Grant Marek
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San Francisco journalist. @sfgate.com editor-in-chief | Also: Daily Cal Board Member | Always: Cal Golden Bear | Signal: grantmarek.83
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Grant Marek
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· Jun 25
How SFGATE is making local news pay and filling California's news gaps
SFGATE has the largest audience of any purely local news site in the US.
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Oh, hey, @pressgazette.co.uk in the UK wrote about what we're doing @sfgate.com.
"Rather than trying to cover the entire state from San Francisco, SFGATE has placed reporters and editors directly in the places it’s writing about. Half the newsroom is remote."
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"Rather than trying to cover the entire state from San Francisco, SFGATE has placed reporters and editors directly in the places it’s writing about. Half the newsroom is remote."
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The discipline for the Antioch HS football team's heinous hazing incident includes a “restorative circle to understand the impact of this incident and this type of conduct.”
No one will address why team is still playing games.
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No one will address why team is still playing games.
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Discipline for Antioch football hazing includes 'restorative circle'
In letter, Antioch's principal says nothing about why the team is still playing.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The discipline for the Antioch HS football team's heinous hazing incident includes a “restorative circle to understand the impact of this incident and this type of conduct.”
No one will address why team is still playing games.
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No one will address why team is still playing games.
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An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of legendary Bay Area football coach John Beam, Oakland police announced Friday morning.
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Arrest made in campus shooting of Bay Area coaching legend John Beam
Oakland police officials confirmed an arrest was made.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
An arrest has been made in connection with the shooting of legendary Bay Area football coach John Beam, Oakland police announced Friday morning.
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The shooting happened Thursday afternoon at a community college's sports complex.
Coaching legend at Bay Area college shot on campus
The shooting happened Thursday afternoon at a community college's sports complex.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The shooting happened Thursday afternoon at a community college's sports complex.
A prominent Bay Area author said one of his books has been quietly flagged at Yosemite National Park as part of a March 2025 federal directive aiming to remove and revise “negative” information relating to American history.
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Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author
The Trump administration's censorship directive has reportedly targeted Obi Kaufmann.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A prominent Bay Area author said one of his books has been quietly flagged at Yosemite National Park as part of a March 2025 federal directive aiming to remove and revise “negative” information relating to American history.
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My first byline in my new role for @sfgate.com, and I got to go report in my own backyard! I promise the next one will be more uplifting.
On Nov. 12, @sfgate.com visited the park and found a dozen examples painted on and carved into the park’s famed red rocks.
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Damage at Arches National Park remains, even with the shutdown over
Graffiti was found near a popular landmark in the Utah park.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My first byline in my new role for @sfgate.com, and I got to go report in my own backyard! I promise the next one will be more uplifting.
On Nov. 12, @sfgate.com visited the park and found a dozen examples painted on and carved into the park’s famed red rocks.
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Damage at Arches National Park remains, even with the shutdown over
Graffiti was found near a popular landmark in the Utah park.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
On Nov. 12, @sfgate.com visited the park and found a dozen examples painted on and carved into the park’s famed red rocks.
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Private Bay Area island that once held an illegal kitesurfing club with two helipads and a lounge — who guests included Sergey Brin and Larry Page — is now a death trap according to its new owners. But they’re ready to save it.
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'Death trap' in SF Bay: New owners take over controversial private island
The island was once a billionaire kitesurfing club with two helipads.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Private Bay Area island that once held an illegal kitesurfing club with two helipads and a lounge — who guests included Sergey Brin and Larry Page — is now a death trap according to its new owners. But they’re ready to save it.
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Airlines serving Hawaii have made do by canceling only interisland travel, but antsy tourists have still been rescheduling their trips anyway.
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Hawaii tourists are canceling their trips as flights are cut
Officials and tourism experts worry about the consequences of cutting flights.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Airlines serving Hawaii have made do by canceling only interisland travel, but antsy tourists have still been rescheduling their trips anyway.
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Co-owned by NHL Hall of Famer and six-time Finnish Olympian Teemu Selanne, the modern steakhouse features the kind of white-glove hospitality usually reserved for stuffier, more attention-grabbing places in Los Angeles or San Francisco.
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A rare, athlete-owned restaurant in Calif. with actual Michelin ambitions
The co-owner is a six-time Olympian.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Co-owned by NHL Hall of Famer and six-time Finnish Olympian Teemu Selanne, the modern steakhouse features the kind of white-glove hospitality usually reserved for stuffier, more attention-grabbing places in Los Angeles or San Francisco.
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What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
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New story for @sfgate.com:
Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
New story for @sfgate.com:
Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
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An awful story all the way around, including this reaction from the school that was set to be an opponent before Antioch forfeited.
Classic example of sports being given outsize import at the high school level.
Classic example of sports being given outsize import at the high school level.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
An awful story all the way around, including this reaction from the school that was set to be an opponent before Antioch forfeited.
Classic example of sports being given outsize import at the high school level.
Classic example of sports being given outsize import at the high school level.
Despite the graphic descriptions of the video that have been in the news cycle for more than a week, NCS Commissioner Pat Cruickshank said on Monday that he had not even personally seen the video himself.
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Bay Area HS won't explain why it resumed football after heinous hazing incident
Antioch is set to play in the North Coast Section playoffs on Friday.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Despite the graphic descriptions of the video that have been in the news cycle for more than a week, NCS Commissioner Pat Cruickshank said on Monday that he had not even personally seen the video himself.
