Berkeley, Richmond and East Shore reporter
Katie Lauer
Katie Lauer is a reporter for the Bay Area News Group covering local news in Berkeley, Richmond and the East Shore for the East Bay Times and The Mercury News. She joined the Bay Area News Group in 2022 after writing about the COVID-19 pandemic, housing, disability access, the LGBTQ community and everything in between across the South Bay. Prior to moving west, she was anchored at several community newspapers in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, where she graduated with a BA degree from the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Language: American Sign Language (conversational)
Expertise: Berkeley, Richmond, local government, housing, features, disability, LGBTQ+ community, weather
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Gaza ceasefire protesters disrupt, postpone Berkeley City Council meeting
The remaining agenda items and public hearings were postponed to Nov. 21 amid a cacophony of boos and shouts.
Can a person live out of a 3×3 space? One Bay Area city says homeless must.
Crews started clearing a longstanding Berkeley encampment that advocates had tried to save.
Passenger killed, driver critically injured in solo crash Sunday morning in Hayward
A 37-year-old female passenger from Richmond was pronounced dead at the scene.
Horse death toll rising at Golden Gate Fields, the Bay Area’s last racetrack
Roughly 20% of the 72 deaths that have occurred at California race tracks so far in 2023 occurred at Golden Gate Fields.
Stanford campus hit-and-run investigated as hate crime after Muslim student struck, injured
The driver reportedly yelled “f*** you and your people” after striking an Arab Muslim student.
Oakland: Two men wounded in separate shootings, one shot in the face
The shootings occurred less than two hours apart in different areas of Oakland.
In Concord, a push to reopen 1985 case of young Black man found hanging from a tree at BART station
“What’s the harm about looking back at the facts to ensure that no stone is left unturned?”
BART paper tickets will no longer be accepted after Nov. 30, accelerating transit agency into digital era
BART first unveiled plans to phase out the paper tickets in 2019 and stopped selling the magstripe passes in 2020.
Wage theft of more than $400,000 from Oakland hotel workers is largest claim in city history
Staff who declined their employer’s health insurance were entitled to earn at least $20 per hour, but were instead illegally paid a $15 hourly rate.
Emeryville: Dedication of newest open space at Huchiun Park honors city’s past and future
“I'm honored that this place represents our people by name of a territory, but that we are still here. This is not the end of our work with Emeryville.”