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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with a surge of Democratic wins in California House races this week, the party did not end up needing the state to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107948/will-democrats-control-congress-their-path-runs-through-california-watch-these-races\">retake the majority\u003c/a> in the next Congress. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats have already flipped five Republican-held seats in California, propelled by voter disapproval of President Donald Trump and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106022/california-democrats-rally-to-deliver-on-proposition-50-was-it-really-needed\">pro-Democratic redistricting\u003c/a> approved by California voters last year. One more seat, which had actually been redrawn to gain more Republicans, was still in striking distance Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationwide, the Associated Press \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/midterm-election-2026\">called control of the House\u003c/a> decisively for the Democrats on Tuesday night before many California races had even been settled.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Thursday, the only Democrat-versus-Republican contest that had yet to be called in California was the Inland Empire’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/california-us-house-results/#23\">23rd Congressional District\u003c/a>, where Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte had just over 51% of the vote against challenger Tessa Lynn Hodge.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Underscoring just how dire this midterm election has become for the GOP, that seat could potentially flip to Democratic control even after being shifted to the right in the Proposition 50 redistricting process. It had been rated a safe Republican seat by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Northern California, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sonoma/congress-1st-district\">1st Congressional District\u003c/a> was redrawn to add more than 100,000 voters in reliably blue Sonoma County. There, Democratic state Sen. Mike McGuire handily defeated incumbent Republican Rep. James Gallagher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Folks from every corner of Northern California spoke up, turned out, and delivered an overwhelming message — they’re tired of the constant chaos and an economy that works against them,” McGuire said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Proposition 50 map also reshuffled district lines around Sacramento, prompting Rep. Kevin Kiley to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in a new district. Still, Democrat Richard Pan, a physician and former state senator from the area, defeated him in the 6th District. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under California’s new maps, the 41st Congressional District was transformed from a competitive Inland Empire seat held by Republican Rep. Ken Calvert into a safe Democrat district covering parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties. After Calvert chose to run in another district, it was easily captured Tuesday night by Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Republican incumbent, Rep. Darrell Issa, decided not to run for reelection after his 48th District seat added friendly Democratic terrain in Palm Springs and northern San Diego County.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103901\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jim Desmond, candidate for U.S. Congressional District CA 48, speaks to a reporter during a Republican election night watch party at The U.S. Grant Hotel on June 2, 2026, in downtown San Diego, California. (Luke Johnson/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102409/local-loyalties-and-trump-opposition-collide-in-san-diego-house-race\">race to succeed Issa\u003c/a>, Democrat Marni von Wilpert, a San Diego City Council member, defeated Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Tonight the voters of this district are sending a clear message — they’re tired of a corrupt Congress and out of control costs and ready for a representative who will fight for them,” Von Wilpert said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state’s most contested congressional battleground was expected to be the Central Valley, where gains made by Republicans in 2024 in majority-Latino districts appear to have eroded in the face of voter frustration over high prices. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Affordability is just a huge concern for people in that part of the state,” said Eric McGhee, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. “A lot of people there think that the economy is not going in the right direction.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those trends likely helped oust Republican Rep. 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Although the district saw the largest pro-Trump shift between 2020 and 2024, it is home to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048636/snap-and-medicaid-cuts-put-bakersfield-in-political-economic-crosshairs\">highest share\u003c/a> of residents on Medicaid, the healthcare safety net program that Valadao and fellow Republicans voted to slash in a 2025 tax cut bill. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those cross-pressures were felt across the working-class inland seats that formed California’s House battleground. The downsides of Trump’s health cuts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104393/california-democrats-hope-iran-war-flips-the-script-on-gas-prices\">war in Iran\u003c/a> and immigration enforcement seemed to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">uniquely concentrated\u003c/a> in the very areas that moved most toward the president and Republicans in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Stockton to Merced, Democratic Rep. 