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Eric Burkett
Eric Burkett got started in journalism in the 1980s writing for an alternative weekly in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Since then, he has worked for the Anchorage Daily News and the Frontiersman in Alaska, the Union Democrat in Sonora, California, and the Bay Area Reporter in San Francisco. Eric has written for SF Weekly, SF Examiner, Food Safety News, and Delish. He has covered government, food safety and food policy, religion, and education. Notably, he is also one of the very few people in the history of humanity to have performed cartwheels on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Latest Articles by Eric Burkett
PG&E settles Zogg Fire case for $50 million
In exchange, criminal charges including four counts of manslaughter, were dropped — though doing so didn't make the Shasta County DA happy.
Major HIV antitrust suit kicks off in California federal court
At the core of the suit is whether Gilead Sciences gave Israeli generics company Teva a leg up on its competition in exchange for payment.
Jury awards Sonos $32 million in patent infringement trial
While costly for Google, the tech giant did win regarding one of the two patents at issue.
Google-Sonos patent fight heads to jury
Sonos' attorney told jurors the battle over two patents isn't as complicated as Google has led them to believe.
Judge advances false advertising suit over Fireball malt beverage
Other than the word "whisky" on the product containing whisky, the labels of the two products are identical.
Suspect in stabbing of tech exec pleads not guilty
The court also denied bail, finding Nima Momeni's means and the gravity of the charges make him a flight risk.
Environmentalists sue PG&E for damage to Eel River fisheries
PG&E can't demolish two dams on the Eel River fast enough for Chinook salmon and steelhead trout.
San Francisco DA releases video of fatal shooting by security guard
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said there's not enough evidence to charge the Walgreens security guard with a crime.