Nik Wojcik - East Bay Editor

06 Mar 2019

Hooray! SF’s Oldest Queer Bar Gets a New Lease Extension

The Stud has been a touchstone of queer culture in San Francisco for 52 years and now that the iconic bar has been given a lease extension, it looks like they’ll be keeping the party going for at least another two. The venue has survived ownership, location and financial changes

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06 Mar 2019

Hey, Trump. Please Keep Berkeley Out of Your Lying Mouth.

Zachary Greenberg punched Hayden Williams, repeatedly. Greenberg was arrested Friday, released on bail and charged with felony assault. He returns to court for arraignment Wednesday. Those are the basics. Details of the altercation are equally pretty basic. Greenberg passed by the Turning Point USA recruiting table at Sproul Plaza on

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02 Dec 2024

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

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04 Mar 2019

The Jeff Adachi Memorial at City Hall was Incredibly Powerful

Jeff Adachi, the “superman” of public defense left this stage of life but the intensity with which he lived his 59 years, the passion he brought each and every day to his mission is what inspires those who now follow in his footsteps. It was a celebration of that legacy

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28 Feb 2019

Cohen Hearing Proves the GOP are Liars & Hypocrites

It has been a grueling week for Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and self-proclaimed “fixer.” The recently disbarred attorney is facing a third day of testimony Thursday before Congress on Capitol Hill, to be followed in the coming months by a three-year sentence in prison. Wednesday’s open and

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27 Feb 2019

What Happens to the Public Defender’s Office Now That Jeff Adachi is Gone?

Jeff Adachi was more than a public defender, a civil rights advocate, a politician, a friend to many and foe to some – he was all of those things in one “superhuman” package. The sense of loss since news of his sudden death spread Friday is palpable across the Bay

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20 Feb 2019

MBK Rising: Obama, Curry and Legend Help Oakland Rise

There are some big names in Oakland right now. Barack Obama, Stephen Curry, John Legend, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan and Karamo Brown are just a sampling of the long list of successful black men participating in the three-day MBK Rising event spawned by an Obama Foundation initiative dubbed My

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20 Feb 2019

Bernie Returns and Brings the “S” Word Back With Him

There’s no disputing that Bernie Sanders made a historic and meaningful mark on the country with his 2016 presidential campaign. Putting all the DNC drama and actual loss aside, the wild-haired, Brooklyn-born Jewish senator nearly made it all the way, or at least made it pretty damn far considering he

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13 Feb 2019

Kids Are Cold at Oakland’s Brookfield Elementary, but There’s Pizza

Students in Oakland Unified School District already had enough on their plate with a potential teachers strike looming, but things went from bad to worse last week for the kids at Brookfield Elementary School when a gas outage cut off their central heat and access to hot food. The district

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