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Fracking Jerry Brownnew
The governor signed a bill that likely will expand fracking in California after taking $2.5 million in contributions from oil and natural gas interests.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
10-02-2013 |
Energy
Saving Veronicanew
Baby Veronica is no longer a baby. She's not even a toddler. The smiley, curly-haired little girl last seen in Charleston draped over her dad's shoulder, trailed by a flock of reporters and photographers on her way to meet and go home with her other dad, is back in Charleston.
Charleston City Paper |
Sam Spence |
10-02-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Baby Veronica
Waiting for the Next Oil Spill Disasternew
Environmentalists say that six years after the Cosco Busan struck the Bay Bridge and dumped 53,000 gallons of oil into the bay, the state has failed to learn from its mistakes.
East Bay Express |
Vanessa Rancaño |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
Who's Jacking Up Housing Prices in West Oakland?new
Answer: Large-scale investors. They're snapping up foreclosed houses in the city's flatlands, and then selling or renting them at prices that many residents can't afford.
East Bay Express |
Jean Tepperman |
10-02-2013 |
Housing & Development
San Diego overlords and unions — who can stop them?new
Organized labor does not play as big a role in other cities as it does in San Diego. Heywood Sanders, the nation’s expert on convention centers, says the labor/corporate welfare alliance has so much more clout in San Diego because the city is “politically disorganized and weak.”
San Diego Reader |
Don Bauder |
10-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Was Occupy Charlotte's Demise an Inside Job?new
Former members say police infiltration killed the movement.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
10-02-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: police infiltration
Too Damn Loudnew
Evidence suggests that hearing loss for musicians and fans is getting worse.
East Bay Express |
Ellen Cushing |
10-02-2013 |
Health
We did it guerilla stylenew
Can’t tell the young guys from Stone Brewing, Saint Archer Brewing, or Rowlberto Productions a thing about entrepreneurialism. All have employed innovative ways of reaching their business goals, including launching their brand on Instagram.
San Diego Reader |
Siobhan Braun |
10-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
Bypass Mayhemnew
A Northern California reporter faces eight years in jail. Was he being unethical, or simply doing his job?
North Bay Bohemian |
Rachel Dovey |
10-02-2013 |
Media
Project Censorednew
From whistleblowers and wealth gaps -- to the notion of journalistic objectivity, here's the news that didn't make the news.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez |
10-02-2013 |
Media
Tags: Bradley Manning
Colleges Cutting Carbonnew
Students take the grassroots divestment movement to university administrations at colleges and universities across Indiana.
NUVO |
Jaclyn Goldsborough |
10-02-2013 |
Environment
Everything you need to know about the Affordable Care Act in Californianew
Obamacare arrives in the Golden State this week.
Sacramento News & Review |
Daniel Weintraub |
10-01-2013 |
Health
Your Guide to Obamacarenew
Confused about the new health marketplace? Here's the lowdown.
Tags: obamacare facts
Obamacare 101new
So, what is Obamacare? The Affordable Care Act rolls out October 1 – here's your first day's syllabus.
Austin Chronicle |
Michael King |
09-30-2013 |
Health
Tags: Obamacare
Dispatches from Killadelphianew
Despite the efforts of thousands of pastors, cops, reformed gangsters, concerned parents and politicians, Philadelphia is consistently among the most violent big cities in a country with the highest murder rate of any wealthy nation on earth.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir, Samantha Melamed and Eric Schneider |
09-30-2013 |
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