• Zach StahlNeighbor

  • Foster City, CA

I write news stories for multiple Patch sites in San Mateo County, including Millbrae, South San Francisco, San Bruno and Burlingame. I specialize in government and political stories but also enjoy writing about local bands and artists.

Last August I moved to San Francisco from Salinas (just east of Monterey) where I was a staff writer for the Monterey County Weekly (hence the 831 area code). When I joined the Weekly in 2006, I quickly became the go-to guy for the most expansive and challenging beat, the gritty streets of working-class gang-riddled Salinas.<br><br>I penned some of the paper&#39;s most talked about cover stories--from a political profile of the county&#39;s controversial sheriff to unraveling the<br>financial downfall of two local agricultural giants.

Before writing for the Weekly I covered gang violence and city budget woes for the Salinas Californian where I won two California Newspaper Publishers Association awards for public service and investigate reporting.

In addition to writing, I work as a substitute teacher for Bay Area schools.

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