Bombing suspect arrested
'Sigh of relief' after 18 months
Bay Area Afghans divided over military strike
By Fariba Nawa August 21, 1999 Argus/ANG Newspapers Fremont -- In a Centerville jewelry store, a group of Bay Area Afghans who call themselves United Guardians Defending Afghanistan stood Thursday in front of their picket signs voicing anger about U.S. military strikes in their homeland. President Clinton ordered military strikes in Afghanistan and Sudan on
Minorities see less prejudice, more sensitivity in workplace
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
Diversity dilemma: police face a growing language barrier
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
East Palo Alto man still hopes to find brother’s assailants
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
A year after the terror, victims attempt to move on
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
Picking up the pieces
Investigation continues as Mission district victims rebuild their lives
Local businesses target Hispanics
Stores add product lines, departments
Profile in courage
10-year-old Newark boy with AIDS chooses openness to educate others about his disease
Brain device blocks woman’s tremors
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
