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Heather Knight

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San Francisco bureau chief for the New York Times. Northern California native; San Franciscan for 25 years.

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  1. The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

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  2. The private school is just one instance in this deeply reported article by @heatherknightsf.bsky.social that shows how Zuckerberg outmaneuvered the Palo Alto City Council--and how the rules for billionaires appear to be different than for the other residents.

    Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, ran a private school out of a house at their Palo Alto compound for 14 children, in violation of city code. The revelation comes after a school that the couple established for children from low-income families announced in April that it would close.

    The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.

    Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School

    The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.

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  3. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, ran a private school out of a house at their Palo Alto compound for 14 children, in violation of city code. The revelation comes after a school that the couple established for children from low-income families announced in April that it would close.

    The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.

    Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School

    The school, called BBS, enrolled 14 children in kindergarten through fourth grade and employed three full-time teachers and other staff members.

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  4. The billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has spent eight years creating a compound for his family in an affluent neighborhood in Palo Alto, California. Several neighbors say life there was idyllic until he moved in and brought intense surveillance and major construction with him. nyti.ms/40YsBLu

    A closed gate on a treelined driveway. A headline reads: "Here's What Happens When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door" Photo by Loren Elliott for The New York Times
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  5. Great reporting & fascinating read by NYT’s Heather Knight:

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