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Maggie Angst
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Homelessness reporter for @sfchronicle. Previously: @sacbee_news @mercnews
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    Maggie Angst
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    Dec 3, 2024
    Exclusive: Within 13 months, four clients and one staff member fatally overdosed at facilities run by San Francisco's largest addiction treatment provider. Their deaths are among several signs that HealthRight’s programs are not working as designed.
    They went to rehab to kick drugs. Instead, they died in S.F.’s biggest treatment program
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jul 31, 2024
    Yesterday I watched San Francisco police officers detain Ramon Castillo, an unhoused man, for 20 minutes while Public Works employees discarded almost all of his belongings. Castillo was cited for illegal lodging and then released. He lost everything. (1/3)
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    Castillo rejected a shelter offer immediately preceding this video. x.com/sf_emergency/s…
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    Maggie Angst
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    Aug 29, 2022
    🚨Some personal news, as they say: Today is my first day at @sacbee_news where I’ll be covering California politics and Gov. Gavin Newsom. I’m excited to get started and am now accepting tips for stories, Sacramento coffee shops and running trails at [email protected]!
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    Maggie Angst
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    Nov 27, 2023
    The cats out of the bag! Today is my first day at the @sfchronicle where I’ll be covering the city’s homelessness, addiction and mental health crises. Say hi and send tips or suggestions to [email protected]
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    Maggie Angst joins the Chronicle as a homelessness and addiction reporter
    The award-winning journalist comes to the Chronicle from the Sacramento Bee.
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jul 31, 2024
    Replying to @MaggieAngst
    San Francisco officials say citations and arrests of unhoused people are expected to increase in light of recent court rulings. They hope it’ll motivate people to move indoors, though there is not enough shelter beds for everyone living on the streets.
    Breed promised ‘aggressive’ sweeps of S.F. homeless encampments. Here’s what has changed
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jun 1, 2020
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    Another reporter and I were brought down by cops, told to put our faces to the ground and threatened with a baton — even after we told them we were with the media, which is allegedly exempt from San Jose’s curfew order @sliccardo @sjpdchief @SanJosePD @FreedomofPress @mercnews
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jul 31, 2024
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    While he was sitting in the back of a squad car, Public Works employees discarded all but his tarp, which would be “bagged and tagged” for possible retrieval later on. When he was released, Castillo stormed off with only the clothes on his back. (2/3)
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    Maggie Angst
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    Aug 2, 2024
    Mark Schofield’s RV was impounded during an encampment sweep Friday morning. Schofield is from San Francisco but has been homeless for years after going in and out of prison. His vehicle registration was expired and officers said they’d given him multiple warnings.
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jun 5, 2020
    On the first night without a curfew since Sunday, the clock struck 8:30 without a cop in sight here in #SanJose A very different scene from the weekend. #GeorgeFloydProtests
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jul 31, 2024
    Update: I just drove by the block where officials arrested Castillo and threw away his belongings. Just 24 hours later, three new tents have already appeared.
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jul 31, 2024
    Yesterday I watched San Francisco police officers detain Ramon Castillo, an unhoused man, for 20 minutes while Public Works employees discarded almost all of his belongings. Castillo was cited for illegal lodging and then released. He lost everything. (1/3)
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    Castillo rejected a shelter offer immediately preceding this video. x.com/sf_emergency/s…
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jun 20, 2024
    I’m outside the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, where FBI agents are on site.
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    Maggie Angst
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    Aug 21, 2020
    As of late Friday morning, the small downtown areas of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond and Felton along Hwy 9 in Santa Cruz County have not been touched by the flames of #CZULightingComplex ⁦@mercnews⁩
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    Maggie Angst
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    Aug 21, 2020
    A tragic & exclusive look at the destruction inside Big Basin State Park: brought to you by @ethanbaron and @RandyVMedia who hiked 9+ miles today in thick smoke and raining ash. @mercnews
    Exclusive look: Inside what is left of California’s historic Big Basin State Park in the heart of...
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    Maggie Angst
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    Jan 6, 2021
    They broke through barricades, occupied the U.S. Capitol building and forced America's political leaders into hiding. Yet more people were arrested in a single night this summer in San Jose for staying out past curfew during protests over police brutality.
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    Matt Fuller
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    Jan 6, 2021
    I’m thankful to be safe, but it’s actually unfathomable to me that Capitol Police were this unprepared. We knew there were going to be mass protests. We knew some people would try to storm the building. There have apparently only been 13 arrests. How did this happen?