Anna Bauman

NEW: A viral video showed ICE agents detaining a woman at SFO on Sunday night. Documents obtained by the @nytimes show TSA officials scanning passenger lists tipped off ICE she was planning to fly to Miami. The woman has no criminal history. Always great to team with @Haleaziz.

For a year now, I’ve been documenting how U.S. citizens are getting caught up in immigration enforcement operations. But American children are increasingly collateral damage in the government’s campaign for mass deportations l propublica.org/article/americ…

Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.

▫ 42 Faith Leaders Arrested In Protest ▫Protesters arrested after chaining themselves to S.F. ICE building to protest Trump policies ▫@abauman2 ▫is.gd/WiIFFo @sfchronicle #frontpagestoday #USA 🇺🇸

“All they're trying to do is get an education and go to college.” Texas students say deportation fears, the loss of in-state tuition and the exclusion of DACA is forcing them to rethink their futures. via @claire_partain + @nachoaguilar houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

NEW: "Dani Johnston called 911. Answering, South Lake Tahoe dispatcher Nicole Sykes could hear only screaming. It was 2:20 p.m. on June 21. Then the line disconnected. Sykes sent a text: 'What is your emergency?' 'Boat sinking.' " By @abauman2 sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Don't miss guest editor @LukeRussert's SLR featuring @jeremypgordon, @anandspandian, @kentbabb, @abauman2, @bkamisar & more mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

Open Vallejo has won the June Sidney Award from the @SidneyHillman Foundation for its investigation into the in-custody death of Darryl Mefferd, which the city of Vallejo kept secret for nearly a decade. openvallejo.org/2025/06/16/ope…

Thrilled to say I won a Sidney award for an investigation into a 2016 death in Vallejo police custody. It wouldn't have been possible without years of digging by @OpenVallejo & help from pro bono lawyers. Thank you @SidneyHillman for recognizing this work! hillmanfoundation.org/sidney-awards/…

🇺🇸 Battling Eviction From A Vacant Lot ▫He thought he owned the vacant Oakland lot where he lived for 8 years. Now the city wants him gone ▫@abauman2 ▫is.gd/hbW6Rd #frontpagestoday #USA @sfchronicle 🇺🇸

A strange and sad story of homelessness, squatting and eviction by @abauman2 “Eight years ago, the 60-year-old man moved onto an unusual wedge of vacant land near Interstate 880 in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood, which he thought had no owner.” sfchronicle.com/eastbay/articl…

Excited to see this investigation, my last for @OpenVallejo, out in the world. Darryl Mefferd died in Vallejo police custody in 2016 after an officer held him facedown on the ground for minutes — a common yet preventable situation, experts say. openvallejo.org/2025/05/14/i-c…

LATEST: Trump administration sows panic at California universities after revoking more than 100 student visas By @abauman2 @stjbs @BobEgelko sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

NEW: Alexander Leatham spoke Elvish and thrived at “nerd camp.” Now, she sits in a Solano County Jail cell, faced with charges of murder and mayhem. My second-to-last story for @OpenVallejo openvallejo.org/2025/03/12/how…

NEW: Three members of the alleged Zizians were arrested Sunday in Maryland after asking to camp in box trucks on someone's property for a month. The parents of Daniel Blank, who'd been missing for years, say their son is a victim of cult brainwashing. openvallejo.org/2025/02/17/ber…

Jack “Ziz” LaSota has outstanding warrants in California and Pennsylvania for failing to appear in separate criminal cases. People warned about their bizarre, menacing behavior for years. openvallejo.org/2025/01/31/ziz…

NEW: Jack LaSota, who is allegedly the namesake for a violent fringe group known as the Zizians, faked their own death in 2022 while facing criminal charges. LaSota is free from custody but wanted in CA and PA for failing to appear in criminal court cases. openvallejo.org/2025/01/31/ziz…

Here's the latest we have, as of yesterday, on the killings of a Vallejo witness & Vermont Border Patrol agent. openvallejo.org/2025/01/28/man… Please reach out if you have tips or more info about the suspects & their links to the Zizians: abauman@openvallejo.org. DM me for Signal.

Maximilian Snyder is "death eligible at this point," District Attorney Krishna Abrams told Open Vallejo. California’s death penalty has been dormant since @CAGovernor @GavinNewsom signed an executive order pausing state-ordered killings in March 2019. openvallejo.org/2025/01/28/man…

@OpenVallejo has confirmed a connection between the suspect in a recent Vallejo killing and the woman charged in the January shooting of a Border Patrol Agent in Vermont. Both appear connected to a fringe Bay Area group with a violent history. openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/sus…