Business reporter
Ethan Baron
Ethan Baron is a business reporter for the Bay Area News Group and a native of Silicon Valley before it was Silicon Valley. Baron has worked as a reporter, columnist, editor and photographer in newspapers and magazines for 25 years, covering business, politics, social issues, crime, the environment, outdoor sports, war and humanitarian crises. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a BA in humanities and MA in journalism.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Language: Spanish (Some)
Award: California News Publishers Association awards for business and wildfire coverage
Expertise: Technology industry, Bay Area economy, California and federal courts, wildfires
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Ferocious blizzard with “life threatening conditions” hits Sierra Nevada as Tahoe residents hunker down for up to 12 feet of snow
Ski resorts close and authorities urge motorists not to drive on I-80 and Highway 50 this weekend
Opposition mounts to AT&T’s plan to stop landline service in most of Bay Area
Bay Area members of Congress have also launched opposition to AT&T's plan.
University of California hit with $7.2 million jury verdict over firing of Black police officer
The former officer said in his lawsuit that he had been one of only five Black sworn police officers in the UC Santa Cruz Police Department since it was formed...
Waymo’s robotaxi expansion plan for Peninsula delayed by regulator
Disputes over robotaxi service in San Francisco have highlighted local governments' inability to regulate the vehicles.
Neo-Nazi spews anti-Jewish hate at Walnut Creek City Council meeting
Council member singled out by hateful commenter apologizes that living in a free country means enduring 'awful and heinous comments.'
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Santa Clara: 3-year-old boy shot to death; mother’s boyfriend arrested
The 24-year-old suspect was detained by police near the home where the shooting occurred.
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San Jose teen allegedly made ‘ghost guns’ with 3-D printer
In 2022, San Jose City Council voted unanimously to make it illegal to possess, make, sell or transfer ghost guns or their parts, in an attempt to combat the rapid spread...
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Former MMA fighter jailed after fatal chokeout during San Jose liquor store fight
Leonardo Soulett has a prior conviction for trying to strangle a relative during a fight at a Sunnyvale construction site.
Scattered showers Wednesday in Bay Area to give way to sunnier skies later in week
PG&E said about 1,590 of its Bay Area customers were without power Tuesday morning.
Child labor at Oakland, Tracy and Newark fast food restaurants draws fines
Children as young as 13 years old hired, and minors worked later and longer than permitted.