Robert Salonga

To commemorate the @EastBayTimes and @mercnews getting our @PulitzerPrize certificate at @Columbia, here's the #Pulitzer title belt I made.

Exclusive: Pat Tillman's brother used grocery store starter logs to set car, post office on fire, court docs say mercurynews.com/2025/07/22/pat… @mercnews

EXCLUSIVE | 2023 fentanyl overdose of 3-month-old Baby Phoenix in San Jose escalates to murder case against father and his reputed drug dealer; Santa Clara County's second murder case for a child fentanyl death; both involve dealer mercurynews.com/2025/07/18/bab… @juliasulek @mercnews

‘We are all eating’: Inside California’s secret industry that props up mass shoplifting trib.al/teXNbeC

New: San Jose woman charged with involuntary manslaughter and arson in Sunday commercial fire that killed apparel shop owner. Police tentatively ID'd victim as Chris Tran, 51. Murder count was explored, but manslaughter charge suggests lack of proof of deadly intent @mercnews

Update: Arson, murder alleged against woman in commercial building fire that killed entrepreneur with custom apparel shop Branding Out, one of several businesses destroyed by the 2-alarm blaze mercurynews.com/2025/07/15/san… @caelynpender @mercnews

San Jose: Woman arrested Monday on suspicion of arson, murder trib.al/CUFTD5n

Update: @SanJosePD chief says Fremont man fatally stabbed son then called 911 with aim of being killed by officers; tragedy also marked a major policy shift that removes IA from police shooting scenes, which also nixes access for police auditor trib.al/T3lyo15 @mercnews

Update: Person killed in police shooting Sunday near San Jose park; marks city's second fatal police shooting in a week @mercnews

San Jose cop charged with molesting girl was accused of domestic violence, sought foster parent credential trib.al/mwGkXBq

Sunday @mercnews front: An ex-SJPD cop charged with road rage got leniency because of his military service under a new law. Was that the intent?

Samsung senior manager gets 10 years in prison for South Bay sex assaults mercurynews.com/2025/07/03/sam… @mercnews

NEW: San Jose cop charged with drunken shootings released to SoCal rehab mercurynews.com/2025/06/25/san… @mercnews

New: ICE detainments at Santa Clara County jail spark alarm over strength of sanctuary policies mercurynews.com/2025/06/24/ice… @grace_hase @ZambranoMelecio @mercnews

NEW: Court docs on the shooting arrest of a veteran @SanJosePD officer reveal a combative police interrogation and a history of heavy alcohol abuse mixed with gunplay; colleagues say their warnings about Timothy Faye and the risk he posed went unheeded for years @mercnews

In what has almost become a rite of passage for anyone who steps in as San Jose’s independent police auditor, the latest plea to expand the scope and access of the auditor’s oversight role was soundly dismissed by city leaders @mercnews

NEW: A veteran @SanJosePD officer is in jail after he was charged with drunkenly firing a gun inside the Morgan Hill home of his ex, a few days after he was arrested in Monterey County on allegations he assaulted his fiancée's young daughter mercurynews.com/2025/06/20/san… @mercnews

San Jose: City to pay $1 million to family of man killed by police in 2021 mercurynews.com/2025/06/17/san… @mercnews

Bay Area lawmakers introduce bill to limit mask wearing by cops in wake of ICE raids trib.al/qPAU33M

San Jose anti-fraud expert, a former NVIDIA manager, charged with fraud trib.al/rlzKLGJ

San Jose: Longtime soccer coach arrested then released in fatal shooting trib.al/4Kqsv3E