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"Let’s not discount ourselves in what this Inland California is actually really capable of," Gallagher said. "... I think we can do it a lot better than the [government] that is currently controlled by the coastal representatives."
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‘Tremendous chaos’: Northern Calif. politician wants to split state in two
Assemblyman James Gallagher spoke firmly to the Shasta County board of supervisors.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Let’s not discount ourselves in what this Inland California is actually really capable of," Gallagher said. "... I think we can do it a lot better than the [government] that is currently controlled by the coastal representatives."
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"We are barely floating by on a week to week basis."
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It was once California's top pot-producing county. Now it's a bust.
“Cannabis has bottomed out and it’s not what people thought it would be."
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November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"We are barely floating by on a week to week basis."
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The 6th Amendment guarantees defendants the right to be tried by a jury from the same state/district where the crime allegedly happened. Upholding that right for a crime committed in this swath of Yellowstone would be impossible.
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'Zone of Death': Yellowstone's 50-square-mile legal loophole
A remote corner of Yellowstone could be the perfect place to commit a crime.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The 6th Amendment guarantees defendants the right to be tried by a jury from the same state/district where the crime allegedly happened. Upholding that right for a crime committed in this swath of Yellowstone would be impossible.
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"And while the rage bait fed the social media machine and restarted an exhausting debate among very online fans, it was absent any reporting and flew in the face of a crystal clear message from the 49ers' head coach."
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ESPN insider rage-baits 49ers fans with Brock Purdy conjecture
ESPN insider Adam Schefter did some serious pot-stirring Sunday morning.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"And while the rage bait fed the social media machine and restarted an exhausting debate among very online fans, it was absent any reporting and flew in the face of a crystal clear message from the 49ers' head coach."
My latest:
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My latest:
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Seeing some shares calling this headline clickbait but "DEI for owls" is a direct quote from an elected senator. 🤷♂️
Under the 30-year management plan, qualified personnel must confirm the presence of barred owls before certified “removal specialists” shoot the birds. Roughly 15,000 barred owls would be euthanized annually.
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'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West
About half a million owls are expected to be shot under the wildlife protection plan.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Seeing some shares calling this headline clickbait but "DEI for owls" is a direct quote from an elected senator. 🤷♂️
Under the 30-year management plan, qualified personnel must confirm the presence of barred owls before certified “removal specialists” shoot the birds. Roughly 15,000 barred owls would be euthanized annually.
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'DEI for owls': Nearly half a million birds to be killed across the West
About half a million owls are expected to be shot under the wildlife protection plan.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Under the 30-year management plan, qualified personnel must confirm the presence of barred owls before certified “removal specialists” shoot the birds. Roughly 15,000 barred owls would be euthanized annually.
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Las Vegas businesses joined almost 500 businesses nationwide in penning a letter to gov’t officials urging them to end the shutdown. The letter said the U.S. travel industry has already lost $4B and pleaded with them to open the gov’t.
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As flights are canceled, Las Vegas's tourism troubles deepen
Las Vegas is bracing for another hit to its already struggling tourism industry.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Las Vegas businesses joined almost 500 businesses nationwide in penning a letter to gov’t officials urging them to end the shutdown. The letter said the U.S. travel industry has already lost $4B and pleaded with them to open the gov’t.
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“This is a ridiculous waste of money, time and effort. There’s nothing wrong with the seal as it stands. When I go to the store, bar, restaurant, anywhere, to the hospital — wherever, I haven’t heard one person say, ‘We need to change the damn seal.’”
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A Calif. town found a mistake on its official seal. Changing it brings tears.
"I haven’t heard one person say, ‘We need to change the damn seal.’ Not one person."
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November 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“This is a ridiculous waste of money, time and effort. There’s nothing wrong with the seal as it stands. When I go to the store, bar, restaurant, anywhere, to the hospital — wherever, I haven’t heard one person say, ‘We need to change the damn seal.’”
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About a quarter mile south of U.S. Route 395, there once stood a solitary Joshua tree that became the namesake for U2’s most famous album.
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
About a quarter mile south of U.S. Route 395, there once stood a solitary Joshua tree that became the namesake for U2’s most famous album.
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Some exciting news. My first book, Bodies in a Windswept Land, will be published by @stmartinspress.bsky.social. It’s about the mysterious tragedy of the Luxton deaths that happened near my childhood farm in Devon, and the myths that linger in the fields there. Big thanks to my agent Jessica.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Some exciting news. My first book, Bodies in a Windswept Land, will be published by @stmartinspress.bsky.social. It’s about the mysterious tragedy of the Luxton deaths that happened near my childhood farm in Devon, and the myths that linger in the fields there. Big thanks to my agent Jessica.
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Finally, some good national parks news.
America's smallest 'national park' includes a 12-second hike
Travel over the bridge and past the suburban mountain mural.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Finally, some good national parks news.
SFO is the largest airport that participates in the Screening Partnership Program. Only 20 airports across the country are enrolled, and most are regional airports.
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Why SFO TSA remains drama-free amid federal shutdown
Security checkpoint officers at SFO are still getting paid.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
SFO is the largest airport that participates in the Screening Partnership Program. Only 20 airports across the country are enrolled, and most are regional airports.
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