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Columnist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Press Democrat. I cover...well, that depends. Have an awesome idea? Reach out. Views = mine. She/her

Santa Rosa, California
Joined February 2009
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Less than two months after Darius Anderson and Sonoma Media Investments sold The Press Democrat and its sister publications to Media News Group/hedge fund Alden Global Capital, our new owners have already started layoffs. Important 🧵
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#PointFire at Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road, Healdsburg in Sonoma County is 150 acres and 15% contained. @CALFIRELNU fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/6…
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In 2000, I photographed Montgomery’s Kim Conley, third from left, and Sara (Bei) Hall, 2nd left, and teammates after taking the team state CC title. Here’s a little more about Kim’s Olympic hopes. By @Benefield: pressdemocrat.com/article/ne… @NorthBayNews
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Over half of the journalists at The Press Democrat, Petaluma Argus-Courier, Sonoma Index-Tribune and North Bay Business Journal are considered low income. None of us make enough to live comfortably in the community we serve. That’s why we’re fighting for fair wages.
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Feel like the fire trucks have something against Kenny Loggins, you guys. ⁦@NorthBayNews⁩ #dangerzone
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Annual Fourth of July parade in Kenwood. Column coming in ⁦@NorthBayNews⁩
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Gun violence is an LGBTQ+ issue. Queer youth are more likely to contemplate, attempt, and die by gun suicide than their peers. We stand with the LGBTQ+ community, and we’ll keep working to #DisarmHate and for a future where we’re ALL safe from gun violence.
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Can confirm. Tickets to @USWNT v. Wales in a week are hard to come by...which is freaking awesome. @ETSshow
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Shhhhhh that never works.
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The FTC under the Biden administration has made a strong effort to revive antitrust law and use its power to reign in powerful corporations that have consolidated markets. We must stop the monopolization of America. Read more about the pending lawsuit. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Wow. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissent.
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"Many of its devotees so savored its illumination of other worlds — space, the depths of the ocean, little-seen parts of the planet..." In my house growing up, all of our Nat Geo issues were kept on the bookshelf, along with the classics.
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Another day at the office… column coming in ⁦@NorthBayNews⁩ about volunteer crews doing beautiful, dramatic overhaul by painstakingly removing invasive species from Doran Beach area. ⁦@cchungphoto⁩ on the case. Stay tuned.
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"There have been five homicides in Santa Rosa since Jan. 1. A juvenile was involved in four of them. In three, a child was killed."
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"Many studies have found that easy access to firearms does not make the home safer....(Gun) ownership raises the likelihood of both suicide and homicide."
A must-read exploration into how gun ownership changes the way people see & react to the world. Plus, insight from our Director of Research, Sarah @BurdSharps, on how owning a gun makes you more likely to be shot than to successfully defend yourself. nytimes.com/2023/06/23/healt…
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Just oooooozing excitement.
Caught up with Chris Paul tonight - he is in his Winston-Salem hometown promoting his new book “Sixty-One.” Here is CP3 and his reaction on going to the Warriors - he has already talked to Steph Curry.
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