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Jessica Christian
@jachristian.bsky.social
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Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat.

📍Oakland, CA

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We have a resident praying mantis living in the blackberry bush. And it dances!
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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peterhartlaub.bsky.social
The trail is out there:

After spending the last half century looking at the Stanford Dish from 280, I walked the trail & mined our archive to figure out what kind of UFO shit is going on there.

As usual @jachristian.bsky.social upstages me with her photos!

📡👽💯

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The Bay Area’s perfect fall hike has rolling hills, views and … alien contact?
The trail is out there: this space-aged Peninsula loop, well-loved by locals, is ready for discovery and an excellent late fall hike.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Strange few days following the federal deployment saga captured by the remarkable @sfchronicle.com visuals team: @brontewittpenn.bsky.social @jachristian.bsky.social @yoshijames.bsky.social @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social @santiagomejia.bsky.social

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Photos: Protesters rally against Trump’s planned immigration enforcement
Protests erupted across the Bay Area as federal agents prepared to launch an immigration enforcement crackdown.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
jachristian.bsky.social
Here outside of the ICE office at 630 Sansome in San Francisco where demonstrators are participating in a one-day work stoppage and protest following the news of ICE agents at Coast Guard island. Follow @sfchronicle.com for more.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Here's our latest coverage on the Bay Area immigration crackdown: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
Volunteers are here at the Oakland Home Depot handing out resources and keeping an eye out for federal ICE agents amid the news of the arrival of agents to Alameda's Coast Guard Island @sfchronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco

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Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
A very eventful work week for me! @sfchronicle.com
A man on the left raises his arm and cheers as his massive pumpkin seen on the right weighs in at 2017 pounds. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff points while speaking to a crowd at Dreamforce. Actress Rose Byrne turns and looks towards a warm light while sitting for a portrait. Kaiser employees carry signs that read “On Strike” while standing on the corner of Broadway and MacArthur Boulevard with the Kaiser Permanente building seen in the background.
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
Took over @sfchronicle.com A1 today with my pictures 📰
The front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle featuring photos taken by me from the Dreamforce conference and the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Weigh-Off
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
New profile picture feat. Benji
A Bengal cat sits on the shoulders of a girl wearing a hoodie and glasses.
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
jachristian.bsky.social
Benji is Halloween ready 👻
A cat walks through the dark, lit from below by a green light while his shadow is cast on a wall where a skeleton cut-out is hanging.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
What would you do with a pound of scotch bonnets?
An oval-shaped bowl is filled with small yellow scotch bonnet peppers illuminated by sunlight
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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peterhartlaub.bsky.social
The real #1 reason to read today's @sfchronicle.com exploration of San Francisco's new perimeter trail:

The @jachristian.bsky.social photos. No one captures the city's quiet beauty like Jessica.

Gift link for everyone who's here for the photography.

🎁 📸 ⬇️

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October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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First look inside Samuel Merritt University's new $240 million downtown Oakland campus: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social
Exclusive: Bay Area university to open $240 million downtown Oakland campus. Here’s a look inside
The 10-story, 260,000-square-foot building will have state-of-the-art classrooms, a virtual reality center and space for motion analysis research.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
It was big cloud day on the Bay this afternoon.
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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photofruge.bsky.social
Some incredible visual journalism collaborations led by Emily Jan coming out if the @sfchronicle.com newsroom these days. First up a brand new photo column: Revisit Orange Sky Day with @jachristian.bsky.social.

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How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama
An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
Happy to kick off @sfchronicle.com’s new Closer Look column with an interview about how I photographed Orange Sky Day. Gift link 🎁 bit.ly/42A7MqH
September 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Love this behind-the-scenes interview with my beloved @jachristian.bsky.social about this crazy photo she took in 2020
How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama
An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
The Hayward Fault and I have beef now.
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
jachristian.bsky.social
Late-night earthquake casualties. We will rebuild.
A water spray bottle, a pen and a bottle of hand sanitizer lie on the hardwood floor and beneath an upright base after falling off of a bookshelf. A painting of a jug in a wooden frame lies on a multicolored rug. A small wire bicycle lies on the hardwood floor.
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
No wonder it was scary, it was two miles from my house.
quake-bot.com quake-bot.com @quake-bot.com · Sep 22
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800

This is an automatic report and may be revised.
View on OpenStreetMap
3 km ESE of Berkeley, California
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September 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
jachristian.bsky.social
That was probably the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced.
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Amazing. Couldn't resist inverting it. #BelieveInFilm
"A medium-format negative film slide with depicting a bearded magician and a woman hovering in mid air through a hoop" -- the image from Jessica Christian has been inverted to produce a B&W positive image. The figures look like dolls.
September 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
jachristian.bsky.social
Been working in the @sfchronicle.com archives until my wrist gets stronger and I’ve found the most incredible things, most that haven’t seen the light of day in almost one hundred years. This one is from the 1939 World’s Fair on Treasure Island.
A medium-format negative film slide with depicting a bearded magician and a woman hovering in mid air through a hoop.
September 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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coyotemedia.org
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COYOTE Media Collective is live!! We’re so incredibly proud of this smart, fierce, unapologetic Bay Area media project. Dive in, see what we’ve been building, read our stories, and join the pack! coyotemedia.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM