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Man Shot While Driving in E. Palo Alto - Palo Alto Daily News

Article about a shooting at the intersection of Farrington Way and Kavanaugh Drive. Victim was shot in the leg and was in stable condition at the time of...

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Police Widow Allegedly Used in Fund-Raising Con - Daily News

Article with details of the fraud case against EPA police officer Lesa Stone and her husband. Discusses the possible sentence outcomes and the money that was...

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Crime Rate Drops in EPA - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the number of crimes in EPA decreasing from the previous year's statistics. Includes statistics on specific types of crimes such as weapons...

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Preliminary Report of the East Palo Alto Hearing Proceedings and Testimony on Drug Sale, Use, Trafficking, and Criminal Activity

An action report for the EPA City Council by the Special Hearing Commission. Presented to Mayor James E. Blakey Jr. and the EPA City Council. Includes five...

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Letter to the EPA Safety Commission

Letter from neighbors on the 2300 block of Oakwood Drive to the EPA Safety Commission following up on complaints made to the city about illegal activities at...

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East Palo Alto to name park after slain officer - San Francisco Chronicle

Article about the dedication of the park named after police officer Joel Michael Davis killed in the line of duty at Jack Farrell Park 14 years before....

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Issues of Substance - The Stanford Daily

Last in a series of editorials with a focus on East Palo Alto. This one is about the connection between drug use at Stanford and drug dealing in East Palo...

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Drop in Crime, Rise in Slayings in E. Palo Alto - San Mateo County Times

Article about a drop in overall crime and shootings in EPA but a rise in homicides and domestic violence.

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Indicted Officer Returns - Daily News

Article about EPA police officer Lesa Stone being on duty while awaiting a fraud trial. Includes interview with EPA City Attorney Michael Lawson about...

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Cop at Work Despite Fraud Charges - San Mateo County Times

Article about an EPA police officer, Lesa Stone, being on duty despite facing felony fraud charges associated with a telemarketing scam.

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Fired Officer Suing for Police Records - Daily News

Article about dismissed EPA police officer Kenneth Cassettari suing the EPA Police Department and Police Chief Wesley Bowling for improper dismissal and...

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East Palo Alto Ex-Cop Says He was Fired Unfairly - San Mateo County Times

Article about a probationary officer Kenneth Cassettari seeking damages after being unfairly fired after reporting the misconduct of other officers.

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Flyer for KQED Documentary "The Other Side of the Freeway"

Flyer for the KQED documentary "The Other Side of the Freeway" about East Palo Alto's efforts to force drug dealers off the streets. Produced by Scott...

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East Palo Alto's Crime Rate Drops - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the rate of reported crime in East Palo Alto dropping in the first three months of 1980. Highlights the liquor store at the Nairobi Shopping...

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No One Takes Responsibility for Fighting Crime - Peninsula Times Tribune

Letter to the editor submitted by Julia Harvey and James Patton about an increase in criminal activity around EPA. Mentions the work and community investment...

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Riding Along - Quietly - Times Tribune

Article about a reporter ride along with EPA reserve police officer Tom Burns during a quiet night. Includes reflections about the dangers of being a police...

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Funeral for Officer Davis is Monday at Frost Amphitheater - Times Tribune

Article about an upcoming funeral to honor the deal of EPA Police rookie Joel Davis.

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Cadillac' of Crime Guns Killed Officer - Times Tribune

Article about the type of gun, a Charter Arms .38-caliber "undercover" revolver, used to kill rookie EPA Police Officer Joel Davis.

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Drug Sting Snares 21 in East P.A. - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the work of undercover EPA Police Department officers posing as local drug dealers and arresting 21 customers in the process with the theory...

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Progress Report - AB 90 Program, EPA's Crime Prevention Program

Progress report from Deputy Alvin Green, the EPA Crime Prevention Supervisor. Includes the personnel, objectives, unit responsibilities, property...

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2 California Cities Share Grief Over Slain Officer - New York Times

This article in the New York Times talks about the death of an officer from the East Palo Alto Police Department who was the first local officer killed in...

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Tensions Mount After East P.A. Killing - San Jose Mercury News

Article about EPA police calling in reinforcements from Palo Alto and Menlo Park following escalating gunfire, threats, and racial tension between local...

