Heather Knight

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Mayor Lee Comes Out Against the Statewide Shark-Fin Ban

ohadby/Flickr​Today, on the Chronicle's "City Insider" blog, Heather Knight reported that interim mayor Ed Lee has waded into the fight over AB 376. The bill would block the sale and import of shark fins across California. When Knight asked Lee for his thoughts on the ban, he told her, "I'm no ... More >>

Mayor Ed Lee Eats Shark's Fin Soup

If you don't eat him, he will eat you!​The typically nonconfrontational Mayor Ed Lee stepped out of his mold this morning and confronted a contentious issue head on: the proposed ban on the import of shark fins across California. And he has a damn good reason for it -- he eats shark's fin soup.