Shomik Mukherjee

@ShomikMukherjee

reporting on Oakland @eastbaytimes & @mercnews | twitter algo is treacherous; can email news to you [email protected]

Oakland, CA

Joined December 2013

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Feb 2

NEW: Spent the past few weeks trying to verify key details of some weighty allegations lodged by Oakland mayoral candidate Renia Webb against her former boss, Sheng Thao. It's a strange story. And the facts don't seem to add up. (free link, no paywall): eastbaytimes.com/2025/02/02/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The veracity of Renia Webb’s claims is in question, including a meeting with an FBI agent who she says warned her about Sheng Thao.

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jun 23

What’s with the endless construction ripping up Uptown Oakland’s streets? eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/21/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The city’s trying to make the roads safer and more accessible to bikers and pedestrians. It’s taking a while.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa · Jun 10

NEW: We published photos of National Guard troops sleeping on a floor in a Los Angeles federal building. Gavin Newsom pounced. Right-wing critics called them fake or AI-generated. The Pentagon acknowledged they were real. By @mgafni GIFT LINK: sfchronicle.com/california/art…

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jul 23

Alameda County signs off on Oakland Coliseum sale, cutting ties with A’s eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/22/ala…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. Now, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group needs to wait out escrow before establishing full ownership of the Coliseum property.

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jul 18

Following long wait, Oakland Coliseum sale ready for Alameda County board’s vote eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/18/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The county vote, set for next Tuesday, could finally move the sale forward.

Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jul 17

How Oakland is struggling to move on from a private security company tied to a presumed FBI informant City’s search has descended into a familiar kind of politics in Oakland: aggressive lobbying, messy political maneuvering and complaints of bias eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/16/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. Oakland’s new contract for security services — which include providing guards at city facilities — is worth $27 million over three years, plus options for the city to extend the d…

Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jul 14

150 homeless shelter beds are likely headed to Oakland. Just not in Chinatown. eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/12/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The area’s council member said placing a shelter near the neighborhood’s “vulnerable residents” would amount to “institutional racism.”

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Darwin BondGraham@DarwinBondGraha · Jul 11

Just another day in Oakland, California.

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Darren Sabedra@DarrenSabedra · Jul 10

BREAKING 👉 NFL star, East Bay native Najee Harris injured in Fourth of July fireworks explosion, sources confirm mercurynews.com/2025/07/10/naj… @3rdERH @MikeNowels @nathancanilao @joseph_dycus @Jesus_Cano88 @CB_Journalist @MitchBookLive

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jul 8

Dan Siegel, celebrated Bay Area civil rights lawyer who led People’s Park protests, dies at 79 eastbaytimes.com/2025/07/07/dan…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. Siegel took on cases that promised long hours and lengthy paperwork, earning a reputation for being feared, respected and willing to brave a trial in the East Bay’s various courthouses.

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Nate Gartrell@NateGartrell · Jun 24

#NEW: Morteza Amiri, the former Antioch K9 cop who became the face to the Contra Costa police corruption/racism scandals, was given 7 years in prison today: mercurynews.com/2025/06/24/he-…

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jun 19

Oakland has a unique relationship with Juneteenth. So does Mayor Barbara Lee. eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/19/jun…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. Lee’s storied political legacy is intertwined with the country’s own history of racial justice.

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ABC7 Eyewitness News@ABC7 · Jun 11

ICE agents arrived at produce farms in Ventura County at 6am Tuesday and were seen chasing workers to detain them. Full story: abc7.la/4mTB0t7

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jun 11

Oakland leaders punt painful spending cuts, approve budget earlier than usual eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/11/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The city successfully avoided layoffs or fire station closures, but may again need to confront deep spending cuts in a year or two.

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East Bay Times@EastBayTimes · Jun 10

Federal agents take four into custody inside immigration court in Concord, witnesses say trib.al/DCVT7LK

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jun 10

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee reverses course, asks not to receive $1.7 million pay raise for her staff eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/09/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. “My top priority is ensuring that every line in this budget serves Oakland residents as effectively as possible,” Lee said.

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Oakland Tribune@OakTribNews · Jun 5

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive $1.7 million pay raise amid city’s budget woes trib.al/7cfheVO

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · Jun 5

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive $1.7 million pay raise amid city’s budget woes eastbaytimes.com/2025/06/05/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. City officials are poised to pad the new mayor’s office budget with more money.

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Kate Talerico@k_talerico · May 27

Downtown Oakland has been feeling empty without its city workers there. Return to office, originally set to begin in April, is now slated for next week — will it help to fill Chinatown restaurants and city sidewalks again? Nice report by @ShomikMukherjee: mercurynews.com/2025/05/26/oak…

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · May 20

Barbara Lee, sworn in as Oakland’s mayor, promises a ‘government you can trust’ eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/20/oak…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The mayor, 78, is at the tail end of her career but can expect to face a new test in governing Oakland.

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Shomik Mukherjee@ShomikMukherjee · May 14

there’s a rich history to that odd-looking, boarded-up old building in Oakland’s Temescal area for years, it housed the town’s most iconic fast-food institution, Original Kasper’s Hot Dogs but now comes a new biz looking to build its own hot dog legacy: eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/14/win…

ShomikMukherjee's tweet card. The tiny space with a large history will soon sling hot dogs once again.

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