A growing national movement seeks to connect ex-offenders with health care services. Many people say it makes financial sense. Some say it can possibly reduce crime.
Much of the shrinkage retailers imagine is small-time is actually the result of larger criminal networks. Plus, trash into treasure in this month's retail tour.
At Arizmendi Oakland, there are no bosses, management hierarchies, or pay differentials. For Kamil Dawson, that is liberating, and sometimes challenging.
She came to California to make it as a jockey, only to be cast as a sex symbol in a reality show. Now she's in the Bay Area trying to win races — and to overcome the prejudice against female jockeys.
The high-profile rape charges against Deputy District Attorney Michael
Gressett are tainted by questionable facts, unorthodox prosecutorial
conduct, and the unmistakable whiff of politics.
The shelter euthanizes 40 percent of the dogs it receives, and critics say it should be doing more to save them. But the facility is inundated with unwanted canines.
Café Gratitude espouses a raw food diet and a philosophy of
self-transformation. But some current and former employees say it's
left a bad taste in their mouths.