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ft fT-WWy4k 1L at the port also could end upta bu case against the mmua- piully.v i 1 wi. '1 ,1999 Los An- gdeq pollee rint-a 56year-old man.tn th.cfaest.wlth bearigfc The agi pen-'v etnted die cheat vnU.aev' ering an artery and braktng two ribs. After foat, the de-apartment reviewed Its fxillcy and awttdied to -a super-sock" brand of beanbsg that allows the holdmg material to open up and dissipate the force more evenly and consistently over a wider area of the. body, said poUce fiff. John' PasquarieDo.

Dlstrfo- udng the force over a wider area lessens the chance of serious lnury, he said. Only specially-trained Oakland police officers are allowed to use less lethal rounds, which were also used on two other occasions this year: tM AFC ChanqUonshlp which tfae Raiders won at home, and the Super BowL which Oakland lost But usli the ammunition on anti-war demonstrators who did little more than biock trsfik Is a stretch, said Jlm Chanln, Rosenthal's at- "This was the only dem- PlOTfromLocali them that they are weapon, iwt-supposed tq-J aimed at people, supposed be shot at the ffuund and ft-Cochet, rimiin pH So not a surprise that were tnjured to that i All (die pcdlcel.had to do Is read the I Why-pobce cbntbuiedro fire on the crowd even after officers had pushed the pro. testers far away from the shipping terminals may never be answered to tycty-one's satisfaction. In nHdmnn to the Independent pond, Oakland Police Chief Rkfeard Word has launched his own Menial fa-irrrmn veatrauion Into emy aapect sSfkS'SafiTSS used, said Danielle Aahfoqd, the departments piddle 'in-formation officer. Fbr RosenthaL-who lua filed a claim against the efiy along with 21 other die tnveafiffdlona are not enough If they dont result In reforms In the police depart-' ment "I wlU have' picrmanoit scarring and I ran have" a depression my leg where flie Impact happened, about the size of a quarter, Roajjb-thal said.

And the skin frdfo flie ffult la not as airoag because ltk not aa thick. "The police think we are shiftless and dont have Jobs but that's a big misconception, she said. We have tdts of thtnff on in the rln the whole States where used, Chanfo feet la, Ms. doing nothing to use of such force. thousands of dollars bills reason.

We Inappropriate, and We litigation." raw also plaintiffs In $10 million civil i a deadly 1 1' THE FOUHTAIH in the Pacific Renaissance Plaza is the starting place far Saturdays walking tour of Chinatown. Oakland rich in Chineericaa'BMdry enstratton- 'vVUuttcd: sakk "The Rosen-thal was Juatifir the She has medical shot for no It was are exploring Chimin, success-- frilly represented the1 -Riders" suit affdnat the etty of Oak-. Hie buDets sky trait on It on diem you see diqn selling it on the streets. I to. move because Oakland is my lips' looks '--Hke a nice- street Mostly homes.

It could -b s' dangerous. I Just wanf: poUCe to ctean up the street" The young men selling die drop are In thefr 20a aud 30s, abe said. -1 used to hear about the shootings on other streets on 77th. Avenue or the 80s (avenues). Now, it's S.F.

Union Mortgage Company! 'J. 'A fa studio, i merdal I hall, and Com- facilities. Earlier this year the Cul- rlsdictton for most of Its tenure, underwent areorganfe ration and Is now a separate -v. nonprofit organization. Executive Director Anne Huang aud her.

staff are working to maximize the fodlitys rental revenue potentlaL vriille bulldlntf UD nmurnm offering. such aa the Iris Chang book For more information1 on -Saturdays event, call (510)238-3400. There also will be a walking tour of Chinatown on Saturday, aponsoredby the Oak land Tours Program, starting at 10 a.m.The ueetourataihs at the fountain in the center of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza For more Information, call 238-3234, okfog on to wwwwaklandnetxom. IN CONJUNCTION with Aslan Pacific Heritage Month, die Aslan Branch of the Oakland Public Library la sponsoring an appear ance fay noted Chinese--American author Iila Chang this Saturday, starting at 10:30 am. at the Oakland Aslan Cultural Center.

