AltWeeklies Wire
Rebranding Weednew
The media's depiction of pot use is biased and god-awful. So a leading marijuana law reform group is planning to provide something more appealing and realistic.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
03-18-2014 |
Drugs
How Energy Companies Are 'Robbing the 'Hood'new
Low-income residents in Oakland and throughout the state likely will face higher energy bills in the years to come, while wealthy residents will see rate cuts.
East Bay Express |
John Hrabe |
02-24-2014 |
Energy
Chevron Launches 'News' Websitenew
Fed up with negative news stories about its Richmond refinery, the oil giant has created a website that it says will focus on "community news."
East Bay Express |
Sukey Lewis |
02-20-2014 |
Business & Labor
A Fatty's Chancenew
Why it looks like California will not legalize pot this year.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
02-18-2014 |
Drugs
Hacking for Changenew
Oakland's first Startup Weekend focuses on how technology can help improve black male achievement.
East Bay Express |
Zaineb Mohammed |
02-10-2014 |
Tech
Oakland Cops Think City Is Too Liberalnew
A newly released survey also reveals a divide within the department between an old guard resistant to change and new officers who want OPD to become a modern, progressive police force.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham and Ali Winston |
01-29-2014 |
Policy Issues
Fired for Being Pregnant?new
A complaint filed by music conductor and composer Eímear Noone alleges that Jason Michael Paul Productions terminated her simply because she was an expectant mother.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
01-23-2014 |
The War on Women
The Gritty Life of a Day Laborernew
The story of Fidel Antonio.
East Bay Express |
David Bacon |
01-20-2014 |
Immigration
The Year in Weednew
Uncle Sam made a historic posture change, Colorado and Washington wrote their pot industry rules, the California Crackdown rolled on, dabs exploded, and the strain Girl Scout Cookies sold out.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
12-27-2013 |
Drugs
Transphobianew
Violence and discrimination against transgender people are rampant — even in California's liberal East Bay.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
11-26-2013 |
LGBT
Another Fish Species on the Brinknew
Experts say the number of striped bass in San Francisco Bay has plunged dramatically because of the Delta pumps, which send freshwater to the arid San Joaquin Valley.
East Bay Express |
Alastair Bland |
11-12-2013 |
Environment
Prescriptions for Povertynew
Children's Hospital Oakland and Highland Hospital are trying to shift the paradigm of urban medicine by tackling some of the root causes of illness — like the lack of housing and food.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
11-07-2013 |
Poverty
Why Black Students Are Avoiding UC Berkeleynew
In the post-Prop 209 era, nearly 60 percent of African-American students accepted at Cal are choosing to attend other colleges — often, because they feel unwelcome.
East Bay Express |
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor |
11-07-2013 |
Education
Let Them Eat Cakenew
The shocking role of the San Francisco Chronicle and the Bay Area News Group in the BART dispute.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
10-29-2013 |
Media
Oakland Police Have Prioritized Drug Crimes Over Homicidesnew
The department's crime lab now has a decade-long backlog of more than 650 homicide investigations with unexamined evidence, yet it processes 95 percent of drug cases in just 24 hours.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
10-29-2013 |
Crime & Justice
