I am an award-winning journalist based in San Francisco. I cover local and regional politics, land use, transportation, utilities, breaking news and the city of Palo Alto at the Embarcadero Media Foundation.

Born in Ukraine, I grew up in San Francisco, went to school at UCLA and Columbia and worked at the Waterbury Republican-American before joining Embarcadero. I enjoy running marathons, reviewing books, eating churros, investigating chicanery and breaking news.