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Bucking the Central Valley archetype of moderate Democratic candidates, he rallied with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the closing weeks of the race. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both parties poured money into the district. Democratic committees spent $18.9 million to support Villegas, while GOP groups spent $11.8 million to back Valadao — the 10th-most outside spending of any House race in the country, according to the California Target Book. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 13th District, Gray cut a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103628/congressman-adam-gray-defends-one-of-californias-last-swing-districts-after-redistricting\">more centrist path\u003c/a>, touting the federal dollars he brought back to Modesto and Merced and vowing to work across the aisle with Republicans. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with a surge of Democratic wins in California House races this week, the party did not end up needing the state to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107948/will-democrats-control-congress-their-path-runs-through-california-watch-these-races\">retake the majority\u003c/a> in the next Congress. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats have already flipped five Republican-held seats in California, propelled by voter disapproval of President Donald Trump and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106022/california-democrats-rally-to-deliver-on-proposition-50-was-it-really-needed\">pro-Democratic redistricting\u003c/a> approved by California voters last year. One more seat, which had actually been redrawn to gain more Republicans, was still in striking distance Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationwide, the Associated Press \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/midterm-election-2026\">called control of the House\u003c/a> decisively for the Democrats on Tuesday night before many California races had even been settled.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Thursday, the only Democrat-versus-Republican contest that had yet to be called in California was the Inland Empire’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/california-us-house-results/#23\">23rd Congressional District\u003c/a>, where Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte had just over 51% of the vote against challenger Tessa Lynn Hodge.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Underscoring just how dire this midterm election has become for the GOP, that seat could potentially flip to Democratic control even after being shifted to the right in the Proposition 50 redistricting process. It had been rated a safe Republican seat by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Northern California, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sonoma/congress-1st-district\">1st Congressional District\u003c/a> was redrawn to add more than 100,000 voters in reliably blue Sonoma County. There, Democratic state Sen. Mike McGuire handily defeated incumbent Republican Rep. James Gallagher. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Folks from every corner of Northern California spoke up, turned out, and delivered an overwhelming message — they’re tired of the constant chaos and an economy that works against them,” McGuire said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Proposition 50 map also reshuffled district lines around Sacramento, prompting Rep. Kevin Kiley to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent in a new district. Still, Democrat Richard Pan, a physician and former state senator from the area, defeated him in the 6th District. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under California’s new maps, the 41st Congressional District was transformed from a competitive Inland Empire seat held by Republican Rep. Ken Calvert into a safe Democrat district covering parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties. After Calvert chose to run in another district, it was easily captured Tuesday night by Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Republican incumbent, Rep. Darrell Issa, decided not to run for reelection after his 48th District seat added friendly Democratic terrain in Palm Springs and northern San Diego County.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103901\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Jim-Desmond-Getty-ed46ab3a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jim Desmond, candidate for U.S. Congressional District CA 48, speaks to a reporter during a Republican election night watch party at The U.S. Grant Hotel on June 2, 2026, in downtown San Diego, California. (Luke Johnson/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12102409/local-loyalties-and-trump-opposition-collide-in-san-diego-house-race\">race to succeed Issa\u003c/a>, Democrat Marni von Wilpert, a San Diego City Council member, defeated Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Tonight the voters of this district are sending a clear message — they’re tired of a corrupt Congress and out of control costs and ready for a representative who will fight for them,” Von Wilpert said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state’s most contested congressional battleground was expected to be the Central Valley, where gains made by Republicans in 2024 in majority-Latino districts appear to have eroded in the face of voter frustration over high prices. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Affordability is just a huge concern for people in that part of the state,” said Eric McGhee, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. “A lot of people there think that the economy is not going in the right direction.