The following report was produced by Lee van der Voo of InvestigateWest. Funding for this piece was made possible in part by the Spot.Us community. The story has also been published by Crosscut, Seattlepi.com, The Seattle Post Globe,…
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The results of a recent Los Angeles Police Department report brought unwelcome news: drive-by shootings are occurring more frequently in Los Angeles than last year, about a seven percent increase from 2009. “We need to keep a…
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This piece was produced by Matt Baume and funded by the Spot.Us community. A major funder was The Daily Casserole who we've given first publishing rights to. You can read the full story here! Gay Couples and Straight…
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This piece is made possible by the reporter Erica Gies, the editing of the SF Public Press and funding from Spot.Us. This piece is free to be republished but must give credit to all parties. Clean-tech firms seek…
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We need to make sure development isn't just code for finding new ways to gentrify neighborhoods and displace existing residents By Christopher D. Cook, Karl Beitel, and Calvin Welch. Originally published by the SF Guardian, funded by the…
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This piece was produced by Brenda Koenig in collaboration with Smile Politely where this piece was originally published. GARBAGE DOESN'T JUST "GO AWAY" It's not true what they say about garbage. You know, "out of sight, out of…
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Marta Lopez sat in church one Sunday as her head spun and her thoughts became blank. She recovered consciousness and stared in confusion as paramedics standing over her asked questions she could not answer. Lopez, a Spanish-speaking El…
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The Treasure Island special report is now fully online! You can read some of the special report funded by community members like yourself through the links below. Our editorial partners - the SF Public Press did a thorough…
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By JORDI MATSUMOTO Photos by SONIA HUANG LA.Spot.Us (video to follow) ---------------------------- Sometimes, animals are lost. Other times, animals are abandoned. Volunteers at Downtown Dog Rescue witness both, over and over and year after year. And for…
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The next frontier in space: solar power - By CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSON We see the news every day. The nation's worst oil spill is spoiling the Gulf of Mexico. Our natural resources continue to dwindle. Energy costs rise. The…
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most infamous intersections and one of its least understood. People from all walks of life cross paths here, but most don’t intermingle. The neighborhood is mostly known for its gritty liquor stores, strip clubs, and SROs, but the…
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Forty-Eight Hour Magazine is a raucous experiment in using new tools to erase media's old limits. As the name suggests, we're going to write, photograph, illustrate, design, edit, and ship a magazine in two days. This was our…
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