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Jonathan Farrell

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As seen in: SFGate, Napa Valley Register, Westside Observer, Richmond Sunset News
Covers:  Various topics, especially small businesses and entrepreneurship
Doesn't Cover: Stocks, financial news, crime, gossip
A freelance journalist about town, catching the voices in the wind. And, the wind is of course constant change.

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Jonathan Farrell’s Biography

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Freelance journalist, home based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Articles have been published in the SF Chronicle, Napa Register, Sonoma Valley Sun and several neighborhood newspapers like The Sunset Beacon, Richmond ReView and the Westside Observer. Contributor to online publications like HVY Journalists

Jonathan Farrell’s Journalist Portfolio

Culinary Travel Writer is pleased to have her book in good company with chefs Jacques Pépin & Jul...

Culinary Travel Writer is pleased to have her book in good company with chefs Jacques Pépin & Jul...

With all the warm, luminous summer-like weather disappearing, anticipating an 'April in Paris' can be set asi…

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'A Nice little North Beach find' of an art Gallery in Benicia, CA is closing its doors - HVY Jour...

'A Nice little North Beach find' of an art Gallery in Benicia, CA is closing its doors - HVY Jour...

An artist community is unique and special no matter where it is situated and this is true for Arata Art Galle…

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'Stroll Down Penny Lane' Paul McCartney multimedia extravaganza

'Stroll Down Penny Lane' Paul McCartney multimedia extravaganza

The Beatles were at the forefront of the British rock music invasion. Most of the force behind the "four lads…

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Building his new calling / Banker's midlife crisis leads to career of getting homes ready for mar...

Building his new calling / Banker's midlife crisis leads to career of getting homes ready for mar...

Steve Vance's midlife crisis showed up right on schedule. At 41, he seemed well on his way to a dream career,…

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Geary's 'Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes Project' Made Permanent

Geary's 'Temporary Emergency Transit Lanes Project' Made Permanent

By Jonathan Farrell During a lengthy online meeting July 20, the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Muni…

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Taraval Merchants Beyond Frustration With MUNI Failure to Keep Promises Piques Tempers With an estimated cost…

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Articles

Navy’s Deception Goes Unchallenged

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By Calvin Welch, Patrick Monette-Shaw, Jonathan Farrell, Tim Redmond
| Westside Observer
How the Navy Made Parcel F Radiation Contamination Completely Disappear • • • • • • • • October 2024 • • • • • • • • Derived from the combination of “presto,” an Italian word meaning “quickly” and “change,” “Presto Chango” is a phrase used in magic shows and performances where objects or situations appear to change instantly. The Parcel F Radiological Impaction map above was excluded from the Parcel F Record of Decision released on September 26, 2024.
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Twin Peaks improvements seek public input

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By Jonathan Farrell, George Wooding, Patrick Monette-Shaw, Supervisor Myrna Melgar
| Westside Observer
Office of Economic and Workforce Development is in charge of the project • • • • • • • • March 21, 2024 • • • • • • • • At an elevation of 928 feet, Twin Peaks is near the geographical center of San Francisco — among the highest mountains in San Francisco, next to Mount Davidson, “Twin Peaks is a landmark and very iconic,” Tom Radulovich, Executive Director at Livable City, said.
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Good Benches Make Good Neighbors

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By Jonathan Farrell, George Wooding, Patrick Monette-Shaw, Supervisor Myrna Melgar
| Westside Observer
Chris Duderstadt’s mission: make lots of benches.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A story for the Sunset Beacon of SF about a goose gone missing from Golden Gate Park.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! I learned to type on a manual in high school, then an IBM selectric.

How is social media changing news?

On the up side it’s getting news out there to many people from many backgrounds. Down side is it can be misused and ubiquitous.

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