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Now: Senior editor, @SFBusinessTimes. Then: @LATimes, @Meta, @RealityLabs, @SierraClub, @StanfordJourn, many more. Always: Mama, traveler, earthling.

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On Tuesday, voters backed measures that give Bay Area mayors more power, and that make it harder to put new taxe measures on the ballot. Read @joshwmarcus on how the election results will affect business in the Bay Area: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco…
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🚨 Press moves: @avitalb has joined @SFBusinessTimes as a Senior Editor. @erinkwoo has joined @WSJ to cover Google. @JenLWang has joined @business as a Global Business Editor. Jake Martin has moved to an Editor role at @FinAd_IQ, a Financial Times publication. Follow for more industry updates.
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Incredibly excited for @voguemagazine to come to @onlyinsf next year! Fun fact: SFBT and Vogue share a parent company.
“It’s a platform for dealmaking, and not just high-ticket purchases and retail, but potentially ... buying a second, third or fourth home," expert John Boyd said of the fashion industry coming to San Francisco for Vogue World 2027. bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco…
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“It’s a platform for dealmaking, and not just high-ticket purchases and retail, but potentially ... buying a second, third or fourth home," expert John Boyd said of the fashion industry coming to San Francisco for Vogue World 2027. bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco…
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"A home library is an act of hope." Toni Morrison
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Attention journalists: The 2026 Poynter Journalism Prizes are now open for entries! The contest deadline is 6 p.m. Eastern, Friday, Feb. 13 but if you enter by Jan. 31, the entry fee is $10 off. Enter today: poynterprizes.secure-platfor…
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Really enjoyed this essay from Sam Kriss @NYTmag. Totally captures my growing frustration with how all writing now sounds the same, thanks to AI: nytimes.com/2025/12/03/magaz…
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Being B42 on Southwest Airlines and asking everyone in the area “what number are you?” to make sure B43 isn’t skipping you was an American tradition. Sad day.
NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest Airlines breaks with 50-year tradition, to offer assigned seating and new boarding procedures.
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Congratulating #CrowdStrike for reaching its carbon neutrality targets six years early through its disruption of global air traffic today!
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