@Con_Chron

Enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Former NBA beat writer. Husband, dad, stepdad. [email protected]

 San Ramon, CA
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Joined September 2011
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Can California municipalities persuade more candidates to run for local office? sfchronicle.com/politics/art…

This Wine Country town canceled its mayoral election. Why more California cities could follow

Can California municipalities persuade more candidates to run for local office?

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Smaller towns throughout the Bay Area are having a harder time recruiting people to run for public office, especially city council. I spent some time in Calistoga, where the issue feels particularly pronounced: sfchronicle.com/politics/art…

This Wine Country town canceled its mayoral election. Why more California cities could follow

Can California municipalities persuade more candidates to run for local office?

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S.L. Price@bySLPriceOct 9
Near-impossible to find: Here's my SI piece on Aliquippa, the town that made Mike Ditka -- and vice-versa. Nothing I ever wrote was more satisfying. No citizens were ever more generous or honest about their pain and pride: web.archive.org/web/20110128…
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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwaOct 5
A wealthy Marin town took down campaign signs. Now it’s engulfed in ‘signgate’ By @Con_Chron Photos: @jachristian sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

A wealthy Marin town took down campaign signs. Now it’s engulfed in ‘signgate’

A bitter feud has divided a typically quiet Bay Area town where the rich avoid the spotlight.

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A controversy involving the removal of campaign signs has some in the wealthy Marin town of Ross wondering: Are the mayor and town manager selectively enforcing the town's sign ban to benefit the mayor in the upcoming election? My report on "signgate:" sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

A wealthy Marin town took down campaign signs. Now it’s engulfed in ‘signgate’

A bitter feud has divided a typically quiet Bay Area town where the rich avoid the spotlight.

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Joe Garofoli@joegarofoliSep 27
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The whitest town in the Bay Area proposed affordable housing. Then some neighbors blocked it as...

A Bay Area housing project has become a test of a city’s stated goals to build more housing and become more inclusive.

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🇺🇸 Housing project a test of inclusion ▫The whitest town in the Bay Area proposed affordable housing. Then some neighbors blocked it as segregation ▫@Con_Chron ▫tinyurl.com/27gxqoao @sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
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Mill Valley is the whitest town in the Bay Area. When it tried to build its first fully affordable housing complex in three decades, a neighborhood group blocked it, arguing that the project would perpetuate segregation. Here's the story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

The whitest town in the Bay Area proposed affordable housing. Then some neighbors blocked it as...

A Bay Area housing project has become a test of a city’s stated goals to build more housing and become more inclusive.

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S.L. Price@bySLPriceSep 11
Don't forget Tim Keown, Joe Hamelin (@Porschelad968) and @MarkKreidler. The place was impeccably ambitious, responsible and daring. Six years there felt like a journalism masterclass. Its incredible editors --Gregory Favre, Dan McGrath, Nancy Cooney -- made my career. RIP.
Connor Letourneau@Con_ChronSep 11
This is so, so sad. The Sacramento Bee is a historic sports department. So many elite sportswriters — @bySLPrice, @sam_amick, @SacBee_JoeD, you name it — have come through there.
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This is so, so sad. The Sacramento Bee is a historic sports department. So many elite sportswriters — @bySLPrice, @sam_amick, @SacBee_JoeD, you name it — have come through there.
Chris Biderman@ChrisBidermanSep 11
Some sad personal news: the Sacramento Bee’s three-reporter sports department has been eliminated during McClatchy’s sweeping layoffs, which means my eight-year run is coming to an end. I’m incredibly thankful for time spent with my wonderful colleagues and editors…
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▫ State may stamp out long housing fight ▫This S.F. suburb lost control of its housing. What happens now? ▫@Con_Chron ▫tinyurl.com/2abtaxxf @sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
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Brisbane, a small suburb just south of San Francisco, has become a test of whether California can compel local officials to approve housing. Here's its story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

This S.F. suburb lost control of its housing. What happens now?

After decades fighting development, can state enforcement force through housing proposals in the Bay Area city?

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Terrific reporting here
Matthias Gafni@mgafniAug 25
NEW: More details in 49ers owner Jed York arrest. Called himself “Joe” in text messages with undercover cop. Showed up in rental car, per report obtained by @sfchronicle sfchronicle.com/crime/articl…

Report gives new details about 49ers owner Jed York’s arrest in Ohio

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York texted a person he believed was a prostitute under a fake name over two days before he was arrested in a sting operation, according to an incident report.

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Eric Branch@Eric_BranchAug 25
. @Con_Chron: Ohio town where #49ers owner Jed York was arrested is a hot spot for prostitution stings sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers…

Ohio town where 49ers owner Jed York was arrested is a hot spot for prostitution stings

Locals have said the stings, often involving decoy ads for sex, can be disruptive and frustrating.

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🇺🇸 A surrounded outsider ▫This ‘neglected’ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door ▫@Con_Chron ▫tinyurl.com/29qlfuas @sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwaAug 22
This ‘neglected’ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door "We really are disenfranchised when you think about it." By @Con_Chron sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

This ‘neglected’ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door

Bay Area neighbors describe living in a “no-man’s land” between the county and the city. Can it finally change?

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Despite more than a decade of setbacks, a small pocket of unincorporated San Mateo County known as the West Menlo Triangle continues to press for annexation by nearby Menlo Park. Here's its story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

This ‘neglected’ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door

Bay Area neighbors describe living in a “no-man’s land” between the county and the city. Can it finally change?

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The Warriors beat is in great hands! Welcome aboard, @bylucaevans
Luca Evans@bylucaevansAug 22
This is an unreal honor. Can’t wait to get started Monday! Get ready for a whole bunch of #Warriors content :)
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I spent time yesterday in Big Sur, where thrill-seeking tourists were chasing a wildfire. sfchronicle.com/california-w…

Big Sur was finally booming again. Then the Timber Fire shut Highway 1

Fire trucks sped up and down Highway 1. So did thrill-seeking tourists eager to get as close to the fast-growing Timber Fire as possible before the road closed to Big Sur.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwaAug 12
"In Big Sur, good times only last so long." By @Con_Chron sfchronicle.com/california-w…

Big Sur was finally booming again. Then the Timber Fire shut Highway 1

Fire trucks sped up and down Highway 1. So did thrill-seeking tourists eager to get as close to the fast-growing Timber Fire as possible before the road closed to Big Sur.

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