AltWeeklies Wire
Suicide in the Cellnew

Inmates kill themselves at a high rate after San Diego County Sheriff's Department refuses to revamp policies.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis and Dave Maass |
04-25-2013 |
Crime & Justice
How Many Inmate Deaths Is Too Many?new

San Diego County's incarceration mortality rate leads California's largest jails.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass and Kelly Davis |
03-28-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Birther Gary Kreep's Family-Law Recordnew

Birther judge-elect opposed parental rights for communists and lesbians as a lawyer, and faced allegations of spousal abuse.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-20-2012 |
Politics
The Birther Judgenew

A master of political hits and campaign shell games prepares to take a seat on the bench of the of San Diego County Superior Court.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
11-16-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Gary Kreep San Diego
Al-Shabaab cases takes a turnnew

Four Somali men hope testimony collected in East Africa will prove they didn’t send money to a terrorist group.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
09-19-2012 |
International
Tags: government
Riot in North Bumblef*cknew

A private-prison disaster in Oklahoma reveals the dangers of California's reliance on Corrections Corporation of America.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
03-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Special Education: An Examination of the FBI Citizens' Academynew

Is the San Diego field office's program an example of good community outreach or plain old cronyism?
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
02-03-2012 |
Features
Occupy Gets Its Own Medical-Marijuana Strainnew

One of the few dispensaries left in San Diego is offering Occupy OG.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
San Diego CityBeat Interviews Occupy San Diego All at Oncenew

During the daily open-mic session on Sunday, Oct. 9, San Diego CityBeat music editor Peter Holslin waited his turn in line, then interviewed everyone all at once.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
10-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
The Darrell Issa cablesnew

WikiLeaks provides a window into a local Congress member’s diplomatic efforts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
09-20-2011 |
International
Society of Petty Journalistsnew

Who watches the watchdogs? Easy: They watch, snarl and bite at each other, ruthlessly. 2,100 pages of internal SPJ emails dating back to January 2011 reveal a fair amount of smack-talk about various media figures, as well as internal politics regarding local board members perceived as not pulling their weight.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
06-03-2011 |
Media
Fear of Big Brothernew

He has a brilliant mind, broken kidneys and downtown San Diego's most conspicuous minivan. Is the CIA really out to get Tuan Nguyen?
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
04-28-2011 |
Culture
The Gift of Gabbynew

A former Tucson Weekly writer reminisces on covering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
01-13-2011 |
Media
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords
The Russia Housesnew

A Dagestani politician isn’t telling the truth about his Wikileak-ed connections to Carlsbad, Calif.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
12-09-2010 |
International
From Tucson With Lovenew

Checking in with Duke Cunningham halfway through his federal prison sentence.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Maass |
08-12-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Duke Cunningham