It’s suppertime at Trader Vic’s restaurant in Emeryville. About 30 people are in a backroom, about to try an oyster soup called “Bongo Bongo” that hasn’t been served here since the time of Harry S. Truman.

Two Bay Area cities have been identified as being among the best U.S. cities to visit by Condé Nast Traveler in its annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

Extending a cultural fight that started years ago, Caltrans has quietly demolished a statue of 18th-century missionary and Catholic saint Junipero Serra that had overlooked Interstate 280 in Hillsborough — a move that pleased Native critics who had questioned Serra’s legacy, even as it enraged some in the church.

A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake rattled the region less than an hour before an annual emergency drill called International ShakeOut Day.

Residents across the San Francisco Bay Area were jolted awake by a moderate earthquake that was felt widely across the region.