NEW: We published photos of National Guard troops sleeping on a floor in a Los Angeles federal building. Gavin Newsom pounced. Right-wing critics called them fake or AI-generated. The Pentagon acknowledged they were real. By Matthias Gafni GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/california/art…

NEW: We published photos of CA National Guard troops sleeping on floor. Newsom posted them, Right-wing critics called them fake or AI-generated. Today, the Pentagon said they were real. We discuss the vetting process: sfchronicle.com/california/art…

How the Fed decides its highly influential "dot plot" rate projection (basically). wsj.com/economy/centra…

Must read: A dangerous, little-known substance has been found in dozens of homes in the Eaton and Palisades fire zones, test results obtained by the Chronicle show. sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

NEW: Toxic beryllium has been found in dozens of homes in the L.A. fire zone, tests obtained by the Chronicle show. The majority of homes have not even been tested for it. Part 2 of our "Burned" investigation by Megan Fan Munce Susie Neilson GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

NEW: Beryllium, a metal so toxic that breathing in a tiny amount over time can cause chronic & fatal illness, is being found in homes after the LA wildfires. Nobody knows where it's coming from. Few are testing for it. w/ Megan Fan Munce San Francisco Chronicle tinyurl.com/4pkefbfx

A substance known to cause cancer & never before detected at scale after fires has been found in dozens of homes in the Eaton & Palisades fire zones. Even in homes that survived. It’s even in the outside air. Read more by Megan Fan Munce & Susie Neilson sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

This map of data from efru.la shows where testing found beryllium, a carcinogenic metal. But 2/3 of the homes tested didn't even check for beryllium, which has never before been found in homes after a fire. More from me and Susie Neilson: sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

It’s the first time beryllium has been found in homes at scale following a wildfire and nobody knows why it’s there “To see beryllium in the ambient air, above background levels, that’s like a five-alarm fire” sfchronicle.com/california-wil…

"Trevor, who asked to be identified by his first name only while acknowledging illegal conduct ..." Fun read via St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️ sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

Devastating news today. Follow the San Antonio Express-News & Austin Statesman, who are the local newsrooms on top of this tragedy.

SCOTUS's recent unsigned orders upholding Trump administration actions without explanation are "an exercise of power, not reason," writes Adam Liptak. nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…

NEW: Thousands of once-secret California police files are now public in a searchable database built by UC Berkeley and Stanford and distributed by the Chronicle and others Find the Police Records Access Project tool here: clean.sfchronicle.com Story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

We’re holding a lunch-out today to demand that ProPublica management agree to a fair discipline and performance evaluation system. Just today, a member of our Bargaining Committee and Unit Council was fired as a result of ProPublica's flawed system.

This story, based on an exclusive dataset, shows that California police are hiring previously fired officers to meet demand. And the number is growing. sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/…

The simplest reason we wanted a union here: just cause

Back in December, Musk and Trump world folks were apoplectic that people were accusing them of cutting funds for pediatric cancer when they blew up the government funding deal. 8 months later, we get headlines like this nytimes.com/2025/08/28/wel…

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction.

Newsroom news! Our ongoing "Burned" investigation into the systemic underinsuring of California fire victims has won the prestigious Barlett & Steele business journalism award Congrats to the stellar team: Susie Neilson Megan Fan Munce & Brontë Wittpenn sfchronicle.com/about/newsroom…

Gold (Regional/Local) goes to San Francisco Chronicle Megan Fan Munce Susie Neilson Brontë Wittpenn for highlighting the systemic use of a flawed insurance estimator tool. “5 states announced an unprecedented probe into underinsurance following wildfires–a result of this stellar reporting.”