Enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. Former NBA beat writer. Husband, dad, stepdad. [email protected]
San Ramon, CA
Joined September 2011
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Connor Letourneau retweeted
β« Richmond, Chevron come to crossroads
β«Can a new mayor fix the βabusive relationshipβ between this Bay Area city and its biggest employer?
β«@Con_Chron
β«tinyurl.com/2dh5p74k
@sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
Connor Letourneau retweeted
With the future of its largest taxpayer uncertain, a progressive Bay Area city is at a crossroads. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
I wrote on Richmond's complex relationship with its biggest employer, Chevron, and what a $550 million settlement β and a pivotal mayoral race β could mean for the future of that dynamic: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
Can California municipalities persuade more candidates to run for local office? sfchronicle.com/politics/artβ¦
Smaller towns throughout the Bay Area are having a harder time recruiting people to run for public office, especially city council. I spent some time in Calistoga, where the issue feels particularly pronounced: sfchronicle.com/politics/artβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
Near-impossible to find: Here's my SI piece on Aliquippa, the town that made Mike Ditka -- and vice-versa. Nothing I ever wrote was more satisfying. No citizens were ever more generous or honest about their pain and pride:
web.archive.org/web/20110128β¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
A wealthy Marin town took down campaign signs. Now itβs engulfed in βsigngateβ
By @Con_Chron
Photos: @jachristian sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
A controversy involving the removal of campaign signs has some in the wealthy Marin town of Ross wondering: Are the mayor and town manager selectively enforcing the town's sign ban to benefit the mayor in the upcoming election?
My report on "signgate:" sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
πΊπΈ Housing project a test of inclusion
β«The whitest town in the Bay Area proposed affordable housing. Then some neighbors blocked it as segregation
β«@Con_Chron
β«tinyurl.com/27gxqoao
@sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
Mill Valley is the whitest town in the Bay Area. When it tried to build its first fully affordable housing complex in three decades, a neighborhood group blocked it, arguing that the project would perpetuate segregation.
Here's the story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
Don't forget Tim Keown, Joe Hamelin (@Porschelad968) and @MarkKreidler. The place was impeccably ambitious, responsible and daring. Six years there felt like a journalism masterclass. Its incredible editors --Gregory Favre, Dan McGrath, Nancy Cooney -- made my career.
RIP.
This is so, so sad. The Sacramento Bee is a historic sports department. So many elite sportswriters β @bySLPrice, @sam_amick, @SacBee_JoeD, you name it β have come through there.
This is so, so sad. The Sacramento Bee is a historic sports department. So many elite sportswriters β @bySLPrice, @sam_amick, @SacBee_JoeD, you name it β have come through there.
Connor Letourneau retweeted
β« State may stamp out long housing fight
β«This S.F. suburb lost control of its housing. What happens now?
β«@Con_Chron
β«tinyurl.com/2abtaxxf
@sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA
Brisbane, a small suburb just south of San Francisco, has become a test of whether California can compel local officials to approve housing. Here's its story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
Terrific reporting here
NEW: More details in 49ers owner Jed York arrest. Called himself βJoeβ in text messages with undercover cop. Showed up in rental car, per report obtained by @sfchronicle
sfchronicle.com/crime/articlβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
. @Con_Chron: Ohio town where #49ers owner Jed York was arrested is a hot spot for prostitution stings
sfchronicle.com/sports/49ersβ¦
Connor Letourneau retweeted
πΊπΈ A surrounded outsider
β«This βneglectedβ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door
β«@Con_Chron
β«tinyurl.com/29qlfuas
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Connor Letourneau retweeted
This βneglectedβ Bay Area community has spent 12 years trying to join the city next door
"We really are disenfranchised when you think about it."
By @Con_Chron sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦
Despite more than a decade of setbacks, a small pocket of unincorporated San Mateo County known as the West Menlo Triangle continues to press for annexation by nearby Menlo Park. Here's its story: sfchronicle.com/bayarea/artiβ¦