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Randy Vazquez

Randy Vazquez has been a visual journalist with The Mercury News and East Bay Times since 2017. Formerly he worked for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he also interned. Vazquez is a proud alumnus of the New York Times Student Journalism Institute and San Jose State University.

Watch how a California mail-in ballot avoids fraud, evades hackers and gets counted

October 15, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

Are mail-in ballots safe from Russian hackers? Will my ballot be counted if I forget to sign it? How do they make sure my dead uncle doesn't get to vote?...

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 7: The national anthem is played before the start of Game 4 of the NBA Finals between Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 7, 2019. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Video: Goodbye, Oracle. Thanks for the memories — it’s been a heck of a ride!

June 13, 2019 at 9:38 a.m.

For 47 years, the Golden State Warriors called Oracle Arena home. Now, they’re saying goodbye.

PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 10: Krystin Harvey, left, comforts her daughter Araya Cipollini, 19, as they look at the remains of their property on Grinding Rock Avenue in Paradise, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Harvey along with her husband, their three girls, 19, 17, and 16, her cousin and two dogs survived the fatal Camp Fire because they didn’t evacuate. Also they lost their home to the Humboldt Fire in 2008, they said. They evacuated back then but not this time. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

Photos, Day 3: Camp Fire becomes most destructive in California wildfire history

November 10, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device.The Camp Fire, the most destructive fire in California history, was 20 percent contained as of about...

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