William Harless

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William Harless covered politics and city government at a daily newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee for three years before joining the Peace Corps, where he served in Thailand from 2008 to 2010. At Berkeley, he plans to study television news production and investigative reporting. In Nashville, his investigative work led longtime U.S. Congressman Bob Clement to return more than $40,000 in mayoral-race contributions, citing his reporting on the Clement campaign's use of political action committees. After the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce forced Harless to leave a Chamber board meeting one afternoon, the city council passed legislation requiring more financial disclosure by nonprofit organizations accepting city funds. He also broke news of delays in the financing of a major downtown ballpark-residential-business development, planned by the city, Baltimore developer Struever Bros., Eccles & Rouse, and the Nashville Sounds baseball team, which ultimately fell through. Harless helped cover the 2010 Nashville flood for The New York Times and has interned and written news for Nashville Public Radio and for 88.5 WFDD Public Radio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He studied English literature at Lipscomb University in Nashville and knows the best ramen dive in Bangkok.

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Stories

With a soft drink tax on the ballot, Richmond stirs

This fall, Richmond residents will vote whether or not to place a penny-per-ounce tax on...

Waste authority, Republic Services tussle about who controls garbage

Richmond Sanitary Service is contesting an attempt by the county’s recycling authority to possibly select...

At the public hospital and sports centers, vending machines are healthier

Snickers bars at the county hospital? No more. Nor will you be able to find...

Richmond High Oiler Jorge Diaz doing well after concussion

Richmond High School junior Jorge Diaz, who suffered a concussion at last Friday’s Oilers football...

A concussion shortchanges the Oilers, but they still fight

The concussion left these inner-city high school football players in tears. There were curses, there...

Richmond struggles to provide public Internet access, but computers proliferate

More than 750 families in the city’s low-income Iron Triangle neighborhood now have computers in...

Archive.org founder talks free wifi with Richmond officials

Brewster Kahle, a major Internet entrepreneur, met with city officials, including Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, last...

City attorney Randy Riddle will step down

Richmond City Attorney Randy Riddle — who became the city’s attorney after a protracted search...

Richmond offers free, discounted solar — but will residents bite?

Since July, the city has been trying to use more than $400,000 in federal stimulus...

A World War II preschool rings again with children’s shouts

A Mexican folk dance, an African-American gospel song, a restored World War II era school...

Clinton visit to Richmond canceled

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District board of directors voted Wednesday to postpone the...

A new source of fertilizer in Richmond – koi fish

In a 5,000-gallon fish tank in a 1980s greenhouse off a side street near Fred...

In the Iron Triangle, a potluck and a melting pot

The Sixth Street block party was set, tentatively, for noon Saturday. But by 12:15, the...

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