Angel Island endures immigration legacy

Angel Island endures immigration legacy
Oakland Tribune - By Michelle Beaver, STAFF WRITER In the 20th century, thousands of immigrants across the Pacific Ocean dreamed of coming to the United States, which they called, "Gold Mountain." Getting there was tough, but getting to stay was even tougher and

AMRITSAR PLUS
Tribune - The district transport department has launched a week-long road safety programme by organising a special campaign for the school children. A traffic police personal trains an NCC cadet to control the flow of vehicles on the road crossing as part of

Scoring, but never settling
Los Angeles Times - Traditionally, going Hollywood has meant repudiating one's past in favor of a glitzier future. But for Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, winner of an Academy Award last February for his score for "Finding Neverland," it's become a way to go home again on his

Writer Sanora Babb dead at 98
Baton Rouge Advocate - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sanora Babb, whose novel about the struggles of Dust Bowl migrants in California was published to critical acclaim 65 years after being shelved because of John Steinbeck's 1939 best-seller "The Grapes of Wrath," has died. She was

Harold Pinter's artistic achievement
World Socialist Web Site - When playwright Harold Pinter was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2005, it produced anxiety within government circles in Britain. Pinter s determined opposition to US and British foreign policy, and his resistance to the renewed

Local teachers receive excellent awar
Sierra Sun - Local schools are about to take another step forward thanks to more that $85,500 in grants from the Tahoe Truckee Excellence in Education Foundation. Throughout the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District this fall, the foundation awarded 37 grants

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