Katie Dowd is the Managing Editor at SFGATE. With a focus on themes such as public health, animal rights, and regional interest, she brings a diverse perspective to her reporting, covering topics ranging from healthcare administration to the arts and entertainment scene. Katie's work has been featured in prominent outlets including Chron, NBC Bay Area, and The Sacramento Bee.
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Katie Dowd's coverage primarily encompasses local breaking news and evolving stories, with a focus on crime and entertainment in the Bay Area and California. If you have insights or access to new information related to ongoing criminal investigations, missing persons cases, or developments in the local entertainment industry, your pitch is more likely to align with her coverage preferences.
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A view of the Sacramento State campus. DevinCook via Wikimedia Commons
“I don't want anybody else to go through that.”
By: Katie Dowd
The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office released this image of the blue raft they believe the girl was on before drowning in Don Pedro Reservoir on July 18, 2026.
FILE: Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners forward Kevin Mays during the game in 2015. David Dennis/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty
A crash on the Bay Bridge gridlocked traffic on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 1, 2026. Caltrans
A view of Caswell Memorial State Park in California. Leonard G./Wikimedia Commons A teenager is missing in Caswell State Park after disappearing in the water Saturday afternoon.
By: Katie Dowd
By UPDATE Aug. 2, 4:57 p.m. The body of the 17-year-old who apparently went underwater while rafting in Caswell State Park was recovered, the
A screenshot of an AlertCalifornia livestream of the Gann Fire burning in Calaveras County, California on August 3, 2026. AlertCalifornia
A collision on Highway 99 engulfed a fuel tanker, closing the roadway for the day.
She was working as a summer marketing intern at Amazon.
