Growing Clean Cannabis to Pass California's New Rules 1

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.

by John Geluardi on September 20, 2017

Letters of The Week: The Controversy Over the Location of the New A's Stadium Continues

by East Bay Express readers on September 20, 2017

Getting Rich Off Low-Income Housing 3

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.

by Darwin BondGraham on September 20, 2017

The East Bay Still Has Some Very Visible Reminders of Our History of Racism 4

It isn't just the South.

by Robert Gammon on September 20, 2017

The Albany Cross Resurrects Memories of the KKK 8

Is the giant electrified cross on public property merely a depiction of Christianity?

by Liam O'Donoghue on September 20, 2017

Hidden Monuments to Racism 11

Berkeley and Oakland have them. And so does the region’s environmental movement.

by Robert Gammon on September 20, 2017

One of Oakland's Most Historic Figures Was Also Horribly Racist 11

Jack London wrote of exterminating Chinese, the genocide of "lesser breeds," and the supremacy of the white race.

by Janelle Bitker on September 20, 2017

Glossing Over a Genocide 3

Perpetrators of California’s war to exterminate indigenous peoples are honored with innumerable place names. The survivors’ heritage is still being obliterated.

by Darwin BondGraham on September 20, 2017

Decolonize UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley student activists have sought to rename Barrows Hall, which is named after a former campus president who helped colonize the Philippines.

by Matt St. John on September 20, 2017

We Should Plant Memorials That Heal

Instead of building shrines to military might or troubling historical figures, how about planting trees?

by Kathleen Richards on September 20, 2017