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Community policing has been the official police philosophy in Oakland since 1996. Rather than police simply responding to crime after it happens, c...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:59
In every police department, there’s a special division just for policing the cops. Its responsible for investigating all officer misconduct, includ...
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 10:45
If you walked along the San Francisco waterfront recently, you may have noticed giant catamarans -- specialized, 72-foot long sailboats that whizz ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 05:44
The Citizens’ Police Review Board, or CPRB, was established in 1979 after two OPD officers killed Melvin Black, a 14-year-old African-American boy....
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 12:32
The last decade has seen more than a hundred officer-involved shootings – 39 of them fatal. When one of those shootings happens, OPD’s Internal Aff...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 08:12
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” could be a revenue bonanza for California. The nation’s largest reserve of deep-rock oil is in ...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 08:33
On the eve of a vote in Uruguay's House of Representatives on the legalisation of Marijuana, Ben Weisz reports from Montevideo on a country yet to ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2013
- Length: 06:51
The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal correction...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 09:45
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it’s clear that this a special kind of conference. On the welcome table is a stack of nam...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 08:42
- Purchases: 2
Nearly 500 inmates serving life sentences have been freed from California prisons since voters passed Proposition 36 last November. The law authori...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 22:29
To secure the border, the Senate committee says we need more drones. But it has been widely reported that drones on the border are ineffective.
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 04:12
A federal judge stopped the most controversial parts of Arizona's 2010 immigration law from going into effect. But supporters say that hasn't preve...
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- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 1
One of the areas hit hardest by state budget cuts is California’s judicial branch. Governor Jerry Brown and the Legislature cut $350 million from t...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 04:56
For the past 39 years, the California’s 15th Congressional District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by 81-year-old Pete S...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 04:42
In February, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the expansion of an existing ban on plastic, single-use bags to apply to restaurants, ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 07:57
Richmond voters will decide on November 6 whether to authorize an extra cent tax on sugary beverages like soda. KALW's Isaac Silk talked with local...
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 04:21
Alternative economic strategies are growing--go Kickstart your Cash Mob into the TimeBank.
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 28:35
Complicated commercial development can have as many layers of financing as Turkish pastry has layers of phyllo.
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 28:31
Legally, bail has only one purpose: to guarantee that people show up for their court dates. Bail amounts are set by panels of judges in each county...
- Added: May 12, 2012
- Length: 06:33
Yes we need quality teachers...but do we really know what that means?
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 28:35
Texas has been fracking for years...so what does Ohio's gas exploration future look like?
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 28:30
If Governor Jerry Brown’s tax reform plan passes this November, CSU admissions may not suffer cuts, but state financial aid is still in danger. Gov...
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 06:00
Scandal is always with us it seems...2008 a look back at how far we have NOT come!
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
How do YOU talk about race? And why can it be so touchy?
- Added: Apr 14, 2012
- Length: 28:32
Hydraulic fracturing is a complex issue. Is it more like Satan's ploy to ruin the environment or God's answer to Northeast Ohio's structural unempl...
- Added: Apr 14, 2012
- Length: 28:31
