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Berkeley and Oakland have them. And so does the region’s environmental movement.
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The Bay Area nonprofit Jazz in the Neighborhood makes up the difference when venues come up short.
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It isn't just the South.
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Local grower Joseph Snow has developed a natural farming method that he says will meet California's new mandate for cannabis to be free of pesticides, fungus, and mold.
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Perpetrators of California’s war to exterminate indigenous peoples are honored with innumerable place names. The survivors’ heritage is still being obliterated.
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A new ballpark in the Eastlake neighborhood likely would displace low-income immigrant residents and small businesses.
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Local grower Joseph Snow has developed a natural farming method that he says will meet California's new mandate for cannabis to be free of pesticides, fungus, and mold.
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Oakland nearly lost 126 affordable apartments due to a nonprofit's mismanagement. And behind that nonprofit is a wealthy Southern California resident who owns a $19 million mansion.
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One of the finalists has been accused of unethical and possibly illegal behavior while two others are under fire for plagiarism.
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Filmmaker Peter Nicks was granted extraordinary access to the Oakland Police Department, but his documentary doesn't shed light on the organization's complex problems.
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A new ballpark in the Eastlake neighborhood likely would displace low-income immigrant residents and small businesses.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the Oath Keepers as an extremist anti-government group.
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Critics fear the ballpark will displace Laney College and the surrounding community.
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Jack London wrote of exterminating Chinese, the genocide of "lesser breeds," and the supremacy of the white race.
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And a group of tenants has banded together and is fighting back.
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Warning: Creepy clown alert.
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State and local leaders say the dismantling of DACA is both morally and economically destructive.
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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.