Jerry Brown upbeat after treatment for prostate cancer, tanker pilot who crashed into Bay Bridge had earlier problems, downtown Oakland gets national props for its arts scene, more.
- The pilot of an empty oil tanker that sideswiped a tower of the Bay Bridge’s west span Monday was involved in three previous accidents. AP
- Bay Area transportation officials are pushing to reduce the voter-approval threshold from two-thirds to 55 percent for transportation sales taxes. Mercury News
- Gov. Jerry Brown told reporters in Sacramento that he was “raring to go” and “don’t expect me to leave too soon” after completing treatment for prostate cancer. Chronicle
- Oakland Unified School District’s administrative headquarters was flooded after someone left a water tap on in a custodian’s closet, and officials say about 150 people who work there will be displaced for the rest of the week. Oakland Tribune
- Downtown Oakland won a spot on national non-profit ArtPlace’s list of the nation’s top urban arts districts. Chronicle
- Judith Inglehart resigned as Berkeley mayor Tom Bates’ appointed chief of staff after barely a year in the job. Berkeleyside
- Financially-troubled Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo is in talks to acquire a partner as it struggles to keep its doors open. Mercury News
