Robert Gammon
Bio:
Robert Gammon is the Express's co-editor. He joined the staff in 2004 after spending six years as a reporter for the Oakland Tribune. He also writes Full Disclosure and Seven Days, along with a feature-cover story now and then.
Robert Gammon is the Express's co-editor. He joined the staff in 2004 after spending six years as a reporter for the Oakland Tribune. He also writes Full Disclosure and Seven Days, along with a feature-cover story now and then.
- News, Feature, Sep 22, 2004
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Fire & Ice Cream
The story behind the story of the blaze at Fentons.
- News, Feature, Sep 17, 2008
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Meet the Mayor
(Choose one.)
- News, Feature, May 23, 2007
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Living Large
How state Senator Don Perata uses campaign cash to finance his lavish lifestyle. First of two parts.
- News, Feature, Jan 3, 2007
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Inflating the Numbers
The Brown administration came very close on the 10K Plan. So why the grade inflation?
- News, Feature, May 30, 2007
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On the Record
Polka's mediocre performance in state legislative campaigns
- News, Feature, May 24, 2006
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Err Jordan
As Alameda County's schools endured record financial woes, Sheila Jordan seemed more interested in punishing employees who questioned her judgment or her alleged illegal behavior.
- News, Feature, Apr 12, 2006
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We're Outta Here!
A massive mining operation near the Sunol-Ohlone wilderness will send the East Bay's coveted elk and eagles fleeing, to say nothing of the hikers.
- News, Feature, Dec 8, 2004
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The Man
How Don Perata became the politician he is today.
- News, Feature, Jun 17, 2009
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The Battle Over Biofuels
As plant-based fuels are increasingly criticized from both left and right, UC Berkeley's Chris Somerville is leading the effort to perfect them.
- News, Feature, Dec 10, 2008
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
At one time, the Oracle Arena was the Bay Area's premier concert venue. Why have the glory days left it behind?
- News, Feature, Jul 12, 2006
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The Moonies and the Sharks
How a Unification Church pastor went fishing for converts and snagged an indictment as America's most prolific poacher of baby leopard sharks.
- News, Feature, Jan 23, 2008
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The Buses From Hell
After AC Transit purchased costly foreign buses that drivers hate and many riders fear, its service and finances took a wrong turn.
- News, Feature, Dec 3, 2008
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Arrests Are Down, and Crime Is Up
First Oakland police stopped solving violent crimes. Then the city's crime rate spiraled out of control.
- News, Feature, Jul 1, 2009
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You're Not an Environmentalist If You're Also a NIMBY
As both Berkeley and Oakland debate their downtown plans, there is growing recognition that the fight against global warming requires greater urban density.
- News, Feature, Mar 5, 2008
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The House That AC Transit Bought
Why did the bus agency give general manager Rick Fernandez a secret $400,000 loan to buy a home in Oakland?
- News, Feature, Aug 24, 2005
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Welcome to Pombo Country
Congressman Richard Pombo always sides with property owners. Sometimes that includes his own family.
- News, Feature, Feb 3, 2010
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The Trouble With Electric Cars
Plug-in vehicles may remain little more than a novelty until cities begin making it easier for motorists to recharge their batteries at home.
- News, Feature, Jun 13, 2012
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Dianne Feinstein's War
California's senior senator has been fighting for Drakes Bay Oyster Company at Point Reyes National Seashore — and against the creation of the first marine wilderness on the West Coast.
- News, Feature, May 14, 2008
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The Torture Professor
Why UC Berkeley should fire John Yoo, the legal scholar whose work led to Abu Ghraib and secret spying on Americans.
- News, Feature, Jan 30, 2008
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Belgium or Bust
As AC Transit's service and finances took a wrong turn, its employees made more than 100 trips to Europe — possibly for nothing.
