AltWeeklies Wire
Room for Onenew
Most sex offenders chased from their neighborhoods end up in flophouses. One is chilling in a kingsized pad at a California Marriott.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Probing the Animal Rights Undergroundnew
Federal officials are targeting animal-rights activists in an investigation connected to San Francisco Bay area terror attacks.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
06-13-2005 |
Animal Issues
Anti-Abortion Group Does Neighborhood Alertnew
Operation Rescue West dropped off fliers in a North Oakland neighborhood that proclaimed "Your neighbor...is a lesbian abortionist!"
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
05-24-2005 |
Sex
In Notorious Murder Case, Outcome Is Left Hangingnew
A juror explains why the jury couldn't reach a verdict against three defendants in the Gwen Araujo trial, also known as the "transgender murder case."
East Bay Express |
Brian Kluepfel, juror |
05-16-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Jury Rigged?new
Recent charges of ethnic bias in picking death penalty juries have not only scandalized prosecutors in California's Alameda County. They've put the entire system on trial.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
05-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Take Back the Night, Part IInew
One of feminist Andrea Dworkin's legacies is a response she never intended: the development of lesbian porn like the fetish magazine On Our Backs.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
05-02-2005 |
The War on Women
SWM Seeking Alien Hottienew
Craigslist prepares to transmit its postings into outer space, but what would extraterrestrials do with an old chaise longue?
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-25-2005 |
Business & Labor
Abused Immigrant Women Face Double Bindnew
Immigrant women who fear their abusive husbands hesitate to turn to the police because they fear deportation even more. A relatively recent law intended to help women in their situation expires this fall.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-18-2005 |
Immigration
New York Times Reporter Defends Her Decisionsnew
Times reporter Judith Miller, who has been criticized for accepting the Bush administration's line on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, denies having misgivings about how she reported the story.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
04-02-2005 |
Media
Pulitzer Prize Judges Snub San Francisco Chroniclenew
In the worst omission since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences snubbed Paul Giamatti for his performance in Sideways, the Pulitzer finalists failed to include the Chronicle for its coverage of the BALCO steroids scandal.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
04-02-2005 |
Media
New Recycling Policy Curbs Poachersnew
Single-stream recycling is convenient for residents and a windfall for big companies, but it's a fiasco for homeless scavengers.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-21-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
The Revolution Comes to Leisure Worldnew
The front end of the baby boom is trickling into active-senior communities, bringing their anti-establishment ethos, assertiveness, and self-consciousness with them, transforming an industry designed around a more docile and proletarian generation.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
03-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Former Sexual Offender Has Trouble Finding a Homenew
Rehabilitated prisoner Cary Verse had to face an angry crowd of people in court and convince a judge he should be allowed to live in their neighborhood.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
03-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Oakland Band Attempts to Rock Libya's Casbahnew
Heavenly States set out to be the first American band to play Libya. And they wanted to learn what it was like to live there. One goal proved easier to reach than the other.
East Bay Express |
Rob Harvilla |
03-02-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Police Investigate Allegations of Animal Cruelty at Oakland Poundnew
An ex-employee alleges sloppiness at the Oakland shelter has led to animal deaths and cruelty, such as live dogs being put in freezers with euthanized animals.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
02-15-2005 |
Animal Issues
