AltWeeklies Wire
Lizard is a Ratnew
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Growing Up Rightnew
Whine, piss, moan: Antics of a conservative in the making, claims UC Berkeley professor Jack Block, while some students beg to differ.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
04-10-2006 |
Culture
Color Him a Sucker for Lovenew
Wouldn't it be nice if the color of your beer label hinted at true romance?
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
03-13-2006 |
Food+Drink
The Adjustable-Rate Marriagenew
Skip the wedding and head to a Realtor's office -- mortgage is the new matrimony.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
02-27-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
No Laughing Matternew
Researchers in California categorize our chuckles, and realize that laughter, like a handshake, says a lot about a person.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
02-13-2006 |
Culture
Art of Darknessnew
Photographer Todd Hido made a name in the art world with his haunting images of suburbia -- now he's turned his lens toward, well, racier subjects.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
02-06-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Hit the Streets, Jacknew
Oakland's Men of Valor Academy, a last-chance program for parolees trying to turn their lives around, just closed after losing state funding.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
01-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
You Made It, Now Sleep In Itnew
Tired of wrestling with bigger comforters and heavier mattresses, hotel housekeepers are protesting the comfy hotel bed.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
12-29-2005 |
Business & Labor
A Troupe with a Stage, But No Shelternew
A group of homeless men tries out theater as a form of therapy.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
12-22-2005 |
Theater
Case of Condemned Gang Leader Becomes Death Penalty Lessonnew
Former Crips leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who was convicted of murdering four people, may be executed in December, but not before he's gained the sympathy of Oakland, Calif., schoolchildren.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
11-29-2005 |
Education
The Mystery of the Good Booknew
The librarian for the Judaica Collections at the University of California at Berkeley made a startling discovery when he looked at the circa-1548 volumes he'd purchased: Some parts appeared to be missing.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
11-21-2005 |
Books
Think Globally, Scheme Locallynew
Businessman Ralbert Brooks-Hamilton owes nearly $500,000 in loans he secured through a program to pump cash into Oakland's downtrodden neighborhoods. Lately, according to federal agents, he's posed as an investment-seeking Nicaraguan diplomat.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
10-24-2005 |
Politics
Fishin' for Evildoers on the Pacific Coastnew
The Alameda County Sheriff's Department believes it is the only county agency in the nation that defends its residents with a fully manned antiterrorist gunboat.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-26-2005 |
International
TV Commercials' Hired Handnew
A rival's blood blister paved the way for Bill Austin to become Silicon Valley's top hand model.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-20-2005 |
TV
Assault Upon Faith-Based Darwinismnew
A modern monkey trial wasn't what Phillip Johnson expected when he wrote a critique of evolution that launched intelligent design -- or was it?
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
08-01-2005 |
Science
