Santiago Mejia
@santiagomejia
San Francisco Chronicle photojournalist.
Justin Rasmussen scores a goal on a bicycle kick during the Oakland Roots’ first game at the Oakland Coliseum. The game is tied 1-1 in the first half against San Antonio. @sfchronicle @SportingGreenSF @oaklandrootssc


14-year-old Jose Zamora’s short tenure at Santa Clara High School came to a tragic end last week, as the freshman took his own life after weeks of taunting for living at a homeless shelter and being raised by a single father. buff.ly/3O8nth3
Daniel Lurie has been elected the mayor of #SanFrancisco, defeating the incumbent Mayor London Breed. More @sfchronicle: bit.ly/3O0dmeg




Verizon was experiencing a widespread service outage on Monday morning that affected mobile customers across the nation. trib.al/fEOiM2Z
Journalist Evan Gershkovich lifts his mother, Ella Milman, as US President Joe Biden looks on, on the tarmac after arriving home at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Thursday.
Oakland Athletics left fielder Esteury Ruiz is O.K. after the baseball gets away from him on a diving catch attempt. @sfchronicle @SportingGreenSF

USC's JuJu Watkins drops 51 points in the Trojans 67-58 victory against the Stanford Cardinal. @sfchronicle @SportingGreenSF




It wasn't pretty but tomorrow's @sfchronicle front page is glorious. #49ersvsPackers 📷: @SantiagoMejia
A hearse transports the late Tuan Le during a procession from the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland to the 3Crosses Church in Castro Valley for his memorial. Le, an Oakland police officer, was killed in the line of duty while responding to a burglary last month. @sfchronicle




Took the hit to bring you the rainbow over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. My camera and I are drenched but fine. The heater in my car never felt so good. @sfchronicle #sanfrancisco #crashingwaves #waves




National Retail Federation report last spring: “‘organized retail crime’ was responsible for half the $94.5B in store merchandise” stolen. I fell for it. In fact: about 5%. And “in most major cities, shoplifting incidents have fallen 7% since 2019.” Hugely important retraction.
In a shocking turn of events, Hurricane #Otis in the Eastern Pacific has unexpectedly, explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours. Even worse, the storm is expected to make a catastrophic landfall tonight as a Category 5 hurricane…
The body of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein arrived back to her home city. #SanFrancisco. @sfchronicle




Nick Bosa back at practice today after a record $170M contract, ending 43-day holdout. More @sfchronicle @SportingGreenSF #sanfrancisco #49ers




Another reason to read today's Sutro Tower story: The breathtaking work from @SantiagoMejia 📸💯 who collaborated with @KarlTheFog for A++ photos, time-lapse video and drone views of the tower. (And Santi also took an elevator to the top!) sfchronicle.com/vault/article/…
Photos of the #SanFrancisco #DykeMarch during #Pride week. More @sfchronicle



