AltWeeklies Wire
Health Care for All?new
Obamacare prohibits undocumented immigrants from obtaining health-care coverage. But that would change in California if the "Health for All" bill passes.
East Bay Express |
Momo Chang |
05-22-2014 |
Health
Are Foreclosure Cases Rigged?new
The financial ties that many judges have to banks raise questions about conflicts of interest and a bias against homeowners victimized by mortgage fraud.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
05-14-2014 |
Housing & Development
Can Tech in Oakland Become More Inclusive?new
A new business incubator that plans to help hardware startup companies is part of a larger effort to grow manufacturing jobs in the city.
East Bay Express |
Julian Mark |
05-08-2014 |
Tech
The Little Friction of tUnE-yArDsnew
On tUnE-yArDs’ second album, Nikki Nack, Merrill Garbus continues to be characteristically unpredictable.
East Bay Express |
Erik Neumann |
05-07-2014 |
Music
Back In the Closetnew
California medical cannabis patients are increasingly being forced to hide behind closed doors as bans on dispensaries and home cultivation sweep through the East Bay.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
05-01-2014 |
Drugs
The Rise of the Corporate Democratsnew
East Bay Assembly candidate Steve Glazer is a classic pro-business politician. He also worked for a group that tried to defeat liberals and elect Republicans.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
04-30-2014 |
Politics
The Failure of Berkeley's Living Wage Lawnew
The company that manages three public parking garages has underpaid its employees — and city officials, who have known about this for at least a year, have done little about it.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
04-24-2014 |
Business & Labor
Standing Up for Gay Comediansnew
Charlie Ballard, an Oakland-based Native-American performer, will be a host at the massive Gathering of Nations Powwow — and this time, he's doing it in drag.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
04-24-2014 |
Comedy
Why Gentrification Is Not Inevitablenew
A new much-publicized report on displacement in Oakland and San Francisco also provides a roadmap for how to stop things from getting worse.
East Bay Express |
Jean Tepperman |
04-16-2014 |
Housing & Development
Our Kind of Sexnew
Oakland has become the epicenter of a movement to create a more realistic portrayal of queer- and female-centric sex.
East Bay Express |
Madeleine Key |
04-10-2014 |
Sex
Fixing Wikipedia's Women Problemnew
Wikipedia editor Sarah Stierch hosts a women's history-focused Wikipedia edit-a-thon at UC Berkeley to help improve the site's coverage of women.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
04-04-2014 |
Performance
Can Oakland Afford Affordable Housing?new
The mayor wants to make one-quarter of the units in her 10K housing plan affordable. But advocates say Oakland needs to adopt new funding and tenant-protections laws.
East Bay Express |
Jean Tepperman |
04-02-2014 |
Housing & Development
Police Lobby Wants to Gut Medical Pot in Californianew
Proposed legislation would clamp down hard on medical cannabis, but weed activists are pushing for saner reforms.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-26-2014 |
Drugs
Stories of the Great Migration to Oaklandnew
A storytelling event at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park uncovers the history of African-American migration to Oakland.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
03-24-2014 |
History
How Fracking Causes Earthquakesnew
A new study connects wastewater injection wells, which have expanded rapidly during the fracking boom, to a ten-fold increase in quakes in some parts of the nation.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-19-2014 |
Energy
