AltWeeklies Wire
How One San Fran Woman Helped Nail a Notorious Weapons Smugglernew
Investigator Kathi Austin helped expose notorious arms dealer Victor Bout and awaken the world to a key human rights struggle.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
07-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
San Francisco's Zoo Bluesnew
A scathing report shows how the privatized zoo spent its bond money on tourist traps, not animals.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
04-09-2008 |
Animal Issues
Two Years Later, Asa Sullivan's Death Remains a Mysterynew
The San Francisco Police Department doesn't want people to know about Asa B. Sullivan, a case that illustrates how difficult it is to get even basic information about law enforcement, which leaves the public in the dark about a public agency that makes life-and-death decisions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
03-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bay Area Newspapers Are About to Take Another Big Hitnew
MediaNews has offered buyouts to about 1,100 employees at newspapers across the Bay Area. If a "significant" number of people don't accept them, the company will resort to layoffs.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
02-28-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Bay Area Journalists are Switching Sidesnew
Newspaper shake-ups are leading former journos to the dark side of media relations.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
12-28-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
San Fran Hosts a Halloween Suitable for the 'Burbsnew
The mayor's plan worked: two decades of fun in the Castro on Halloween died in 2007.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
11-07-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Anti-Sweatshop Law in San Fran is Moving at Slow Pacenew
Two years after the law's passage, some appointees to the city's newly formed Sweatfree Procurement Advisory Group, including former state senator Tom Hayden, say San Francisco is already failing to recognize its own commitment to human rights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
08-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: sweatshops, business & labor
The City College Shell Gamenew
How city college plays fast and loose with $130 million in bond money.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
07-05-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
The SPCA's Pet Projectsnew
Can San Francisco's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals overcome recent setbacks and regain its position as a leader in the national no-kill movement?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
06-06-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
The Drug War Soldiers On in San Francisconew
Why Tom Ammiano's well-meaning marijuana ordinance directing the police to make cannabis busts its lowest possible priority hasn't tamed the cops.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
05-23-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Beyond Clint Reilly's Settlement with Hearst and MediaNewsnew
What does the deal really mean for the Bay Area's news media?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
05-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
How California's Probation System Can Skew Criminal Justicenew
The story of a hammer, a pizza guy and $60.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
04-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Espionage Act, Reduxnew
More than a century ago, Congress came within inches of allowing the president to punish newspapers at his discretion under the Espionage Act -- last month it almost happened again.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
03-07-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
What We Know Nownew
New court documents show the big local dailies couldn't handle competition -- but never talked much about improving their papers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
02-07-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Between the Sheetsnew
Are the Bay Area's two big newspaper barons planning to carve up the region and end competition? We're about to find out.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
01-31-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
