Skip to main content
Michael Barba on Muck Rack

Michael Barba

Verified
San Francisco
As seen in: San Francisco Chronicle, MSN, Flipboard, Wales on Sunday, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo, The Sacramento Bee, Flintshire Chronicle, Times Union (Albany), San Luis Obispo Tribune, Fresno Bee and
@sfchronicle reporter. Beats: accountability & public safety. Find me on Signal: michaelbarba.42

Get in touch with Michael

Contact Michael, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Michael Barba’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

Michael Barba is a staff writer at the San Francisco Examiner covering crime, cops, courts and juvenile justice.

Articles

S.F. supe who accepted pricey portrait of himself gets $4,500 ethics fine

|
By Michael Barba Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton has agreed to pay $4,500 in penalties after city ethics investigators found he illegally accepted an expensive gift painting of himself and voted on a lucrative contract for a nonprofit that had paid for his travel. The proposed settlement, made public Monday, was reached between Walton and the San Francisco Ethics Commission more than a year after the Chronicle first reported that Walton had received the portrait from the nonprofit Urban Ed Academy.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Contra Costa sheriff seeks homicide suspect in Bay Point killing Original

|
By Michael Barba Verified
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Contra Costa authorities late Friday afternoon were seeking a suspect who was wanted in connection with the killing of a person who was found unresponsive earlier in the day. The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office circulated a photo of 35-year-old Avery Alexander Gibbs on social media, identifying him as the suspect in a homicide early Friday morning on an unspecified block of Olivia Lane in Bay Point.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?

Former S.F. manager ‘improperly steered' contracts to friend's company, audit finds

|
By Michael Barba Verified
| Yahoo Verified
A former top manager at the San Francisco treasurer's office abused her authority and improperly steered contracts to a company that employed her friend in a high-ranking position while failing to disclose their relationship, a city audit found.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 2,220 licensed articles (2,432 Total)