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Jon Kawamoto

Jon Kawamoto is a reporter covering the Lamorinda area, Danville and San Ramon. He was the Hills weeklies editor, in charge of the Alameda Journal, Berkeley Voice, El Cerrito Journal, The Montclarion and The Piedmonter. He previously worked as an editor with the Los Angeles Times, the Contra Costa Times and the Oakland Tribune. Kawamoto is a central California native and a graduate of Fresno State University.

Lafayette Park and Recreation Department director Jonathan Katayanagi stands in a field destroyed by feral pigs at Lafayette Community Park in Lafayette, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. About 25 pigs dug up the community field on October 1 and a few days later destroyed a neighboring grass area near the playground. Because of the damage a baseball game and a youth and adult soccer match had to be cancelled over the weekend. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Wild pigs tearing up Northern California cities, parks

October 8, 2019 at 8:59 a.m.

And it's not just the city's parks that have been hard hit -- lawns and landscaping all over the town have been reported, according to Lafayette city's website.

EMERYVILLE, CA – JUNE 26: Yae Wada is photographed at the “Topaz Stories” exhibit at the J-Sei Center on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Emeryville, Calif. The exhibition features a collection of over 50 stories from Bay Area internees sent to the Topaz internment camp in central Utah during World War II. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)

Japanese-American internee: ‘It’s happening all over again’

July 9, 2019 at 6:43 a.m.

"Topaz Stories" exhibit at J-Sei Community Center in Emeryville is a collection of about 50 recollections of internees that runs through Sept. 30.

Japanese-American internee: ‘It’s happening all over again’

July 8, 2019 at 8:19 a.m.

"Topaz Stories" exhibit at J-Sei Community Center in Emeryville is a collection of about 50 recollections of internees that runs through Sept. 30.

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