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BROWARD-PALM BEACH NEW TIMES: Twiggy Rasta Masta Is Keeping Hip-Hop “Based”

by Jessie Schiewe | Dec 17, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Favorites, Miami New Times, Other Newspapers

Broward-Palm Beach New Times IT’S SPRINGTIME IN HOLLYWOOD. The sky is cloudless and blue. Tourists bake in the sun and the Hollywood sign winks from the hills. A low-flying plane poops smoke trails overhead. On the rooftop of a 1920s apartment building, two...

The Rise of Black Market Alcoholic Coolers in Oakland

by Jessie Schiewe | Dec 5, 2014 | Favorites, News, The East Bay Express

The East Bay Express I’m sitting on the concrete floor of a garage, my back against a pole. To my right, a girl braids auburn weave into another girl’s hair. Three teenagers sit on a couch to my left and a lone teddy bear, clutching a red velvet heart...

A Deep East Oakland Neighborhood Reawakens

by Jessie Schiewe | Aug 3, 2014 | Favorites, News, The East Bay Express

The East Bay Express Few people, if any, refer to the crossroads of Bancroft and Fairfax Avenues in East Oakland as the Bancroft-Fairfax Business District—and yet, there’s a sign at the intersection designating it as such.  Most people know it by one of its older...

OAKLAND NORTH: After Oakland Hills Fire, Residents Build Off-The-Wall Homes

by Jessie Schiewe | Feb 20, 2014 | Favorites, News, Oakland North, Other Websites

–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...

Cover Story: If Whales Could Shout, They Would

by Jessie Schiewe | Feb 20, 2014 | Cover Stories, Favorites, News, The Los Angeles Times

–Published on the front page of The Los Angeles Times on July 11, 2010– In a noisy room, humans will yell to be heard, eventually giving up when communication becomes impossible. Now researchers have found that North Atlantric right whales, too, get louder...
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