You may have noticed the special series header in the Spartan Daily this week symbolizing our special series on issues in the LGBTQIA community. Here in California, especially living in the Bay Area, it’s easy to forget that in many parts of the country, the fight…
A 14-point margin. That is the amount American women — surveyed by a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll — favored President Obama over Republican hopeful Mitt Romney. The amount of surprise I have over this finding — absolutely none. The poll, released yesterday, showed 51 percent of registered female…
People flocked to History Park on Saturday for the San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation 2012, which touted itself as the largest taco festival in Northern California and included food from 24 food trucks, live music, the first U.S. Air Accordion Championships and Lucha Libre wrestling.
Spread your cheeks, my friends. If you ever have the misfortune of being booked into lockup, whether it’s for getting a little too friendly with booze in public or driving way too fast, the friendly correctional officers at your local joint now have the blessing of…
An air raid siren wailed in the distance, an ebb and flow of sound, originating from a single speaker five miles away in town, both disconnected and yet concretely real. Its screech, so rarely heard in my sleepy town, was intrinsically tied to disaster —…