Nik Wojcik - East Bay Editor

Your Need to Know News for the week of Jan. 19 – Jan. 25, 2018
“It was the best of the times, it was the worst of times.” The past week of news has been both inspiring and frighteningly destructive on different fronts. Here, we’ll try to wrap up some of the best, worst and weird stories impacting the country and the Bay. All that

Oakland Women’s March: “Pussy” power heads for the ballot box
If it can be said that strength is gained through adversity, than the past year under Trump has been like super food for women. And that may be his most remarkable, yet unintentional, accomplishment yet. Anger is a powerful motivator and it was that anger coupled with a growing sense

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Bay Area News Roundup for January 11 – 18, 2018
Welcome to this week’s Bay Area News Roundup for January 11 – 18, 2018 Women will March across the globe Woman’s Marches all across the world are scheduled for the weekend of January 20-21. There are 8 major marches happening specifically in the Bay Area on January 20th. A list of

Oakland Digs Deep for Root Meaning of MLK Day
There were no barbecues or people lounging the day away. Instead, it was an afternoon of peaceful resistance and camaraderie in Oakland’s Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (locally dubbed Oscar Grant Plaza) with people of all shapes, sizes and shades coming together to reclaim the holiday in a way that truly

Your Need to Know News This Week
Below are some highlights, lowlights and oddities from this week in local news. A recipe for destruction What do you get when you mix a bottle of Hennessy, meth and loaded guns? Nothing good, ever. But two people found out Sunday that such a cocktail can definitely get you arrested.

New Year’s Eve for East Bay Procrastinators
For weeks now, you’ve been too cool to care about New Year’s plans. Right? Or you’ve just been ridonculously busy with holidays and work and all that stressful shit and never had the time to even consider going out. Either way, it’s possible you’re watching the clock tick by on

Why Hasn’t The #MeToo Movement Taken Down Trump?
Men of all colors, shapes, and ideologies are dropping off like flies. Here one day, gone the next. Movie stars, directors, musicians, congressional leaders – watching people fall off their pedestals has become a daily sporting event, with all the excitement of underdogs and upsets. Graphic accusations of pedophilia against Roy

Oakland Strike Update: Unions reject Oakland’s “last, best, and final offer”
It’s been a grueling week for Oakland city workers and a dysfunctional shit storm for the city itself. As Day 4 of the strike dwindled down, the dispute over the two-year contract was still far from resolved. Approximately 400 union workers and allies raised picket signs and carried bullhorns at