Connor Letourneau

Enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Former NBA beat writer. Husband, dad, stepdad. [email protected]

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With its gated mansions, Atherton represents the zenith of the American Dream. Just down the road, many of North Fair Oaks’ residents immigrated here for that promise, only to cram families into tiny apartments.

On the Bay Area's biggest income divide: https://t.co/FvQ1zUazu7

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"As the Bay Area’s massive income gap widens, few places more vividly embody that chasm than the street corner locals call the 'tree stop.'"

By @Con_Chron
Photos: @gisellegarza_ https://t.co/CDRkRKOEv7

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▫Bay Area's greats wealth divide

▫Atherton, North Fair Oaks on opposite sides of income chasm
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🗞️New project out today:🗞️

"THE INDIAN BAY"

All week, we'll explore how the Bay Area and Silicon Valley have been reshaped by their fastest-growing ethnic group.

Today's story is by @kolyn_cheang @SarRavani @HarshaReports & @santiagomejia

GIFT LINK: https://t.co/26zDQMBWu6

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"THE WRONG STALKER"

Shawn was an addict. Bridget was his counselor. He went to jail for tormenting her. But nothing was as it seemed.

Unbelievable reporting and storytelling by the great Matthias Gafni (@mgafni).

GIFT LINK: https://t.co/SGhVWxbzr0

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Barack Obama — not that one — is on the ballot for California governor

By @Con_Chron https://t.co/40myNCLE4n

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Thirteen years after changing his name to "Barack Obama," an Alameda man is running for California governor. Here's his story: https://t.co/yLeogryMKq

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yet another beautifully written story from @DanBarryNYT -- one of the best to ever do it

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▫ Ghost campus pins hopes on new leader

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"At a time when less-selective state universities in the Bay Area are feeling the brunt of the region’s shrinking college applicant pipeline, no school has been harder-hit than Sonoma State" https://t.co/aIS4eA8wvU

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This Bay Area university has become a ‘ghost town.’ Can a new president save it?

By @Con_Chron
Photos: @Lea_Suzuki https://t.co/dA2dGJPN84

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Sixteen months after enduring far-reaching cuts, Sonoma State's campus life has become what some students simply describe as a "ghost town." Can a new president jolt this once-thriving school back to life? https://t.co/8P0iO1ZRpx

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▫ Closure notice stuns worshippers

▫East Bay parishioners were optimistic for the future. Then came the closure notice
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So proud of team @sfchronicle. Well-deserved @susieneilson, @meganfanmunce and @sara_dinatale!

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Tomorrow's front page photobomb

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This was supposed to be a festive year at St. Stephen Catholic Church. Yet, there pastor Lee Chompoochan was at Sunday's Mass, encouraging churchgoers to pick up a copy of a recent letter detailing the once-unthinkable: St. Stephen will soon shutter. https://t.co/zwwMn9e83b

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ICYMI: I wrote on San Francisco's booming luxury dogcare industry, and what it says about a city where loneliness, cramped living and wealth often intersect.

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With puppy massages and poop alerts, San Francisco’s luxury pet care business is booming. What does it say about the city and its love of dogs? https://t.co/ktZuRQNyYX

[Demian Bulwa @demianbulwa]

Dogs outnumber kids in San Francisco. Now their luxury doggie day care costs nearly as much

By @Con_Chron
Photos: @jachristian https://t.co/2ATEp3s5I8

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I wrote something about the great work of @akoseff and @SophiaBollag

‘Keep digging’: How the Chronicle broke the Eric Swalwell story https://t.co/Clu6LzuJBB

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NEW:

Appearing at a Southern California press conference, a woman alleges congressman Eric Swalwell drugged and raped her

By @abauman2 and @SophiaBollag https://t.co/OQFy4lGN13

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During a meeting at a senior center in downtown Vacaville last month, according to attendees and video reviewed by the Chronicle, anti-Muslim activists handed out white sheets of paper comparing Islam to the Antichrist.

An older white man sent a capacity crowd of roughly 300 people into an uproar when he proclaimed that a new mosque “is not going to happen here!” A middle-aged woman held up pages she’d printed out showing Google results for “Islamic terrorism.”

They were all there because the Vacaville Islamic Center is outgrowing the small green house it has occupied at 133 Bush St. for 29 years. By seeking city approval for a self-funded $1.5 million expansion project that would increase their prayer space fivefold, mosque leaders unknowingly made themselves targets and exposed the city’s long-simmering racial tensions.

📸: Don Feria/For the S.F. Chronicle