Articles Published in July, 2011

A week after Kenneth Harding was killed during an altercation with San Francisco police officers on a light rail train, his mother Denika Chatman talked with San Francisco BayView reporter Natasha Reid.

One of the longest standing small business’s in San Jose, Faber’s Cyclery has become a hub for Bay Area bicycle enthusiasts. Photographer Bernardo Grijalva captures the scenes of Faber’s – the people, the bikes, the community.

Donna Vieira has been in a legal fight with Wells Fargo regarding her San Leandro home. Spending so much time engaged in the dispute takes a toll on her family.

Weeks after SJPD announced they will bring on two federal immigration officers, they consider participation in an initiative which calls on local police and residents to be reporting agents for federal enforcement agencies.

After foreclosure, homeowners pick up the pieces and re-imagine the California dream of homeownership.

Silicon Valley De-Bug interviewed Bayview youth/community and young people on their thoughts and feelings on the shooting in BayView Hunters Point of the 19-year-old.

Why are Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs in the United States moving back home?

In the direct aftermath of a police involved shooting that ended the life of a 19-year-old San Francisco man, dozens of cell phone videos captured the scene.

San Jose Poet/Artist/Activist Yosimar Reyes premieres his new segment of "Queer Conversations" with lgbtq folks from San Jose and the greater Bay Area. In this episode, he sits down with 16-year-old Vanessa to talk about coming out, identity, and what the terms "jump off" and "homie hopper" means.

Carlos Ponce has been selected to lead the Mexican Consulate in San Jose. In this article, he tells La Oferta Newspaper of his goal for building stronger international ties.

U.S. schools lost 20,000 students this year to the fields — many of them child workers who suffer injury or death.

A psychologist Alzak Amlani reflects on the evolving definition of the Indian American.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reports that 6,600 prisoners in at least 13 of the state’s prisons have joined a hunger strike.

On some farms in California, which produce half of the nation’s fruits and vegetables, the drop in undocumented immigrants can already be felt.

Community based artists, Adrian Avila and Samuel Rodriguez, teamed up to bring inspiration in an artistic form to neighborhoods throughout San Jose. Their first mural went up at the Gardner Market on Virginia and Delmas in West San José.

The unity proposal came in reaction to the new redistricting commission’s first set of maps, which carved up many communities of color, diluting their political power.

For the first time in San Jose history, the San Jose Police Department just laid-off over 100 officers due to the strained city budget. India Currents writers debate the notion of cutting police budgets to balance budgets.

Though repeatedly stating their department would not work with ICE, budget cuts and a climbing homicide rate has brought Chief Moore to take on two federal investigators from Homeland Security.

Former Abercrombie and Fitch employee, Hani Khan, says she was told she had to take her hijab off at work. When she refused, she was fired.

Shortly after the publication of his tell-all essay in the New York Times revealing his undocumented status, Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winner, sat down for a one-on-one interview with New America Media.

A new report shows that if GOP cuts become law, California would lose 28,000 jobs and millions in related business spending.