Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Friday, Feb. 7, and one of San Francisco’s biggest bakery names is the object of a rare union drive. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

Life after the Ghost Ship

Max Harris had plenty of good reasons to leave Oakland, but haunting memories from the 2016 Ghost Ship fire and its aftermath did not drive him away. The same problem he had before the disaster pushed him out: the high cost of living.

In his first interview since being acquitted on 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter — one for each person killed in the warehouse fire in Oakland, Harris tells reporter Megan Cassidy why he left for Portland, Ore., and what he wished he had said on the stand.

Background: “Fifth & Mission” podcast — the Ghost Ship verdicts.

After the impeachment

If there was ever a hope President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could establish a working relationship after his impeachment trial, it appeared to have evaporated Thursday.

The president unleashed a grievance-filled attack before a White House audience in which he questioned the sincerity of Pelosi’s faith and called her “a horrible person.” She said he appeared to have been “sedated” during what she called a falsehood-filled State of the Union speech and said she had torn up her copy of the speech to clearly indicate “to the American people that this is not the truth.”

Dustin Gardiner reports on the fallout between the president and the House speaker after Trump’s impeachment trial.

Union drive

Employees at San Francisco’s world-renowned Tartine Bakery announced their intent Thursday morning to unionize, a move that is extremely rare in the restaurant industry.

Though Tartine began as a standalone bakery in the Mission District in 2002, it now has 10 cafes and restaurants across the Bay Area, Los Angeles and South Korea and recently moved its headquarters to Los Angeles. Employees seeking to unionize say they want better pay and a voice in a company that they say is becoming increasingly corporate, Janelle Bitker writes.

Previously: Anchor Brewing workers can toast to their union.

Gig law updates

The author of AB5, California’s new gig work law, said Thursday she’ll seek amendments that remove some restrictions on freelance journalists and photographers, and is eyeing further changes for nonprofit community theaters, musicians, small businesses and others.

Read more about the proposed changes from reporter Carolyn Said.

Coronavirus impact

The last air link from the Bay Area to China will end Feb. 16 when China Southern Airlines halts its route from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou.

No flights to mainland China are scheduled from any Bay Area airport from mid-February to the end of March because of the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 560 people and infected more than 28,000, mostly in China.

Read more.

More: S.F. hotels, restaurants see slowdown as Chinese tourists dwindle.

Around the Bay

• Big trade: Warriors trade D’Angelo Russell to Minnesota for Andrew Wiggins, draft picks. From Bruce Jenkins: Big win for Warriors? Trade with Timberwolves promising, but questions loom.

• “100% personal”: Top EPA official in California has no idea why he was dismissed but has his suspicions.

• Lawsuit against private prison ban: Federal government doesn’t want California telling it what to do with prisoners.

• Shelter versus housing: S.F. officials debate Navigation Centers for homeless people in every district.

• A few acres available: Caltrain board signs off on building affordable housing near tracks.

• In Butte County: Fire victims’ committee flags “considerably rusted” hooks on PG&E power line.

• ‘Malpractice’: Menlo Park pastor placed on leave over not acting on volunteer’s admission of attraction to kids.

• Two-week notice: California voting bill allowing last-minute party switches heads Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. March primary: Our voter guide.

• This story has everything: A Berkeley school, a beloved Disney movie, and a Prop. 13 argument.

In case you missed it

The surprise snowstorm of 1976 turned San Francisco into a winter wonderland. And thanks to the city’s residents, that miracle has been preserved in time.

Last year we started our S.F. Snow Day 1976 project with dozens of Chronicle photos documenting Feb. 5, 1976, the last time a heavy snow fell in San Francisco. Our readers have filled out the map, adding stories and photos to build a neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at the city under snowfall.

See all the photos and add your own here.

‘Fifth & Mission’ podcast: YIGBY — Yes In God’s Back Yard. Reporter J.K. Dineen explains what’s going on with a new series of housing developments.

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