Matthias Gafni
@mgafni
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SF Chron investigative reporter; Ex-EB Times/Merc; '17 Pulitzer; '19 finalist; '20 Polk; embarrassing dad; 49ers, Dubs, Giants; [email protected]
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2009
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SCOOP from @SophiaBollag: As part of the FBI's probe of Gov. Gavin Newsom's ex-chief of staff, it intercepted comms from within the governor's office.
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Stunning Northern Lights tonight captured on California’s network of wildfire cameras. This from Modoc County:
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And finally from Willow Creek camera near Ione…what a stunning show!
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Another from the Sugar Hill 1 camera in farthest NE tip of California
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Stunning Northern Lights tonight captured on California’s network of wildfire cameras. This from Modoc County:
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My daughter wrote a book for her Girl Scouts Gold Award! Inspired by her own pit bull rescue Oliver, she wrote about Vinny, a shelter dog, in an effort to end “dangerous breed” stigma and increase adoptions. All proceeds go to Jelly’s Place dog rescue! https://t.co/385ZpYq4pJ
amazon.com
Vinny spent his life at the shelter, wagging his tail at every visitor to pass through. For years, Delilah looked for a family to call her own. When they met, they realized their home was each other...
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My daughter wrote a book for her Girl Scouts Gold Award! Inspired by her own pit bull rescue Oliver, she wrote about Vinny, a shelter dog, in an effort to end “dangerous breed” stigma and increase adoptions. All proceeds go to Jelly’s Place dog rescue! https://t.co/385ZpYq4pJ
amazon.com
Vinny spent his life at the shelter, wagging his tail at every visitor to pass through. For years, Delilah looked for a family to call her own. When they met, they realized their home was each other...
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Urban legend? Gilroy police are investigating report by teen saying she bit into this Milky Way she collected during Halloween trick-or-treating and found a razor blade inside https://t.co/IlWlZc1WtH
sfchronicle.com
Days after trick-or-treating in her South Bay neighborhood, a teenage girl bit into a candy bar and told police she found a razor blade embedded in the nougat.
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Ronn Owens’ daughter Laura, already charged with faking a pregnancy with a former “Bachelor” contestant, has been charged with faking her pregnancy with another man two years earlier, Arizona prosecutors said this week https://t.co/jPwHEe5CWo
sfchronicle.com
The daughter of longtime Bay Area radio voice Ronn Owens, who already pleaded not guilty to a fake pregnancy with a reality TV star, faces new charges that she orchestrated a similar pregnancy...
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Daniel Naroditsky helped pioneer the fast-paced format of online chess. It came to torment him. I spoke to those who watched the young prodigy rise, and start to unravel, for the San Francisco Chronicle. Gift link:
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The 29-year-old chess grandmaster, who died this month, brought the game into a new streaming era, with sometimes toxic consequences.
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@SarRavani UPDATE: SF Mayor Lurie says President Trump told him federal deployment to San Francisco is off https://t.co/ITIAb9cZLC
sfchronicle.com
President Trump said that he is calling off plans for a “federal deployment” in San Francisco on Saturday after talking to tech leaders who assured him the “surge” wasn’t needed.
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Video taken by @SarRavani shows flash bangs used to disperse crowd blocking federal agents from entering bridge to Coast Guard base
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Happening now: Protesters are continuously walking across crosswalk blocking entrance to Alameda Coast Guard base. Some unmarked and marked federal agent vehicles having to inch through crowd, one used what appeared to be flash bangs to disperse crowd. https://t.co/1avx6XRYKn
sfchronicle.com
Tensions flared Thursday as law enforcement deployed what appeared to be stun grenades at protesters trying to block federal Border Patrol agents from entering a U.S. Coast Guard base near Oakland.
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Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area https://t.co/GPizEiOv3d via @sfchronicle @mgafni
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The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
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From @mgafni Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area https://t.co/LKgTC8VqZz via @sfchronicle
sfchronicle.com
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
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A @mgafni exclusive đź‘€
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation.
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The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation.
sfchronicle.com
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
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Exclusive: "The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 agents, including from Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they will begin to arrive Thursday, according to a source familiar with the operation." By @mgafni
sfchronicle.com
The Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents, including from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Coast Guard Base Alameda and they’ll begin to arrive Thursday.
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Ex-NFL and Raiders RB Doug Martin died early Saturday morning after a struggle with Oakland police, per report by @D4VIDHernandez
https://t.co/HaHXst4AU2
sfchronicle.com
The man who died Saturday after a struggle with Oakland police officers was former NFL running back Doug Martin, police and city officials said.
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