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As Pacifica Pier remains closed, Bay Area crabbers lose more than just a feast - a multigenerational community
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Robert Nguyen fishes for Dungeness crabs at San Francisco’s Baker Beach. Sports crab fishing has been more popular than ever during the pandemic, but a favorite spot for it in the Bay Area, the Pacifica Pier, has been closed for several weeks after storms damaged it.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Robert Nguyen, 47, measures a crab he caught as he fished for Dungeness crabs at Baker Beach. “It s my release, my enjoyment, my happiness,” said Nguyen, a cabdriver.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
A two-year investigation into racism and sexism at CBS leads to…well, it’s not completely clear what
Plus: The New Yorker Union work stoppage, media outlets quote anti-immigrant extremist groups, and “it’s highly likely his comments will become public at some point.”
By The Objective Staff Jan. 29, 2021, 12:39 p.m.
Jan. 29, 2021, 12:39 p.m.
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When friends and family failed to hear from Jalajhia Finklea a day
after she went missing, they contacted police and media outlets anybody who could help spread the word and help them find her.
Finklea, a pregnant 18-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, was last seen on Oct. 20, getting into a car with Luis Zaragoza on Coggeshall Street in New Bedford.
After more than a month of interstate investigations, by police in New Bedford, Mashpee and Florida, Finklea s body, with two shotgun wounds, was found in a field off Route 95 in Fellsmere, Fla. Her death was ruled a homicide and Zaragoza, her suspected killer, died in a police shootout.
When friends and family failed to hear from Jalajhia Finklea a day
after she went missing, they contacted police and media outlets anybody who could help spread the word and help them find her.
Finklea, a pregnant 18-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, was last seen on Oct. 20, getting into a car with Luis Zaragoza on Coggeshall Street in New Bedford.
After more than a month of interstate investigations, by police in New Bedford, Mashpee and Florida, Finklea s body, with two shotgun wounds, was found in a field off Route 95 in Fellsmere, Florida. Her death was ruled a homicide, and Zaragoza, her suspected killer, died in a police shootout.