A kinder, gentler voting system offers relief from campaign hostility: Can Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) make electoral politics more civil?
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Will the Berkeley Flea Market Survive a Changing Neighborhood?: Will gentrification squeeze out this historically African-American gathering place?
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To find the good stuff at Goodwill, go online: The king of Thriftshops is remaking its image, and wants customers to bid for items on ebay.
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Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears: Bureaucracy is keeping aid from reaching war-torn Syrians towns
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Rock Paper Scissors Is Priced Out: End of an Era for Oakland Art Scene: A seminal art gallery is the latest victim of Oakland’s “coolness” — success that it helped create.
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Commuter Cops: Should police have to live in the city where they work?
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Porchfest!–Musicians Take over the Streets of Napa: A year after a significant earthquake, the best of Napa was on display in their version of what’s become a national phenomenon:
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California Cities Debate Militarization of Local Police Departments: Does a community with fewer than 100,000 people need tanks and grenade launchers?
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Battle Over a Sliver of Land in Changing Oakland Neighborhood: A Porta-Potty encapsulates the pressures of gentrification.
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African Immigrants Suffer Fallout of Ebola Epidemic: African immigrant-owned businesses face Ebola stigma across the bay area.
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