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Feds Encourage Pot Club Robberies 26 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
Marijuana remains a federally illegal drug, a fact that the Drug Enforcement Administration is re-stating to national armored car companies that service dispensaries in states where the plant is legal...
Monday Must Reads: Yosemite Fire Rages On; New Bay Bridge Passes Safety Tests 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Stories you shouldn’t miss: 1. The massive Rim Fire is continuing to rage in the Sierra and has now burned nearly 150,000 acres — an area that is more than four times the size of Oakland.… [ Read mo...
Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp Burns 26 Aug 2013 | 08:02 am
Very bad news tonight for the thousands of East Bay families who are fans of Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp. It burned down today, according to John Miller, spokesman for the US Forest Service.… [ Rea...
Enormous Fire Threatens Water Supply for San Francisco and Parts of East Bay 24 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
The massive Rim Fire is closing in on Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park and is threatening the main water supply for the City of San Francisco and numerous other Bay Area communities. A...
Mission Creek Oakland Schedule Announced 24 Aug 2013 | 12:28 am
Mission Creek Oakland has just released its schedule for this year's event. A festival of (mostly) local bands, Mission Creek started in San Francisco seventeen years ago and has been running in the E...
Weekender: This Weekend's Top Five Events 23 Aug 2013 | 10:42 pm
It's the weekend! Here are the five best things to do with yourself this Friday to Sunday: Game of Thrones Extravaganza If your life has lacked meaning since the Game of Thrones season finale in June...
Friday Must Reads: OPD Refuses to Identify Suspects Arrested in Ceasefire; Monstrous Yosemite Blaze Tops 100,000 Acres 23 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
Stories you shouldn’t miss: 1. Oakland police officials are refusing to identify eight men that they say they arrested as part of the city’s Ceasefire crime prevention program, the Chron reports.… [...
CoCo County DA Mark Peterson Calls Richmond Dispensaries Illegal 23 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
The District Attorney of Contra Costa County recently sent a pretty intimidating letter to the Richmond City Council reminding them they could technically be charged with a federal (and possibly state...
Thursday Must Reads: Lawmakers Order Probe of UC Berkeley Sex Assaults; Fire Near Yosemite Grows More Massive 22 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
Stories you shouldn’t miss: 1. State lawmakers ordered an investigation into how UC Berkeley handles sexual assault cases involving students, the LA Times$ reports.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to th...
Feds Slowing State Efforts To Safety-Test Weed 22 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
The states of Colorado and Washington — tasked with setting up a regulated cannabis industry — have hit a barrier: a lack of accredited labs that can test weed for potency and pathogens, the Wall Stre...
