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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