A viral video circulating on social media appears to capture a violent altercation between two passengers aboard a long-haul flight from Taipei to San Francisco. Three flight attendants were shown breaking up the fight between the two men in the video. trib.al/4VeTZBf

Can northern lights solar storms affect your health?

It’s possible as periods of intense solar activity can disrupt our circadian rhythm, nervous system and more — even if they’re not visible to the human eye in the form of an aurora, researchers say. trib.al/Tx7ibZj

California still faces a $27.6 billion budget deficit even after the state already cut $17 billion last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday during a news conference on his revised state spending plan. trib.al/gV8KyBA

Mysterious flyers in San Francisco are pitching a utopian “city campus” in the Lower Haight, Hayes Valley and Alamo Square neighborhoods.

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Our tool shows the return-on-investment information for every college in the U.S. and reveals how California’s public universities compare to other schools.

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Steven Liles, one of San Francisco’s most cherished tiki bartenders, died late April of natural causes. He was 55 years old. trib.al/AIBV6Qw

An uncommonly powerful solar storm is poised to cause potentially severe geomagnetic disturbances in Earth’s atmosphere, causing disruptions to electronics and a spectacular natural light show. trib.al/LVp7GYt

“The Towering Inferno” — which stars Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and a multitude of other stars — is a San Francisco disaster movie from 1974 that’s still hot, according to Tony Bravo. trib.al/ZE8nH2P

Two San Francisco nonprofits submitted plans to city officials on Friday to construct approximately 100 affordable housing units dedicated for artists at a prime Market Street location, thanks to a $100 million gift from an anonymous benefactor. trib.al/Vthg7fC

University of California President Michael Drake is recommending that UCLA pay UC Berkeley $10 million a year through the 2029-30 school year to help Cal shore up its athletic department in the wake of the collapse of the Pac-12 conference. trib.al/iwq9WaB

Data shows that San Francisco’s Presidio is attracting people who used to live in other parts of the city as nearly 30% of its residents whom the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed from 2018 to 2022 said they’d lived somewhere else in the city a year prior. trib.al/l7yV6nJ

A “managed alcohol program” gives homeless people free booze in San Francisco.

It may sound counterintuitive, experts say, but managed alcohol programs can help keep people off the streets and out of emergency rooms, jails — or the morgue. trib.al/tt5LQYh

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Millions of Californians will see changes in their utility bills in the coming years after state regulators voted Thursday to lower energy costs for some households and increase bills for others at a time of soaring utility costs. trib.al/Ku1yqVE

Back home, their ace on the mound and a reeling opponent, the San Francisco Giants had all the ingredients to start to put a rotten road trip behind them Friday. Instead, they lost 4-2 to the Reds. trib.al/nJ0mupk

Alamar chef-owner Nelson German — one of Oakland’s most recognizable chefs — is considering closing his 10-year-old Dominican restaurant following two burglaries.

“Part of me is done, and we’ll be done if things don’t go well this weekend,” German said. trib.al/RwAg6ci

San Francisco approved its biggest post-pandemic development Thursday, the transformation of Stonestown Galleria from a shopping center in a vast expanse of asphalt to a new west-side neighborhood with 3,500 housing units and a green, walkable town center. trib.al/1Z4K2Hk

A pair of mountaineers reported missing after climbing Mount Whitney this week were found dead by searchers and recovered from the peak on Wednesday, according to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office. The climbers were both in their late 20s. trib.al/wXoCL1V

The emergence of a new set of coronavirus variants, known colloquially as FLiRT, is sparking concerns about a potential summer uptick in COVID-19 cases after an extended period of calm and a relatively mild winter. trib.al/UwSbQc7

Can northern lights solar storms affect your health?

It’s possible as periods of intense solar activity can disrupt our circadian rhythm, nervous system and more — even if they’re not visible to the human eye in the form of an aurora, researchers say. trib.al/7ztCENB