Climate editor, @sfchronicle. Alum of @TexasTribune, @CALmatters, @nytimes, @TheEconomist. Co-author, The Great Texas Wind Rush.
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Firefighters are battling a massive medical supply warehouse fire in Tracy that sent billowing black smoke into the Bay Area on Thursday. The fire is also threatening a FedEx facility nearby.
📽️: Aldo Toledo/S.F. Chronicle
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This is a wild story... A man in Mammoth Lakes beat back an attacking bear with a hatchet sfchronicle.com/california/a…
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AP calls the second spot for state Sen. Ben Allen, cementing the first Democratic lockout in state history for the insurance commissioner position.
Kim currently at 26.8%, Allen 19.6%, top R Stacy Korsgaden at 15.8%.
More on the race here: sfchronicle.com/california/a…
AP officially calls victory for Jane Kim to advance in California’s insurance commissioner race.
Fellow Democrat Ben Allen is leading for the second spot with 19.4%, topping leading Republican Stacy Korsgaden’s 17.2%.
Live results here @sfchronicle:
sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
ALT A table of results for California’s insurance commissioner race, in which 11 candidates are running to replace termed-out Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Democrat Jane Kim has advanced to the general election with 24.3% of the vote, Democrat Ben Allen leads for the second spot with 19.4%. Republican Stacy Korsgaden is in third with 17.2%. 59% of the expected vote has ver counted so far.
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AP officially calls victory for Jane Kim to advance in California’s insurance commissioner race.
Fellow Democrat Ben Allen is leading for the second spot with 19.4%, topping leading Republican Stacy Korsgaden’s 17.2%.
Live results here @sfchronicle:
sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
ALT A table of results for California’s insurance commissioner race, in which 11 candidates are running to replace termed-out Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. Democrat Jane Kim has advanced to the general election with 24.3% of the vote, Democrat Ben Allen leads for the second spot with 19.4%. Republican Stacy Korsgaden is in third with 17.2%. 59% of the expected vote has ver counted so far.
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Today's election is only the 10th time in state history that Californians will cast their ballots for Insurance Commissioner.
Why do we elect this position, and do the people running for the job even think it's a good idea? Here's what they told me:
sfchronicle.com/politics/art…
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Just in: The Trump administration responds to a Congressional inquiry into why the federal government wants to stop dam removal on Northern California's Eel River sfchronicle.com/california/a…
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May 19
"THE WRONG STALKER"
Shawn was an addict. Bridget was his counselor. He went to jail for tormenting her. But nothing was as it seemed.
Unbelievable reporting and storytelling by the great Matthias Gafni (@mgafni).
GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
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May 19
The humanitarian relief system, decimated by cuts, faces a grave challenge as the Middle East war causes soaring costs for food, fuel and fertilizer. nytimes.com/2026/05/18/busin…
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4/ We visited a hospital for babies so malnourished they needed oxygen tubes to breathe. The doctors told us one-third of those cases could have been avoided had health clinics not been shut by aid cuts. The earlier children are assessed, the easier to avoid severe malnutrition
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May 6
Must-see:
California has six distinct voting groups beyond Democrat and Republican.
Which one are you in?
By @ashukla89 and @namisumida sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
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May 4
SO proud to be an alum of the mighty San Francisco Chronicle.
If you live in the Bay and you haven’t subscribed - what are you waiting for?
The Chronicle was honored for revealing how companies drastically underpay wildfire survivors. Gabrielle Lurie and an investigation of for-profit psychiatric hospitals were named finalists. sfchronicle.com/about/newsro…
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May 4
Tomorrow's front page photobomb
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The San Francisco Chronicle's home insurance reporting just won the Pulitzer Prize! And the Chronicle had two other finalists. So proud to work at a newsroom that aims high and delivers big-time. sfchronicle.com/about/newsro…
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Scoop: @sfchronicle got ahold of a previously unpublicized Port of SF report showing the seismic risks to San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building (a 1906 survivor) in various earthquake scenarios. Worth a read ... sfchronicle.com/sf/article/f…
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Apr 30
Hell yeah @sfchronicle! Winner of the Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting and a finalist for the Impact Award 💪 scripps.com/fund/news/scripp…
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Congressman Jared Huffman is opening an investigation into the Trump administration's bid to stop dam removal on California's Eel River.
He's worried that the USDA's @SecRollins has plans for a "federal water grab" sfchronicle.com/california/a…
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Apr 28
Scoop: We got ahold of a major new engineering report on the Golden Gate Bridge. Bottom line: a key bridge engineer said he was "very happy" it was so well-designed a century ago. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/g…
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Jones Act waiver ships are coming into (and in at least one case, out of) California. @sfchronicle has the details: sfchronicle.com/california/a…
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