NEW: We reported on a cherished Indian statue stolen in January from a public park in San Jose. Then we found it. mercurynews.com/2023/02/09/sto…

Hey Bay Area, is your power out? Search here to see when areas near you may come back online. For some, it may take a day, or more. #poweroutage #PowerOutageUpdate mercurynews.com/2023/03/15/map…

Check out these 7 charts and maps that explain this wet and wild winter in California. Rainfall is way above average, reservoirs are full, the middle of the state has been soaked, and snowpack is at a record high. A collab with Scooty Nickerson & Pai mercurynews.com/2023/04/07/7-c…

By baking the impacts of climate change into our understanding of what’s typical, we obscure its true impact. That’s the story of California’s “record” snowpack year, which was no record, per my analysis. mercurynews.com/2023/04/23/cal…

Dozens of teachers, parents and students rallied for day two of the Oakland Unified strike. They’re demanding that the school district raise wages, stop cutting programs, reduce class sizes and fix crumbling infrastructure — three weeks before school’s out for the summer.

Great news from George Avalos reporter on inflation slowing down in the Bay Area. mercurynews.com/2023/05/10/bay…

🚨 Bay Area exodus slowing 🚨 -How many households left your ZIP? -Who left? -Where are they going? Me and Ethan Varian mercurynews.com/2023/05/21/5-c…

More media walkouts! gofundme.com/f/the-newspres…

A huge portion of the California Sierra is about to lose its only significant news org — Plumas News. They gave me my first summer job, and have been around in some form for 160 years. Who will cover the region’s regular, raging wildfires now? plumasnews.com/sun-to-set-on-….

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Hilary expected to barrel into the Los Angeles area, but almost entirely miss the Bay Area. mercurynews.com/2023/08/18/liv…

Weird when a story you write helps inspire a law, then you have to cover said law. Meanwhile some other major fentanyl-fighting bills failed this term. Check it out. mercurynews.com/2023/10/17/her…

Santa Clara County asks for external investigation into its role leading up to a 3-month-old San Jose baby's fentanyl death. The call for an investigation came after Julia Prodis Sulek and I started asking questions. Watch this space. mercurynews.com/2023/10/26/bef…

Headline about sums it up mercurynews.com/2024/03/03/san…

Santa Clara County running illegal network of group homes for highly troubled children. By Julia Prodis Sulek Scooty Nickerson mercurynews.com/2024/05/26/san…

Going to the beach this weekend? Check this bacteria map and story by Scooty Nickerson & Helena Getahun-Hawkins The Boston Globe before heading out ... 😖 bostonglobe.com/2024/08/02/met…

Anyone in Mass. get a notice recently about being the victim of a data breach? The Globe wants to hear about it! Email me at [email protected] if you're available to talk.

~600 children in the care of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families are counted as missing annually. Some spend weeks/months missing. Others are never found. Since 2019, hundreds have been ensnared in sex trafficking apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metro/…