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Data reporter
Harriet Blair Rowan
Harriet Blair Rowan is a Bay Area News Group data reporter for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. 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. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BA degree in Latin American studies.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Language: Spanish
Affiliation: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Expertise: Health, COVID, education, police data
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![The 24-year old inmate was booked on July 5 and found unresponsive in his cell later that day; he died at a hospital five days later. The 24-year old inmate was booked on July 5 and found unresponsive in his cell later that day; he died at a hospital five days later.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/202406081319MCT_____PHOTO____US-NEWS-29YEAROLD-INMATE-CUSTODY-SINCE-2022-1-SA.jpg?w=132)
Santa Clara County jails report seventh in-custody death of the year
The 24-year old inmate was booked on July 5 and found unresponsive in his cell later that day; he died at a hospital five days later.
![Jensen is the fifth person convicted as a result of the investigation into the issuance of concealed carry licenses by former Santa Clara County sheriff Laurie Smith's office in 2018 and 2019. Jensen is the fifth person convicted as a result of the investigation into the issuance of concealed carry licenses by former Santa Clara County sheriff Laurie Smith's office in 2018 and 2019.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-JENSEN-0719-1.jpg?w=117)
Ex-Santa Clara County sheriff’s captain found guilty in gun permit corruption case
Jensen is the fifth person convicted as a result of the investigation into the issuance of concealed carry licenses by former Santa Clara County sheriff Laurie Smith's office in 2018...
![Liccardo raised more than twice as much as Low in the last filing period. Liccardo raised more than twice as much as Low in the last filing period.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-CD16MONEY-0626.jpg?w=140)
Liccardo continues to lead Low in fundraising in the race to replace U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo
Liccardo raised more than twice as much as Low in the last filing period.
![Garvey's campaign reported raising over $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2024, while Schiff's campaign raised $4.2 million during the same period. Garvey's campaign reported raising over $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2024, while Schiff's campaign raised $4.2 million during the same period.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AP24066147671703.jpg?w=132)
Senate race: Steve Garvey outraised Adam Schiff from April through June
Garvey's campaign reported raising over $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2024, while Schiff's campaign raised $4.2 million during the same period.
![A line chart showing the COVID positivity rate spiking since in June and early July of 2024. A line chart showing the COVID positivity rate spiking since in June and early July of 2024.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/snapshot-1720828167687@2x-e1720828247115.png?w=140)
California’s COVID positivity rate is now just shy of record high from the past 12 months
Statewide, the COVID positivity rate continues to skyrocket.
![A brutal heat wave boiled much of the Bay Area for the past 10 days. A brutal heat wave boiled much of the Bay Area for the past 10 days.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-HEATCOST-2.jpg?w=132)
Santa Clara County investigating 19 deaths as possibly heat-related
A brutal heat wave boiled much of the Bay Area for the past 10 days.
![Nationwide, 92% of homes have some kind of air conditioning. In parts of the Bay Area, the rate is less than half that. Nationwide, 92% of homes have some kind of air conditioning. In parts of the Bay Area, the rate is less than half that.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-AIRCOND-0703-1.jpg?w=132)
If you live in this part of the Bay Area, you probably don’t have air conditioning
Nationwide, 92% of homes have some kind of air conditioning. In parts of the Bay Area, the rate is less than half that.
![Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly. Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SJM-L-COVIDUP-0706-90.jpg?w=122)
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Summer COVID surge in Bay Area, California
Statewide, COVID test positivity rates are rising quickly.
![California has lost 1.2 million residents to other states since April 2020. California has lost 1.2 million residents to other states since April 2020.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SJM-L-SJDTSKYLINE-x-01.jpg?w=117)
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5 charts that explain how the Bay Area’s population has changed
California has lost 1.2 million residents to other states since April 2020.
![Liccardo has raised $2.6 million, while Low has raised $1.7 million. Liccardo has raised $2.6 million, while Low has raised $1.7 million.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-CD16MONEY-0626.jpg?w=140)
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Low and Liccardo have raised $4.4 million in the race to replace Silicon Valley Rep. Eshoo
Liccardo has raised $2.6 million, while Low has raised $1.7 million.