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those trends likely helped oust Republican Rep. David Valadao, who will lose to his progressive Democratic challenger, Randy Villegas, by a margin that could exceed 30 points \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107318/central-valley-farmers-face-rising-costs-is-it-enough-to-flip-a-house-seat\">in the 22nd Congressional District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The people of the Valley made their voices heard loud and clear: the Central Valley is not for sale,” Villegas said in a statement. “This victory belongs to the voters, hundreds of volunteers, tens of thousands of grassroots donors, and working families who believed we could build something better together.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heading into Election Day, the 22nd District was rated California’s only true toss-up House seat, according to the Cook Political Report. Although the district saw the largest pro-Trump shift between 2020 and 2024, it is home to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048636/snap-and-medicaid-cuts-put-bakersfield-in-political-economic-crosshairs\">highest share\u003c/a> of residents on Medicaid, the healthcare safety net program that Valadao and fellow Republicans voted to slash in a 2025 tax cut bill. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those cross-pressures were felt across the working-class inland seats that formed California’s House battleground. The downsides of Trump’s health cuts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104393/california-democrats-hope-iran-war-flips-the-script-on-gas-prices\">war in Iran\u003c/a> and immigration enforcement seemed to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">uniquely concentrated\u003c/a> in the very areas that moved most toward the president and Republicans in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Stockton to Merced, Democratic Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 30th \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> Arab American Film Festival, the first and largest \u003ca href=\"https://aff30.arabfilmfestival.org/schedule\">annual event\u003c/a> for Arab cinema in the country, opened Thursday at the AMC Kabuki in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show began with an award presentation to Egyptian film producer Mohamed Hefzy, naming him the inaugural recipient of the AFMI Luminary Award for Cultural Impact. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His film, \u003cem>El Sett\u003c/em>, directed by Marwan Hamed, is a biopic about the legendary Umm Kulthum — one of the most prolific singers in the history of Arabic and Egyptian music. Kulthum, also dubbed “The Voice of Egypt,” was ranked number 61 on \u003cem>The Rolling Stones’\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/george-michael-8-1234643105/\">Greatest Singers of All Time\u003c/a> list. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film’s subject, in a way, mirrored the journey the festival’s founders took — from modest beginnings to iconic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/AFFGetty-e286bff8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108654\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/AFFGetty-e286bff8.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/AFFGetty-e286bff8-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/AFFGetty-e286bff8-1536x1014.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum performs on Nov. 16, 1967, at the Olympia concert hall, in Paris. (AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kulthum was born in the Egyptian village of Tamay al-Zahayra in 1904, and started her career singing religious hymns in the countryside, dressed by her father as a boy – the only way she could perform in public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the event’s executive director, Serge Bakalian, the festival had similarly humble beginnings. It was launched in 1996 by a group of Arab women in the Bay Area, he said, who didn’t see themselves, their stories, or their families represented on the screen.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They were knocking on doors and raising money, trying to find venues to screen films,” Bakalian said of the group of grassroots organizers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their efforts proved to accomplish just that. Films spanning multiple genres will be screened at the AMC Kabuki, the Roxy, and the Castro in San Francisco. Bakalian said that this year’s offerings will also include the debut film by French-Algerian filmmaker Amine Adjina, \u003cem>Spices and Lies\u003c/em>, a rom-com to be screened outdoors at the Proxy in Hayes Valley.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival’s diverse film offerings speak to the wider Arab world, Bakalian said, adding that it historically espoused “positivity” as a guiding principle, but has since shifted its focus to something more important — “authenticity.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I understand the community that’s constantly marginalized and constantly vilified,” he said. “I understand why it’s important to get protective and to only show things in a positive light.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the governments and cultures that these films originate from are hostile to certain subjects, Bakalian said. “Certain Arab countries like the Emirates are committing horrific crimes [like] in the Sudan. … We cannot only show positive depictions of our world.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Showing yourself as flawed and contradictory and self-critical, critical of your own societies and your own governments is important,” Bakalian said. “It’s what makes us more human.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event features work by filmmakers from across the Middle Eastern and North African diasporas, including Sudan, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Kuwait, and Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festival runs through Nov. 14 and will conclude with Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid’s \u003cem>Only Rebels Win\u003c/em> at Oakland’s Parkway Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The star witness in Sheng Thao’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/shengthaotrial\">Oakland corruption trial\u003c/a> continued delivering explosive testimony on Thursday, recounting the violent falling out that led him to report defendants in the trial to Oakland police, and detailing an additional bribe defendants paid to a former East Bay politician.