"He worked for 20 years at ABC7 covering politics and public affairs until 1993. Vargas covered many big stories of the 1970s and 80s including the Patty Hearst kidnapping for which he shared an Emmy award with the late Steve Davis and Bob Marshall, the Moscone-Milk assassinations, and was a part of the Peabody Award winning team coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake."
"A Bay Area native, Vargas' journalism career spanned more than 40 years. He graduated from Archbishop Riordan High School in 1965, then attended City College of San Francisco. He transferred to UC Berkeley and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in political science. He was managing editor of the campus newspaper, The Daily Californian. Vargas' family said it was covering the political action and riots of the late 1960s and early 1970s that cemented his goal of becoming a journalist."
Jim Vargas died on January 14 at age 78; the cause of death is unknown. A Bay Area native, his journalism career spanned more than 40 years. He worked two decades at ABC7 covering politics and public affairs until 1993 and also worked at KRON and KTVU. Vargas covered major stories including the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the Moscone-Milk assassinations, and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, earning an Emmy and contributing to a Peabody. He graduated from Archbishop Riordan High School, attended City College of San Francisco, transferred to UC Berkeley, and served as managing editor of The Daily Californian. He retired in 2011 and was inducted into NATAS's Silver Circle. He is survived by his sister Mali Trower, sister-in-law Bobbie Vargas, and eleven nieces and nephews; a viewing and funeral mass will be held at St. Brendan's Church in San Francisco.
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