Political Reporter

Mike Ege

Republicans used to run the city. Can they come back after 60 years of decline?


After the vice of the Gold Rush, a wave of puritanism swept through the city, leading to the nation’s first ban on cross-dressing.

The L Taraval was down for five years of construction that was the bane of businesses and commuters. Now it’s back and ‘like Europe.’

The first-year general managers of Stanford and Cal came back to school for the same reason. Their day-to-day responsibilities look quite different. 

San Francisco native Penny Wong has inspired generations of young women to pursue the beauty queen title, for 75 years since she originally won.