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SJtoday celebrates its first birthday

We’re blowing out the candles today to celebrate SJtoday’s one year of delivering stories to the great 408.

A cake that reads, "Happy Birthday SJtoday."

Of course we had to get the burnt almond cake from Peter’s Bakery to celebrate.

Photo by SJtoday staff

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235 newsletters. 271 Instagram posts. One fantastic year.

Since sending out our first newsletter exactly one year ago, we’ve had so much fun getting to know our city better and sharing the stories of our great 408 with you all. Let’s take a look back at SJtoday’s first trip around the sun. 💫

❤️ Your favorites

The numbers don’t lie, these were our top-clicked stories that you loved.

💬 Stories (by you)

We love hearing from our readers. So, give yourself a pat on the back, because these stories couldn’t have been written without you.

🕰️ Throwin’ it back

One of our favorite parts of our job is diving into our city’s past — there’s just so much to uncover.

📲 Our fav media moments

Everything we do is for all of you, but also... we do it for the gram.

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