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Prison Punchnew

'Orange is the New Black' author Piper Kerman talks life behind bars and the need for prison reform.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  11-15-2013  |  Crime & Justice

The Simple Lifenew

Bea Johnson ditched the SUV, sold her stuff and famously lives with almost zero waste. So why do critics try to rip her efforts apart?
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  10-10-2013  |  Environment

New Laws for California in 2013new

New California laws to know for 2013
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  01-02-2013  |  Policy Issues

An Unheard Warnew

Sebastopol's Barbara Briggs-Letson returns from Pakistan determined to spread the word about U.S. drone strikes.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  11-25-2012  |  War

WTF's with KWTF?new

A college-radio-style blitz from a dedicated core hopes to get on the airwaves with some decidedly subversive call letters
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  10-24-2012  |  Media

Struck Outnew

California Proposition 36 would exempt nonviolent offenders from 'three strikes' law's lifetime sentencing.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  10-04-2012  |  Policy Issues

House and Homenew

The Homeowner Bill of Rights aims to protect those losing homes to foreclosure
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  08-30-2012  |  Housing & Development

We Owe, We Owenew

Student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt in the U.S., with job prospects bleak. As defaults increase, can anything be done?
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  08-17-2012  |  Education

Lethal Blownew

With $2.9 million behind Proposition 34, California may become the 19th state to abolish the death penalty.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  08-08-2012  |  Policy Issues

Step by Stepnew

When Sonoma County's courts sentence alcohol and drug offenders to rehab, a nonreligious option hasn't always been clear—until one man's crusade to change the process.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  07-16-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Smoked Outnew

The federal government makes good on its threat to shut down medical-marijuana dispensaries - and the worst may be yet to come.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  05-02-2012  |  Drugs

Binding for Buddhanew

A Buddhist center's publishing operation causes friction with neighbors in rural Sonoma County.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  04-04-2012  |  Housing & Development

Judi Bari, the FBI, and the Press Democrat: An Unsolved Casenew

Mike Geniella, former reporter for the Press Democrat, moved to Ukiah in 1985, where he began covering the timber beat. Before his retirement in 2008, he wrote about everything from sawmills to tree-spiking.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  04-02-2012  |  Crime & Justice

A Tangled Webnew

New Judi Bari documentary reignites raging controversy.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  03-22-2012  |  Crime & Justice

College Guide: Beware Private Loansnew

Now, the truth lay before me, thousands upon thousands of dollars owed in my name to the federal government -- or was it my lender or some private bank? I'm still not sure. I had reached that repayment bridge, and all I wanted to do was turn back and start all over again. I soon found out that I wasn't alone.
North Bay Bohemian  |  Leilani Clark  |  08-20-2009  |  Education

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