IN THE MIDST OF AN INFERNO
July 12, 2003
The Salinas Californian

To his right, Capt. Joseph Pastore saw a huge 21-million gallon oil drum filled with sand and water. To his front and his left, he saw another tank of equal size engulfed in a roaring firestorm and beginning to leak its boiling oil. Behind him grew the undergrowth and brush of untended Salinas Valley pastureland.

Clinton speaks his mind
September 17, 2003
The Salinas Californian

Former President Bill Clinton slammed the state's recall election Tuesday, 24 hours after a federal court threw the whole process into doubt.

A District Worth Imitating
July 30, 2004
Portland Tribune

When Nashville, Tenn., began exploring ways to redevelop its urban core, there was only one place the city chose to look — Portland and more specifically, the Pearl District.

Pursuing the Latino Vote: A Special
Report
November 2003
Columbia News Service

Gov. Pataki's courtship of New York's Latino voters has never been a secret. Along with noted policy shifts opposing military exercises on the island of Vieques and his extension of health insurance to more than 500,000 of the state's underprivileged children, Pataki now greets Latino voters in Spanish, backed by an active "Amigos de Pataki" fundraising squad.

Latino Voters Split in Recall
October 11, 2003
The Salinas Californian

When Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante announced his run for governor on Aug. 6, political pundits hailed it as a major stumbling block for Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Republicans. The thinking: Bustamante would offer Latino and Mexican-American voters the chance to elect one of their own - "a farm worker from the barrio," as he describes himself.