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Lizard is a Ratnew
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
04-21-2008 |
Media
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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
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
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
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
Room for Onenew
Most sex offenders chased from their neighborhoods end up in flophouses. One is chilling in a kingsized pad at a California Marriott.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
New York Times Reporter Defends Her Decisionsnew
Times reporter Judith Miller, who has been criticized for accepting the Bush administration's line on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, denies having misgivings about how she reported the story.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
04-02-2005 |
Media
Former Sexual Offender Has Trouble Finding a Homenew
Rehabilitated prisoner Cary Verse had to face an angry crowd of people in court and convince a judge he should be allowed to live in their neighborhood.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
03-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Gettin' Naked for Needlesnew
Short of funds, the Bay Area's Needle Exchange Emergency Distribution project created a calendar called "Hotties of Harm Reduction," featuring seductive photos of clean-needle advocates.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
12-20-2004 |
Science
Gang Member Named Lizard Serves as a Rat for the FBInew
The exploits of Daniel "Lizard" Hernandez, a high-ranking member of Nuestra Familia who became a snitch for the FBI, show how prison policies adopted to control gangs may actually have helped them bloom.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
10-25-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Left for Dead: Governments Could Do More to Save Abandoned Babiesnew
Several newborns were abandoned in the Bay Area this summer, with each incident seeming to outdo the other in unconscionable details. If Alameda County had followed other counties' lead in promoting California's Safely Surrendered Baby Law, some of those infants' lives might have been saved.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-14-2004 |
Children & Families
Accused Sex Slave Operator Claims He Was Just Taking Ordersnew
Prasad Lakireddy was charged with involvement in an operation that brought young girls from India to Berkeley to be used for cheap labor and sex. But he got off easy, claiming he didn't know his restaurant employees were his daddy's imported sex slaves.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-17-2004 |
Immigration
