Rebecca Salner

Journalist, fan of food, words, philanthropy, big ideas. Assistant managing editor @mercnews

[Grace Hase @grace_hase]

Sunnyvale's crow saga continues. It's been a week since the city started using a green laser to scare crows out of downtown, and so far, it's working.
https://t.co/EHuXKQ4zxo

[Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler @ggreschler]

Bonkers data released this week.

2020 county GDPs:

San Francisco -0.8%
Alameda -3.5%
Marin -1.1%
Napa -5.2%
Contra Costa -3.3%
San Mateo -1.1%
Solano -0.1%
Sonoma/Santa Cruz -3.8%
San Benito -3.5%

Wait for it…

Santa Clara County +4.4%

Read why⤵️
https://t.co/zOPiGYwPwQ

[Lisa M. Krieger @lisamkrieger]

For the first time, large populations of monarch butterflies have been detected breeding on the urban San Francisco Bay peninsula, a finding that buoys hope for the resilience of the iconic species. #monarchmigration @Google #MonarchMystery
https://t.co/QfWGwkkSHf via @mercnews

[Jakob Rodgers @JakobRodgers]

“It’s a lot to be able to accept, someone with such a reckless state of mind,” said Joshua Hatcher, uncle of Shamara Young. “None of those bullets had my niece’s name on it.”
Victims’ families in stunned grief as Oakland's homicide tally increases:
https://t.co/uXU3AGBaoI

[Emily DeRuy @Emily_DeRuy]

In today's paper, we tell the stories of four families who navigated our convoluted patchwork of an elder care system during the pandemic. https://t.co/xrofcmsxpZ via @mercnews

[Nate Gartrell @NateGartrell]

#Exclusive: Richmond police chief is on leave after family member requested DV restraining order. OPD arrests family members’ alleged pimp the same day, then launches internal affairs probe involving Vallejo and Oakland chiefs convos about it. What a mess: https://t.co/krbp6MMA03

[Louis Hansen @HansenLouis]

Has COVID pushed Bay Area stressors to the breaking point? https://t.co/racX6ZGq3V via @mercnews

[Marisa Kendall @MarisaKendall]

There have really been two #COVID pandemics in the #BayArea. One that decimated the livelihoods of our low-income workers, and another that helped higher-earners save money, comfortably work from home and upgrade their apartments. @mercnews @EastBayTimes https://t.co/Qk2eDBtZFi

[Fiona Kelliher @fiona_kelliher]

It was an honor to talk to family members of these victims today, who commuted from places like Tracy and Gilroy, had roots in the Philippines & India, hobbies like cooking & golf, and in one case, a sense of humor so silly his dad laughed through tears. https://t.co/1ShmW8radS

[Maggie Angst @MaggieAngst]

What are California's current masking requirements? What will change when the state adopts the CDC mask guidance on June 15? How will this affect businesses?

Those questions and more answered here 👇 @mercnews @EastBayTimes
https://t.co/Kp4njPbBZ1

[Louis Hansen @HansenLouis]

Lumber prices soar, threatening Bay Area home projects https://t.co/mP5ZrMcgnc via @mercnews

[kristen crowe @kristen_crowe]

Thank you for all of the kind wishes ahead of my appearance tonight on @Jeopardy! Want to know more about how it happened, especially in the midst of a pandemic? And how I (and @aaroncrowe) kept this huge secret for six months? You will want to read this.
https://t.co/28jmdOQhBp

[Marisa Kendall @MarisaKendall]

When a #homeless man set up camp at the end of their driveway, this #Hayward couple was sympathetic. Now, the couple faces hundreds of dollars in fines. @mercnews @EastBayTimes https://t.co/lOnCCZRjaw

[Fiona Kelliher @fiona_kelliher]

California’s reopening plan has no equity benchmarks or requirements, sparking fears the state will repeat mistakes that devastated the Latino community last year. “It really feels like we haven’t learned anything at all,” @DataDrivenMD said. @mercnews https://t.co/xxpLX2qQKO

[Harriet Blair Rowan @HattieRowan]

📈 Data 📊 thread 📉:

I’ve tried to summarize the main data points behind our 4-month investigation of how and when the Bay Area’s response to coronavirus failed our Latino residents.

Read the story by @LeoMCastaneda @fiona_kelliher & @daviddebolt for more

[Mercury News @mercnews]

When COVID arrived in the Bay Area, shelter-in-place was supposed to protect Latinos. It didn’t. It may have made things worse.

An investigation from The Mercury News found why the people most at risk of the new virus were left with the least protection. https://t.co/rD1tb2ujIo

[Harriet Blair Rowan @HattieRowan]

Based on a survey of 108 school in districts in the Bay Area we found that only 3 of 25 districts with median income under $100k had some in-person teaching, while all 7 of the districts with over $200k median income had hybrid or in-person teaching. https://t.co/nfcbrTm3Jd

[Fiona Kelliher @fiona_kelliher]

NEW: Santa Clara County expected to release new COVID-19 restrictions this afternoon, including a 14-day quarantine for those traveling to the county from 150+ miles away and a three-week pause on high school, collegiate & professional sports @mercnews https://t.co/7BM0ask4Yx

[Emily DeRuy @Emily_DeRuy]

Been updating this story all morning w/ feeds from wonderful colleagues in the field. Champagne with neighbors on the sidewalk in Willow Glen. Dinosaur dance party in the Castro. Elation at Lake Merritt. And one mooning of a celebratory Walnut Creek crowd from an unhappy voter.