Daniel Lurie, the billionaire heir to a Levi's jeans fortune who, with the help of his mother's wealth, launched a campaign to become mayor of San Francisco, is well ahead of incumbent London Breed in ranked-choice votes.
While there are still plenty of votes left to count, the Prop K measure to make the Great Highway car-free has a comfortable lead, while the big-money effort to slash SF City Hall commissions is way behind.
Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak at 1 pm PT; stocks soar on the news of a Trump win; and Kara Swisher suggests Truth Social might merge with X and become a meme stock.
Muni was hamstrung by technical issues much of the day; a man was run over and killed by a pick-up truck at the Emeryville Target; and here’s where to get election results tonight for the the state and local races they won’t be covering on cable TV.
The East Bay’s own Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day endorsed Kamala Harris in Instagram videos posted the night before the election, but also shared a tale that makes it clear why he probably won’t be asked back to perform at Trump hotels or casinos.
A Lyft driver faced federal hate crime charges for punching a Jewish rider at SFO in the early weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but a federal jury just ruled that it was not a hate crime, and the accused is off the hook.
Rideshare companies Uber and Lyft are both offering 50%-off rides to polling places all day today, so you should take advantage if you're feeling lazy and still haven't voted. And you can score discounts and freebies on GrubHub, Uber Eats, and at Krispy Kreme.
The crown of Salesforce Tower had a special message for everyone on Election Eve — what will it say tonight?
The victim has been identified in a brutal, "point blank" shooting outside a Tenderloin corner store last week, as described by bystanders, of which there appeared to be many.
A combination of surveillance cameras and a drone resulted in a Walgreens burglary suspect being arrested shortly after allegedly robbing the store, and while he was trying to sell those stolen goods at 24th and Mission, according to SFPD.
As a counterpoint to liberals' frequent refrains about leaving the country if Donald Trump gets reelected, we have a story about one older couple who decamped to France last year and haven't really been loving it.
The jury in the trial of Nima Momeni were shown a controversial video Monday that may or may not help the prosecution's case, but which the defense argued vigorously against being allowed.
Whether it's celebratory riots, large-scale protests, or opportunistic criminals looking to loot because police might otherwise be distracted, Bay Area police departments are bracing for possible crime and bedlam on Election Night or later this week.
On the last day before Election Day, SF Mayor London Breed held a press conference in Embarcadero Plaza, announcing a public-private partnership that, if approved by the Supes, intends to entirely remake the plaza along with the adjacent Sue Bierman Park.
An 11-year-old boy was found alive and a teenager was found dead following a boat capsize Bodega Bodega; the rules around blocking on X have changed; and PG&E outages are expected to impact 20,000 customers.
About 5,000 people were impacted by a power outage in SF's Mission Bay Monday; Heather Knight explains the Great Highway drama in the New York Times; and at least 78 million Americans have voted early in this election.
Though San Francisco voters approved the residential vacancy tax known popularly as the “Empty Homes Tax” in 2022, the landlords lawyered up, and that tax on vacant rental units was just tossed out by an SF Superior Court judge.
More of an artful condensation than an adaptation, Mary Zimmerman's slimmed-down version of Mozart's famous opera 'The Magic Flute' becomes a music-hall comedy that's accessible for all.
The war between Congressman Eric Swalwell and the district attorney who represents much of his congressional district escalated over the weekend with a lawsuit filed by Swalwell for defamation.
The 34-year-old man arrested Sunday for a Saturday incident in which he allegedly slashed the throat of a woman on a BART train in San Francisco has a fairly extensive rap sheet.
The ten measures on your California ballot have been largely overshadowed by the presidential race and mayoral race (or recall, if you're in Oakland), so here’s a quick preview of the minimum wage, rent control, and crime sentencing proposals the state will vote on tomorrow.
A settlement that was struck two weeks ago between mayoral candidate Mark Farrell and the San Francisco Ethics Commission was made public this morning, in something of an Election Eve surprise.
A small plane was able to safely land along a Bay Area freeway Monday morning during rush hour, and no cars were hit and no one was injured.
BART Police arrested a suspect in Saturday’s 24th Street station stabbing; two SF Walgreens stores suffered smash-and-grabs within an hour of each other; and high winds could prompt some Bay Area PG&E power shut-offs this week.
The estate, built at the Gold Rush's height, was most recently owned by Silicon Valley mogul and pioneer Sanford Robertson, who passed away this past August.
