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Nik Wojcik

SF Bay CA news editor, broke freelance hustler, political junky, often foul in the mouth, champion of facts.

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Man Charged With Hate Crimes for Swastika Painted on Temple Has Sordid Berkeley Past

The last thing Jewish people want to see is a swastika, ever. The Nazi symbol is especially unsettling on the front door of a synagogue, but that’s exactly what was found this week at Oakland’s Temple Sinai.

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Texas Anti-Abortion Group Camped Out at Walnut Creek Planned Parenthood Accused Of Pepper-Spraying Counter-Protesters

The group 40 Days for Life group is currently in the middle of its fall push to “end abortion locally through prayer and fasting," but some armed guards they recently hired allegedly pepper-sprayed counter-protesters outside a Walnut Creek clinic.

SF Politics

Vallejo Mayoral Candidate Hakeem Brown Doubles Down In Denial of Domestic Violence Allegations

Allegations are that Brown, now 45, was far from just a troubled young man who got caught up with the law, as he has publicly portrayed himself.

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Two Men Including One Nicknamed 'Hitler' Sentenced In Louisiana-to-Oakland Racketeering Case

Two men were sentenced Tuesday to a collective 66 years in federal prison for their roles in a whole slew of criminal activity stretching from Louisiana to California, including a murder-for-hire scheme that resulted in the death of an Oakland man.