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Jessica Christian
@jachristian.bsky.social
Garden-loving photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle with a very loud Bengal cat.

📍Oakland, CA

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After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.
‘Epic’: Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years
After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by Jessica Christian
A parent dropping their child off at an elementary school was apparently targeted by ICE in Oakland. After the attempted arrest, parents and community members gathered to protest the ICE activity.

Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Spent the day with winemaker Marty Mathis on a sunny hillside in Watsonville while he and his team harvested grapes for his latest project; an Austrian-inspired “quiet white wine” made from a blend of white grapes harvested at once. Read Esther Mobley’s profile on @sfchronicle.com 🍇 bit.ly/4pg8zpm
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We have a resident praying mantis living in the blackberry bush. And it dances!
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Reposted by Jessica Christian
The trail is out there:

After spending the last half century looking at the Stanford Dish from 280, I walked the trail & mined our archive to figure out what kind of UFO shit is going on there.

As usual @jachristian.bsky.social upstages me with her photos!

📡👽💯

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The Bay Area’s perfect fall hike has rolling hills, views and … alien contact?
The trail is out there: this space-aged Peninsula loop, well-loved by locals, is ready for discovery and an excellent late fall hike.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Here outside of the ICE office at 630 Sansome in San Francisco where demonstrators are participating in a one-day work stoppage and protest following the news of ICE agents at Coast Guard island. Follow @sfchronicle.com for more.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Here's our latest coverage on the Bay Area immigration crackdown: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Volunteers are here at the Oakland Home Depot handing out resources and keeping an eye out for federal ICE agents amid the news of the arrival of agents to Alameda's Coast Guard Island @sfchronicle.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco

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Exclusive: Major federal immigration operation headed to San Francisco Bay Area
More than 100 federal agents, including some from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Alameda base.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A very eventful work week for me! @sfchronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Took over @sfchronicle.com A1 today with my pictures 📰
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New profile picture feat. Benji
October 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Benji is Halloween ready 👻
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What would you do with a pound of scotch bonnets?
October 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reposted by Jessica Christian
The real #1 reason to read today's @sfchronicle.com exploration of San Francisco's new perimeter trail:

The @jachristian.bsky.social photos. No one captures the city's quiet beauty like Jessica.

Gift link for everyone who's here for the photography.

🎁 📸 ⬇️

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October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Jessica Christian
First look inside Samuel Merritt University's new $240 million downtown Oakland campus: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social
Exclusive: Bay Area university to open $240 million downtown Oakland campus. Here’s a look inside
The 10-story, 260,000-square-foot building will have state-of-the-art classrooms, a virtual reality center and space for motion analysis research.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It was big cloud day on the Bay this afternoon.
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Some incredible visual journalism collaborations led by Emily Jan coming out if the @sfchronicle.com newsroom these days. First up a brand new photo column: Revisit Orange Sky Day with @jachristian.bsky.social.

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How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama
An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Happy to kick off @sfchronicle.com’s new Closer Look column with an interview about how I photographed Orange Sky Day. Gift link 🎁 bit.ly/42A7MqH
September 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Love this behind-the-scenes interview with my beloved @jachristian.bsky.social about this crazy photo she took in 2020
How a Chronicle photographer captured a surreal viral photo shared by Obama
An image of unsettling skies during unsettling times that one San Francisco Chronicle photographer will never forget.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Hayward Fault and I have beef now.
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Late-night earthquake casualties. We will rebuild.
September 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
No wonder it was scary, it was two miles from my house.
A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800

This is an automatic report and may be revised.
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3 km ESE of Berkeley, California
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September 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That was probably the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced.
September 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM