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News, Feature, Aug 4, 2010
Pushing Foster Children Off the Plank

Kayla Gordon was emancipated from foster care during California's budget crisis. It wasn't easy.
- by Angela Kilduff

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News, Jun 23, 2010
Little Mac Vs. Big Mac

Two women who want to open a mac-n-cheese restaurant in Oakland must find a new name after McDonald's shot down their plans to call it "Little Mac."
- by Lindsay Wasserberger
- Tags: News, Allison Arevalo, Erin Wade, Little Mac, McDonald's, SF Underground Farmers Market, Jennifer O'Malley, Bittersweet, Bob Buchanan, Big Mac, mac-n-cheese

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News, Feature, Nov 3, 2010
Hello, Wanna Give to a Good Cause?

Idealistic nonprofits hire a for-profit company to solicit donations. But the conditions canvassers work under are far from ideal.
- by Matthew Green
- Tags: Feature, Canvassers, Angela Badami, MoveOn.org, Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., politics, activism, ACLU, Save the Children, Amnesty International, Planned Parenthood, Sierra Club, ASPCA, Oxfam, Democratic National Convention, Ralph Nader, Public Interest Research Groups, U.S. PIRG, Fund for Public Interest Research, Dana Fisher, Activism, Inc.: How the Outsourcing of Grassroots Campaigns Is Strangling Progressive Politics in America, Douglas Phelps, Wes Jones, Robert Nelson, Angela Badami, et al. v. Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., Walter Siebert, Peace Action West, National Labor Relations Board

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News, Feature, Nov 2, 2011
The Making of a Police Scandal

In a case tinged with race and sex, confidential investigative reports reveal that a small cadre of San Leandro cops ginned up explosive charges against one of their own.
- by Steven Tavares
- Tags: Feature, Dewayne Stancill, San Leandro Police Department, Anne O'Callaghan, Mike Sobek, Catherine Pickard, Jack Maltester, Sandra SpagnoliSteven Pricco, Ian Willis, Dale Attarian, Stephen Hollister, Stephen Cassidy, Tony Santos

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News, Dec 1, 2010
Can the New Parkway Reopen the Beloved Theater?

An effort to reopen Oakland's Parkway Theater breaks new ground, but challenges lie ahead.
- by Nate Seltenrich
- Tags: News, Parkway Theater, J. Moses Caeser, The New Parkway, Pat Kernighan, I Like the Parkway, Larry Gallegos

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News, Feature, Aug 25, 2010
Stoners Against Legalization

Just who intends to puff, puff, pass on Proposition 19?
- by David Downs
- Tags: Feature, Marijuana, cannabis, legalization, medical marijuana, Jennifer Soares, International Cannabis & Hemp Expo, Cow Palace, Proposition 19, Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, Bill Panzer, Dr. Greenthumb & Tommy Chong's Spring Gathering, Richard Lee, Oaksterdam University, Dennis Peron, "Hemperor" Jack Herer, NORML, Drug Policy Alliance, Proposition 5, Berkeley Patient's Care Collective, Humboldt Medical Marijuana Advisory Panel, Charley Custer, Dragonfly de la Luz, Skunk Magazine, Aerosmith, Herer Initiative, Dan Herer, Dale Gieringer, Stop19.com, Meg Whitman, Glenn Beck

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News, Feature, Nov 28, 2007
When Love is Not Enough

Some traumatized orphans have brain damage that affection alone can't heal. So therapists are seeking new ways to simulate the nurturing they didn't get.
- by Susan Kuchinskas

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News, Sep 7, 2011
Oakland Swim Coach Hit with Allegations of Misconduct

In at least four instances, Oakland Undercurrent coach Ben Sheppard allegedly sent inappropriate messages to young swimmers.
- by Kathleen Richards
- Tags: News, Ben Sheppard, Oakland Undercurrent, Oakland Community Pools Project, USA Swimming, sexting, Sally West, Jesse Stovall, Bear Swimming, Andrew King, Pacific Swimming, Robert Allard, Chuck Wielgus

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News, Feature, Jun 4, 2003
Eric Mills and the Horse He Rode in On

Eric Mills was the most effective critic of rodeo in California -- at least until he lassoed the charreada.
- by Kara Platoni
- Tags: Feature, Environment

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News, Jul 27, 2011
Young, Poor, Invisible

In Alameda County, job scarcity and high tuition rates are causing more youth to join the hidden poor.
- by Rachel Swan
- Tags: News, EveryOne Home, YEAH!, Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing, Sharon Hawkins Leyden, Elaine de Coligny, BOSS, Robert Barrer, Timothy Evans, Berkeley Emergency Food and Housing Project, Linda Fuentes, East Oakland Community Development Project, First Place for Youth, Randy Joseph, Berkeley City College, Laney College, Kennedy High School, Robert Ratner, Randy Joseph, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, Assembly Bill 12, Deja Packard

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News, Feature, Jun 1, 2011
Farmers' Markets: Who Benefits?

