1. Chinatown's D.I.Y. Policing

    Do-It-Yourself Policing may be what Oakland residents must now undertake to feel safe in their neighborhoods. That’s the way it has been for many years in Oakland’s Chinatown, where the community has covered its own bases – from buying a K-9 dog to paying for their neighborhood cop’s pager-for decades.


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  2. Geocaching

    This website was my final project for the Multimedia Skills class I took in the Fall 2007. My three classmates and I used Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Sound Track Pro, and Final Cut Pro to develop this interactive site about the hobby that combines geek and granola called geocaching.


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  3. Cowboy dreamin'

    Backstage in the dressing room, the nervous energy was high as each cowboy primped before a vanity mirror. For some, like "Antonio Rios," the nerves came from more than a little stage fright. "Antonio Rios is 24," said the worker from the avocado orchards of Michoacan, Mexico, who is actually 21. He assumes this fake identity when he goes to gay clubs.


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  4. Howloween

    This audio slideshow of the "Doggie Howloween" costume contest benefiting the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)was reported, produced, and edited on October 31, 2007 in San Francisco, CA. My classmate, Charla Batey and I recorded the audio using a Marantz recorder, edited it in Sound Track Pro, and produced the following final presentation in SoundSlides.


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  5. Chinatown's new beat cop has big shoes to fill

    Officer Le has the cultural, street skills to make a difference

    OAKLAND — One recent Friday morning, Officer Vy Quoc Le walked into the Hong Kee Market on Eighth and Franklin. Past long, dusty shelves with yellow boxes of cornstarch and half-pound bags of dried chrysanthemum, the stocky cop made his way to a back counter where the elderly store owner, Hong Lee, was guarding a treasure trove of liquor and lotto tickets.


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  6. Mandela Foods Gets City Hall Green

    After two years of searching for money and a suitable West Oakland location, Mandela Foods Cooperative is poised to open a worker-owned grocery with a grant from the City as early as November. While the $200,000 Oakland City Council gave to Mandela Foods Cooperative Tuesday night was a sign of City Hall’s confidence in the group, not everyone in West Oakland is convinced the neighborhood and the cooperative are a good fit.


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