Sometime after 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, a person or persons spray-painted hate words on the front of the Igo Store at 6490 Placer Road. By the time a neighbor saw it as they were leaving for work at 4:30 a.m.… Continue Reading
Dear Reader, It’s my pleasure on this Christmas Eve to announce my long-awaited holiday gift to you, a feature that’s been on my wish list almost since the beginning of anewscafe.com started five years ago: Photo Cafe. Photo Cafe launched early this morning. It… Continue Reading
If you stop by Hokema’s Vacuum and Sewing store you might just catch a glimpse of a passing whirlwind. Like the more powerful winds, she has a name: Gerda. You might see her on hands and knees gingerly unclogging a… Continue Reading
Sam runs the halfway house that the men in this story live in. It’s a two bedroom, one bath house that has been modified to hold ten adult men, who sleep in bunk beds, crowd around the solid, wooden table… Continue Reading
Scotty’s a thirty-six-year-old street fighter. Has a broad face like a pit bull, tuft of blond hair under his lower lip, a weight lifter’s upper body. He’s had cuts over his pale green eyes, his pug nose broken, his left… Continue Reading
Jerry is sitting at the metal picnic table outside the halfway house. This is the spot, he says, where God talks to him, where he has visions and hears the word, things that are so magnificent they are difficult for… Continue Reading
Richard’s had many lives: grand, disastrous, rich, poor. Many opportunities to use his skills. He’s a prophet, intellectual, singer, writer, spell binder. He occupies the sagging recliner, in his Big Dog blue pajamas, directly across from the TV. He is… Continue Reading
Jeff is a dark presence, standing between Scotty and the sun on a clear, cold, February morning. Scotty has his hands jammed in the pockets of his hooded sweatshirt that has the name “Duncan” stenciled on the back, sits at… Continue Reading
Q: Reynald, thanks so much for taking time to talk with us here at anewscafe.com. I know you have a pretty full month of cooking, right? Yes, indeed! We have a pretty solid month ahead of us, starting with private home… Continue Reading
Hank sits at a round table, alone, in a corner, in his red nylon jacket, blue baseball cap that has “God Answers Prayers” embroidered on the back, glasses halfway down his nose, his eyes over the top, taking it all… Continue Reading
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