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mario Juarez, an Oakland businessman and political operative, who has pleaded guilty to participating in the alleged pay-to-play scheme to bribe the ex-mayor, agreed to testify on behalf of the government in hopes of a lighter sentence. Defense attorneys have described him in opening statements as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104365/politics-as-profit-or-pure-fiction-bribery-trial-of-ex-oakland-mayor-kicks-off\">consummate hustler\u003c/a>” with a tendency to tell “half truths” and have repeatedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071314/fbi-informant-tested-corruption-case-against-oaklands-former-mayor\">called into question\u003c/a> his credibility as a witness. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Juarez’s testimony on Thursday focused largely on former San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo and allegations that the politician engaged in inappropriate conduct during a 2023 trade delegation with Thao, recycling executive David Duong, his son, Andy Duong and others, the jury also got a glimpse of how defense attorneys will use their cross-examination to further poke holes in his credibility. He’ll return to the stand on Friday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mario Juarez testifies at the U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026. (Vicki Behringer for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107377/consummate-hustler-controversial-government-witness-set-to-testify-in-thao-trial\">Juarez told the jury\u003c/a> that he engaged in an alleged quid pro quo with Thao, her longtime romantic partner Andre Jones and David and Andy Duong, before and during Thao’s mayoral administration from 2022 to 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He testified that he and the Duongs agreed to provide financial support for Thao’s 2022 mayoral run and give Jones a $300,000 no-show job at their housing start-up, Evolutionary Homes, which sought to convert shipping containers into homes for people exiting homelessness. In return, prosecutors say Thao allegedly agreed to help elevate city staffers to director-level positions in Oakland City Hall at the Duongs’ and Juarez’s request, help them win a city contract for Evolutionary Homes and aid the Duongs’ other business, California Waste Solutions, with various deals before the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four co-defendants are facing conspiracy, bribery and fraud charges for the alleged deal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘He had him in his pocket’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his second day of direct testimony, prosecutor Abraham Fine questioned Juarez about his and the Duongs’ relationship with Azevedo, who pleaded guilty in February to participating in a related bribery scheme with the Duongs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified that in December 2023, months after the Duongs returned from a summer trade delegation to Vietnam, which Thao and Azevedo also attended, David Duong brought Juarez into a meeting at the California Waste Services offices. Juarez said David Duong told him a reporter had asked Thao “salacious questions” about activities Azevedo engaged in while on that trip. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the trial, Thao’s former chief of staff said specifically that the journalist asked about potential sex trafficking of minors. On Thursday, Fine made no mention of the ages of the sex workers in question but asked Juarez if the allegations involved “interactions with prostitutes.” Juarez said, “Yes.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters of the Duong family stand outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The mayor had told [David Duong]… that if this story came out, she would not be able to f— with us, she would not be able to work with us,” Juarez said. “For the first time I saw a very worried David Duong.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said David Duong “asked me to find a solution.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he and David Duong first tried, unsuccessfully, to pay off the journalist, Steve Tavares, who writes a Substack newsletter called \u003cem>East Bay Insiders\u003c/em> \u003cem>Newsletter\u003c/em>, Juarez told the court. Then, he said, they decided to try to “influence someone close” to Tavares — his then-podcast co-host Shawn Wilson, who is now chief of staff to Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert — to kill the story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a text message exchange, Juarez wrote to Wilson, “I have easy ask but big $,” to which Wilson responded, “Lol your asks are never easy.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When’s your next podcast with Steve? Can I be invited?” Juarez asked before sending another text offering Wilson $10,000. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified that after their text exchange, the two spoke on the phone. About forty minutes later, Wilson texted him: “No story, all good.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days later, Juarez said he, David and Andy Duong and Azevedo traveled to Livermore to deliver Wilson a check for $10,000 from California Waste Solutions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fine asked Juarez why Azevedo was invited to the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said Andy Duong “wanted to make sure he knew the magnitude of what was happening and what we were doing for him.