June 24, 2009
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Craig Merrill
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
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Feature
As one department deals with blighted homes, others attempt to get
ahead of the crisis.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Rin Kelly
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
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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
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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
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Seven Days
Unemployment soars to seventy-year high, while home prices rise —
but maybe not really.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Raising the Bar
Two economists say their profession has forgotten people. But so have
they.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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Letters
Readers sound off on hydrogen buses, Oakland.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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June 17, 2009
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Chris Duffey
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
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News
Student Facebook postings using the word "nigga" create on-campus
furor.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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News
Oakland's huge deficit may derail a long-standing effort to
"civilianize" investigations of police complaints.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Chris Stone
News
Lana Stefanac is helping female mixed martial arts fighters make their
way in a largely male world.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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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
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Letters
Readers sound off on EBMUD's proposed dam and scavenging.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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June 10, 2009
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Chris Duffey
Feature
How one dedicated woman is trying to improve life in a tough city,
playground by playground.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Ali Thanawalla
News
A growing number of Oakland families are making the switch from private
schools.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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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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Elephant wearing striped pants/Flickr (CC)
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
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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
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Raising the Bar
Too bad we are the zebras.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Letters
Readers sound off on jazz, graywater systems and legalizing marijuana.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Corrections
Nancy Wilson's Capitol years.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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