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What's Driving Oakland's Robbery Epidemic?new

Answer: Smartphones. And law enforcement experts say cellphone companies could make our streets a lot safer if they would install kill switches that make their phones inoperable when stolen.

East Bay Express | Elly Schmidt-Hopper | 10-29-2013 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Smartphones, Apple, crime

Oakland A's Owners Should've Been Finednew

The Fisher family, which owns the A's and the Gap, pumped $9 million into a shadowy nonprofit that was at the center of an illegal campaign scheme.

East Bay Express | Robert Gammon | 10-29-2013 | Sports

Some Basic Weed Warningsnew

The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner suggests that female heart patients, drinkers, and gang-bangers may want to lay off pot.

East Bay Express | David Downs | 10-29-2013 | Drugs

Tar Sands in the East Bay?new

Fossil fuel companies deny that they're preparing to bring dirty tar sands oil from Canada to the Bay Area, but environmentalists say it's only a matter of time.

East Bay Express | Jean Tepperman | 10-29-2013 | Environment

The Best Ghost Town in the U.S.new

Art and abandonment run rampant in this Rhoylite, Nev.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Desiree Kane | 10-26-2013 | Travel

Making Healthcare Unaffordablenew

Insurance exchanges created by those states that chose to take the job on themselves — Kentucky, for example — have reportedly been working pretty well.

NUVO | David Hoppe | 10-26-2013 | Health

Tags: Mike Pence, federal funding, health care