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  • 3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Connor Letourneau

    Pedestrians and a dog walk past the “Yesteryears” mural on Benicia’s First Street, depicting First Street from the city’s founding in 1847 to the 1970s. Lea Suzuki/S.F. ChronicleAs Benicia Mayor Steve Young guided his metallic blue Toyota Venza through a long-shuttered military base on his city’s eastern outskirts, he pointed at the towering stacks billowing steam along a cloudless horizon. “I can’t tell you how much I’ve thought about that place over the past month,” Young said.

  • 1 month ago | sfchronicle.com | Connor Letourneau

    Sitting at a UC Berkeley reflecting pool between classes, Zoe Rosenberg pulled up her left pant leg and pointed toward her ankle. There, wrapped around white, chicken-themed socks, was a black monitor tracking her movements. “For graduation,” the animal rights activist said, “I’m going to bedazzle it in Cal colors.” Aside from that bit of hardware, Rosenberg didn’t look much different than many other students on campus that sunny Tuesday morning in mid-March.

  • 2 months ago | flipboard.com | Connor Letourneau

    1 day agoConjugal visits in high-security areas at 11 California prisons, including Mule Creek State Prison, have been temporarily restricted. This comes amid news that two women were killed last year during visits at Mule Creek in Ione. They were each visiting inmates serving life sentences for violent crimes.

  • 2 months ago | sfchronicle.com | Connor Letourneau

    JACKSON, Amador County - Sheriff Gary Redman guided his gray Ford Expedition down Highway 49, past the oak-studded foothills and 19th century barns of Northern California's Gold Country. "I love this place," he said. "I'd do anything to protect my county. If I have to break state law to do it, that's what I'll do."Even if that means taking a surprising stand in a state known for protecting its immigrants.

  • Mar 21, 2025 | sfchronicle.com | Connor Letourneau

    To some longtime Bay Area residents, El Cerrito is just another bedroom community - the type of suburb with little to distinguish it beyond two BART stations, a large stock of Mid-Century Modern homes and a relatively low crime rate. But in a metro area with one of the nation's highest percentages of LGBTQ adults, few towns are more queer-friendly than this idyllic burg of about 25,000 just north of Berkeley.

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Connor Letourneau
Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
1 Jun 25

RT @CarbonAcumen: Valero Benicia is the front page of the SF Chronicle today

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1 Jun 25

RT @demianbulwa: Oil helped this Bay Area town grow into a prosperous suburb — but now it's facing a fiscal crisis By @Con_Chron Photos: @…

Connor Letourneau
Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
1 Jun 25

Oil was a driving force behind Benicia’s transformation from tiny blue-collar town to wealthy midsize suburb. With Valero poised to leave within the next 10 months, can this scenic city chart a new economic identity and avoid a full-blown fiscal crisis? https://t.co/eAZGfnFfbp