Kevin Yamamura

California editor for the @nytimes National Desk. Previous: @sacbee_news, @POLITICO

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

@michaelkruse @nytimes Congrats, and welcome!

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

@mattbarrows Barrows! You should've taken your own advice!

[Shawn Hubler @ShawnHubler]

“Gulls cried. Surf broke. It was Monday, his last day. Mr. Garrison could afford only so much time off. And yet what if he was close?” In California, a father’s quest for his homeless son. Via ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/PPuYni12aJ

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

@JeremyBWhite Congrats! Cherish these days - so amazing!

[Heather Knight @hknightsf]

BREAKING: Laphonza Butler will not run for Senate next year, taking just 18 days since her appointment to fill the late Dianne Feinstein's seat to decide.

"This is not the greatest use of my voice," she told @ShawnHubler of the @nytimes.

https://t.co/bBuzdXrBqP

[Conor Dougherty @ConorDougherty]

Look at what my new colleague @hknightsf did IN A WEEK:

[Heather Knight @hknightsf]

My first @nytimes byline:

San Franciscans are tired of hearing "Are you OK?" from people elsewhere who've heard about the city's terrible reputation. The truth, as San Franciscans point out, is far less awful and more nuanced. Had fun writing this one.

https://t.co/TBEnVNC7xF

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

Thanks to the Tone family for sharing their tragic story. It is hard to imagine being in their impossible situation that day and now. @corinaknoll took great care to understand and describe what they went through. https://t.co/bJcPhytHmi

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Lahaina residents had little time to flee the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over a century, where at least 115 people were killed. One family detailed their frantic escape more than a month after the fires. https://t.co/fDfcZ6wJJd

[Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs @NickAtNews]

This is what Lahaina was like during the Maui fire: choking smoke, a barrage of embers, a traffic jam and nowhere to run but the ocean.

And that was for the lucky few who fled early, despite getting no warning.

How Fire Turned Lahaina Into a Death Trap: https://t.co/VwuW4A2A3n

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

We can't wait to begin working with Heather! I've been a fan of her reporting for years, and we're excited to add another Californian with extensive knowledge of the Bay Area and the state.

[Heather Knight @hknightsf]

Thrilled - with more than a twinge of sadness - to announce I'm leaving the @sfchronicle to become the @nytimes' San Francisco bureau chief. I'll be the Times' lead writer covering San Francisco and Northern California starting in September. Can't wait!

https://t.co/7TDcfTfSQI

[Miriam Pawel @miriampawel]

“To the extent that Hollywood defines America’s idea of where I live, Hollywood’s troubles become my troubles,” said D.J. Waldie, a cultural historian in Southern California.

Always read @ShawnHubler

Without Hollywood, What Happens to Los Angeles? https://t.co/l78PEgiNay

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

What life is like in the fastest-growing large city in the United States: https://t.co/ZeL3vPl93m

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

@JeremyBWhite Congrats, Jeremy! You made CA Playbook an indispensable read and were a big part of Politico's early success in California.

[Shawn Hubler @ShawnHubler]

via @NYTimes https://t.co/rdC7yratMV

[Shawn Hubler @ShawnHubler]

“There is a historic amount of water right now: faster, colder and more deadly than we’ve seen in recent years. There is no amount of training or exercise that prepares a human body.” Yikes! Via the intrepid ⁦@JillCowan⁩ @NYTimes https://t.co/IjdSN1QxXN

[Kevin Yamamura @kyamamura]

I made one observation on our editors' channel this morning, and it led to this post from California. https://t.co/SQMdImruEK

[Shawn Hubler @ShawnHubler]

“To be clear, this was the state of Florida using its budget to move migrants in Texas to New Mexico and California,” ⁦@AGRobBonta⁩ said, calling the transport “morally bankrupt.” “These are migrants who never were in Florida.” via @NYTimes https://t.co/ZXwmdOL2V8

[Adam Nagourney @adamnagourney]

Some new, important and sad reporting on Dianne Feinstein from ⁦@anniekarni⁩ and ⁦@hillhulse⁩. https://t.co/zMvf8IAxUS

[Shawn Hubler @ShawnHubler]

“Angelenos said they identified with a life circumscribed by huge, terrifying freeways. They loved that the cougar was a reminder that wilderness persists, against seemingly insurmountable odds.” ⁦@JillCowan⁩ via @NYTimes https://t.co/ZTsVvDcWWm