Nik Wojcik - East Bay Editor

24 Jul 2018

Defending Oakland, Remembering Nia Wilson

There was nothing ordinary about Monday in Oakland, where anger and sadness, unity and violence converged. It was the senseless death of a young black woman. It was a community feeling threatened. It was different renditions of the same tired story the city is forced to tell, over and over

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23 Jul 2018

Sisters attacked in Sunday double stabbing on BART: 18-year-old Nia Wilson killed

Two sisters were attacked on BART Sunday night near the McArthur station in Oakland around 9:45 p.m., leaving one dead and one injured in a seemingly random double stabbing incident. The suspect is still at large.

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27 Jan 2024

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19 Jul 2018

This Week’s News from the Bay and Beyond

We have locals kicking gentrification arse, the shakeup of a landmark publication, the best possible outcome in the Permit Patty situation and a president that just went balls-deep in diplomacy destruction. Let’s go. Around the Bay Hasta Muerte Puts Down Oakland Roots The building Hasta Muerte Coffee leased from was

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12 Jul 2018

Bay News: A New SF Mayor, Berkeley to Build Housing, And an Arsonist in Concord

It’s been a big week here at home and abroad. San Francisco got a new mayor, Berkeley is trying to build some housing, an angry Concord man gets to go to prison and Trump is making a lot of fans in Europe. Let’s dig in. San Francisco welcomes a (sort

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05 Jul 2018

One crazy, Fiery Week in the Bay Area

Welcome to your week in Bay Area news. We’ll hit on some key stories that matter here and give you some ideas as to what to do to decompress after a week of crazy. Here goes… Ghost Ship defendants take minimized plea deal Max Harris and Derick Almena entered no

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30 Jun 2018

Federal Government Threatened to put Detainment Camp in Concord. The City Fought Back

They say the city of Concord is “Where Families Come First”. This past week put that commitment to the test. It was June 22 when Time published a story that rocked the city and surrounding Bay Area with news that the U.S. Department of the Navy was considering a detainment

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29 Jun 2018

Breaking: Concord evacuations as 260-acre fire nears homes

A multi-alarm vegetation fire broke out just after 3 p.m. Friday, June 29th in Concord off Ygnacio Valley Road. Evacuations were ordered for the Crystyl Ranch and Montecito neighborhoods and the eastbound lanes of Ygnacio Valley Road were closed to commute traffic. The last update, approximately 6:42 p.m. from Contra

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28 Jun 2018

Bay news wrap for week of June 28, 2018: Protests and cow poop ice cream

It seems like each week in news is crazier than the last and this past week gets gold stars for holding up that theory. We’ll touch on our newest local viral video star Permit Patty, patties cooked up by robots, a whole lot of protesting, the death of a moderate

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