
Julie Johnson
Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
Reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle. Santa Rosa Press Democrat alumna with 2018 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news.
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2 weeks ago |
healthcarefinancenews.com | Julie Johnson
Julie Johnson, a nurse at the University of Chicago, was recruited to translate clinical ideas into data, which is then delivered back in a way that medical staff know how to approach analyzing it.
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sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis |Julie Johnson
Farm workers work in fields south of Bakersfield in Kern County in April. Roughly half of the Central Valley's farm workforce is undocumented. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty ImagesThe nation’s most abundant harvest is ripening in California’s Central Valley fields, but the people at the heart of these agricultural communities are living in fear. Whispers of immigration raids — most unconfirmed — swirled from Colusa to Kern counties this week.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson |Stephanie Zhu
By Julie Johnson and Stephanie Zhu | June 1, 2025 4:00 a.m.Californians living in fire-prone areas can expect to make radical changes to the landscaping surrounding their homes in the coming years. Impending state rules will focus on what's called Zone Zero , which is the defensible space that extends 5 feet from the outer walls of a house or from the edge of an attached wood deck. Here's a visual depiction of what is allowed and not allowed in Zone Zero, under the current draft rules.
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1 month ago |
sfchronicle.com | John Barned-Smith |Julie Johnson
Sonoma developer Kenneth Mattson, seen in a 2019 photo, was arrested last week after prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a protracted Ponzi scheme in which he allegedly siphoned millions of dollars from investors in his real estate companies. Robbi Pengelly/Sonoma Index-TribuneA federal judge in San Francisco allowed a prominent Sonoma developer facing fraud charges to be released from custody after setting his bail at $4 million Wednesday.
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sfchronicle.com | John Barned-Smith |Julie Johnson
Ken Mattson in a 2019 photo. Mattson, who was arrested by federal officials on suspicion of orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded dozens of people of millions of dollars, made his first court appearance. Robbi Pengelly/Index-TribuneKenneth Mattson stood impassive Friday as prosecutors urged a federal judge to keep the real estate developer behind bars at least through the Memorial Day weekend. He was on the 15th floor of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, but he’d fallen far.
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