okay MyShake definitely works!

It’s time I introduce you all to Benji’s breakfast screams, but really he yells like this all day for everything.

This morning’s garden find is a cocooning fuzzy black caterpillar 🐛 🌱

I’m back on my gardening posts, this time with a brand new yard. Everything is finally blooming and I’m discovering what kinds of plants we inherited. So far, I’ve found a massive tangled wisteria, a peach tree, a loquat tree, a bunch of blackberry bushes, fennel and an out-of-control geranium.

The sky over Oakland is doing some wild things right now.

Happy 100th birthday to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater! Local legend/ longtime owner Allen Michaan sat down to talk about the theater’s history, future and what makes it such a special Bay Area establishment. I had a lovely time filming this piece for @sfchronicle.com 🎬 youtu.be/K3EddM_IT-g?...

“In many ways it’s a time capsule. And it will be here for another 100 years.” For the Grand Lake’s 100th birthday 🎂🍿 I wrote about a romance between a man and architecture — and how it rescued the best theater in the Bay Area. Gift link for The Town 🌳🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Don’t miss this Grand Lake video from @jachristian.bsky.social!! Truly captures the unique beauty and proud Oakland roots of my favorite cinema. “We have always been a union house here, and remain (with union projectionists) to this day.” ✊🏼🍿❤️ youtu.be/K3EddM_IT-g

Happy 100th birthday to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater! Local legend/ longtime owner Allen Michaan sat down to talk about the theater’s history, future and what makes it such a special Bay Area establishment. I had a lovely time filming this piece for @sfchronicle.com 🎬 youtu.be/K3EddM_IT-g?...

There's a pair of Red Tail hawks living in the tree next door and I get to say hi to them from my deck every morning with coffee.

The White Elephant Sale is my Olympics. I went three times this year! @nuala.bsky.social captured the vibes perfectly 🐘 @coyotemedia.org www.coyotemedia.org/weird-oaklan...

An hour of weather coverage in San Francisco 🌈 @sfchronicle.com bit.ly/4aJCHEd

I forgot how to deal with ice on my car..

A Marin County city beloved for its historic waterfront drafted a sea level rise plan that showed key landmarks being underwater in the coming decades. Controversy ensued. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle

San Francisco union leaders and SFUSD officials inched their way closer to an agreement Tuesday as teachers entered their second day of a strike with school sites still closed. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle

I inherited a mid-century modern nightstand and this 1941 copy of The San Francisco News was shoved in the back of a drawer in perfect condition. Such a time capsule.

Bought a hills house with a view and some very fun new light ✨

Some Bay Area bird populations have seen a steep decline over the past 20 years, especially shorebirds. Photos from the South Bay flats for @sfchronicle.com bit.ly/3YhXoRP

Locals found a creative way to navigate through the King Tide today in Sausalito @sfchronicle.com

Days before it was slated to close, Oasis gets a Christmas gift that will allow them to reopen in 2026. D'Arcy Drollinger gave me the exclusive! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Had the privilege of following @sfballet.bsky.social soloist Nathaniel Remez while he prepared for a night as Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. Check out the video on YouTube and Q&A by Zara Irshad on @sfchronicle.com 🩰 bit.ly/sfnutcracker

I’ll be up bright and early on the lookout for storm damage for @sfchronicle.com’s live weather blog. If you see something in your neighborhood, let me know!

The Berkeley Bowl holiday rules are simple: only send your single best shopper, this isn’t the time to bring your out-of-town friends to admire the mushroom selection. Seasons pros only!!

From a foggy Lake Temescal walk this morning.

Sunning sunrises and sunsets AND the supermoon. Skies will be gorgeous across Northern California the next couple of days. Get outside! #CAwx www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...

"Shadows are fallin' and I'm runnin' out of breath Keep me in your heart for a while If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less Keep me in your heart for a while." ( 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social )

My 17-year-old son just showed me a text thread with his friends, legit sad & consoling each other over the Claude news. San Francisco loves its animals and its icons. Not even kidding he should lie in state at City Hall. 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social

Can I throw my Bay Area sunset photos in the ring..

In between my daily assignments, I managed to get out and about in the vineyards. For more of these, click the link below : www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/26/p... One of the longest vineyard fall color breaks I can remember in Sonoma and Napa County. #kentporterphotography #photojournalism

After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.

A parent dropping their child off at an elementary school was apparently targeted by ICE in Oakland. After the attempted arrest, parents and community members gathered to protest the ICE activity. Read more → www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social/S.F. Chronicle

Spent the day with winemaker Marty Mathis on a sunny hillside in Watsonville while he and his team harvested grapes for his latest project; an Austrian-inspired “quiet white wine” made from a blend of white grapes harvested at once. Read Esther Mobley’s profile on @sfchronicle.com 🍇 bit.ly/4pg8zpm

We have a resident praying mantis living in the blackberry bush. And it dances!

The trail is out there: After spending the last half century looking at the Stanford Dish from 280, I walked the trail & mined our archive to figure out what kind of UFO shit is going on there. As usual @jachristian.bsky.social upstages me with her photos! 📡👽💯 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Strange few days following the federal deployment saga captured by the remarkable @sfchronicle.com visuals team: @brontewittpenn.bsky.social @jachristian.bsky.social @yoshijames.bsky.social @stephenlamphoto.bsky.social @santiagomejia.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Here outside of the ICE office at 630 Sansome in San Francisco where demonstrators are participating in a one-day work stoppage and protest following the news of ICE agents at Coast Guard island. Follow @sfchronicle.com for more.

Here's our latest coverage on the Bay Area immigration crackdown: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Volunteers are here at the Oakland Home Depot handing out resources and keeping an eye out for federal ICE agents amid the news of the arrival of agents to Alameda's Coast Guard Island @sfchronicle.com

EXCLUSIVE: @sfchronicle.com learns that more than 100 agents, including ICE and CBP are headed to San Francisco www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

A very eventful work week for me! @sfchronicle.com

Took over @sfchronicle.com A1 today with my pictures 📰

New profile picture feat. Benji

Benji is Halloween ready 👻

What would you do with a pound of scotch bonnets?

The real #1 reason to read today's @sfchronicle.com exploration of San Francisco's new perimeter trail: The @jachristian.bsky.social photos. No one captures the city's quiet beauty like Jessica. Gift link for everyone who's here for the photography. 🎁 📸 ⬇️ www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

First look inside Samuel Merritt University's new $240 million downtown Oakland campus: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social

It was big cloud day on the Bay this afternoon.

Some incredible visual journalism collaborations led by Emily Jan coming out if the @sfchronicle.com newsroom these days. First up a brand new photo column: Revisit Orange Sky Day with @jachristian.bsky.social. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Happy to kick off @sfchronicle.com’s new Closer Look column with an interview about how I photographed Orange Sky Day. Gift link 🎁 bit.ly/42A7MqH

Love this behind-the-scenes interview with my beloved @jachristian.bsky.social about this crazy photo she took in 2020