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@TimothyORourke

Managing editor, digital | Dad: toddler, infant, corgi, pug | Previous: pizza delivery

East Bay, California
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Joined September 2008
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    May 31

    It's overcast in the city right now, but wildfire season has started in the West. Today we published a redesigned and reimagined Fire Tracker, our most-used tool in site history. Bookmark it, share it, memory-store it.

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  2. 23 hours ago

    Yup, made it to Indiana.

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  3. Jun 4

    More than a game. More than a gamer. Great read from .

    We all figured that Bruce Bochy's final games in September will be filled with raw emotion. On Tuesday night we got a sneak preview from inside the clubhouse after Bochy earned his 1,000th win as manager with a huge 10th inning. The story:
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    Jun 4

    A crisis at the border! Illegal immigration! Drugs! We're getting tough! It's 1986. Full episode: Apple Spotify Overcast Stitcher

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    Jun 4

    Here is a visual representation of the Bay Area's most expensive Michelin-starred restaurants since the Michelin Guide arrived here — and how much tasting menus (and prices) have boomed.

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  6. Jun 4

    For late-'80s kids, two highlights trump all others: A left fielder in the Japanese league scaling chain-link to make a sensational catch () ... and Rodney McCray running face first into our hearts.

    third-rounder Grant McCray is the son of Rodney McCray, who famously crashed through a wall trying to make a catch in Portland when he was in the White Sox system. Look:
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    Jun 4

    Scoop: Chevron's Richmond refinery has had 17 flaring incidents this year. It had 9 all of last year, which was the highest in 12 years. The says most of the flaring episodes are tied to the refinery's new hydrogen plant. From

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  8. Jun 4

    Haven't read this series, but I respect the hell out of this swing.

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    The Bee's series on Sacramento-area sports fans you can't stand continues today!
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  9. Jun 4

    Central Contra Costa is seeing a fair amount of housing construction near transit, as Mr. points out.

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    To all the cynics who say there’s no appetite for dense new housing next to transit, here’s what’s going up along East Bay BART lines
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  10. Jun 4

    Also, as notes, S.F.'s Saison went from three stars to two. This coincides with changes in the kitchen >>>

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  11. Jun 4

    In case Michelin stars (and $250-per-person meals) are your thing: Bay Area: Seven 3-stars, eight 2-stars L.A.: Zero 3-stars, six 2-stars The full list + details from >>>

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  12. Jun 4

    This young man is an inspiration. is lucky to have him. Great graduation-time read from

    The American dream played out in just four years for a San Francisco immigrant who showed up in California with little English, less money and a personal horror story. Now, he’s headed to Stanford.
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  13. Jun 3

    Hunter Bishop. What a name.

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  14. Jun 3

    Battle of the Bay Area Titans!

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    Wine vs. weed: Where would marijuana be grown in Napa Valley? & on the effort to lift the cannabis cultivation ban in wine country:
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    Jun 2

    1971 postcard: "Oakland Arena Home of the Golden State Warriors"

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    Jun 2

    The tied the series tonight 1-1. Next stop game 3 in Oakland on Wednesday. Check out all the best moments from the photo team and .

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  17. Jun 2

    Sold, but not to a monster chain.

    Whoa, ⁦⁩ sold after after 122 years of family ownership.
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  18. Jun 2

    10/10

    No Durant. Curry sick. Klay KO’d. Looney KO’d. Cousins, Bogut, Cook giving big minutes. On the road. Down big in the first half. Now, three more games at Oracle with a chance to CLOSE THE BUILDING with threepeat clinch. Now read my draft preview.
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  19. Jun 2

    Congrats to Mark Ruedrich of on retirement. Mark founded the brewery in the late ‘80s and has kept independence and a commitment to quality at its core. While other craft breweries chase fads, North Coast embraces consistent excellence.

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  20. Jun 1

    Yup, = 🐐 Go

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  21. Jun 1

    True story, circa 1990: stopped what he was doing and waited in a Santa Clara hotel lobby for 10 minutes with my dad as my mom raced to grab my brother and me from our room for a photo. The greatest on field and off.

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    There’s an in-house monitor here showing nothing but as he interacts at a meet-and-greet. It’s oddly riveting theater - especially the way he deals with kids
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