Austin Turner is a Bay Area News Group breaking news reporter for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. A graduate of San Jose State University with a BA degree in journalism, he returned to the Bay Area after spending time covering high school sports for the Red Rock News in Sedona, Ariz. Prior to that, he had professional bylines in outlets such as SB Nation, the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Daily News.

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