An appellate court upholds the Guardian's $21 million judgment against the SF Weekly and dismisses the Express from the case. Will a settlement save the Weekly?
by Robert Gammon, Stephen Buel, and Kathleen Richards
Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.