Sierra Lopez

Sierra Lopez is a Bay Area News Group reporter covering Berkeley, Richmond and the East Shore for the Mercury News and East Bay Times. She grew up in the foothills of the Central Valley before moving to San Francisco to earn a BA in journalism with a minor in international relations from San Francisco State University. She previously wrote about COVID-19, housing and homelessness, education, government policy and much more while reporting in San Mateo County as the senior reporter for the San Mateo Daily Journal.