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All the Wrong Moves: Life Among the Dope Fiends in East Palo Alto - West Magazine

Article about the residents of EPA that use drugs. Compares EPA to the much whiter and wealthier surrounding Peninsula neighborhoods.

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East P.A. to Hire Police for War on Crime - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the city of EPA hiring three or four additional police officers to focus on crime using funds from an increase in utilities tax. These new...

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Officer's Murder: Brothers Arrested in Killing - Times Tribune

Article about the arrest of Raymond and Ronald Price in connection to the killing of rookie EPA police officer Joel Davis.

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Police Use Color as Drug Bust Key - San Mateo Times

Article about the EPA Police Department using racial profiling to identify out-of-town white people coming to EPA to purchase drugs. Discusses the racial...

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A Park that's Full of Drugs - Times Tribune

Article about the history of Jack Farrell Park and how it became a "haven for crack deals and violence." The park was the scene of the shooting and killing...

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Fire Destroys Nairobi School - The Times

The Times (San Mateo) article on the fire that destroyed the Nairobi School in 1975. It was an act of arson.

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Governor Pete Wilson at Bell Street Park

Photographs of CA Governor Pete Wilson visiting EPA during a re-election campaign in 1994. Governor Wilson discussed the High Crime Response Team that he...

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Police Brutality Probed in East P.A., Girl Files Complaint - Palo Alto Times

Article about Deputy James Burns remaining on the job despite an ongoing brutality investigation alleging he pulled out the braids of EPA youth Neomi...

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Girl Claims Deputy Pulled Out Her Hair - Palo Alto Times

Article about EPA youth Neomi Williams claiming that a fist full of her braids were pulled out by a San Mateo County Sheriff's deputy. Williams was...

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Free at Last 2016-17 Annual Report

Annual report for Free at Last's Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services. Includes a message from Board Chair Vicki Smothers, metrics of individuals...

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Innovative Parolee Program Faces Uncertain Future - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about the East Palo Alto Parole Reentry Program closing due to funding problems. Mentions impact and history of program including foundation by David...

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East P.A. reacts to surge in violence - San Mateo County Times

Article about the surge in crime in late 2001 and early 2002 and how the Police Department is responding to it.

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Tongan cop seeks help - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the Chief Inspector of the Kingdom of Tonga visiting East Palo Alto. He came to ask community leaders to help prevent Tongan young people from...

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Tough Street - Metropolis

Article about EPA resident Dennis Scherzer's experience living in EPA. Discusses the drug dealers in the area, local violence, and how Scherzer escapes into...

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A Cop's Balancing Act in E. Palo Alto - San Jose Mercury News

Article about Sheriff's Lt. Ken Frank and his relationship with the EPA community, especially as the incorporation election (and EPA possibly having their...

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E. Palo Alto - a model for Oakland: Ex-murder capital found some answers - San Francisco Chronicle

Article comparing Oakland's issues today with those of East Palo Alto 10 years ago when East Palo Alto was the 'murder capital' of the nation and what East...

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Flyer Calling for Justice Against the EPA Police "Wolf Pack"

Flyer calling for justice against the EPA Police "Wolf Pack." The EPA Police "Wolf Pack" was made up of officers Tom Alipio, Robert Ludden, David Munoz, and...

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Prayer Warriors Plan Gathering to Seek Peace - San Jose Mercury News

Article about a communitywide prayer meeting at Gertrude Wilks Academy for continued peace the EPA area being planned. The article also mentions upcoming...

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Councilman to Sheriff: Quit Your Job - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPA councilman A. Berkley Driessel demanding the resignation of San Mateo County Sheriff John R. McDonald based on his officers not receiving...

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Out of Service: Businesses Avoid Going into EPA Because of Stigma - San Jose Mercury News

A front-page article about the crime reputation of EPA, how residents feel it's unwarranted, and how the stigma has affected businesses serving the EPA...

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Devin Wyman has gone from drugs in East Palo Alto to tackling opponents in the NFL - SF Examiner

Article about EPA's Devin Wyman and his journey from drug dealing in EPA to being a professional football player. Includes numerous photos of Wyman and his...

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East P.A.'s Struggle Worries Homeowners - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about the United Homeowners of East Palo Alto's concerns over crime, safety, and development in EPA. Includes photo of a picnic put on by the group...

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East Palo Altans Complain of Inadequate Police Work - Palo Alto Times

Article about EPA residents complaining to San Mateo County law enforcement officials about slow response times and ineffective policing of the community....

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Nairobi Newsletter - June 1970

Newsletter about Nairobi, CA. Includes articles about Black GIs from Vietnam who've entered the drug rehabilitation program at the Menlo Park V.A. hospital,...

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CityConnection - Vol. 2, No. 5

October 1985 issue of the EPA CityConnection. Includes a letter from Mayor Mouton, news of a personnel commission being formed, an appeal for citizens to...

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The Impact of a Singular Man - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about the life, service, and impact of EPA Community Leader David Lewis. Lewis was a leading figure in drug rehabilitation and the re-integration of...

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Matias & Maria Varela Interview

Interview of Matias & Maria Elena Varela by Ruben Avelar. Topics include EPA crime reputation in the 1950s and over the years; move to EPA; incorporation;...

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She's Still Fighting for the Children - San Mateo Times

Article about Gertrude Wilks and her contributions to EPA's children through her Nairobi Schools. Discusses the effects of drug dealing on her schools and...

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Neighbors Get Rid of Crack House - San Jose Mercury News

Article about four East Palo Alto neighbors working together to take a stand against a crack house on Palo Verde Avenue. Describes the ongoing crime the...

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The EPA Progress, Vol. 1 No. 6

This issue of The EPA Progress covers crime, rent control, Ravenswood school district elections, and part five of the History of EPA: Racial, Economic...

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East Palo Alto Residents Get Rid of Crack House - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about five East Palo Alto neighbors working together to take a stand against a crack house in their neighborhood. They did not receive any response...

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Victory for Neighborhood Against Drug Dealers - San Mateo County Times

Article about EPA neighbors Doug and Deneise Harrington, Estela Guerrero, Ken Hahn, and Claudy Thomas taking the landlord of a local crack house to small...

oral-history

Kathleen Lynne Mercer Interview

Interview of Kathleen Lynne Mercer by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration with her husband, David Mercer, a Stanford grad student, from Toronto, Canada to...

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Eugene "Gene" Tate Interview

Interview of Eugene “Gene” Tate by Sharifa Wilson in Las Vegas, Nevada. Topics include: moved to EPA from Kinlock Missouri in February 1957 with two brothers...

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Offensive against crime is 'success' - San Francisco Chronicle

Article about Attorney General Jerry Brown coming to East Palo Alto to celebrate the success of a nine-month crackdown on crime since the state, the city and...

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Letter to the East Palo Alto Community from Mayor Barbara Mouton

Letter from Mayor Barbara Mouton to East Palo Altans with updates on the city's third birthday celebrations and Wilks' suit of the incorporation election,...

oral-history

Cora Holmes Interview

Interview of Cora Holmes by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving from San Francisco to Grace Court in EPA in 1971 with her husband and children, difference...

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Nairobi Mayor Finally Resigns in Protest Over White's Death - Ravenswood Post

Article about EPA Municipal Councilwoman Willia Gray resigning from the Council and any San Mateo County governing bodies she served on. The resignation was...

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A Difficult Childhood for Peninsula's Youngest City - Times Tribune

Article about the fifth anniversary of EPA's incorporation and all the city's accomplishments throughout its early years. Mentions Officer Joel Davis' death...

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Stanford, East P.A. Uneasy Partners - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the complex relationship between Stanford University and EPA and the sentiments of EPA residents. Discusses the various Stanford programs that...

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Living in a Hot Spot - Palo Alto Weekly

Front page article about EPA residents living in the Dumbarton Avenue area. Discusses ongoing problems with drug dealing, gang activity, and reckless driving...

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Rod Norris Interview

Interview of Rod Norris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: joining EPA Police Department in 1989; crime in EPA in 1990-1992; homicide capital; assistance...