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks later, in early 2024, Juarez and Andy Duong approached Azevedo, offering him kickbacks if San Leandro bought housing units from Evolutionary Homes. At the time, prosecutors have alleged, Thao was pushing them to pursue contracts with other smaller cities and government entities, so Oakland wouldn’t be the first to do so. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said that they proposed the deal to Azevedo because Andy Duong “had him in his pocket.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azevedo is expected to testify later in the trial. He has admitted to accepting a $2,000 bribe from the Duongs through a company and bank account set up under his wife’s name in exchange for “actions to benefit” Evolutionary Homes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The messy end of Evolutionary Homes\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez also gave insight into his explosive clash with the Duongs, which led to his first interview with the FBI just a month later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said in the spring of 2024, his relationship with the Duongs had been fraying for months.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the deal they allegedly struck with Thao and Jones more than a year prior, the city of Oakland still had not signed a contract to purchase housing units from the company, and Evolutionary Homes did not have units ready for market. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evolutionary Homes’ rendering of a proposed container home unit for people who are exiting homelessness. (Courtesy of Evolutionary Homes)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That year, Andy Duong alleged Juarez had promised to deliver 50 Evolutionary Homes container units, but had produced just two. He told an inspector in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office that he and his father had invested $800,000 in a business venture with Juarez and were victims of what Andy Duong said was a theft of their investment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified Thursday that the Duongs had invested $750,000 that was used to set up the manufacturing plant in Mexico, pay employees and purchase materials. About $200,000 of the money, he said, he kept for living expenses since he had to relocate to Tijuana. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified he asked the Duongs to dissolve their partnership after feeling “tired” and “fed up” from months of having to fire employees in Mexico, not making sales, and not being reimbursed for money he said he put into the company. Juarez also said that around that time, he found out that the Duongs planned to move the manufacturing facility from Mexico to Vietnam. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I was being choked, I felt. I was very upset,” Juarez said. “They were leaving me out of the company.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Duong, son of California Waste Solutions CEO David Duong and a co-defendant in former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s federal corruption trial, enters the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026, followed by supporters. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an April 2023 email chain with Juarez and multiple members of the Duong family, Andy Duong requested a “final meeting” with Juarez. He said that if Juarez didn’t agree to meet, the family might pursue legal action against him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a series of increasingly testy emails, Juarez sent a final message to the group on April 24, 2023, threatening to expose the Duongs’ deal with Thao, “sexual services paid by your [the Duong] family” and other evidence he had of wrongdoing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was after these email exchanges that their relationship reached a final breaking point, with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105728/i-know-what-they-do-911-calls-were-key-turning-point-in-oakland-corruption-investigation\">altercation that turned violent\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘I was hurting’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that point, Fine told the jury during his opening statement, “It got messy, and then it got really messy.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 3, 2024, Juarez arrived at the Evolutionary Homes’ office to find that he was locked out. In an audio recording that Andy Duong captured of part of the confrontation, played for the jury on Thursday, David Duong could be heard saying, “We want our $800,000 back.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the tape, Juarez said he needs to get inside the office, and multiple voices respond, offering to bring out his things. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107521\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Duong, co-owner of California Waste Solutions and a co-defendant in former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s federal corruption trial, enters the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026, followed by supporters. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The “business is gone,” David Duong could be heard saying.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez alleged that after the recording ended, Andy Duong called his brother Johnny on the phone. Shortly after, he said, he was assaulted by 10 people in the parking lot in front of the California Waste Solutions’ offices. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They were hitting me in the ribs, kicking me in the balls,” he said, appearing to tear up on the stand. “It was hurting, but I knew I needed to stand up because I knew if I stayed down I was probably not going to stay around.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that day, Juarez called 911 to report the alleged assault. He told the dispatcher the Duongs were involved in “racketeering and organized crime.