Nik Wojcik - East Bay Editor
Get Your Feast On at Berkeley Restaurant Week, and Hurry!
How lucky are we? Seriously, everyday life in the East Bay is like finding a pot of gold around every corner. We’ve got it all: rich history, prolific musicians, visionary artists, prophets of prose and some of the best damn food from around the globe, because people come from around
Explore 1930s San Francisco in This Amazing Giant Scale Model
If you have ever wondered what life in San Francisco looked like in 1940, you will now have a chance to see it for yourself in incredible detail that reaches only 11 inches tall. The scale model took two years to build but has been missing for decades, until now.
The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!
As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon
Oakland Teachers Will Soon Vote on Potential Strike
As the teacher’s strike in Los Angeles comes to an end, the potential for a similar strike is growing in intensity for employees of Oakland Unified School District. A group of teachers, parents and students plan to gather in protest at a Wednesday night meeting where the closure of Roots
Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the NFL
The Super Bowl is only 19 days away…and I couldn’t care less! First, this is not about hating football – I don’t. I’ll admit the game is not my favorite among professional sports, but it is far from my least favorite, either – that space is reserved for baseball, which
Kaiser Helps Oakland “Thrive” With Affordable Housing
According to their marketing team, Kaiser Permanente is all about the thriving, but the healthcare giant realizes it can be difficult if not impossible to “thrive” when you don’t have a roof over your head. They announced in May that they would be putting some serious money where their mouth
Weekly news: Trash Collection, Budget Proposals, Doorbell Lickers and Two Oracles?
We can talk about the creepy news out of Arizona, Super Bowl (cough, stupid, cough), and the awesome benefits from the new police record transparency laws another another day. We’re focusing this week on three very strange but very real headlines involving doorbells, dead robots and jacket munchers; two horrible
The East Bay Is Invading a Hesitant Hollywood
The 76th Golden Globe Awards aired Sunday night and reports indicate (full disclosure: I had zero interest in watching) the evening was full of scandal, awkwardness and some Fiji Water girl photo bomb situation – really nothing out of the ordinary for an event where Hollywood elite gather to congratulate
The Real “State of Emergency” is Donald Trump
The “president” hijacked airwaves Tuesday night to address the nation from the Oval Office, a forum traditionally reserved for serious and dire matters like national disasters and threats, major policy initiatives and resignations. Much to the disappointment of at least 52 percent of likely voters who disapprove of the job