Edward Booth

Napa reporter @NorthBayNews. @ucbsoj and @UCBEnglish alum. Formerly @NapaRegister @D_Enterprise @Richmondpulse @dailycal.

[Edward Booth @Edward_E_Booth]

Incredibly happy to now be covering Napa as part of @NorthBayNews /The Press Democrat. The PD has published fantastic local journalism for all the years I've been a reader; I'm excited to help bring their reporting resources into covering Napa County.

[Rick Green @EditorRAG]

Here's something that doesn't happen much these days anywhere: @NorthBayNews / Press Democrat is expanding its staff + focus into #NapaCounty. Let me tell you why we're determined to save local journalism in our neighboring Wine Country county https://t.co/JyxEENL4N5

[The Press Democrat Guild @pdguild]

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 🧵

[The Press Democrat Guild @pdguild]

Members of the Press Democrat newsroom guild were given voluntary buyout offers today. This comes less than two weeks after SMI, (led by Darius Anderson), the owners of the Press Democrat, sold to MediaNews Group (led by the notorious hedge fund Alden Global Capital). 🧵

[Edward Booth @Edward_E_Booth]

Sonoma Media Investments' reporters, photographers & copy desk editors are asking SMI/Hearst to guarantee our contract will be honored if we're sold. Read more:

[The Press Democrat Guild @pdguild]

Press Democrat Guild Calls on Darius Anderson/SMI and Hearst to Honor Our Contract & Union

We are being SOLD!

[Phil Barber @Skinny_Post]

Important news from Santa Rosa. Sonoma Media Investments' reporters, photographers & copy desk editors are asking SMI/Hearst to guarantee our contract will be honored if we're sold. Read more:

https://t.co/dRg9Vy5xs0 #UnionStrong #WorkersRights #Solidarity #HonortheContract

[The Vallejo Sun ☀️ @thevallejosun]

The Vallejo City Council passed an ordinance to regulate unpermitted street food vendors on Tuesday, after a months-long campaign from restaurant owners who said that Vallejo’s growing street food scene was hurting their businesses. https://t.co/66EZ9PmPq0

[Phil Barber @Skinny_Post]

“We keep seeing this common denominator: Pacifica, Pacifica, Pacifica.” A recent $2.6 million settlement shined light on Pacifica Senior Living and its spotty track record in elder care. Now the company is about to open another facility in Sonoma County. https://t.co/Pp1NstLfwe

[John D'Anna @azgreenday]

Did you feel the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck off the Humboldt County coast? The @NorthBayNews wants to hear from you. https://t.co/5ePQnxZnza

[anna armstrong @annavarmstrongg]

LIVE: @madi_smals and I are covering the latest on storms & flooding in the North Bay. Right now, 150+ people are sheltered at Sutter Medical Center after floodwaters trapped cars and blocked exits. Read more in @NorthBayNews

https://t.co/t3ahLaIhGC

[Andrew Graham @AndrewGraham88]

New today: Santa Rosa police department is cooperating with feds in an investigation into DEMA's Sonoma County operation.

FBI wouldn't confirm or deny it's them, but a Texas official said law enforcement there had cooperated with FBI in N. California

https://t.co/X5qKWoPZqj

[John D'Anna @azgreenday]

Remember that story @CountyofSonoma officials didn't want us to tell? It sparked a federal investigation. Great reporting by @AndrewGraham88.
Feds, Santa Rosa police investigating DEMA’s billing in Sonoma County, Press Democrat confirms https://t.co/sB0yiMA9H3

[Andrew Graham @AndrewGraham88]

Former Sonoma Co. health dir. Barbie Robinson faces a felony charge in Harris County, TX. Accused of sharing private information to swing a $30M contract there to IBM

DA says it started with an investigation into homeless services company DEMA

https://t.co/AKIVl4CWIu

[Phil Barber @Skinny_Post]

Despite Napa's image of the carefree "good life," this valley is often a soap opera behind the scenes. Case in point: Supervisor Belia Ramos' vicious power struggle with some of Napa's most visible wine/tourism figures.

https://t.co/LcVmEgD2i7

[Emma R. Murphy @MurphReports]

Who are the top #PresidentialElection2024 donors north of San Francisco and how much did they give? @pressreno and I spent the last few weeks analyzing regional campaign finance data, here's what we found: https://t.co/0pHRa8hqvr

[Chris Fusco @FuscoChris]

Would you run for your local school board? Our @MehtaTarini does a great job explaining here why folks in our neck of the woods, and elsewhere, aren't doing so. https://t.co/XDQZV60Etq

[Dan Taylor @danarts]

ZZ Top star Billy Gibbons to play 2 shows at Blue Note in Napa https://t.co/iUGmPZrnDi

[John D'Anna @azgreenday]

As someone who grew up hating both the Dodgers and the Yankees, this story by @NorthBayNews colleague Dan Johnson tips the scales to the house that Ruth built for the #WorldSeries2024.
Former major leaguer Art Schallock, 100, fired up for the World Series https://t.co/Ll3cArAWdd

[Matt Hamilton @_hamilton_matt]

We reviewed thousands of internal records + found how USC pursued donors and prospective donors by admitting their children as walk-on athletes.

Most never appeared on a team roster.

From @latimesharriet + me:

https://t.co/kHshXWh5dZ

[Chris Fusco @FuscoChris]

An in-depth look from@NorthBayNews ⁦@Skinny_Post⁩ at the meteoric rise of a once-little-known tribe into the biggest tribal force in American politics. So why is it giving so much to pols? https://t.co/E7B7vois8D

[John D'Anna @azgreenday]

Our reporter grew up in India and had never been to Costco before. Let's just say the Napa grand opening made quite an impression on her.
Lost in the aisles: PD reporter, a Costco newbie, nearly falls prey to store’s allure at Napa grand opening https://t.co/wcQ0ftxYs5

[First Amendment Coalition (follow us on Bluesky) @FACoalition]

.@EdSource filed hundreds of public records requests for a deep dive into policing in California schools. FAC's @GinnyLaRoe interviewed one of the reporters, @thomas_peele, for a behind-the-scenes look on the creation of this unprecedented series. https://t.co/tdyYI6PYSB