Robert Gerstle is a Bay Area native born in Oakland who was given up for adoption at birth. He was a subject of an interracial adoption. He finally met his biological family 18,583 days later — after 50 years. He has lived in several different regions in California through the years. Robet enjoys sports, reading and current events. When he’s not at work — at the world’s first fine mycelium plant — you can catch him binging on Netflix. Robert always had a thing for journalism that began with a field trip to KRON during elementary school.