Data Reporter

Scooty Nickerson

Scooty Nickerson is a Bay Area News Group data reporter for The Mercury News and East Bay Times. Nickerson won a 2021 IRE award for an audio and digital series that investigated worker deaths from heat illness and was reported by Columbia Journalism Investigations and NPR. He received Master's degrees in Applied Social Data Science at the London School of Economics and in Investigative Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. He graduated from Tufts University with a BA degree in history.

Permits in the five-county Bay Area were down last year. Here's what's happening, and why.

5 charts that show which Bay Area cities are building the most housing

May 22, 2024 at 7:41 a.m.

Permits in the five-county Bay Area were down last year. Here's what's happening, and why.

That discount on state-funded naloxone does not necessarily translate to lower prices at the drug-store for everyday shoppers, where naloxone usually costs around $45 per pack of two doses.

California strikes deal for cheaper overdose-reversing medication

April 30, 2024 at 4:10 a.m.

That discount on state-funded naloxone does not necessarily translate to lower prices at the drug-store for everyday shoppers, where naloxone usually costs around $45 per pack of two doses.

Developers have proposed over 13,000 new units via the builder's remedy in cities around the Bay Area.

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This map reveals where supersized ‘builder’s remedy’ projects could be coming

April 15, 2024 at 1:15 a.m.

Developers have proposed over 13,000 new units via the builder's remedy in cities around the Bay Area.

Defendant reportedly stashed the items in two Port of Oakland shipping containers

Oakland man sentenced for attempting to export firearms, night vision scopes to Oman

March 31, 2024 at 6:53 a.m.

Defendant reportedly stashed the items in two Port of Oakland shipping containers

Life changed after legalization in at least four different ways.

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Did legal marijuana help or harm Californians? Here’s what the data says

January 29, 2024 at 4:56 a.m.

Life changed after legalization in at least four different ways.

During the pandemic, the state lost $5.6 billion in taxable income to Texas.

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5 charts that explain the California Exodus

March 11, 2024 at 9:04 a.m.

During the pandemic, the state lost $5.6 billion in taxable income to Texas.

Union representatives are calling it the largest health care worker strike in United States history.

Striking Bay Area Kaiser workers seek higher wages, better staffing

October 5, 2023 at 4:39 a.m.

Union representatives are calling it the largest health care worker strike in United States history.

Ed Ternan had hardly heard of fentanyl when his son Charlie overdosed on the lethal opioid in May of 2022.

He lost his son to fentanyl. Now he’s working with Big Tech, California to help save other kids

September 1, 2023 at 10:41 a.m.

Ed Ternan had hardly heard of fentanyl when his son Charlie overdosed on the lethal opioid in May of 2022.

Women continue to make up the majority of low-wage workers in the Golden State, while roughly half of all Latino, Black and Native American workers earned $32,329 or less in 2021.

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How wide is California’s wage gap? New data shows who the top earners are

September 1, 2023 at 5:14 p.m.

Women continue to make up the majority of low-wage workers in the Golden State, while roughly half of all Latino, Black and Native American workers earned $32,329 or less in...

King County, Washington attracts more Bay Area transplant than any other county in the country

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California exodus: Top destination for Bay Area transplants isn’t in Texas or Florida. It’s … Seattle?

August 15, 2023 at 10:58 p.m.

They're both home to Big Tech, liberal politics and natural beauty, but Seattle's big lure is cheaper housing.

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