As Californians rushed to get backup power when PG&E cut electricity to millions this fall, some generators sparked fires or sickened people with carbon monoxide poisoning. And with PG&E warning that outages could keep happening for 10 years, the problems could continue.

The Gabe Kapler era opened in unusual fashion Wednesday at Oracle Park, less a celebration of a managerial hire by the Giants than a grilling.

California property taxes are one area that U.S. presidents have no control over, but that hasn’t stopped candidates for the Democratic nomination from lining up behind a prospective ballot measure to overhaul Proposition 13, the state’s landmark tax-cutting law.

Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris said he plans to file a lawsuit against BART over the now-famous case of a black man detained at a station for eating a sandwich on the platform.

The battle to represent SF’s District Five was so close that appointed incumbent Supervisor Vallie Brown considered asking for a recount. But on Monday, she finally conceded.