Nico Savidge, Berkeleyside

Nico Savidge

Berkeleyside

Oakland, CA, United States

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Recent:
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Past:
  • Berkeleyside
  • Vallejo Times-Herald
  • San Jose Mercury News
  • East Bay Times
  • Monterey Herald
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel
  • The Daily Democrat
  • Times-Standard
  • O.C. Register
  • ChicoER
  • and more…

Past articles by Nico:

Protesters condemn Berkeley mayor for trip to Israel

Demonstrators called the Berkeley mayor's trip tone-deaf because it took place soon after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. → Read More

How Bay Area museums are bouncing back

‘This is not like back to normal,’ Oakland Museum Director and CEO Lori Fogarty says. → Read More

How Bay Area museums are bouncing back after COVID

‘This is not like back to normal,’ Oakland Museum Director and CEO Lori Fogarty says. → Read More

Restarting VTA light rail will take longer than expected, new leader says

Mid-August is the agency’s new target for restarting light rail service in the wake of the May 26 mass shooting. → Read More

Restarting VTA light rail will take longer than expected, new leader says

Mid-August is the agency’s new target for restarting light rail service in the wake of the May 26 mass shooting. → Read More

Getting back on BART? Here are some changes you’ll notice

Parking is a breeze, more staff are patrolling trains and you can ride to San Jose — a lot has changed on BART since early 2020. → Read More

Getting back on BART? Here are some changes you’ll notice

Parking is a breeze, more staff are patrolling trains and you can ride to San Jose — a lot has changed on BART since early 2020. → Read More

Drought: Gavin Newsom asks Californians to cut water use by 15%

The governor also extended a drought emergency declaration to Santa Clara, San Mateo counties. → Read More

Drought: Newsom asks Californians to cut water use by 15%

The governor also extended a drought emergency declaration to Santa Clara, San Mateo counties. → Read More

‘He was obviously escalating’: Could more have been done to prevent VTA mass shooting?

One month after the shooting, there are still many unanswered questions about how VTA responded to gunman Samuel Cassidy’s behavior. → Read More

Over budget and behind schedule: Why the Bay Area can’t get big transportation projects right

From the Bay Bridge to the San Jose BART extension, the Bay Area’s “mega-projects” suffer expanding budgets and slipping schedules. → Read More

Over budget and behind schedule: Why the Bay Area can’t get big transportation projects right

From the Bay Bridge to the San Jose BART extension, the Bay Area’s “mega-projects” suffer expanding budgets and slipping schedules. → Read More

Listen: The anxious radio traffic as a killer stalked San Jose’s VTA

More than 12 minutes of riveting dispatch recordings released late Friday by the VTA tell a chilling story of both rising panic and yet extraordinary calm, as a disgruntled employee killed nine cow… → Read More

Restarting VTA light rail after mass shooting could require state funding, emergency declaration

VTA hopes to resume service on the system “within the next several weeks,” Hendler Ross said. But there are many unanswered questions about what it will take to do so. → Read More

Bay Area greets COVID reopening day with optimism, wariness

California’s much-anticipated reopening date arrived Tuesday, with subtle signs that life in the Bay Area was progressing toward something more like normal. → Read More

‘I can see the change’: Bay Area greets COVID reopening day with optimism, wariness

California’s much-anticipated reopening date arrived Tuesday, with subtle signs that life in the Bay Area was progressing toward something more like normal. → Read More

California prepares to reopen — are Golden Staters ready?

California’s four-color tiered restrictions on business capacity and activity end June 15. → Read More

California prepares to reopen — are Golden Staters ready?

California’s four-color tiered restrictions on business capacity and activity end June 15. → Read More

California prepares to reopen — are Golden Staters ready?

California’s four-color tiered restrictions on business capacity and activity end June 15. → Read More

California prepares to reopen — are Golden Staters ready?

California’s four-color tiered restrictions on business capacity and activity end June 15. → Read More