Both die Aslan Brandi Library and the Cultural Center are located in the Pacific Renaissance Plaza, a mixed-use complex developed in die early 1990s by the City's Redevelopment Agency as a revitalization catalyst far the Chinatown district of downtown. The plaza Is an 9th Strqet between franklin and Webster streets. An underground streets. An uudenaoundga- Resident wants safer street WSHEB. from Local 1 hidden nearby or they have and Once the Transcontinental Railroad was completed In 1869, Thousands of Chinese laborers sought work onnew projects such as building the dams dial formed Lake le-tneacal and Lake Chabot; add dredging theTldal Canalfrqm rxgefothe'domplex provides (Mtuanr to aan Leandro convenient perking, die city of the drug dealers we see out here all the timer b-.

"The police Just drive slow and looklf the people oh the street, mid dura It. I want the pdice.to arrest the ones-selling thcfdrqff. They know whoa doing U. I see jhwn faljrtng tp die (frig pushers and tnllghtng wm them. Thafs awfru.

Now, It's dangerous out here and they areklllinf "You see these young men 3ut of their take -the drugs nut mouths or they have It ALLEN LANDMARKS Alameda an island. i In 1882 restrictive laws were passed to force Chinese to live in segregaled areas by this thbe "Chinatown" had moved to 8th and Webster frireeta. The four-square-bfockarea surroundlngthls historic' containing some 30 medium-sized commercial hiillHlngu HaHnfrffn fln teens and twenties, with fjiWTO, Tvt terra cotta-detailed facades, -has been studied by Cultural -Heritage Survey researchers, and appears potentially eligible licir listing od the National Register of Historic Places as a district At least three of these appear to be individually eligible for Hating. The survey files compare Oaklands Chinatown to other dries such astosAngeles, San Diego, Stockton and Chlcago, and point out that while most other American Chinatowns" have been destroyed through urban renewal. Oaklands la a unique survivor." On 7th Street also known as Railroad Avenue, werp at least five Prot: Hrtmt rhuiriiM fry spreading die faith among the either unmarried mwi or men with famines Chlnf wmm'b Rick Nolley Your frlend In Real Estate 296 0cwanAvw SanFfanclaco (516) 273-9405 The author will speak about her newly released book, Chinese in America: A Narrative History, published by Viking-Penguin Press.

This Is the first In a aeries of presentations fay Aslan-, American writers to be hosted by the library," asm librarian. Marjorie Li. "The evfcnt is free of charge and a book auto- tlon will The author's history out: lines a pattern social activism onthe part of Arian-lmmigrantsand Aslan Americans dial challenges some commonly 'held notions, such as striking Chinese railroad workers far the 1800s, or the Joint efforts of die Bay Areas Red Guard Party and die Black Panthers In the 1960s. "Their long struggle for civil llbertiea hi the Is comparable to what other ethnic groups who settled here have experienced," says library spokesperson Kathleen Hl-rooka, According to Oakland His- tory Room Librarian Steven LaVole, Oakland's Chinatown was once known as Tong Yan Fow, and Is one of the oldest Chlnese-American neighbor- hoods In California. Fewer than 1,000 Chinese Americans lived In die East Bay before die 1906 earthquake and fire, files show.

Most had came fleeing a wave of antt-Chlnese -vfolence thal swept San Francisco In the 1870s. Discrimination forced, Oakland's earliest Chinese Americans to keep moving, first to 14th add Washington streets where Oakland's first Chinatown begad in the early 1860s thai to the east aide of Tele- graph Avenue at 17th Street. They lived In nearby rooming bouses, and became estab- -Halted. These Christian played a vital role In die community. They taught the Chinese English, ana sometimes acted as their protected them agilnst violence, and and established rescue homes for feomen forced to hve as prostitutes or concubines," say the survey files.

While many early China- town district bulldlngi ye- mam, the redevelopment pngect that resulted In the iwinilnii Renaissance Plaza did transform the blocks between Broadway and Webster, and Ninth and Tenth streets. First to open In 1982 was die $75 million Transpacific Centre. and next came the new East Bay Municipal Utilities District headquarters, built at a cost of $35 million. Groundbreaking for the Plaza got under way In 1990, and construction was completed In Jufy, 1993. In addition to thrunderffound.

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