Evan Low has beat out Joe Simitian in the recount of their primary congressional race; crime is trending down in Oakland so far this year; and Pamea Price is calling for a state probe into the funding of the backers of the recall. buff.ly/44r2Xzl

A new bar and nightclub serving Caribbean food, and featuring a rooftop cocktail lounge, is in the works at 1815 Market Street, near the Castro Safeway on Mint Hill. buff.ly/3UEz3Vd

Remember that one lady in Pac Heights who gained unfortunate viral fame for confronting a man who wrote “Black Lives Matter” on his own property? She just went on Dr. Phil's new show and had a very sympathetic audience concerned-looking white people. buff.ly/3wi2tiq

The tech billionaire class will be popping more Champagne than usual this week, as they appear to have enough signatures to get their utopia thingy “California Forever” on the November ballot in Solano County. buff.ly/44qYhcL

A new event is happening Thursday with the goal of bringing some foot traffic and liveliness to SF's downtown, and it's called Downtown First Thursdays. buff.ly/3wjBOls

The City of Oakland's 15-month saga of not having a full-time police chief will officially end next week when former Lubbock, Texas chief of police Floyd Mitchell takes over the job, but his pay package drew a complaint from one city councilmember. buff.ly/3wjEeAt

After three pandemic years of population decline in California, things have turned around, and 2023 was the first year of slight population growth in the state since 2019. buff.ly/3y1oxhW

The college campus protests sweeping the nation have of course also swept UC Berkeley, with an estimated 175 tents now pitched at Sproul Plaza — up from just a dozen last week. Violence also broke out at a protest Tuesday night at UCLA. buff.ly/4aTArZI

Unless the attorney general backtracks in any way, come July, restaurants in California will no longer be able to add service charges and other surcharges to customers' checks — and this will mean that dish prices will likely go up. buff.ly/44vKrGb

Expect traffic disruptions in multiple parts of San Francisco and Oakland today, with protest demonstrations planned around the Bay Area in conjunction with May Day. buff.ly/3UHHLCf

Police in San Jose busted a brothel; a beloved formerly homeless man in Berkeley was found dead from an apparent fall; and Google was experiencing a major outage this morning. buff.ly/4bjMrDs

The Biden administration just eased marijuana restrictions nationwide; Cal Poly Humboldt had a big pro-Palestinian protest on its hands; and the Golden Gate Ferry will resume service from SF to Sausalito on Wednesday. buff.ly/4aXskLO

Is there really some pent-up demand for people that want to get married at Outside Lands? They must think so, as the festival has added an on-site wedding venue, performing real weddings for $349 (plus fees). buff.ly/4b92QuC

There may be more than 1,000 sea lions on SF’s Pier 39 right now, sunning themselves, barking, and getting good and fat, largely thanks to a school of anchovies available for them to feast upon. buff.ly/4a2gDSO

A new wine bar offshoot of Saison is opening this spring a block away from the Michelin two-star restaurant on Townsend Street, and at the helm is Saison co-founder and sommelier Mark Bright. buff.ly/4a1Ir9G

A 'fully engulfed' car fire Tuesday morning caused some delays and three lane closures on the Bay Bridge. buff.ly/44qFD54

Something called City Campus imagines carving out a collectively owned set of properties in the center of the city to create a walkable 'campus' where the like-minded and tech-employed can raise kids together, or something. buff.ly/3JEvoQK

When you vote on whether to reelect Mayor London Breed on November 5, you might also be voting on Breed’s new $360 million bond measure that would fund hospitals, homelessness services, street safety, and even the renovation of Harvey Milk Plaza. buff.ly/3Up5R34

Cal Poly Humboldt, which in the last week and a half has become the site of the 'nation's most entrenched protest,' per the New York Times, was the site of another show of force by police this morning, with 35 protesters arrested. buff.ly/4dhormv

A fatal crash on I-880 in Oakland was causing delays; four children were injured by a suspected DUI driver in the South Bay; and the Mercury News is suing OpenAI over the use of its copyrighted material to train ChatGPT. buff.ly/3JHJOj8