Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. He won the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Freedom of Information Award and the University of Florida’s Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award. He was a finalist for the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting and the Knight Award for Public Service. A San Francisco area native, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004.
Latest From This Author
One of the dangers may come as a surprise to homeowners, as even relatively newer homes may have this defect.
Oct. 23, 2024
A spate of notable quakes have rattled Southern California in recent months — a reminder that the last three decades of relative seismic quiet won’t last forever.
Oct. 10, 2024
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled parts of Southern California Sunday morning.
Oct. 6, 2024
Doctors are urging everyone age 6 months and older to get an updated COVID vaccine now, before another expected resurgence of transmission this autumn and winter.
Oct. 2, 2024
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported less than a mile south of Ontario International Airport early Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
Oct. 1, 2024
Climate change is exacerbating the risk of potentially dangerous mosquito-borne diseases in California — threatening to turn more of those annoying-but-harmless bites into severe illnesses, experts say.
Sept. 30, 2024
Saturday’s earthquake was the seventh of magnitude 3 or greater since Sept. 12, when a magnitude 4.7 earthquake just north of Malibu was widely felt across Southern California.
Sept. 28, 2024
The Gas Company Tower, one of Los Angeles’ tallest skyscrapers, may get a new lease on life if a sale goes through. But officials want to make sure it’s seismically safe.
Sept. 25, 2024
The coronavirus subvariant XEC is drawing more attention as a potential threat heading into late autumn and winter — prompting doctors to urge residents to get an updated COVID vaccine.
Sept. 23, 2024
El terremoto del sábado fue el sexto de magnitud 3 o mayor desde que un terremoto de magnitud 4,7 en la misma zona se sintió ampliamente en el sur de California el 12 de septiembre.
Sept. 21, 2024