Oakland offers rent-free space for everything from crepes to clothing, and local businesses are asking what the city gets in return.
- by Madeleine Bair
- Tags: Feature, Farmers' Markets, Spring Opara, Grand Lake Farmers' Market, Agricultural Institute of Marin, Alice Waters, Urban Village Farmers' Market Association, Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, Raquel Contreras, Aparna Rao, Little Paper Monkeys, Brad Burger, Bicycle Coffee Company, Levende East, Endgame, Chris Ruggiero, Anthony Brown, Ron Pardini, Elena Durante-Voiron, Ratto's International Market, A.G. Ferrari, Ugyen Triantopoulos, Le Bon Bon, Margot Lederer Prado, Farmers Market Bistro, Ecology Center, Bob Feldman, David McPherson, Pat Kernighan

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News, Feature, Aug 18, 2010
Are Capital Punishment's Financial Costs Worth It?

The ACLU is touting a new study suggesting that the death penalty is far more expensive than life in prison.
- by Charlie Mintz
- Tags: Feature, American Civil Liberties Union, Drug Policy Alliance, Kamala Harris, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Nancy O'Malley, Tom Orloff, Scott Peterson

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News, Full Disclosure, Sep 29, 2010
The Baffling Mayoral Bid of Marcie Hodge

Former state senator Don Perata helped her run for Oakland City Council in 2006. Is her run for mayor in 2010 designed to return the favor?
- by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Marcie Hodge, Oakland City Council, Desley Brooks, Don Perata, Ignacio De La Fuente, Marcie Hodge, Larry Tramutola, Peralta Community College Board of Trustees, Marlon McWilson, Alameda County Registrar of Voters, Oakland City Clerk's Office, Geoffrey Pete, Oakland Black Caucus, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Black Women Organized for Political Action, Sandre Swanson, Joe Tuman, Anthony Batarse, Jon Reynolds, Signature Properties, Oak-to-Ninth, John Protopappas, Ana Chretien, ABC Security, Ronald Dreisbach, John Foster, B&B Auto, Perata TV ads, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans, Coalition for a Safer California, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Paul Kinney

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News, Nov 23, 2011
OPD Facing More Legal Trouble

The police department's use of force with Occupy Oakland not only has prompted litigation, but could play a role in whether the agency ends up in federal receivership.
- by Ali Winston
- Tags: News, Occupy, Occupy Oakland, ACLU, National Lawyers' Guild, Oakland Police Department, Scott Olsen, Black Bloc, Travelers' Aid Society, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Richard Seeborg, tear gas, less-than-lethal weaponry, Linda Lye, Kayvan Sabeghi, Scott Campbell, Howard Jordan, Thelton Henderson, Riders police corruption case, NSA, Barbara Parker, Negotiated Settlement Agreement, Rocky Lucia, Robert Warshaw, John Burris, Jim Chanin, Jim Hargreaves, Cliff Wong

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News, Legalization Nation, May 12, 2010
State to Get $100 Million in Pot Taxes

That's California's take for this year. Plus, Obama plans to spend $15 billion on drug prohibition, rivaling Bush. And the interview with Russ Jones concludes.
- by David Downs
- Tags: Legalization Nation, Board of Equalization, Anita Gore, President Obama, drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, War on Drugs, National Drug Control Strategy, George W. Bush, Russ Jones, Drug Enforcement Administration, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Joe Biden, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Bill Bennett, Barry McCaffrey, AIDS, DARE, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

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News, Legalization Nation, May 11, 2011
Pot for PTSD Gets FDA Go-Ahead

But politics likely will crush the study in its cradle.
- by David Downs
- Tags: Legalization Nation, US Food and Drug Administration, Rick Doblin, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, National Institute on Drug Abuse, DEA, Arno Hazekamp, Bedrocan

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Kayla Gordon was emancipated from foster care during California's budget crisis. It wasn't easy.

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Two women who want to open a mac-n-cheese restaurant in Oakland must find a new name after McDonald's shot down their plans to call it "Little Mac."

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Idealistic nonprofits hire a for-profit company to solicit donations. But the conditions canvassers work under are far from ideal.

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In a case tinged with race and sex, confidential investigative reports reveal that a small cadre of San Leandro cops ginned up explosive charges against one of their own.

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An Oakland-based group of methadone users and their medical providers has formed a political lobbying group to help shape California policy.

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Thirteen years in the making, the proposed Lakeview Dog Park meets its fiercest resistance yet.

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Berkeley's Edible Schoolyard remains undaunted by skeptics.

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California's fiscal mess continues to worsen thanks to the anti-tax, anti-government policies of the GOP.

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An effort to reopen Oakland's Parkway Theater breaks new ground, but challenges lie ahead.

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Just who intends to puff, puff, pass on Proposition 19?

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Some traumatized orphans have brain damage that affection alone can't heal. So therapists are seeking new ways to simulate the nurturing they didn't get.

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In at least four instances, Oakland Undercurrent coach Ben Sheppard allegedly sent inappropriate messages to young swimmers.

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Eric Mills was the most effective critic of rodeo in California -- at least until he lassoed the charreada.

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In Alameda County, job scarcity and high tuition rates are causing more youth to join the hidden poor.

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Oakland offers rent-free space for everything from crepes to clothing, and local businesses are asking what the city gets in return.

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The ACLU is touting a new study suggesting that the death penalty is far more expensive than life in prison.

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Former state senator Don Perata helped her run for Oakland City Council in 2006. Is her run for mayor in 2010 designed to return the favor?

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The police department's use of force with Occupy Oakland not only has prompted litigation, but could play a role in whether the agency ends up in federal receivership.

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That's California's take for this year. Plus, Obama plans to spend $15 billion on drug prohibition, rivaling Bush. And the interview with Russ Jones concludes.

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But politics likely will crush the study in its cradle.

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