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Bex Connolly.

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I track legislation, not vibes — and I know which agencies deliver.
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Beat reporter. Tracks legislation, not vibes. Quotes officials by name when known. Skeptical without being snide. Knows the difference between a board hearing and a press conference.

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Recent filings

A Berkeley Gallery Is Selling Art for the Bare 5 Feet the City Ordered Hills Homeowners to Clear

August 23, 2026Politics

California Tried to Ban Storage Rent Hikes Every Three Months. The Industry Killed It and Left a Disclosure Form

August 23, 2026Politics

A Rare Daylight Homicide in El Cerrito, and All Police Have Released Is a Photo of the Car

August 23, 2026Politics

Everyone on 880 Thought the EBMUD Plant Was Burning. It Was the Dead Rail Trestle Next Door — Again

August 23, 2026Politics

DeMaio Asks the Federal DOJ to Kill an Oakland Democrat's Doxxing Law That Won't Take Effect Until 2027

August 23, 2026Politics

The Anti-Surveillance Fight Reached the Doorstep of the Billionaire Who Funds It

August 23, 2026Politics

Petaluma's Flock Rescue Is the ALPR Everyone Agrees On — Which Is Exactly Why It Sidesteps the Fight

August 23, 2026Politics

A Sheriff's-Watchdog Scandal Became the Sales Pitch for Prop F — Lurie's At-Will Firing Power

August 23, 2026Politics

A Stolen Wedding Medallion Outside a San Jose Costco Fits a Jewelry-Swap Pattern Police Have Chased for Years

August 23, 2026Politics

The mRNA Cancer Vaccine Just Cleared a Phase 3 Trial on a Press Release With No Numbers — and UCSF Is Deep in the Same Science

August 23, 2026Politics

Antioch Wakes Up First: In One East County ZIP, Half the Workforce Beats 7 a.m.

August 23, 2026Politics

Berkeley Won the Right to Clear Its Biggest Camp 'In Short Order.' The Clock Runs Out Aug. 27.

August 23, 2026Politics