Data reporter

Harriet Blair Rowan

Harriet Blair Rowan is a data reporter. Rowan received her master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She previously did investigative research and data reporting for Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Reporting, and Kaiser Health News.

A chart showing what proportion of samples are various subvariants of Omicron and how it's changed over the past several weeks. It shows that the newest XBB.1.5 is growing, from 2% in the first week of December to 28% in the first week of January 2023.

Health |
What to know as new COVID virus variants like XBB.1.5 spread fast across the U.S.

January 6, 2023 at 1:04 p.m.

New XBB.1.5 variant's spread has caught the attention of health officials.

Traffic death, the 65th in 2022, marks a new record for the city

California News |
Pedestrian killed in San Jose traffic collision on New Year’s Eve

December 31, 2022 at 9:46 p.m.

Traffic death, the 65th in 2022, marks a new record for the city

The nonstop rain created chaos throughout the Bay Area, from San Ramon, where police deployed an armored vehicle to help evacuate residents from flooded roads and homes, to Santa Cruz County, where flooding hit downtown Soquel.

Weather |
Powerful Bay Area storm brought heavy rains, flooding to final day of 2022

December 31, 2022 at 8:37 a.m.

The nonstop rain created chaos throughout the Bay Area, from San Ramon, where police deployed an armored vehicle to help evacuate residents from flooded roads and homes, to Santa Cruz...

Southwest Airlines commits to end of major flight cancelations and "normalcy" just in time for New Year's eve

Transportation |
Southwest cancellations meltdown to end today, airline says

December 29, 2022 at 10:09 a.m.

Southwest Airlines commits to end of major flight cancelations and "normalcy" just in time for New Year's eve

Just how crazy is trying to book a flight this week, thanks to the chaos caused by Southwest Airlines thousands of cancellations? How does $800 from Chicago to San Jose sound?

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Chicago to San Jose for $800? $999 from Phoenix to Vegas! Airfare chaos reigns this week no matter where you are going

December 28, 2022 at 5:59 p.m.

Just how crazy is trying to book a flight this week, thanks to the chaos caused by Southwest Airlines thousands of cancellations? How does $800 from Chicago to San Jose...

A map showing the number of flight cancellations for U.S. airports, and the percent of all flights cancelled.

Transportation |
Interactive map: See Wednesday’s flight cancellations after Southwest fiasco

December 27, 2022 at 5:11 p.m.

A massive Christmas-weekend storm devastated air travel across the country, but Southwest's troubles have snowballed into a staggering collapse that caused thousands of flight cancellations on Tuesday and on Wednesday.

After many dead ends, Bay Area Community Health's Homelessness Prevention System, was the first avenue that opened up.

Housing |
Wish Book: San Jose woman says rental assistance ‘helping me put my life back together’

December 24, 2022 at 6:15 a.m.

After many dead ends, Bay Area Community Health's Homelessness Prevention System, was the first avenue that opened up.

We surveyed 42 local districts to learn how prepared they are to handle fentanyl overdoses. Here's how they responded.

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What is your Bay Area school district doing about fentanyl?

December 18, 2022 at 7:15 a.m.

We surveyed 42 local districts to learn how prepared they are to handle fentanyl overdoses. Here's how they responded.

The number of COVID patients in Bay Area hospitals reached 940 on Wednesday, just a few beds shy of the third highest surge in hospitalized patients so far.

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Bay Area nearing third-highest COVID hospitalization wave of the pandemic

December 17, 2022 at 5:55 a.m.

The number of COVID patients in Bay Area hospitals reached 940 on Wednesday, just a few beds shy of the third highest surge in hospitalized patients so far.

A chart showing the 7-day average daily COVID case rates, and the daily hospitalized COVID patients in California for April 1 2022 through early November 2022.

Health |
California’s COVID hospitalizations reaching summer peak. So why are case counts much lower?

December 9, 2022 at 5:45 a.m.

It doesn't mean the current strain of the virus is more virulent. What's happening is lower testing rates mean fewer cases are being tallied.

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