Raheem Hosseini
@raheemfh.bsky.social
S.F. Chronicle reporter covering the collision of Trump and California. Former race + equity editor. Always Sacramento.
Nine years ago, I received texts from someone claiming to be Katie Johnson. I still don’t know who this person was. But Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show he was aware of her claims.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nine years ago, I received texts from someone claiming to be Katie Johnson. I still don’t know who this person was. But Jeffrey Epstein’s emails show he was aware of her claims.
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Epstein clearly knew about the Katie Johnson lawsuits. He forwarded a Daily Mail article about its dismissal to a bunch of people, including Deepak Chopra!!!, and claimed not to know her.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Epstein clearly knew about the Katie Johnson lawsuits. He forwarded a Daily Mail article about its dismissal to a bunch of people, including Deepak Chopra!!!, and claimed not to know her.
That Michael Wolff is quite the consigliere to Epstein in these emails. In one, Wolff writes: "You're the Trump bullet." Also: publicist Peggy Siegal dunks on Epstein's grammar in an email about Prince Andrew.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That Michael Wolff is quite the consigliere to Epstein in these emails. In one, Wolff writes: "You're the Trump bullet." Also: publicist Peggy Siegal dunks on Epstein's grammar in an email about Prince Andrew.
Anyone know what this Epstein dump video is about?
drive.google.com/file/d/19MEn...
drive.google.com/file/d/19MEn...
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Anyone know what this Epstein dump video is about?
drive.google.com/file/d/19MEn...
drive.google.com/file/d/19MEn...
Productive day. Along with netcasting on an enterprise story, I convinced a phishing scammer to unsubscribe from ME. Rewarding.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Productive day. Along with netcasting on an enterprise story, I convinced a phishing scammer to unsubscribe from ME. Rewarding.
“Park.” The answer was “park.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Park.” The answer was “park.”
This fucking book at this fucking moment.
October 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This fucking book at this fucking moment.
Can someone explain General Hospital’s high ranking? This is not an anomaly. GH regularly trends top 10.
August 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Can someone explain General Hospital’s high ranking? This is not an anomaly. GH regularly trends top 10.
The Census Bureau's QuickFacts has been undergoing this "maintenance cycle" for days now. Anyone know what's up?
August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Census Bureau's QuickFacts has been undergoing this "maintenance cycle" for days now. Anyone know what's up?
One’s a 700-page doorstop set during the Vietnam war that’s somehow both meditative and thrilling. The other’s a hundred-page slip profiling an unsympathetic, uproarious and beautifully human junkie. Both are just wow.
August 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One’s a 700-page doorstop set during the Vietnam war that’s somehow both meditative and thrilling. The other’s a hundred-page slip profiling an unsympathetic, uproarious and beautifully human junkie. Both are just wow.
California separatists didn’t get enough signatures to put their nonbinding initiative on the 2026 ballot, say they’ll try again for 2028. More background:
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
July 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
California separatists didn’t get enough signatures to put their nonbinding initiative on the 2026 ballot, say they’ll try again for 2028. More background:
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
Was curious what Home Depot’s public-facing message in this moment was. Maybe 33 years from now they’ll put something out about how they responded to ICE raids?
June 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Was curious what Home Depot’s public-facing message in this moment was. Maybe 33 years from now they’ll put something out about how they responded to ICE raids?
Now I don't want to make it sound like all of the CSUs are addressing immigration as directly as Sac State, which appears to an exception. But considering how much more affected the UCs have been, I didn't find one that made info on visa terminations or immigration resources a homepage priority.
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now I don't want to make it sound like all of the CSUs are addressing immigration as directly as Sac State, which appears to an exception. But considering how much more affected the UCs have been, I didn't find one that made info on visa terminations or immigration resources a homepage priority.
Now let's look at a CSU: Sacramento State University. Immigration, explicitly named, in the top corner of its landing page. Click on the link and students are provided with a cleanly organized page of information, exposure, rights and contacts.
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now let's look at a CSU: Sacramento State University. Immigration, explicitly named, in the top corner of its landing page. Click on the link and students are provided with a cleanly organized page of information, exposure, rights and contacts.
What about individual schools? Let's consider UC Berkeley. Again, more advertising. And it isn't until the bottom of the page that you're offered an (outdated) press release about student visa terminations. The number of affected students has risen.
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What about individual schools? Let's consider UC Berkeley. Again, more advertising. And it isn't until the bottom of the page that you're offered an (outdated) press release about student visa terminations. The number of affected students has risen.
CSU also starts out boostery, but then moves to a grid where one can find federal updates. (UC's version of this is a pop-up at the top of its landing page.)
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CSU also starts out boostery, but then moves to a grid where one can find federal updates. (UC's version of this is a pop-up at the top of its landing page.)
First, the UC, whose landing page remains essentially an advertisement for its schools, with a"breaking news" story about record-setting admissions.
April 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
First, the UC, whose landing page remains essentially an advertisement for its schools, with a"breaking news" story about record-setting admissions.
Kennedy Center website glitching as people race to see if Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan have already been inducted.
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Kennedy Center website glitching as people race to see if Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan have already been inducted.
A former USAID intern sent me this today. She said she went up to the workers who blacked out the agency’s name, told them she was an intern in a program that provided meals to African school children and was proud of that.
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A former USAID intern sent me this today. She said she went up to the workers who blacked out the agency’s name, told them she was an intern in a program that provided meals to African school children and was proud of that.
Oh just my dad wishing me a happy birthday on LinkedIn. Love that man.
January 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Oh just my dad wishing me a happy birthday on LinkedIn. Love that man.
And OMG to the pop-up ad my wife saw while reading an article about disaffection from right-wing militia politics.
January 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And OMG to the pop-up ad my wife saw while reading an article about disaffection from right-wing militia politics.
Did not expect No. 1 or No. 8. Y’all owe Jesus an apology.
January 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Did not expect No. 1 or No. 8. Y’all owe Jesus an apology.
Finally reading “Evicted.” What a feat of 360-degree reporting. Manages to pack in everything from the government sabotage of public housing to the loss of organizing by the poor to even how nuisance ordinances contribute to domestic violence. Literary nonfiction doesn’t get much better.
December 28, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Finally reading “Evicted.” What a feat of 360-degree reporting. Manages to pack in everything from the government sabotage of public housing to the loss of organizing by the poor to even how nuisance ordinances contribute to domestic violence. Literary nonfiction doesn’t get much better.
Related: My reader emails have gone from “Hey idiot, Trump said he knows nothing about Project 2025” to:
November 23, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Related: My reader emails have gone from “Hey idiot, Trump said he knows nothing about Project 2025” to: