AltWeeklies Wire
Yelp and the Business of Extortion 2.0new
Bay Area business owners say Yelp offers to hide negative customer reviews of their businesses on its web site ... for a price.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
02-18-2009 |
Tech
A Soundtrack To Sweat Tonew
Most New Year's resolutions involve exercise, but what will you listen to?
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
01-15-2009 |
Music
The Rise of Slow Fashionnew
The Bay Area fashion scene has long been outshined by New York and LA. Now, a group of independent fashion supporters is trying to take the lead in sustainable fashion. Can they succeed?
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
11-12-2008 |
Fashion
Sarah Palin, in Songnew
The Sarah Palin songwriting competition that we launched four weeks ago drew in seventeen submissions, ranging from pop tune rewrites to fully choreographed videos.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan, Kathleen Richards and Nate Seltenrich |
10-29-2008 |
Music
Inaugural Outside Lands Festival Lives up to Its Potentialnew
For the most part, the first-ever Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival did live up to expectations; at times there were simply stunning moments and the venue itself was quite a scene to behold.
East Bay Express |
Nate Seltenrich, Rachel Swan and Kathleen Richards |
08-27-2008 |
Music
K. Ruby is the Queen of DIYnew
Through the Institute of Urban Homesteading, she teaches city folk how to grow vegetables, can food, make wine, and other forgotten skills.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
05-22-2008 |
Culture
Young, Asian American, and Christiannew
UC Berkeley is home to some of the brightest young minds in the country -- and many of them are increasingly drawn to evangelical Christianity.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
04-03-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Gluten Gives Many Americans Crippling Stomach Painnew
So why don't they know it?
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
10-17-2007 |
Food+Drink
Welcome to Celiac Campnew
Where Bay Area kids catch a gluten-free break from the daily grind.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
10-17-2007 |
Food+Drink
High on Fire Helped Make Mastodon a Superstarnew
Now the Oakland metal trio may be poised to do the same for itself.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Treasure Island Music Festival Boasts Impressive Debut Lineupnew
The San Francisco fest could well become one of those if-you're-anybody-you-better-be-there events with a lineup that includes Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and DJ Shadow.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-13-2007 |
Concerts
'Army of None' Aims to Thwart Military Recruitersnew
Former Oakland City Council candidate Aimee Allison publishes an activist guidebook.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
09-05-2007 |
War
Oakland Tribune's Union: Not Dead Yetnew
The Bay Area daily, now owned by Denver-based MediaNews Group, moves to bust the union; union fights back.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
08-22-2007 |
Media
Campus Cost-Copingnew
From full-time jobs to dumpster diving, Cal students struggle to keep out of debt.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
08-15-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Bridging Black and Brownnew
With immigration debate raging in Washington, local group seeks black understanding of immigrants' plight.
East Bay Express |
Kathleen Richards |
07-05-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
