The San Francisco Sentinel reported live from the various election night campaign parties as the numbers started to come in after the polls closed at 8:00pm.

Lee's appointment as acting mayor in January was an acknowledgment of the Chinese-American community's growing political clout, said political consultant Sam Singer. "Over the course of the last decade they've made significant inroads in San Francisco's politics," Singer said.

Singer Associates helps Bay to Breakers beat the race bandits. Bay to Breakers is used as a benchmark for other races that are still having issues with participant conduct.

The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation received a $250,000 grant from Vertex Pharmaceuticals to foster a program aimed at increasing Hepatitis C prevention efforts, treatment and care for vulnerable San Francisco communities.

After more than 10 years of planning, the Rose Garden Project is close to moving on to the construction phase. Our very own Jason Barnett speaks to his personal relationship to the exciting project in downtown Larkspur and his hopes for the city's future.

Calpine's Russell City Energy Center in Hayward creates 700 jobs for out of work construction crews and will supply 620,000 homes with clean energy in 2013.

To celebrate the beginning of construction, Calpine CEO Jack Fusco will be on the construction site Wednesday to celebrate this milestone as the construction project ramps up to create 700 total construction jobs. Calpine will also be presenting a $10 million check to the City of Hayward to build a new library.

Chevron is seeking documents under FOIL in order to shed further light on the assistance provided by Comptroller DiNapoli and his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and consultants involved in the fraudulent litigation against Chevron. Documentary evidence obtained through U.S. court-ordered discovery reveals a connection between financial contributions made by the Lago Agrio plaintiffs’ representatives and the Comptroller’s issuance of official public statements in support of the plaintiffs.

Mr. Cuomo indicated that he decided to get involved because Chevron might have violated state law in its handling of the litigation. But now, newly disclosed documents point to another factor. “Andrew has no interest in doing this,” a lobbyist for the plaintiffs, Ecuadorean villagers who live in the polluted area, wrote in an e-mail in 2009. “He is doing this for me. Because I asked.”

Construction has begun on a project to transform the 80-year-old Hoover Pavilion, the original Palo Alto Hospital, into a modern medical facility.