Latest Alameda County election results are out. Big upset in the sheriff's race holds. Yesenia Sanchez has 52.7% of the vote. Seems certain now she'll avoid a Nov. runoff against incumbent Greg Ahern.

for years, #880minion has watched over five lanes of bumper-to-bumper traffic from his rooftop dwelling in the bay area. he's been photographed by hundreds. but what most people don't know is how he got there. I got to the bottom of the mystery: bit.ly/3B6MqEo

Food service workers at #SFO are holding a demonstration to advocate for higher wages and better benefits. Many of them work 2 or more jobs here and still can barely stay afloat with wages that barely surpass $17 an hour

Organizers and city/state officials, including CA Senator Josh Becker and SF District 6 Supervisor candidate Honey Mahogany, have blocked traffic at Terminal 3. Arrests are expected

Life is too short to commit suicide BE PATIENT YOU WILL DIE #Okay

Trove of stolen photos reveals Oakland street life in the 1970s sfgate.com/local/article/… via SFGATE

SFGATE There were so many of Raymond Cooper's incredible photos that we couldn't fit into the article that are worth checking out...

Oakland's Horn Barbecue, owned by Matt Horn, has garnered national acclaim. But as Horn’s business has grown, he’s struggled to maintain the high standards that earned him such acclaim. I spoke to 10 current + former workers about their experience at Horn sfgate.com/local/article/…

From me and Eric Ting: We asked the Board of Supervisors where they stand on SF private security guards having guns. Two supervisors responded that they oppose guns for private security; 3 back increased local regulations; couple other interesting replies sfgate.com/politics/artic…

From Burris, lawyer for family of Banko Brown: "It's stunning. It's stunning b/c it looks to me like a manslaughter case. The force was unreasonable as a consequence of a fight. The security guard was the one who started it. It was more force than what was reasonably necessary"

It’s hard for me to express how deeply devastated I am by this news. After 28 years of uplifting the voices and stories of unhoused people in the East Bay, Street Spit will halt publication starting July 1. My hope is that this is temporary. Info below ⬇️

Bill Johnson wants Christians to "transform" society. Was a California city a test case? Redding residents say Bethel Church, where prayers can regrow body parts and bring the dead back to life, is taking over their city. sfgate.com/bayarea/articl…

Breaking: Dianne Feinstein's daughter filed a petition on behalf of the Senator, suing to be made trustee of family trust + alleging current trustees were improperly appointed + have withheld $ Feinstein requested to pay for her "significant" medical bills sfgate.com/politics/artic…

anyone looking for a reporter in New York should absolutely hire Alex. He’s a passionate, diligent journalist and one of the funniest and smartest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, and I’ll miss him terribly

delighted to announce my new job as managing ed of sf.gazetteer.co: fun, funny, ambitious local news - without any of the SEO bullshit. can't wait to edit the brilliant team of Eddie Kim joshua and non-social-media-using investigative reporter Joel Rosenblatt <3

NEW: I wrote about the Baggu x Collina Estrada AI backlash, which went from private Facebook group murmurs to a massive airing of grievances among Baggu's biggest fans sf.gazetteer.co/baggu-used-ai-…

In addition to a now-removed chatbot that impersonated a murdered teenager, Character.ai hosts school shooting recreations, "Diddy party" simulators, and a lot of other contemptible stuff. sf.gazetteer.co/chatbot-servic…

this was longer than i thought it would be. behold: a lil rundown of SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell's campaign scandals. takeaway: there are a lot of blurred lines. sf.gazetteer.co/a-timeline-of-…

the debut Gazetteer piece from mrd is here! the data shows that SFPD has rapidly increased drone use this summer — not just in criminal incidents, but for general surveillance of crowds. here's why you should care: sf.gazetteer.co/sfpd-quietly-d…