The family of a San Francisco man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit after he was tasered while in the Oakland Estuary last April.

With voting underway and just two weeks to go before Election Day, a new trio of San Francisco’s mayoral race polls has excellent news for Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie. The candidate’s pitch that the city needs a political outsider is clearly resonating with some residents;

The latest polls show philanthropist Daniel Lurie gaining ground in recent weeks in the San Francisco mayor's race.

Daniel Lurie's campaign and an independent committee backing him have raised more than $15 million. Of that, about $8 million came from Lurie himself.