Oakland

Former longtime Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee surged into the lead in the race to become Oakland’s next mayor, according to vote results released Friday evening.

The demonstration comes a week after State Farm presented its case for a 17% emergency rate hike — down from an initial 22% request to state officials in February — in an administrative hearing in Oakland.

He co-wrote original songs with Brittany Howard, onetime lead singer of the Alabama Shakes, and Raphael Saadiq, the R&B maestro from Oakland, which became key moments in the plot.

His lawyers don’t know Ridge’s whereabouts and are not sure if they’ll be able to find him among the thousands of homeless people living in Oakland’s shelters and streets.

It could take several days before final results are tallied and a winner is declared, but Taylor’s supporters were already celebrating the early results at a campaign party in downtown Oakland.