AltWeeklies Wire
Who's Killing These Mothers?new
Twice in three years, foreign-born women have been killed by apparent strangers in Fremont -- some residents see hate.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Fremont Athleticsnew
How the deal to move the A's from Oakland went down, and why it was inevitable.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon and Chris Thompson |
11-30-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
Conservation Is for the Birdsnew
A judge's ruling in a case pitting enviros versus wind-power firms delivers a blow to California wildlife, and a legal rebuke to her stepson.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-26-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Trouble in the Airnew
Reagan's mass firing of air traffic controllers made American skies much less safe in the 1980s -- is Bush's flight plan the same?
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-20-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The Moonies and the Sharksnew
A Unification Church pastor went fishing for converts and snagged an indictment as America's most prolific poacher of baby leopard sharks.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-17-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Road to Nowherenew
The FBI probes links between California state Senator Don Perata and a $40 million roadway project designed to enrich developer Ron Cowan.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon and Will Harper |
03-06-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Environmentalists Try to Free Fish Trapped in Reservoirsnew
Getting home is an uphill swim for the East Bay's steelhead trout, even without San Francisco's water agency and George W. Bush teamed up against them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Environment
The Case Against Tenurenew
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to reform California's archaic and burdensome tenure rules for K-12 teachers was far from being too radical. It wasn't radical enough.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-12-2005 |
Education
Tags: No Child Left Behind, a longtime teacher and track coach at Thomas Olaeta Elementary School in Atwater, Albert G. Truitt Jr., California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, California Teachers Association, Michael E. Smith, partner of the Fresno-based law firm Lozano Smith, Union attorney John Kohn Attorney Thomas Driscoll
East Bay Politician Hires Michael Jackson's Private Eyenew
Don Perata, target of a federal public corruption probe, has hired the private investigator who has helped Michael Jackson and other clients suss out grand jury witnesses and dig up dirt to discredit them.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-10-2005 |
Politics
Documents for the Undocumentednew
Immigrants could buy a driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Oakland, Calif. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-12-2005 |
Immigration
Ethical Woes Bedevil Archconservative Congressmannew
California Congressman Richard Pombo has a pattern of using the power of government in ways that would benefit his cattle-ranching family. The latest case involves his support for two new freeways.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-29-2005 |
Politics
RIP Sideshowsnew
Oakland's illegal street parties have vanished -- at least for now -- but no thanks are due to the new law targeting spectators.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-15-2005 |
Politics
New Recycling Policy Curbs Poachersnew
Single-stream recycling is convenient for residents and a windfall for big companies, but it's a fiasco for homeless scavengers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-21-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Real East Bay Sniper Could Still Be at Largenew
The construction worker the California Highway Patrol identified as the East Bay Sniper sits in prison, insisting on his innocence, while the real sniper or snipers may remain on the loose.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
01-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Don Perata: The Man, the Machine, the Investigationnew
The current federal investigation of California State Senate President Don Perata most likely began with a tip from a jilted lover bent on revenge. Express reporters examine the sources of Perata's power and what he's done with it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon, Chris Thompson and Will Harper |
12-13-2004 |
Politics
