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5 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

With about 45,000 more votes counted than had been tallied on Election Night, former Congresswoman Barbara Lee has moved into a solid lead in the race to become Oakland's next mayor. It had been widely predicted when Lee jumped into the race in January that she could clear the field and easily sail to victory in the Oakland mayor's race, but former City Councilmember Loren Taylor has proven to be a worthy opponent.

5 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Bar Shoji opens for cocktails and food, The Morris celebrates Chartreuse, and Loquat Bakery gets a rave for its Iraqi sandwich pop-up, all in This Week In Food. Bar Shoji, the more casual, cocktail-focused offshoot of Michelin-starred omakase spot The Shota, is now fully open in the former Trou Normand space (140 New Montgomery). We alerted you to the soft-opening in February, but that was just for daytime service.

5 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

The San Francisco Zoo is moving forward, undeterred, with their plan for panda diplomacy, and they say things are on track to bring a pair of giant pandas to SF in the next year. The update came at Thursday's meeting of the Recreation and Park Commission, and as the Chronicle reports, zoo CEO and Executive Director Tanya Peterson told the commission that the zoo is now hopeful that the pandas could arrive by next April.

6 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Today marks the 119th anniversary of the 1906 Great Earthquake and fire that destroyed much of San Francisco's built environment at the time, and killed over 3,000 people. And this was new Mayor Daniel Lurie's first 4 am wake-up call for a 5 am appearance at Lotta's Fountain, which he'll now be doing every year that he holds office.

6 days ago | sfist.com | Jay Barmann

Former Mayor Willie Brown says Daniel Lurie has gotten lucky with an unusually smooth first 100 days.