Lynda Gledhill, a reporter in the Sacramento bureau of the San Francisco Chronicle, has been hired by state Senate President Don Perata of Alameda County to write op-ed pieces and speeches, according to the East Bay Express. Gledhill has a young child at home and she said she believes the Perata job will be “a little more family-friendly.” She tells the Express, “I’ve been at the Chronicle for eight years … This will be an interesting opportunity.” Last year, Perata hired Andrew LeMar from the capitol bureau of the Contra Costa Times and San Jose Mercury News.