Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. He won the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Freedom of Information Award and the University of Florida’s Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award. He was a finalist for the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting and the Knight Award for Public Service. A San Francisco area native, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004.
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This month has been particularly active from a seismic standpoint in Southern California.
June 24, 2024
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck underneath the L.A. neighborhood of El Sereno on Monday, causing weak shaking throughout the Eastside and the San Gabriel Valley.
June 25, 2024
The new COVID FLiRT subvariants are continuing to increase their dominance, fueling a rise in Los Angeles County cases and coronavirus levels in California wastewater.
June 24, 2024
While the numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are relatively low, the uptick is an indication of an expected summer wave, health experts say.
June 15, 2024
Across California, COVID in wastewater has entered the high level, the first time since February.
June 12, 2024
Having half a dozen earthquakes with a magnitude 2.5 or greater strike in a single week is not a common occurrence in Southern California.
June 10, 2024
A trio of Southern California earthquakes have struck in the area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa in the last two days, with a pair rumbling late Thursday afternoon.
June 6, 2024
A trio of Southern California earthquakes have struck in the area of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa in the last two days, with a pair rumbling late Thursday afternoon.
June 6, 2024
Wednesday’s earthquake in Orange County was the fifth of magnitude 2.0 and above that has struck the Southern California metro area in the last five days.
June 5, 2024