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Leah Bartos
Leah was born and raised in Santa Barbara. Like her colleagues Ryan Phillips and Ian Stewart, Leah also attended UC Santa Cruz and wrote for the student newspaper, City on a Hill Press. Leah spent four years with the Press, ultimately becoming co-editor in chief during her senior year. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, Leah moved to New Orleans after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and reported there as a freelancer for the New Orleans Publishing Group. Her work has appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Metro Santa Cruz, New Orleans CityBusiness and North Shore Report. Leah is interested in investigative reporting and news features.
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Amid a failing state, Richmond earns an A in tobacco control and prevention
While California is typically considered the valedictorian of clean air regulation, the American Lung Association...
End of the line: Richmond’s Ferry Point
Before bridges spanned the San Francisco Bay and BART trains tunneled beneath it, ferries were...
Twelve years after cleanup, DDT still poisons harbor
An onshore wind blew off San Francisco Bay and across a small fishing pier, where...
Stimulus jobs: Few for Richmond residents
The 787 billion dollar stimulus act is supposed to get the American economy rolling again...
Cutting hair and curbing crime
For almost 20 years, Eloisa Martinez’s shop has been a hub for Hispanic community gathering...
Rev. Kamal Hassan: “What will we do?”
A photograph of Malcolm X and paintings portraying Jesus in shades of brown and black...
Toxic legacy persists in Richmond Inner Harbor
More than 40 years after the United Heckathorn chemical plant halted operations, its waste still...
Soul Food: Rescue Mission rebuilds diets and lives
The kitchen at the Bay Area Rescue Mission is doing more than just feeding healthy...
Profile: Michael Froiland
At 24, Michael Froiland is quite a bit younger than most participants in the Bay...
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