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Jose Fermoso’s Biography

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What happens when home is two places? For Jose Fermoso, who was born in Oakland but bred partly in Mexico, it sounds a little romantic and hella fun. The fall and spring months were replete with family fiestas, stories, and the crush-inducing heroines of Televisa. The rest of the year he spent in Oakland, watching A’s games and eating Loard’s ice cream, scrambling over the rocks of America’s national parks.

When the family moved back to the U.S. for good, Jose nursed his love of stories through…

Jose Fermoso’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Future of America's Oldest Profession

The Future of America's Oldest Profession

You can find Liara Roux online, posing in lingerie as she rolls between sheets or stretches into erotic poses…

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Silicon Valley coders dig Into Apple's WatchKit

Silicon Valley coders dig Into Apple's WatchKit

A day after Apple Inc. released its software development kit for its upcoming Apple Watch, app developers acr…

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The Boundary-Busting Cabaret of Yana Alana

The Boundary-Busting Cabaret of Yana Alana

Sarah Ward met - so to speak - Yana Alana when she was 28 and in a dark place. She was in therapy, struggling…

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Lalo Alcaraz and the Mexifornia of 'Bordertown'

Lalo Alcaraz and the Mexifornia of 'Bordertown'

The writers' room of the Fox cartoon TV series is a pressure cooker. Some of the most talented and experience…

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The meaning behind iOS 7's kaleidoscope of colors

The meaning behind iOS 7's kaleidoscope of colors

Many iPhone and iPad users are angry with the color palette on Apple's new iOS7. Some have even compared it t…

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The Entrepreneur Driving Mexico's Ride-Sharing Evolution

The Entrepreneur Driving Mexico's Ride-Sharing Evolution

For being one of Mexico's hottest young technopreneurs, Cristina Palacios comes across as pretty old school. …

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Vendors call for better treatment from the city

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By Jose Fermoso Verified
| The Oaklandside Verified
Two weeks after spending a long, difficult day in the City Council chamber advocating for better treatment for vendors, Anita Miralle found herself yesterday evening happily greeting fellow vendors and passersby at Lake Merritt, buoyed by the feeling that her cause was gaining momentum. Her tabling effort, timed to take place during the city’s National Night Out block parties, came after a wave of vendor sweeps by Oakland police and city staff that resulted in the dumping of vendors’ goods.
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Weigh in on road improvements along Grand and Fruitvale avenues, and more

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By Jose Fermoso Verified
| The Oaklandside Verified
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is far less visible than, say, the City Council, but it plays a substantial role in transforming communities: it distributes some $2 billion in transit-related funding each year across the Bay Area from sales and gas taxes, bridge tolls, and federal grants that result in new roadways, rail lines, and bike lanes.
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June election went ‘smoothly’ for Alameda County, says new registrar

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By Jose Fermoso Verified
| Berkeleyside Verified
Alameda County’s first elections under the leadership of Cynthia Cornejo, the new Registrar of Voters, went “smoothly and efficiently,” according to a new report provided at this month’s elections commission meeting. Cornejo, the longtime deputy director under the former registrar, Tim Dupuis, took over this past Spring after years of challenges and problems, such as mishandled ballots and slow vote counts.
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