
Holly Secon
@hollysecon
Freelance reporter & writer based in the Bay Area | Environment, equity, etc. | Current: @sfist | Past @thisisinsider, @greenbiz, @cal | She/her
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12-06-2018 22:26:11
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I reported on the East Bay Afghan community with Thomas Fuller this week. A tough but important story — give it a read here:

We've learned nothing from past oil spills, Michael Hiltzik writes. "The solutions to these persistent issues aren’t hard to find. They mostly involve leaving oil in the ground." latimes.com/business/story…

I'm helping the news desk today and there is no shortage of disasters. From mega drought and wildfires, to a "bomb cyclone"' and too much rain in one go.. I'm running out of words to describe this whiplash of climate change extremes latimes.com/california/sto… latimes.com/california/sto…


It’s no easy task since the past is no longer a predictor of the future. From Holly Secon. buff.ly/3HhtfrP

Remember: Wirecutter Union is on strike, and have asked folks not to click on any Wirecutter links this weekend. They’re fighting for a fair wage and a union contract, and The New York Times is dragging its well-shod feet. No contract, no clicks! Don’t cross the digital picket line!

We’re almost halfway through our timeline for the Sustainable Development Goals. Focusing on reporting, supply chains, SMEs and accountability are crucial. Story by Holly Secon. buff.ly/3v9NgwP


My latest for The New York Times: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Breaking w/ Holly Secon The New York Times : Paul Pelosi, husband of house speaker Nancy Pelosi has pled guilty to a single count of DUI. He will receive three years of probation, a three month DUI program, and five days in jail -- though he will not serve them.

Me + Thomas Fuller’s latest:

Stockton, Calif., has spent decades enduring some of the state’s hardest knocks, from municipal bankruptcy to crippling crime waves. Then, a serial killer began stalking the city's streets. w/Shawn Hubler Holly Secon nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/…

David DePape, the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband, became obsessed with conspiracy theories in recent months, from "Pizzagate" to QAnon to believing Trump won the '20 election, his carpenter colleague says. Tim Arango Holly Secon report: nytimes.com/2022/11/01/us/…

RI Transit Users!!! I am looking for people who fell in love (romantically or platonically) on the bus. Please message, reply, or email me ([email protected]) if you found a partner or friend on RIPTA. 🚌💕 cc: RI Transit Riders ecoRI News

“She’s like, ‘A tree just fell on your house! I smell gas! I called 911!’” Ms. Valentine, a mother of two and a lawyer in Sacramento, said. “I said, ‘Wait — what?’” Via The New York Times w/ Jill Cowan Holly Secon Derrick Bryson Taylor nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/…

Reporting from Rio Vista, Holly Secon talked to ranchers about the prospect of a new "city" in a rural corner of the Bay Area. nytimes.com/2023/08/29/tec…

Jury convicts the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi's house in San Francisco and beat her husband with a hammer. Holly Secon Tim Tim Arango Soumya Karlamangla nytimes.com/2023/11/16/us/…


I spent months looking for Richard Allen, the boy who spent a "lost week" in SF theaters. He died in 2020. His daughter Denise had no idea that he did this — or that his story went viral online. She opened up to me about his rich life and love of film. sf.gazetteer.co/the-true-story…