Local:Sadat Mousa, the 51-year-old man who was arrested on hate-crime charges Saturday for spraypainting anti-gay and antisemitic messages on a Pacific Heights church, including a swastika, has quite a rap sheet. His interactions with police date back to some criminal threat charges in 2009, and his TikTok account appearently includes plenty of hate speech as well. [Chronicle]Elon Musk took the stand Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, where he stands accused by Twitter shareholders of working to artificially deflate the company's stock price before he acquired it four years ago. It's the umpteenth time that Musk has been accused and/or convicted of similarly mouthing off on Twitter and causing a company's stock price to rise or fall. [Associated Press]Around 80 protesters gathered Wednesday afternoon outside the Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, accusing county officials of turning released individuals over to ICE — something that has reportedly happened 46 times since last June. [Bay Area News Group]National:All Senate Republicans minus one, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, voted to block a measure aimed at limiting the president's war powers. The vote, and the initial push for the measure, reflects the deep partisan divide over the Iranian conflict. [New York Times]A US Navy submarine launched a torpedo for the first time since World War II today. The attack happened near Sri Lanka, sinking Iranian frigate Iris Dena. [New York Times]The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena US Attorney General Pam Bondi for further testimony about her role in the release of the Epstein Files, and she's no doubt pleased about that. [CNN]United Airlines now reserves the right to remove anyone from the plane and/or ban them from travel altogether if they refuse to wear headphones in order to watch content or play games on their personal electronic devices. [CBS News]Video:In the name of local music scene nostalgia, here's a TV profile from 1988 of then Santa Cruz-based garage band Camper Van Beethoven. The band, incidentally, is still performing, and even did a bit of a tour last year. View this post on Instagram A post shared by professor of bay areaology (@bay_area_nostalgia) Top image: Elon Musk arrives at federal court on March 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Musk is on trial in a civil case for allegedly manipulating Twitter's stock price prior to his purchase of the company in 2022. (Photo by Josh Edelson/Getty Images) ...read more read less