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Concord Salvadoran group raises money for flood victims

what was going on it was too late for a lot of people." CONCORD — When Nuria Silva arrived to visit her family in El Salvador on Nov. 6, the weather was dreary, but there were few signs of a pending disaster. "It was kind of sprinkling when I got ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Contra Costa Times,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Nuria

Muslim advocacy group CAIR cites 'new era of hope' at Fremont event

the time following 9/11, when Billo was a college student and remembers feeling a deep-seated concern about how she and other Muslims would be perceived. FREMONT — Despite concerns that the Fort Hood shooting rampage would lead to a new backlash ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Inside Bay Area,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Taliban,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress

A step back in time

A tug boat heading up the Sacramento River interrupts early morning commuters and travelers on their way into Walnut Grove, Calif., on the Sacramento Delta on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Staff) When photos of this Delta town hung on the ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Inside Bay Area,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Museum of Modern Art,  Ansel Adams,  John Garamendi

Housekeepers and nannies rally for worker rights

such an event. "They'll be sharing their work, the situations they face, the abuses they face on the job." SAN FRANCISCO — It was an encounter with a Berkeley homeowner five years ago that made Sylvia Lopez realize how vulnerable she was to the whims ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Contra Costa Times,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

Garamendi's town a step back in time

WALNUT GROVE — When photos of this Delta town hung on the walls of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art some 45 years ago, the accompanying descriptions called Walnut Grove "a stage set, empty of visitors, unknown." The river town was ill, observed ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Inside Bay Area,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Museum of Modern Art,  Ansel Adams,  John Garamendi

Latino students in Contra Costa directed toward college and careers

CONCORD — Jessica Rauda has long known she wants to be a judge, but Friday was her first chance to speak with an attorney who could answer the question: How do I actually become one? Concord lawyer Erika Portillo had a wealth of answers, including ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Inside Bay Area,  6 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PG&E

Burden of housing and transportation costs high in the Bay Area

less — to cover basic necessities such as food, clothes, health needs and child care. A research group that promotes affordable housing has unveiled a new way of calculating what many already know: Bay Area residents pay a high price for living where ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Contra Costa Times,  5 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Henry Cisneros,  Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush

Should home prices come with warnings about transit costs, too?

costs eat up nearly 60 percent of the median income of Bay Area families, with the average household spending $28,000 on housing and $13,400 on transportation each year. SAN FRANCISCO — When prospective buyers tour a home for sale, should there be a ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Contra Costa Times,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Henry Cisneros,  Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush

Hour-plus commutes a way of life for many in East Bay

Mike Kroleski copes with his evening commute from San Jose back home to Danville by blasting his favorite metal music with the windows down, cursing and flashing his fog lights at the slowest drivers in his way. longer average commute -- 33.1 minutes, ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Inside Bay Area,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Census Bureau,  Oakley, Inc.,  Bob Taylor

Man shot at house party in Rodeo

RODEO — Police say a man was shot through the hand at a house party Sunday evening. The 61-year-old man was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was listed in stable condition on Sunday night. Gunfire erupted at a party on Lake ...

From MATT O'BRIEN, Contra Costa Times,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: John Muir

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