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Jade Yamazaki Stewart is a writer originally from Miura, Japan. He writes people-focused stories on topics ranging from food and music to homelessness and prison reform. In his free time, he rides his motorcycle, eats nigiri and dances to reggaetón. Find more of his work at jadeyamazakistewart.com.
At 10 am on a recent Friday, Davinterjit Singh rushed around the dining room of his restaurant getting ready for the day’s service while a … Continue reading
Let’s start with the beef arepa: griddle-cooked corn dough stuffed with oozing cheese, avocado, tender shredded beef and pico de gallo. Then, the patacón pisao: … Continue reading
Rhonda Messal was homeless in Eugene for three years, camping under carports and couch-surfing when people would let her stay in their homes. One winter, … Continue reading
Some of Eugene’s best pupusas, tacos and burritos, come out of a sea-blue trailer in the parking lot of an auto shop near 7th and … Continue reading
Tyler Hendry and other Black Lives Matter protesters were walking on Broadway at about 11 pm on May 31 when another group of protesters ran … Continue reading
Lane County commissioners and county staff discussed how to contain the spread of COVID-19 and how to best help businesses and schools during the pandemic … Continue reading
Members of the Lane County Poverty and Homelessness Board (PHB) discussed how to use federal money for unhoused people during the pandemic and plans for … Continue reading
Elliotte Cook moved to Eugene in the early ’80s with his brother, Lennard Cook, and his mother, Bahati Ansari. At Thomas Jefferson Middle School, … Continue reading
County commissioners and executives talked through rent relief, reopening and general COVID response points in their July 7 Board of Commissioners meeting, after two weeks … Continue reading
Violet Johnson spoke into a megaphone, wearing a striped Cheyenne-Arapaho style ribbon skirt and strings of beads hanging from her neck. In the crowd of … Continue reading