Twitter's IPO launched on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The stock opened at $45 a share, 80 percent above the initial offering price set the night before. The stock held steady throughout the day, indicating to some market watchers that people felt it was fairly priced. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Back in San Francisco, a small crowd marked the IPO by protesting corporate tax breaks in front of Twitter headquarters on Market Street. Some see Twitter's arrival in the neighborhood, a move accompanied by tax relief from the city, as part of a tech invasion displacing lower-income residents. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)
Santa Rosa residents have held march after march in the two weeks since a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed eighth-grader Andy Lopez. One theme that’s emerged during the protests is what many say is a deep gulf between Sonoma County’s Latino residents and the rest of the community. (Rachel Dornhelm/KQED)
At the field where Lopez died, residents have built a giant Day of the Dead altar draped in white. Some neighbors hope the tragedy will bring more services, including playgrounds for neighborhood kids, into the city's west side, where many of its Latino residents live. (Rachel Dornhelm/KQED)
Voter turnout was low for Tuesday's off-year election, but some important measures were decided in San Francscio. Voters rejected Propositions B and C, proposals that would have allowed a waterfront development to move forward. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)
