Records show California insurers denied $4.1 million owed to 11 counties since 2024 for sending clinicians, not police, to mental health crisis calls. Contra Costa County billed $2.47 million and got about $210,000 back.
Election Day coverage focuses on San Francisco supervisor contests, the race to succeed Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and California ballot measures including a billionaire tax and the insurance commissioner contest. Results may take days as mail ballots and ranked-choice voting are counted.
San Francisco's waterfront redevelopment at Embarcadero Plaza and Sue Bierman Park may remove the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Monument, a steel-and-onyx installation honoring Bay Area volunteers who fought fascists in Spain. The Arts Commission approved plaza plans while agreeing to meet again about the monument's fate.
The 45th Día de los Muertos procession in San Francisco’s Mission District honored four late leaders of El Colectivo del Rescate Cultural: Juan Pablo Gutiérrez Sánchez, Luis de la Garza, Ricardo “El Tigre” Peña and Alberto Rangel. Volunteers carried standards bearing their likenesses through the neighborhood.
Mission Local is running live Election Day coverage from San Francisco, following voting sites and results for supervisor seats, the congressional race and ballot measures such as the Great Highway proposition. It says 25.7% of registered voters had turned in ballots by Sunday and expects Department of Elections tallies in the evening.
Fairfield police arrested a 17-year-old boy Monday suspected of firing into a Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center, killing a pregnant woman and wounding six people. Constance Hages, 31, died at the scene; police said four surviving victims remained hospitalized, and the suspect could face murder and attempted murder charges.
The Oakland Skates won their sold-out inaugural home opener 4-3 against the Santa Rosa Growlers at the Oakland Ice Center, rallying after trailing 3-0. The semi-pro team plays in the Mountain Hockey League and was founded alongside a nonprofit aimed at expanding youth access to ice hockey.
San Francisco's transportation agency has asked the federal government to stop parking ICE vehicles at the city-owned Golden Gateway Garage. The request follows a report that ICE had assigned spaces there, and a supervisor plans to seek contractor lists to check sanctuary-law compliance.
San Francisco's Mission District marked the 34th annual Festival of Altars for Dia de los Muertos at Potrero del Sol Park, with decorated altars, live music, mariachi, ceremonies and an artisan market. The Marigold Project helped host the event, whose theme was Family: Between roots and Heaven.
Paula Valentina Albornoz Hernandez, a 23-year-old UC Berkeley student and asylum seeker, was arrested by ICE at San Francisco International Airport, her attorney said. Agency records show she is held at California City Detention Center as campus officials mobilize support and her lawyer plans a habeas corpus petition.
Federal prosecutors have charged more than three dozen California residents with voting-law violations, including Camilo Giles Jimenez, who pleaded not guilty in Fresno. Legal experts say convictions require proof of willful intent, and even legal residents could face deportation regardless of knowledge.
A collision involving a wrong-way driver on State Road 87 in San Jose killed a man late Sunday and seriously injured two San Jose women, ages 79 and 74, CHP said. A 37-year-old San Jose resident drove the wrong way; northbound lanes closed for about 50 minutes and impairment was unclear.
San Francisco's Golden State Valkyries will hold a championship parade on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from noon to 2 p.m. along the Embarcadero, with street closures and Muni service changes affecting downtown access.
David Anthony Brooks, 61, entered a no-contest plea Friday to a hate crime assault count stemming from punching a 67-year-old man outside a Pacifica Starbucks, leaving the victim unconscious. His plea is conditioned on nine years in state prison, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for Dec. 14, 2026.
A 3,074-square-foot Portola Valley home once owned by former Theranos chief scientist Ian Gibbons sold for $5 million on May 19, 2025, $350,000 above its $4.65 million asking price. The Ladera property had been renovated by his widow, Rochelle Gibbons.
A small plane carrying two people landed safely at San Jose Mineta International Airport after an engine fire filled the cockpit with smoke on Monday. Both occupants were still being assessed, and no cause had been determined.
San Francisco has scheduled an official Golden State Valkyries championship parade for Wednesday, Nov. 4, beginning at the Ferry Building at noon and continuing along the Embarcadero to Second Street until 2 p.m. Fans may line up from 9 a.m., and organizers warn of transit changes and street closures.
Mission and Tenderloin storefronts are displaying Dia de los Muertos ofrendas with candles, orange flor de cempasúchil and personal photos as merchants prepare for the holiday. The article also lists Monday observances, including the 45th Annual Procession in the Mission District and a Festival of Altars at Potrero de Sol Park.
In San Francisco’s first competitive congressional race in four decades, Connie Chan’s supporters are banking on higher-than-usual turnout, especially from monolingual non-English speakers, to overcome Scott Wiener’s polling lead and large spending advantage.
A joint pay study found Oakland Unified administrators earn less than peers in almost every nearby district; high school principal base-pay gaps reach $67,000 versus San Leandro. The administrators union, whose contract expired in June, disrupted a board meeting and called for work-to-rule until bargaining moves.
