AltWeeklies Wire
Housing: The Urbanist Approachnew
Not one more inch of farmland in California would need to be developed if we were just willing to put growth inside existing cities.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Gabriel Metcalf |
11-28-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Mission to Caracasnew
Hugo Chavez snubs journalists at convention.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Bruce B. Brugmann |
11-28-2007 |
International
Tags: international
A Battle Over Bar Hours Goes to the Next Roundnew
On first blush, DeKalb County Chief Executive Vernon Jones' decision to veto a measure to cut back bar hours would seem a form of political suicide.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman and Mara Shalhoup |
11-28-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
A Question of Intentnew
As lawsuits and regulators probe Lennar Corp.'s negligent approach to development, a new campaign seeks to give the embattled corporation even more control over San Francisco.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
11-28-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Is Racial Profiling a Virginia Problem?new
Citizens, state police disagree; group wants numbers.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
11-28-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Inside Boot Campnew
Give prisoners no-win situations, program leader says, and everyone wins eventually.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fear Fracture at Prison Boot Campnew
A Colorado prisoner's misdiagnosed injury casts a pall over boot-camp accolades.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Imitate Borat, Lose Jobnew
Between 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Nov. 2, Universal Orlando valet Steve Barton and some co-workers took their dinner break and walked upstairs to order coffee at a Starbucks. Barton decided to order his latte while impersonating Borat Sagdiyev, the fictional Kazakh journalist and alter ego of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
11-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Future is ... Now?new
The future, insofar as transportation goes, is a dud. The people movers, monorails and flying cars Hollywood promised a generation ago are nowhere to be found. In Florida, such innovations as bullet trains and light rail are nonstarters.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
11-27-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Show Me the Dineronew
Latino students and faculty question how Cal State Long Beach's $2.8 million grant -- meant to help Latinos -- is being spent.
Tags: Education
Just a Random Femalenew
Robbin Brandley's confessed killer sits on death row. So why don't her parents consider the case closed?
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Courthouse Interpreters Accused of Giving Bad Advice to Spanish-Speaking Defendantsnew
Legalese is tough for anyone to understand. But if you don't speak English and go to court in Nashville, some pretty significant facts get lost in translation. Not least of these is the right to plead not guilty.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Free Content: Worth Every Cent
Content is dead. Aggregators collect the bucks. But what kind of quality can freebie freelancers create?
Tags: media
Hit-or-Run Overnew
Why isn't anybody in Philly seeking answers about a transgendered prostitute's death anymore?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Matt Stroud |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
