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Jack Herrera

Jack Herrera is an independent reporter based in San Francisco

June 2021

  • A giant Sequoia and redwood trees.

    ‘Mind-blowing’: tenth of world’s giant sequoias may have been destroyed by a single fire

    Draft report by National Park Service scientists finds 2020 Castle fire decimated California’s population of ancient trees

May 2021

  • Castle Fire burns Near Ponderosa<br>epa08669814 A firefighter checks on the evolution of the Castle Fire as it burns in a slope next to the 190 highway in the Sequoia National Forest prompting evacuations, between Ponderosa and Camp Nelson, California, USA, 14 September 2020 (issued 15 September 2020). According to reports, the Castle Fire has burnt over 90,000 acres of forest. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

    Giant sequoia found still smoldering after 2020 California wildfire

  • Jack Artiga, a registered nurse, waits for patients to receive their Moderna vaccination on 17 April in Gardena, California, in Los Angeles county.

    LA reports no Covid deaths for two days in a row in major pandemic milestone

October 2020

  • The San Francisco-based Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an order of queer and transgender nuns, have ministered for more than 40 years.

    An order of queer and trans 'nuns' in San Francisco take on an unholy year

    Community hasn’t been killed by the pandemic for this drag sisterhood – community is what has made it possible to survive 2020
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