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Law firm's scam reopens hundreds of asylum cases

The firm, boasting a 95 percent success rate, helped more than 1,000 immigrants from a half-dozen nations get political asylum in the United States based on a fear of persecution. Many of those new asylees now stand to be deported, because as many as 70 ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  16 Nov 2009

Interfaith leaders condemn violence, anti-Muslim backlash

Sacramento's religious and community leaders came together today to ask Sacramentans not to blame an entire group of people for the violent actions of one. Interfaith leaders and top law enforcement officials joined forces at SALAM (Sacramento Area ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  U.S. Senate,  Darrell Steinberg

Punjabi American celebrates as mayor of Yuba City

Kash Gill said becoming the first Punjabi American mayor of Yuba City is "living the American dream." Gill's City Council colleagues voted him into the city's top post. Gill is a farmer and a banking executive. Kash Gill, who as a boy rose before dawn ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Bollywood,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Congress,  Neena Gill (politician)

'Hmong Voices' film festival premiers today in Sacramento

Sacramento's first ever "Hmong Voices" film festival -- produced by 25 Hmong teens -- premieres at 5:30 p.m. today in the Florin Creek Recreation Center, 7460 Persimmon Avenue. The public is invited to the event hosted by the Center for Multicultural ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  10 Nov 2009

Sacramento boy wins Mexican art contest

Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Miguel Hidalgo,  Daniel Gonzalez

NAACP marks 100th anniversary, steps into new era

Jamel Johnson volunteers at the Sacramento chapter of the NAACP. He and others deal with legal questions, answering about 40 phone calls a day and serving about 15 drop-in visitors a week. August 1916 The Sacramento branch of the NAACP is organized. ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,  Betty Williams,  George King

Northern California tribal leader airs concerns with Obama

Leslie Lohse, leader of a small band of Indians in Tehama County, recently found herself speaking directly to President Barack Obama one chief of state to another. "It's pretty exciting that the president did follow through on his promise to summit ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Susanville Symphony hits a high note in small Lassen County city

Benjamin Wade plays his trumpet at Inspiration Point, overlooking Susanville. Wade arrived in the city in northeastern California's high desert in 2001 to coach the women's soccer team at Lassen Community College. But his dream was to conduct and ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  31 Oct 2009

Obituary: David Gee Jan helped integrate Sacramento golf courses

Born: Aug. 9, 1913. Died: Oct. 2, 2009. Remembered for: Many contributions to preserving and celebrating the town's Gold Rush heritage. Survived by: Wife, Mabelle Jan of Sacramento, daughter, Stephanie McKibben of Sacramento, and three ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  13 Oct 2009

Every day is Columbus Day for Italian American club in Sacramento

Ciro Negri, left, and Virgil Petrocchi watch friends play bocce. Petrocchi's grandfather was one of Piemonte Reale Benevolent Society's 23 founders. "I joined in 1937," said Petrocchi, 93. "We now have 245 members, and they're not all Italians - we're ...

From STEPHEN MAGAGNINI, Sacramento Bee,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Knights of Columbus,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Christopher Columbus,  Theodore Roosevelt,  Service Employees International Union

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