Daily Digest: Fillmore Safeway to shutter; Threat looms for Uber, Lyft drivers

Good morning, Bay Area. Starting your midweek journey with economic news, inflation picked up in November with the consumer-price index rising 2.7% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday. In other news, a federal judge blocked Kroger Co.’s planned $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. In a court decision handed down Dec. 10., the judge sided with the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction, halting the deal. Making a right turn at automotive, General…