AltWeeklies Wire
Driving in Circlesnew
Proposition 33, funded by a billionaire insurance-company owner who says he's acting in your best interests, reappears on the ballot.
North Bay Bohemian |
Catherine Zaw |
08-23-2012 |
Transportation
The Straight Dopenew
Nonpsychoactive cannabidiol supplies health benefits without the typical effects of THC.
North Bay Bohemian |
Melinda Misuraca |
08-22-2012 |
Drugs
We Owe, We Owenew
Student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt in the U.S., with job prospects bleak. As defaults increase, can anything be done?
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
08-17-2012 |
Education
A Cheating Situationnew
With online courses and overcrowded classes, cheating in college is easier than ever.
North Bay Bohemian |
Holly Abrahams |
08-16-2012 |
Education
Tags: College Cheating
Lethal Blownew
With $2.9 million behind Proposition 34, California may become the 19th state to abolish the death penalty.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
08-08-2012 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Prop. 34
Green Indeednew
Sebastopol's Robert Jacob: marijuana dispensary owner, city council candidate
North Bay Bohemian |
Nicolas Grizzle |
08-02-2012 |
Drugs
Step by Stepnew
When Sonoma County's courts sentence alcohol and drug offenders to rehab, a nonreligious option hasn't always been clear—until one man's crusade to change the process.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
07-16-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Ocean of Noisenew
The U.S. Navy's expanded sonar testing operations add to underwater cacophony for sensitive marine life.
North Bay Bohemian |
Juliane Poirier |
07-10-2012 |
Environment
Delta Bluesnew
Can salmon survive California's 'Peripheral Canal'?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
07-09-2012 |
Environment
Bedside Bankrollnew
With no licensing or certification, anyone can practice in-home elder care in California—and in wealthy Marin County, opportunity for fraud abounds.
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
05-24-2012 |
Health
Smoked Outnew
The federal government makes good on its threat to shut down medical-marijuana dispensaries - and the worst may be yet to come.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
05-02-2012 |
Drugs
Binding for Buddhanew
A Buddhist center's publishing operation causes friction with neighbors in rural Sonoma County.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
04-04-2012 |
Housing & Development
Judi Bari, the FBI, and the Press Democrat: An Unsolved Casenew
Mike Geniella, former reporter for the Press Democrat, moved to Ukiah in 1985, where he began covering the timber beat. Before his retirement in 2008, he wrote about everything from sawmills to tree-spiking.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
04-02-2012 |
Crime & Justice
For Richer or for Poorer?new
In wealthy Marin, opposition to low-income housing is high—and so are the numbers of the county's poor, aged and disabled who need it most
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
03-31-2012 |
Housing & Development
Eggs-actlynew
A new bill before Congress would ensure accurate labeling practices for commercial and free-range eggs.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
03-31-2012 |
Health
