• Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao has quietly raised $28,000 in her efforts to defend herself against a recall campaign that has spent nearly $600,000 to oust her. [Oaklandside]
  • State Farm, California's largest home insurer, says they expect to cut its number of policies in the state by 1 million by 2028, citing increasing construction costs and wildfire risk. [Mercury News]
  • Two San Jose women have been arrested for allegedly running a brothel, police say. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss company fortune, has spent several million dollars of his own money for his long-shot mayoral bid. [Standard]
  • Kamala Harris will be in San Francisco tomorrow, for the final time before the election, at a fundraiser whose details are currently unreleased. [KTVU]
  • San Francisco leaders are criticizing the Northern California chapter of Planned Parenthood for only endorsing male candidates in the four races for open Board of Supervisors seats. [Chronicle]
  • A 14-year-old high school student in South San Francisco was arrested this afternoon for allegedly stabbing another student, who is currently being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. [Chronicle]

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