Two decades into an unprecedented immigration wave from Latin America and Asia, new "Chinatowns," "Manilatowns" and Latin barrios have taken root in suburban neighborhoods across the San Francisco Bay Area, according to the 1990 census. Along with several "Koreatowns," "Little Saigons" and "mini-Bombays," they serve an Asian-Pacific and Hispanic population that now numbers...
Not only are we are told that Generation X is too violent, too unemployed and too prone to whine about the rotten hand dealt them by previous generations. According to a new study, it is also too uninterested in and too disengaged from politics.The survey of more than a quarter-million college freshmen, conducted by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute, found that less than one-third--just 31.9%--of respondents consider "keeping up with political...
CRIES & WHISPERS Deja vu all over again All former Springfield mayors have heard a variation of the question: "Will you ever run for mayor again?""I used to hear it once a week, once every couple of weeks," said William C. Sullivan, the city's mayor from 1975 to 1979, and now of Sullivan, Keating and Moran Insurance. "But since Charlie Ryan announced I hear it every day."Senior U.S....
A Bensenville police sergeant was accused Wednesday of possible misconduct for his handling of more than $6,000 in cash seized in drug and gambling cases. The accusation is the latest fallout from a village investigation of wrongdoing by police that already has led to one indictment.The village placed Sgt. Joe DeAnda on administrative leave pending the outcome of a criminal investigation by the DuPage County State's Attorney's office.DeAnda's...
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