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By Fariba Nawa August 1, 1999 Argus/ANG Newspapers EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of four articles investigating diversity in local police departments. FREMONT POLICE officer J.C. Grant knows some of his colleagues tiptoe around the words black and African American when they talk about crimes in his presence. Grant, one of 14 African Americans among

By Fariba Nawa July 31, 1999 Argus/ANG Newspapers EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of four articles investigating diversity in local police departments. TERROR STRUCK a 50-year-old Korean man when narcotics officers kicked in the door of his Newark home, tackled him, put a gun to his head and handcuffed him. The officers, dressed in street

By Fariba Nawa March 28, 1999 Fremont Argus/Oakland Tribune/ANG Newspapers EDITOR'S NOTE: Unsolved Crimes is a monthly series that profiles cases which remain unsolved in Fremont, Union City and Newark. Police ask residents to call them if they have information about any of these crimes. Union City -- Every day, as Joseph Holland walks past

By Fariba Nawa March 28, 1999 Argus/ANG EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one of four articles in a series that probes into the unsolved Fremont bombings investigation. Fremont -- Linda Wasserman has found a way to cope with the fear that whoever planted a bomb in front of her home is still out there. She pretends

Investigation continues as Mission district victims rebuild their lives

Stores add product lines, departments

10-year-old Newark boy with AIDS chooses openness to educate others about his disease

By Fariba Nawa December 19, 1997 ANG/Oakland Tribune Fremont -- It took just six hours in the end to treat the disease that gave Cyndi Walentiny uncontrollable tremors for 20 years. The Fremont resident had suffered for all her adult life from a nervous system disease that destroyed her career and prevented her from even