AltWeeklies Wire
E-Books Create Challenges for Librariesnew
The growing popularity of checking out e-books at libraries is making it more difficult to actually do it.
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
03-31-2012 |
Books
Tags: Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Kindle, E-books, Alameda County Library, Alameda Free Public Library, American Library Association, Andy Ross, Annemarie Meyer, Association American of Publishers, Jane Chisaki, Molly Raphael, Oakland Public Library, Overdrive, San Rafael Public Library, Sarah Houghton, Susan Fisher
Are Stay-Away Orders Against UC Berkeley Students Unconstitutional?new
Some legal experts say they are—when used as a weapon against nonviolent protests.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
03-31-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Nancy O'Malley, UC Berkeley, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Cal, Sproul Plaza, Amanda Armstrong, Ashley Saxby-Pinkerton, Autrey James, Jeff Wozniak, Jonathan Simon, Justin Timbalesi, Kathleen Barrett, Paul Davalos, Paul Seeman, Seth Chazin, Stay-Away Orders, Wheeler Hall, Yvette Felarca, Banished
Homesteading 2.0new
Take your do-it-yourself skills to the next level.
East Bay Express |
Jesse Hirsch |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: vegan, mead, urban homesteading, beekeeping, Institute of Urban Homesteading, pickling, Café, DIY, Spring 2012, Back to the Roots, BioFuel Oasis, Cafe Gratitude, canning, David Critchfield, Eat Real Festival, Encuentro, fermenting, Gratitude, Heather Haxo Phillips, home-brewing, K. Ruby Blume, Mission Peak Soap, North Oakland Farmers' Market, Phat Beets Produce, Raw Foods Bay Area, The Local Butcher Shop, chicha, Taste, kombucha, sausage
The New Comfort Foodnew
Inside the meaty, fatty, deep-fried center of the East Bay's latest dining upheaval.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Benefits of Pasture-Raised Meatnew
Even former vegetarians are eating it.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-31-2012 |
Food+Drink
Pacific Environment: Rooftop Solar Is the Answernew
A new report by the respected Oakland-based environmental group calls for a dramatic increase in rooftop solar installations by 2020.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-31-2012 |
Environment
The New Threat to Independent Bookstoresnew
Now that chain bookstores are no longer a worry, indies are turning their attention to e-books.
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
03-28-2012 |
Tech
Michael Gressett Speaksnew
The longtime prosecutor who no longer face rape charges goes public with his story as he prepares to sue Contra Costa County and the men who put him in jail.
East Bay Express |
John Geluardi |
03-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Michael Gressett
The Hunger Gamesnew
Hungry for more.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
03-26-2012 |
Reviews
Tags: The Hunger Games
The Trouble with Tabletsnew
Five years ago, it looked like the Internet would be print media's biggest threat. Turns out, that was only the beginning.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
03-26-2012 |
Tech
Fresh Start for Mornin' Old Sportnew
Oakland has inherited one of Boston's best young folk outfits.
East Bay Express |
Will Butler |
03-18-2012 |
Music
Nearly 5,000 Chickens Rescued from Factory Farmnew
But activists, including many from the East Bay, weren't able to save 45,000 hens at an abandoned cage farm.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
03-15-2012 |
Environment
Tags: Factory Farms
