SciGuy leaves the Chronicle

Eric Berger, the Chronicle's longtime science and weather writer, is moving on:

Hey everyone, as you may know by now I am leaving the Chronicle to write about space for Ars Technica. 

It has been a wonderful 17 years at the Chronicle. I have written this blog for more than a decade, and for the most part it has been a labor of love. I have literally written thousands of posts and approved 100,000s of comments. 

But all good things must come to an end. To keep track of my future endeavors be sure to follow me on Facebook or Twitter. 

I will be writing more about space and weather than ever.

For a moment I was worried that Berger's departure meant the end of his days blogging about the weather as well. His (now dormant) weather blog at the Chronicle was the best source for local meteorological information and was a mandatory morning read for me, and I wasn't looking forward to the desperate search for a new accurate and hype-free source of local weather information. But upon checking his Facebook page, I discovered this:

Space City Weather

Update your links and favorites accordingly.

Berger's departure appears, at least from my vantage point, to be another nail in the Chronicle's coffin.