Bay Area Current

Creator of Bay Area Current

Cole Hersey is a writer based in Oakland, California. His work focuses on environmental topics and the arts. His work has been featured in Bay Nature, Earth Island Journal, and elsewhere.

Stephanie Reist has a PhD in Latin American Cultural Studies and teaches undergraduate expository writing. Her writing focuses on higher ed and culture in the Bay and beyond.

Eric Muscosky is a writer in Oakland.

Caitlin Clift is a union representative for UNITE HERE Local 2 and a reporter for KPFA Radio. She is based in San Francisco.

Simon Brown is a writer in Oakland

Wendy Liu writes about tech billboards for Bay Area Current. She is the author of Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology From Capitalism (2020). She is currently working on a novel.

Brooke is a student at UC Berkeley, and serves as News Director for KALX News. She is interested in labor, transit, and arts and culture reporting.

Gabriel Lopez is the host of Vinelands on KEXP, Garment on Lower Grand Radio, and works in labor. He is usually wrangling his dog and extending deadlines.

She is a 9-5 therapist, 24/8 advice-giver. Skilled at hacking problems, not networks. She will tell it to you straight and lives by the golden rule: don't give advice that you wouldn't take yourself.