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J.K. Dineen joined the San Francisco Chronicle in 2014, focusing on real estate development for the metro group, a beat that includes land use, housing, neighborhoods, the port, retail, and city parks. Prior to joining The Chronicle,...
J.K. Dineen joined the San Francisco Chronicle in 2014, focusing on real estate development for the metro group, a beat that includes land use, housing, neighborhoods, the port, retail, and city parks. Prior to joining The Chronicle, he worked for the San Francisco Business Times, the San Francisco Examiner, the New York Daily News, and a bunch of newspapers in his native Massachusetts, including the Salem Evening News and the MetroWest Daily News.
He is the author of two books: Here Tomorrow, about historic preservation in California (Heyday, 2013); and the forthcoming High Spirits (Heyday 2015), a book of essays about legacy bars of San Francisco.
A graduate of Macalester College, Dineen was a member of Teach For America’s inaugural class and taught sixth grade in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Recent Stories By J.K. Dineen
San Francisco’s massive new Whole Foods set to transform Mid-Market
February 13, 2018
SF settles with landlord who rented ‘substandard housing’ to veterans
February 12, 2018
SF shipyard soil samples manipulated or falsified, report says
January 26, 2018
Steve Phelps, longtime teacher, coach and administrator, dies at age 73
December 28, 2017
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