Sad but True

"Chet Smith, of East Palo Alto, gives a tour of his mobile home located in the Palo Mobile Estates in East Palo Alto on Friday. Smith, along with a group of residents is resisting a move to change the mobile parks status."



There are places like this all around the Bay Area and a lot of people are feeling the pinch. Changes with property management may drive this poor guy out of him home that he has lived in for years.

San Jose Armed Robbery ends in East Palo Alto

"San Jose police prepare to enter a house in East Palo Alto on Tuesday. Two suspects robbed a San Jose liquor store earlier that day and fled to East Palo Alto. San Jose police, along with East Palo Alto and other departments, searched for the suspects, who are at large."

Another day another robbery... at least no one was hurt...



I was on my way to my sports assignment when I looked down to my cell phone and noticed that I had a voicemail.



Funny I thought... It didn't event show that I had a missed call. I checked my message and hear that I need to make my way to East Palo Alto to photograph something because there was a lot of police out there. I was puzzled since the message was not very clear on what was really needed. I called my editor and started my way out there. It took a good 30 min from one city over due to heavy traffic and road blocks...

As I was trying to make my way through road blocks I decided to park and try a different approach... the "acting stupid" approach. It seemed to work even though I was booted out a bunch of times for crossing lines and such. I FINALLY, after several attempts to get a few photos had a good enough angle to get what you see here.

If you are interested in reading more about the story follow this link:


http://paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-10-8-epa-car-chase

This article was also featured in the Mercury News.

School Issues

"7th grade teacher Daniell Kostenvich goes over some math problems on Wednesday at Cesar Chavez Academy in East Palo Alto. Due to the lack of funds the Reavenswood School District is having a hart time to keep up with technology and basic classroom needs."

more on the story can be found here: http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2008-10-2-ravenswood

Go Green Go LEED

"Left, Sharifa Wilson, chair of the East Palo Alto Family YMCA accepts a plaque presented by Lynn N. Simon, of San Francisco. The YMCA held a plaque unveiling for earning the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification on Wednesday. The award marks the first LEED certified building in East Palo Alto and the first for the YMCA in the nation. A LEED certification is awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of a building being “green.”"
And finally for my last assignment. It took place at the East Palo Alto "Y". Everything you need to know about this photo can be found in the caption. As soon I was done shooting this it was about 5:20 p.m. when I then rushed out back to the office to get all the images in by 6 p.m. Success!