- Mayor London Breed easily won re-election on Tuesday, claiming victory over several non-started opponents 90 minutes after the polls closed. She had 68 percent of first-choice votes. Breed thanked supporters and said, "I grew up in this city and in poverty and I never thought that in my life that I would have the opportunity to serve in this capacity." [Associated Press]
- The Kincade Fire is 88 percent contained. Total homes destroyed stands at 174. [KRON 4]
- A CHP officer is being hailed as a hero after pulling a badly injured woman in a suspected DUI crash out of her burning vehicle in Dublin. [CBS SF]
- A lot of people showed up to the Orinda City Council meeting last night to discuss short-term rentals after that Halloween shooting. [CBS SF]
- California Congressman Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, is being teed up to be the face of the impeachment process. [New York Times]
- A schoolteacher in Pittsburg, in the East Bay, reworked the lyrics to Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" to be about encouraging teamwork, and homework. [CBS SF]
- 4505 Burgers & BBQ's new Oakland location gets a review, and it's mostly about the ribs and the Parker House rolls. [East Bay Express]