AltWeeklies Wire
We Test Eaze App's Promise of Pot in Ten Minutesnew
Veteran techies are disrupting the medical marijuana industry with Eaze; and SB 1262 contains a game-changing surprise.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
08-14-2014 |
Drugs
The High Cost of Justicenew
Alameda County is now charging high fees to look at court documents online — a new cost that legal experts say may be unconstitutional.
East Bay Express |
Beth Winegarner |
08-13-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Living on the Streets of Oaklandnew
The Great Recession may be over, but every night people are sleeping on benches or in makeshift shelters. Here are a few of their stories.
East Bay Express |
David Bacon |
08-08-2014 |
Homelessness
Do Or Die for Mystery Pot Lawnew
A landmark bill to regulate medical pot in California is speeding through Sacramento, but no one knows for sure what will be in it.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
07-30-2014 |
Drugs
Are Jazz Festivals Excluding Women?new
Even in the Bay Area, the top jazz concert series this summer will feature very few female instrumentalists — and some women say they are being shut out.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
The War on Women
What's Poisoning the Beesnew
Toxic pesticides are killing honeybees and other pollinators — and our food supply stands to suffer.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
06-03-2014 |
Environment
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
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 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
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
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
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
