Thomas Peele
EdSource ReporterThomas Peele is an investigative reporter at EdSource. He is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter. His journalism career began in 1983 at a small weekly newspaper. He has a B.A. in journalism from Long Island University and an MFA in writing from the University of San Francisco. In addition to his Pulitzer for stories on the tragic Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, he has won more that 70 journalism awards including the (Ralph) McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage, and the Tom Renner Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors for reporting on organized crime. He is also the author of Killing the Messenger, a book about the 2007 assassination of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey. Prior to joining EdSource in 2020, he was an investigative reporter for the Bay Area News Group for 20 years. He is also a continuing lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
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Chico State University was about to fire former biology professor David Stachura for dishonesty, sexual harassment and retaliation when it agreed to withdraw the charges last month in exchange for his resignation in a deal that bans him from working again in the California State University system, documents obtained by EdSource show. -
A faculty union member ripped the report as "absolutely demoralizing" -
Biology professor David Stauchra “made a credible threat of violence” against two colleagues who cooperated in an investigation that found he had a prohibited sexual affair with a student, a judge found. -
A state Superior Court judge in Butte County has thrown out a libel suit suspended Chico State Professor David Stachura brought against a colleague who revealed at a public forum in December that Stachura allegedly threatened gun violence on campus. -
Judge Virginia Gingery will issue a written ruling on the state's request for a workplace violence restraining order within 90 days. -
The university is seeking a permanent workplace violence restraining order against biology professor David Stachura that would ban him from campus, he allegedly planned to shoot up. -
Chico State has dropped a contract with a therapist hired to help faculty and staff deal with alleged gun threats by a faculty member after learning that the counselor was also treating the accused professor. -
Suspended Chico State biology professor David Stachura on Monday filed a libel lawsuit against his estranged wife and a biology lecturer in Butte County Superior Court, claiming they each fabricated claims that he spoke with them about shooting colleagues. -
A judge must decide whether to issue the workplace violence restraining order. -
Chico State officials will choose an outside investigator to probe how the school handled matters involving suspended biology professor David Stachura, but the California State University’s chancellor’s office will oversee the work, an official said.
