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Developer Danny Haber's project to rebuild a red-tagged live-work warehouse has been stalled by environmental review and could be delayed further.
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Instead of welcoming the cannabis industry into the light, Oakland's new rules are putting many out of business, while others are disappearing into the illicit market.
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Rendon Hall showcases jazz as an art form in the heart of Berkeley.
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Two other Alamedans, including Assemblymember Rob Bonta, say they believe embattled City Manager Jill Keimach secretly taped them, too.
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The new Berkeley restaurant soars with handmade curry pastes, quality ingredients, and traditionally bold flavors.
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Small farmers had hoped to usher in California's new legal cannabis market, but the state's high taxes and fees and a loophole in its regulatory scheme are allowing Big Weed to take over.
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An imaginative map from the creator of the East Bay Yesterday podcast illustrates Oakland's natural and industrial history.
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The Elmwood's new fast-casual restaurant is a welcomed evolution of the red sauce joint.
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Activists are also garnering support for a statewide ballot initiative to repeal Costa Hawkins.
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We endorse Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and former Obama White House aide Buffy Wicks in the June 5 primary.
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A group of East Oakland youth in the Scraper Bike Team say San Leandro police keeping confiscating their bicycles — sometimes at gunpoint.
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It will break us from the chains of capitalistic individualism and the destructive car-centric lifestyle.
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Hundreds of people gathered last night to demand that the city hire additional public works crews to clean up garbage and focus on the most impacted neighborhoods.
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After years of criticism over the Raiders deal, East Bay officials now can try to wipe the slate clean and recoup hundreds of millions of dollars from the NFL and Mark Davis.
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The Korean-American artist specializes in dance-worthy club beats that feel quiet and cozy.
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At last, another imaginative Wes Anderson animated adventure.
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Jon Hamm's new movie makes a hash of Lebanon, but it's high-class hash.
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True Shoah story takes a disconcertingly sweet point of view.
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Re: “A Father's Quest”
Erin Gilmore did a fine job exposing the dysfunction of family court here, which is not unique to Alameda County and is happening all over America and beyond.
But she does a HUGE disservice to the tens if not hundreds of thousands of mothers who are losing custody of their children to abusive fathers, which dozens of peer-reviewed research studies are overwhelmingly clear on. By quoting only fathers rights organizations spewing about how Dads are being victimized and how Moms are being favored, Gilmore plays right into the deep-seated sexism that the media has repeatedly shown on this issue. Just in the past 3 weeks, 20/20, Nightline and NBC Dateline have ALL done major stories about Dads losing custody, but when literally thousands of mothers have tried to get their cases exposed by talking with reporters about the very same broken system, the media repeatedly turn a blind eye and claim that they don't get into "he said, she said" squabbles between ex-spouses. Enough of the sexist coverage already!
Anyone who thinks that women have an unfair advantage in family court is extremely uninformed, and you should be sure to check out the websites of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence, Center for Judicial Excellence, California Protective Parents Association, Mothers of Lost Children, Child Abuse Solutions, Inc., Stop Family Violence, Justice for Children, Battered Mothers Custody Conference, California NOW, New York State NOW, Protective Mothers Alliance, and the list goes on.
What Arianas is going through is downright criminal, and it deserves to be exposed, yet this story does a real disservice to the thousands of mothers who are losing custody of their precious children each and every day in family court because they are reporting sexual and physical abuse of their kids by their fathers. How hard would it have been for Gilmore to be more balanced in her article by mentioning even ONCE that mothers are being screwed by the system as well, instead of always quoting fathers rights activists?
I expect more from the East Bay Express. I strongly urge you to give equal coverage to the stories of East Bay moms who are suffering at the hands of unaccountable judges.