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Byrhonda Lyons

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Richmond, Sacramento
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Covers:  I cover state policy issues with a focus on justice and court-related topics.
Hella nosy @calmatters | News tip? Signal/cell 510-804-9939 | I ❤️ public records + art | @uapbinfo, #HBCUgrad, @ucbsoj | Pine Bluff-raised 🇺🇸

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Byrhonda Lyons is a video journalist. She strives to create compelling video news stories that engage and educate viewers. Byrhonda is interested in all things technology, especially graphics animation. She has worked with CalMatters, KVIE-PBS and Oakland North. Byrhonda is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and a proud Arkansan. When she’s not working, you can catch her searching archives for trailblazing black women who have been left out of history books.

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California propositions explained in 1 minute - YouTube

California propositions explained in 1 minute - YouTube

CALmatters reporters explain the 2018 propositions that will be on the November ballot.

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Goodbye, neighborhood polling places-5 counties switch to mega-vote centers | CALmatters

Goodbye, neighborhood polling places-5 counties switch to mega-vote centers | CALmatters

This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and…

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California budget: Watch us break down the new budget in under 2 minutes

California budget: Watch us break down the new budget in under 2 minutes

The new California budget is a record-setting $201 billion. Here's what you need to know about the state's sp…

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CALmatters Explains: California's war on climate change

CALmatters Explains: California's war on climate change

CALmatters.org environment reporter Julie Cart explains California's War on Climate change California is lead…

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Lawmakers propose bill to restrict officers' use of lethal force

Lawmakers propose bill to restrict officers' use of lethal force

After the police shooting of Stephon Clark, California Assemblymembers Shirley Weber and Kevin McCarty announ…

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Lo que debes saber sobre la nueva política de “green cards” de la administración Trump

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By Wendy Fry , Byrhonda Lyons 
| Times of San Diego
Marcha católica por la inmigración (Foto de Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Si el objetivo era confundir a todos, la misión fue cumplida. Justo antes del Día de los Caídos, la administración Trump emitió una amplia nueva directiva de política que apuntaba contra la inmigración legal. Habría requerido que la mayoría de las personas con visas temporales y permisos humanitarios que viven en Estados Unidos regresaran a sus países de origen para esperar sus “green cards”.
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John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships names 60th class

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By Byrhonda Lyons 
| Stanford University
The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University has awarded 13 JSK Journalism Fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year. The newest JSK Fellows comprise a mix of journalists from a range of news organizations, freelancers and others who are working in organizations that provide critical support to journalists and newsrooms in this era of escalating threats to press freedom and media sustainability.
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New bill would stop DMV from making millions off auctioned cars without telling the owner

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By Katty Arangua, Byrhonda Lyons 
| El Reportero
by Byrhonda Lyons The bill is inspired by a CalMatters story that revealed state law allows the DMV to collect money from towed cars in secretState lawmakers have pushed forward legislation that would change a decades-old state law allowing the Department of Motor Vehicles to receive millions of dollars from auctioned cars without telling the owners.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was first a freelancer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

How is social media changing news?

Social media has removed the wall between reporters and their audience.

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