This nurse commutes 2,600 miles to work in Oakland. Is he nuts? - Top O' The Bay from SFGATE

If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser.       Top O' The Bay                   January 2, 2018         This nurse commutes 2,600 miles to work in Oakland. Is he nuts?   When Tom Fowkes tells his friends that he commutes from his home outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to work in Oakland, they all tend to react in exactly the same way: "You work in California? Are you nuts?!" And he couldn't disagree more.           Read More                   New era opens in California with first sales of recreational marijuana           Read More                   Turning blue to ring in the new with frigid Jan. 1 Ocean Beach plunge           Read More                   7 injured in truck crash in SF's Richmond District           Read More           Sign up for more Newsletters!           Early-morning fire at Bay Area cardboard manufacturing plant           Read More                   San Leandro woman wounded by celebratory New Year's Eve gunfire           Read More                   Does San Francisco have the friendliest trash collectors?           Read More                   Rain, possible thunderstorms in Bay Area forecast for this week           Read More                   Oakland reports first homicide of 2018 on Monday morning           Read More             Support journalism. Support democracy. Get daily insights into stories that resonate throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Click here for current San Francisco Chronicle subscription offers.           Connect     Facebook     Twitter     Pinterest     Google+   About   Privacy Policy   Terms of Use         901 Mission St San Francisco CA 94103 ©2018 Hearst Communications, Inc.