June 24, 2009

Craig Merrill
Foreclosure and its Aftereffects
Feature
The wave of foreclosures affecting East Oakland and other low-income neighborhoods has been accompanied by a related wave of blight, decay, and crime.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Feature
As one department deals with blighted homes, others attempt to get ahead of the crisis.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Rin Kelly
Changing the Rules at Alameda Point
News
The developer SunCal delays its planned initiative, but still plans to go through with its end run around city officials.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Making Solar Power Affordable
Eco Watch
A new San Francisco company lowers installation prices by pooling buyers together. Plus, a state agency votes to save small plug-in hybrid companies.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Oakland's Leaders Deserve Credit
Full Disclosure
And so do the city's employee unions, except for the police officers' association. Plus, Jerry Brown seeks to limit the anti-Prop. 8 lawsuit.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Seven Days
Unemployment soars to seventy-year high, while home prices rise — but maybe not really.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Raising the Bar
Two economists say their profession has forgotten people. But so have they.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Letters for June 24
Letters
Readers sound off on hydrogen buses, Oakland.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

June 17, 2009

Chris Duffey
The Battle Over Biofuels
Feature
As plant-based fuels are increasingly criticized from both left and right, UC Berkeley's Chris Somerville is leading the effort to perfect them.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
News
Student Facebook postings using the word "nigga" create on-campus furor.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
News
Oakland's huge deficit may derail a long-standing effort to "civilianize" investigations of police complaints.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Chris Stone
Tigers, But Ladies Too
News
Lana Stefanac is helping female mixed martial arts fighters make their way in a largely male world.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Seven Days
Plus, going to the Coliseum is about to get much more expensive, although your trip might be safer — at least for now.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Letters for June 17
Letters
Readers sound off on EBMUD's proposed dam and scavenging.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

June 10, 2009

Chris Duffey
A Park Grows in Richmond
Feature
How one dedicated woman is trying to improve life in a tough city, playground by playground.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Ali Thanawalla
The Return to Public Schools
News
A growing number of Oakland families are making the switch from private schools.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Full Disclosure
A Berkeley couple teams up with a Bush lawyer to fight Proposition 8 in federal court, while opponents fixate on politics and polygamy.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Protecting the Water Wasters
Eco Watch
East Bay MUD says it won't divulge the identities of its biggest water users out of fear for their safety. Environmentalists say their position is laughable.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Seven Days
C. Don Clay says he's sure Johannes Mehserle meant to shoot Oscar Grant with his gun, and not his Taser, as the ex-BART cop claimed.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Raising the Bar
Too bad we are the zebras.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Letters for the Week of June 10
Letters
Readers sound off on jazz, graywater systems and legalizing marijuana.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Corrections
Nancy Wilson's Capitol years.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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