
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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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson
Valero Refining Co. has told California regulators that its considering closing its facility in the Bay Area city of Benicia.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson
Hundreds of Berkeley hills households will soon have to follow strict landscaping rules after city officials passed new wildfire safety regulations meant to slow a worst-case-scenario blaze burning into town. In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, Berkeley council members agreed to require a five-foot buffer around homes, wood decks and outbuildings in designated areas.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson
Berkeley is poised next week to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes in neighborhoods near Tilden Regional Park. Called an ember-resistant zone, or zone zero, the concept is tantalizingly straightforward: Clear the area around structures of plants and other flammable materials so that flying embers will land on noncombustible material like rock or concrete and peter out instead of setting the home on fire.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Julie Johnson
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order targeting state climate change policies, including California’s landmark cap and trade program designed to reduce planet-warming gases.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Sam Whiting |Julie Johnson
“It will affect me a lot because I have a child,” said Maria Tapia of San Francisco, who was waiting for a Market Street bus. “How can I provide for my family? I’m worried about people losing their jobs because everything is getting really rough.”“I think it’s crazy,” said Mike Murphy of Oakley after crossing the street in front of Lotta’s Fountain. “It’s going to cost so many people so much hardship.
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