AltWeeklies Wire
San Francisco's War on Gangsnew
With murders on the rise, city attorney Dennis Herrera is cracking down on gangs using a legal tool critics say smacks of McCarthyism.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
08-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
California's Attorney Privilegenew
The state bar is supposed to punish dishonest attorneys -- instead, it too often coddles them.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
07-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rebecca and Terry Solomon Took the Money and Rannew
The couple faces charges of fleecing almost $20 million from investors, but not even the feds know where they're hiding.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
05-31-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fair and Balanced -- Almostnew
NewsTrust, an online rating service self-touted as "your guide to good journalism," is still working on calibrating it's neutrality.
Tags: media
Must Work for Freenew
By not paying their interns, some Bay Area publications may be violating the state labor code.
Tags: media
Blood Moneynew
URS Corp. has soaked up at least $3 billion in government contracts to help rebuild Iraq, thereby making CEO Martin Koffel an even richer man.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
02-20-2007 |
Business & Labor
Pay to Playnew
The son of a world-renowned chef says he wanted to reform the phone industry -- the feds say he wanted to get rich quick.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
02-12-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Free at Lastnew
Gabe Meyers, a featured player in Josh Wolf's now infamous protest video, can finally exhale -- his own legal ordeal quietly ended earlier this month.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
01-30-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
What Lies Beneathnew
Brain and stomach cancer ... asthma and bronchitis ... miscarriages and stillbirths -- all are health problems suffered by residents of a Bay Area housing project. So why won't authorities close it down?
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
12-22-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Echoes of the Revolutionnew
The struggle between Bay Area law enforcement and the Black Panthers is still going on after 35 years.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
11-17-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
A Gem of a Capernew
Bags of jewels were stolen from Lang Fine Estate Jewelers, two brothers are in custody, and the store owner is implicated -- who done it?
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
05-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Let It Bleednew
Prosecutors' reluctance to charge murder suspects in San Francisco leaves alleged killers on the street, flush with bravado.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
01-23-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
