Late Mayor Edwin Mah Lee was honored in San Francisco on what would have been his 66th birthday. The city paid tribute by planting a tree in his name on Saturday, May 5. It’s been nearly five months ...

English speakers in San Francisco knew him as Edwin Mah Lee. But to San Francisco’s 144,000 Cantonese speakers he was æ å­ è³¢. Lee, 65, died early Tuesday morning. While San Francisco at large mourns ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Prominent Democrats are expected to speak at a public celebration of the life of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. He died last week after collapsing while grocery shopping. WATCH ...

Edwin Mah Lee, San Francisco’s 43rd mayor and the third to die in office, was a man of destiny. Nearing 60 years old and finally eyeing retirement after nearly 20 years in public employment, he was on ...

Edwin M. Lee, a lawyer and affordable housing advocate who was the first Asian-American to be elected mayor of San Francisco, died early Tuesday in a hospital there after collapsing. He was 65 and in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayor Ed Lee, who oversaw a technology-driven economic boom in San Francisco that brought with it sky-high housing prices despite his lifelong commitment to economic equality, died ...

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San Francisco Assessor Carmen Chu was honored with the Asian Pacific American Heritage Foundation's first-ever Edwin Mah Lee Public Service Award on Wednesday night, named after the city's late mayor, ...

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee was remembered Sunday for his humility, integrity and infectious smile during a public celebration of his life at City Hall, attended by family members, former staff, ...

Edwin Mah Lee was born May 5, 1952, in Seattle to Chinese immigrants from Toisan, a rural village in China’s southern province of Guangdong. His father was a cook and his mother a seamstress. They ...