Rong-Gong Lin II

Staff Writer

Rong-Gong Lin II is a metro reporter for the Los Angeles Times, specializing in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and Northern California. 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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Need to earthquake retrofit your house? California reopens applications for $3,000 grants

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Need to earthquake retrofit your house? California reopens applications for $3,000 grants

California is reopening applications for grants of up to $3,000 to fund seismic strengthening of some older homes that can slide off their foundations.
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California’s new early warning earthquake app features a shaking countdown

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California’s new early warning earthquake app features a shaking countdown

A new earthquake early warning app for smartphones has been released, offering users across California the ability to see a countdown before shaking arrives.
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San Francisco bans most cars from Market Street. Will other California cities follow?

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San Francisco bans most cars from Market Street. Will other California cities follow?

Alarmed by traffic deaths and downtown gridlock, North American cities are increasingly limiting space for cars.
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With coronavirus spreading, U.S. evacuating personnel to San Francisco from Wuhan, China

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With coronavirus spreading, U.S. evacuating personnel to San Francisco from Wuhan, China

Amid coronavirus outbreak, U.S. officials are ‘making arrangements to relocate its personnel stationed at the U.S. Consulate General’ in Wuhan, China, to the U.S.
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Coronavirus spreads to Los Angeles, Orange County: How concerned should we be about spread?

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Coronavirus spreads to Los Angeles, Orange County: How concerned should we be about spread?

California has its first case of coronavirus -- in Orange County.
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California’s first two cases of coronavirus are confirmed in L.A. and Orange counties

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California’s first two cases of coronavirus are confirmed in L.A. and Orange counties

One patient is in good condition and is in isolation at a hospital, Orange County health officials said.

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With coronavirus spreading, U.S. evacuating personnel to San Francisco from Wuhan, China
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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Barstow, sending weak shaking into L.A.

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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Barstow, sending weak shaking into L.A.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Friday evening about 12 miles from Barstow, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Granada Hills shakes up L.A. region

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Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Granada Hills shakes up L.A. region

Light shaking was felt in the San Fernando Valley
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Magnitude 4 earthquake near Oxnard shakes up L.A. and Ventura counties

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Magnitude 4 earthquake near Oxnard shakes up L.A. and Ventura counties

Weak shaking was reported in Ventura County and western parts of L.A. County

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3.9 quake near San Jose
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Bay Area rattled by magnitude 3.9 earthquake near San Jose

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Bay Area rattled by magnitude 3.9 earthquake near San Jose

The earthquake caused light shaking in Morgan Hill and Gilroy, and weak shaking throughout the Bay Area, and the Monterey, Santa Cruz and Salinas areas.