Thirty years before her election as Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum spent four years conducting PhD research in the Bay Area. What did her time here reveal about how she will govern Mexico? I spoke with her colleagues to find out. Read more here: mercurynews.com/2024/06/10/wha…

Survivors of child marriage hold ‘chain-in’ protest outside South Bay legislator’s office trib.al/EadbiKb

Yesterday, survivors of child marriage gathered outside a South Bay legislator’s office — wearing wedding dresses with chains around their wrists — to urge support for a bill that would set the minimum marriage age in California to 18. Read more: mercurynews.com/2024/07/18/sur…

From Normandy to TikTok: WWII veteran shares his wartime stories through online videos trib.al/3WW0grR

Gov. Gavin Newsom signs 10 anti-theft bills into law in San Jose trib.al/AZu4Tze

‘From people to people, from heart to heart’: Ukraine lawmakers urge support of Santa Clara County residents in continued war against Russia trib.al/kXjFKlE

I'm reporting on fruit again, this time with Caelyn Pender! Last week we wrote about a hidden resource in the Bay Area -- backyard fruit trees, which we're told could yield anywhere from 10 to 40 million pounds of fruit every year: mercurynews.com/2025/01/12/sar…

Trump’s Jan. 6 mass pardons include Northern Californians from all walks of life trib.al/CFVYNgX

San Jose mayor confirms Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation trib.al/siEEUAF

Hundreds gather in East San Jose to protest threats of mass deportations trib.al/OqpDyOk

Trump has threatened mass deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. without permission. But Trump faces two obstacles to carrying out mass deportations in the Bay Area: lack of detention facilities and assistance of local law enforcement. More here: mercurynews.com/2025/02/18/rea…

Sheriff’s removal on special election ballot Tuesday in San Mateo County trib.al/9qrXLfI

Has your commute been impacted by the VTA strike? Have you had to use different forms of transportation than normal? Has there been an added cost to your commute? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to Caelyn Pender at [email protected].

San Jose: Judge orders VTA employees back to work trib.al/r7M7dIA

‘The strike was our last resort’: VTA union has lost its leverage to push for new contract, president says trib.al/OMoq9jG

Hundreds gather in San Jose, Oakland to protest ICE trib.al/JkmlbHm