AltWeeklies Wire
"A Man Named Sue"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Artists, Inc.new
When a family goes corporate, art consumes life.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
02-01-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
The Wiznew
Don't expect radical changes in Oakland under incoming mayor Ron Dellums -- after all, he's a bold orator, but a cautious politician.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
01-04-2007 |
Politics
Can Any Mayor Fix Crime?new
Jerry Brown took Oakland's crime problem seriously, and that seemed to work -- for a while.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
01-04-2007 |
Politics
Jerry McWho?new
Jerry McGuy who might just defeat GOP Congressman Dick Pombo, that's who.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
11-03-2006 |
Politics
Family Affair?new
A lawsuit claims MediaNews exploits children, and even steals tips from news carriers.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-20-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
See Ya in Courtnew
Registered same-sex partners can't marry, but now face divorce court if they break up -- and the new law is retroactive.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-17-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Pest to the Powerfulnew
Just what is Sanjiv Handa anyway -- City Hall gadfly, Oakland municipal watchdog, or citizen journalist?
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-02-2006 |
Politics
Pity the Rapistsnew
Oakland's new mayor-elect may have talked about transparent government, but if his past is any indication, he'll be about as press-friendly as Dick Cheney.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
06-26-2006 |
Politics
Selling Ignacionew
Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, Oakland's tough-talking mayoral frontrunner-turned-long shot, now faces the fight of his political life.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
05-15-2006 |
Politics
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
Losing LeRoynew
The San Francisco Bay Guardian missed its chance to break the best literary scandal in years.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
01-30-2006 |
Media
Target of Animal-Rights Activists Asks Court to Keep Them at Baynew
Pamelyn Ferdin, the child actor who did the voice of Peanuts' Lucy Van Pelt, is now president of a radical animal-rights group alleged to have participated in harassment and over-the-line protests.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
12-22-2005 |
Animal Issues
Tags: California, rights, van, animal, Chiron, cruelty, Emeryville, Ferdin, Huntingdon, Lucy, Pamelyn, peanuts, Pelt, Roche, Stop
He Said, She Said, He's Deadnew
Was Orinda, Calif., housewife Susan Polk the cold-blooded killer of her husband (and former psychologist), or a victim of his abuse who killed in self-defense? The reader is invited to be part of the jury in this dramatic case.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
11-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A Man Named Suenew
Citizen Fred Whitaker, blacklisted for filing dozens of "frivolous" lawsuits, hopes to clear his name -- by filing more lawsuits.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: California, Bay Area, a Bay Area forensic psychiatrist, a professor at University of Californai Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, Alameda County Superior Court, crusaders, Dr. Mark Levy, nuisance to the judicial system, public watchdogs, Republican State Senator Charles Poochigian, Stephen Bundy, Superior Court Judge James Richman, vexatious lawsuits
