Laura Oda

@idesign @santacruzwaves @KIONnews Hi Rachel @idesign , I am a photo editor with the Mercury News. Would you give us permission to use one of your photos for our news story?

Alert 05/31/24: Two major accidents on Highway 17 blocking the road. Recommend taking Highway 9 or Highway 152 towards San Jose @kron4tv @santacruzwaves @KIONnews

@jadenschaul Hi @jadenschaul we would also be interested in your photos. Please let me know if you can share them with us with compensation.

Time lapse video shows move of San Jose's Poor House Bistro building to Little Italy mercurynews.com/2022/01/10/tim…

I wrote back in June about the police response to BLM demonstrations in Walnut Creek. Now, they're being sued for their response, which included siccing police dogs on a young Black man and spraying tear gas and rubber bullets at teenagers. bayareane.ws/3qG1zDB

@TheAmandaGorman @Oprah “If we merge mercy with might and might with right, then love becomes our legacy, and change, our children's birth right.” Amanda Gorman Thank you Amanda for our vision of love and change. #InaugurationDay twitter.com/lin_manuel/sta… twitter.com/michaelskolnik… twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik…

More robots than people spotted tonight in downtown Mountain View. Ah what a time to be alive.

UPDATE: Now 8 staff and students are infected. School superintendent clarifies district protocols: mercurynews.com/2020/12/02/thi…

Among an array of hopes for change, I'm hoping today starts a trajectory where this statement is no longer necessary for journalists to make.

JUST IN: Newsom says California will prohibit the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars starting in 2035. California is the first state in the U.S. to take such a step. bayareane.ws/33Qvi3u

@tomonair @TraverseCity @upnorthlive Hello @tomonair I am a photo editor from the Bay Area in California. We have a city that has recently approved a rainbow painted crosswalk that will be similar to the one you have photographed. May we run your photo with our story and credit you? Please reply to @lodafoto

Some pedestrian crossings in @TraverseCity are getting the #PrideMonth treatment. @upnorthlive

"California, folks, is America fast forward." Gov. @GavinNewsom standing in a forest destroyed by the #NorthComplexFire says climate change is here, now. nbcbay.com/Y8053w0

@nickmibarra Where is that camera?

This is what that camera saw in the last hour.

Flames now right on top of the @AlertWildfire Bonny Doon webcam.

Firefighter saving home near Boulder Creek, CA