Local news editor

Rebecca Parr

Rebecca Parr is a Bay Area News Group local news editor for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in economics and a BA in journalism with a teaching credential.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Award: Pulitzer Prize (2017 - Staff award for breaking news coverage of the fatal “Ghost Ship” fire in Oakland; 1990 - Staff award coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.)

The workers were being forced to work on construction projects without pay elsewhere in the Bay Area, according to information provided to Hayward police.

Crime and Public Safety |
ICE frees more than dozen immigrant workers held captive in East Bay

September 4, 2017 at 12:15 p.m.

The workers were being forced to work on construction projects without pay elsewhere in the Bay Area, according to information provided to Hayward police.

Alameda County supervisors turned down a request to hire a company to help with Urban Shield operations after seeing what some supervisors called disturbing and racist images on the firm's website.

Local News |
Alameda County rejects Urban Shield vendor over perceived racist images

August 26, 2017 at 11:03 a.m.

Alameda County supervisors turned down a request to hire a company to help with Urban Shield operations after seeing what some supervisors called disturbing and racist images on the firm's...

The public is invited to celebrate the 50th birthday of Hayward's 20-foot-tall Big Mike statue, which has been restored.

Local News |
Hayward’s Big Mike turns 50

August 25, 2017 at 1:23 p.m.

The public is invited to celebrate the 50th birthday of Hayward's 20-foot-tall Big Mike statue, which has been restored.

The city of Oakland paid a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development loan to prevent an affordable housing project from going into foreclosure.

Local News |
Oakland buys affordable apartment complex to prevent foreclosure

August 12, 2017 at 3:49 a.m.

The city of Oakland paid a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development loan to prevent an affordable housing project from going into foreclosure.