Though many counted her out, S.F. District Attorney Kamala Harris just grabbed a slight lead from her GOP rival in the state attorney general race. "With 99.2 percent of precincts reporting, Harris is barely ahead of Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley by just one-third of a percentage point, according to the secretary of state," reports The Chronicle. "She is leading by 22,299 votes, though things could still change: Complete results from Riverside County, a GOP stronghold have not yet come in, and all of the absentee and provisional ballots have yet to be tallied." [Chron] more ›

We love stuff like this. SF Citizen sent SFist the following message, "The media crowd waiting for queen Kamala at City Hall is getting restless. 20 mins. late and counting." We can only hope she's dropped in by helicopter. And that she's wearing a long flowing scarf. With a floor-length mink coat. And oversized sunglasses. Fantastic. more ›

City Hall diva and DA extraordinaire Kamala Harris plans on ditching her gig at City Hall for the big league via a a bids to run for California attorney general. With current state attorney general Jerry Brown planning on yet another bout in the governor's office after Arnold's departure, and as an early supporter of President-elect Barack Obama, the timing is just right for Harris to jump the SF ship. (CBS 5) more ›

State Attorney General Jerry Edmund G. Brown gave the OK for SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera to sue Ed Jew today. A civil lawsuit like this would permanently remove Jew from office. more ›

What we're even more excited about, though, is the following Tapioca Ed sighting we received word of, from a reader from the San Francisco courthouse jury summons room! more ›

Jerry Brown, our recenty elected State Attorney General and St. Ignatius College Prep alum, isn't afraid to take the Bush Administration to task for its weak stand on fuel efficency for SUVs, minivans and pickups. He's seeking more than the paltry one-mile-ish increase, to 23.5 miles per gallon from the current 22.2 miles by 2010. He called the change "absurd." Damn right. He posits that a standard of 10 miles-15 miles better would suit us far better. more ›

he Calfornia Supreme Court yesterday decided to weigh in on Gay Marriage by agreeing to decide whether or not a ban on gay marriage is constitutional or not. At issue is whether or not the ban is discriminatory. How did we get here? Let's go take the Way Back Machine and see. more ›

By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court voted today to overturn a decision by a San Francisco federal appeals court that allowed the use of medicinal marijuana. The court ruled that in cases such as these, federal laws prevail over state laws and so the Feds can prosecute Californians for smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes. There goes having to worry about too many pot clubs in the city. Voting against the ruling were Chief Justice William Rehnquist (probably keeping his options open now that he's got cancer), Sandra Day O'Connor, and Clarence Thomas. Yep, Clarence Thomas. We always got the feeling he was a bit of a party boy. more ›

Here at SFist, we like to highlight local bloggers who are at the top of their game. But sometimes we also like to use this column to show our support to kids who are new to the neighborhood. So even though this guy has only written one post (though it has gotten 46 comments so far), we want to encourage him to keep cranking away at his site. more ›

Hearings began Wednesday in San Francisco Superior Court on the legality of Same-Sex Marriage. On one side is the City of San Francisco, representing twelve plaintiffs who filed suitafter the California Supreme Court ruled against the sanctioning of the marriages. All twelve of the plaintiffs were married last spring- in fact, two of the plaintiffs, Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, were the very first couple to have been married. On the other side is the state of California and various other “traditional family” type groups. The hearings continue today. more ›