the southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge Monday morning, which led to a backup that lasted about 30 minutes. [Bay Area News Group]"

Rain returns to San Francisco this week, with showers beginning around noon, steadier in the afternoon, and slightly heavier rain expected Wednesday. Mission District food vendors were kept away by city workers for all of Super Bowl week and lost business. A nurses' strike at Kaiser Permanente entered its third week and expanded to include thousands more employees while negotiations remain far apart. Two pileups involving seven cars in southbound Golden Gate Bridge lanes caused about a 30-minute backup. Sam Smith begins a monthlong residency at the Castro Theatre tonight. Senator Susan Collins announced her run for re-election. Biologists documented the first gray wolf in Los Angeles County in 100 years.

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