The state’s top elections official showed up in Mission City today to denounce an effort to shrink the number of council districts.

As the 49ers geared up to face the Chiefs, a group of activists implored the team for help with a very different kind of match-up.

In a press conference that probably wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t running for mayor, county Supervisor Dave Cortese on Monday lambasted San Jose for cutting fire department staff to the point that paramedics can no longer respond to medical emergencies in time.