Jennifer LeBarre Makes Sure That Oakland Students Get A Healthy Lunch
The bell rings— a prolonged buzzing signaling the end of class. Attention students: lunch is being served in the cafeteria, announces a female voice over the intercom. Lunch is being served in the cafeteria. There’s chicken wings and fries, pizza and fries, and salad...
5 Occupy Oakland Campers Speak About Why They Joined The Protest
--Published on OaklandNorth.net on October 24, 2011-- (Co-written by Brittany Schell) There used to be grass here, but it didn’t last long―not after the bodies started multiplying and the make-shift community started growing. Now the space is covered in mud and...
After Oakland Hills Fire, Residents Build Off-The-Wall Homes
--Published on OaklandNorth.net on October 19, 2011-- Robert Pennell shifted the gear to neutral and parked the car along the side of the road. “There,” he said, pointing out the open window to a cluster of houses across the street. “That one is modern and the...
Salt Room Therapy On Shifty Ground
--Published in The Los Angeles Times health section on August 2, 2010-- It's 1 o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon, and Heidi Kling is reading in an all-white room. She's shoeless, but socks protect her feet from the 6 inches of salt that cake the floor. The only objects...
Should California’s state rock be stripped of its title because it contains asbestos?
Imagine yourself in an Old West film, standing in the middle of a deserted street flanked with saloons, hotels and brothels, the soundtrack from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" wailing strong. At first you think you are alone with the tumbleweeds -- but then you see...
Harvesting Hawaii’s Aquarium Fish
Honolulu Weekly (Cover Story) More than 150 years ago, Hawaii had some of the most well-managed fisheries in the Pacific. Portions of each island were divided into separate ahupuaa, which in turn were watched over by the konohiki, who managed natural resources and...
Yoga For The Not-So-Young
It’s no secret that humans develop aches and pains in the normal course of spending time on the planet, but while many people pooh-pooh it and carry on, Lulu Bhanda yoga teacher Kira Ryder notes that sometimes these changes can have a big impact. “The small details we...
Time For A Typewriter Renaissance?
Salon IT WAS 4 P.M. ON A THURSDAY, two hours until the end of Jesse Banuelos’ workday. He was standing behind the front counter of Berkeley Typewriter, his trademark green apron tied around his waist. A dozen broken typewriters — some electric, but most of them manual...