Reporting | Top 10 Longtime Bay Area Reporter Jim Vargas to Retire By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 22, 2011 - 10:32 AM Longtime Bay Area reporter Jim Vargas is set to retire after a 41-year career in the news industry. Vargas will bid farewell to Oakland’s KTVU on April 29th after 10 years with the Fox-affiliate, according to Bay Area blogge ...