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Shomik Mukherjee

Eureka, Oakland

Reporter at The Mercury News

Reporter at Oakland Tribune

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

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  • 6 days ago | timesheraldonline.com | Shomik Mukherjee |Jakob Rodgers |Harry Harris

    OAKLAND — Castlemont High School students and staff spent their graduation ceremony on Friday grieving the death of beloved teacher Marvin Boomer, who died when a car that had been chased by California Highway Patrol officers barreled through an intersection where he and his romantic partner had been on an evening stroll.

  • 1 week ago | pressdemocrat.com | Harry Harris |Jakob Rodgers |Shomik Mukherjee

    OAKLAND — A pedestrian killed Wednesday night when he was struck by a vehicle California Highway Patrol ground units had stopped pursuing was identified Friday as Marvin Boomer, a beloved teacher and mentor at Castlemont High School. His death cast a pall over the East Oakland high school, located at 8601 MacArthur Blvd., which had its graduation Friday afternoon at the Paramount Theater.

  • 1 week ago | sacbee.com | Shomik Mukherjee

    OAKLAND — The next five years are projected to be as tough as the past half-decade was in Oakland, where ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economics of the Trump administration and rising pension costs indicate rough financial seas ahead, a new city report has found.

  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Shomik Mukherjee

    OAKLAND — The next five years are projected to be as tough as the past half-decade was in Oakland, where ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economics of the Trump administration and rising pension costs indicate rough financial seas ahead, a new city report has found. The trend isn’t likely to change for the rest of the 2020s, according to the report, a five-year financial forecast typically released ahead of the city’s biannual budget cycle.

  • 1 week ago | sacbee.com | Jakob Rodgers |Shomik Mukherjee

    OAKLAND — A West Oakland metal crushing plant with a troubled history and two of its employees are no longer facing criminal charges and millions in fines after Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson’s office quietly dismissed a case against Radius Recycling. The DA’s decision on Friday ends one of the hallmark prosecutions announced by her predecessor, Pamela Price, after a 2023 fire allegedly spewed toxic smoke over the East Bay.

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3 May 25

RT @mercnewsguild: Statement from The Mercury News Guild's leadership on MediaNews Group's acquisition of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: ht…

Shomik Mukherjee
Shomik Mukherjee @ShomikMukherjee
24 Apr 25

RT @OakTribNews: Oakland corruption case: Attorneys push for more oversight of data seized by feds https://t.co/yAIpCDyfbc

Shomik Mukherjee
Shomik Mukherjee @ShomikMukherjee
23 Apr 25

RT @NateGartrell: #NEW: Another wealthy father/son duo has been charged with bribing an East Bay city leader. This time, in a wild twist, t…