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The EPA Progress, Vol. 4 No. 6

This issue of the EPA Progress focuses on Kwanzaa and its cultural roots in EPA, city council efforts to replace City manager Greg Howell, and the continued...

oral-history

Sharon Williams Interview

Interview of Sharon Williams by Ruben Avelar. Topics include coming to EPA, her education, teaching in the Ravenswood City School District, the founding and...

oral-history

Isaiah Phillips Interview

Interview of Isaiah Phillips by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA when young; local businesses; grammar school experiences at James Flood Elementary...

oral-history

Randall Brothers Interview

Interview of the five Randall brothers (Walter T. Randall Jr, Andre M. Randall, Stephen E. Randall, Lawrence G. Randall, Derek A. Randall) by Meda Okelo....

oral-history

David & Nancy Tangitau Interview

Interview of David and Nancy Tangitau by Sisilia Afungia. Topics discussed include the Tongan community in EPA, the Weeks Poultry Colony, housing, crime and...

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City's revival takes shape - Palo Alto Daily News

Arrticle about Mayor Duane Bay giving the state of the city address in two days and the good news in East Palo Alto that he is likely to report.

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East Side Story - Palo Alto Weekly

Front page article about EPA and Stanford actors performing two one-act plays - "Circle in the Dirt" and "Dancing on the Brink" - at the Cesar Chavez Academy...

oral-history

Rufus Puckett, Jr. Interview

Interview of Rufus Puckett, Jr. by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration from San Francisco to Fordham Street in EPA in 1967; EPA in the 60s; RCSD schooling...

oral-history

Vicki Denise Smothers Interview

Interview of Vicki Denise Smothers by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA from San Francisco in 1955; parents Clyde and Doris and seven siblings; RCSD...

oral-history

William "Will Roc" Grifffin

Interview of William "Will Roc" Griffin by Kalamu Chache. Topics include: arriving in EPA in 1962, growing up in the Gardens neighborhood, schooling in EPA,...

oral-history

Martha Hanks Interview

Interview of Martha Hanks by Meda Okelo. Topics include how she arrived in East Palo Alto; her education at Kavanaugh, Green Oaks and Ravenswood High School;...

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Race, Ethnicity and Inter-minority Suburban Politics: East Palo Alto, 1950-2002 - Collective Roots

This is a Masters thesis by Mike Berman in History at Stanford University. Berman taught at the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy.

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A Call to Action to Fight Gang Activity - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about parents, schools, and members of an inter-faith council meeting to discuss children in East Palo Alto schools being involved in gang...

oral-history

Joyce King Interview

Interview of Joyce King by Sharifa Wilson and Sydney Jackson. Topics discussed include King's journey to EPA, Black students at Stanford University and the...

oral-history

Lerisa Sherina Puckett Interview

Interview of Lerisa Sherina Puckett by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving in with grandparents on Fordham around 1977 when she was three years old;...

oral-history

Luis Guzman Interview

Interview of Luis Guzman by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Guzman coming to EPA as a child but growing up with time split between EPA and Zacatecas,...

newspaper

East Palo Altans Struggling to Unify, Improve Community - San Jose Mercury News

Long article about the various struggles facing the unincorporated community of East Palo Alto. Includes a history of the community going back to Charles...

oral-history

Melvin & Helen Harvey Harris Interview

Interview of Melvin Harris and Helen Harvey Harris about the Nairobi Legacy. Topics include: Melvin coming to EPA in 1954, his activism in the community,...

oral-history

Donna & Joe Rutherford Interview

Interview of Donna and Joe Rutherford by Jesse Norfleet. Topics discussed in the Donna Rutherford portion of the video include her journey to EPA, political...

oral-history

Christopher Gordon Ellis Interview

Interview of Christopher Gordon Ellis by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration to EPA in 1977 via Detroit, the military and San Francisco; EPA community life...

oral-history

Bomani Siwatu Interview

Interview of Bomani Siwatu by Meda Okelo. Topics include: Migration to EPA in 1981 after college, election to the Ravenswood City School District Board,...

oral-history

Jennifer Jackson Interview

Interview of Jennifer Jackson by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include crime in EPA, anti-drug activism and United Mothers Against Drugs (UMAD), Nairobi...

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