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105728/i-know-what-they-do-911-calls-were-key-turning-point-in-oakland-corruption-investigation\">Asked previously\u003c/a> about those allegations, attorneys for the company and the Duongs did not respond to KQED’s request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Fine, that was the first time Juarez had talked to law enforcement about the family.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, the FBI had already launched an investigation into a possible bribery scheme involving Juarez and the co-defendants, FBI Special Agent Katherine Barclay testified earlier in the trial. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The star witness in Sheng Thao’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/shengthaotrial\">Oakland corruption trial\u003c/a> continued delivering explosive testimony on Thursday, recounting the violent falling out that led him to report defendants in the trial to Oakland police, and detailing an additional bribe defendants paid to a former East Bay politician.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mario Juarez, an Oakland businessman and political operative, who has pleaded guilty to participating in the alleged pay-to-play scheme to bribe the ex-mayor, agreed to testify on behalf of the government in hopes of a lighter sentence. Defense attorneys have described him in opening statements as a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104365/politics-as-profit-or-pure-fiction-bribery-trial-of-ex-oakland-mayor-kicks-off\">consummate hustler\u003c/a>” with a tendency to tell “half truths” and have repeatedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071314/fbi-informant-tested-corruption-case-against-oaklands-former-mayor\">called into question\u003c/a> his credibility as a witness. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Juarez’s testimony on Thursday focused largely on former San Leandro City Councilmember Bryan Azevedo and allegations that the politician engaged in inappropriate conduct during a 2023 trade delegation with Thao, recycling executive David Duong, his son, Andy Duong and others, the jury also got a glimpse of how defense attorneys will use their cross-examination to further poke holes in his credibility. He’ll return to the stand on Friday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030_ThaoTrialJuarez_Sketch_4-4e41b570-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mario Juarez testifies at the U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026. (Vicki Behringer for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107377/consummate-hustler-controversial-government-witness-set-to-testify-in-thao-trial\">Juarez told the jury\u003c/a> that he engaged in an alleged quid pro quo with Thao, her longtime romantic partner Andre Jones and David and Andy Duong, before and during Thao’s mayoral administration from 2022 to 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He testified that he and the Duongs agreed to provide financial support for Thao’s 2022 mayoral run and give Jones a $300,000 no-show job at their housing start-up, Evolutionary Homes, which sought to convert shipping containers into homes for people exiting homelessness. In return, prosecutors say Thao allegedly agreed to help elevate city staffers to director-level positions in Oakland City Hall at the Duongs’ and Juarez’s request, help them win a city contract for Evolutionary Homes and aid the Duongs’ other business, California Waste Solutions, with various deals before the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four co-defendants are facing conspiracy, bribery and fraud charges for the alleged deal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘He had him in his pocket’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his second day of direct testimony, prosecutor Abraham Fine questioned Juarez about his and the Duongs’ relationship with Azevedo, who pleaded guilty in February to participating in a related bribery scheme with the Duongs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified that in December 2023, months after the Duongs returned from a summer trade delegation to Vietnam, which Thao and Azevedo also attended, David Duong brought Juarez into a meeting at the California Waste Services offices. Juarez said David Duong told him a reporter had asked Thao “salacious questions” about activities Azevedo engaged in while on that trip. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the trial, Thao’s former chief of staff said specifically that the journalist asked about potential sex trafficking of minors. On Thursday, Fine made no mention of the ages of the sex workers in question but asked Juarez if the allegations involved “interactions with prostitutes.” Juarez said, “Yes.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-08-BL-KQED-6bf76925-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters of the Duong family stand outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The mayor had told [David Duong]… that if this story came out, she would not be able to f— with us, she would not be able to work with us,” Juarez said. “For the first time I saw a very worried David Duong.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said David Duong “asked me to find a solution.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he and David Duong first tried, unsuccessfully, to pay off the journalist, Steve Tavares, who writes a Substack newsletter called \u003cem>East Bay Insiders\u003c/em> \u003cem>Newsletter\u003c/em>, Juarez told the court. Then, he said, they decided to try to “influence someone close” to Tavares — his then-podcast co-host Shawn Wilson, who is now chief of staff to Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert — to kill the story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a text message exchange, Juarez wrote to Wilson, “I have easy ask but big $,” to which Wilson responded, “Lol your asks are never easy.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When’s your next podcast with Steve? Can I be invited?” Juarez asked before sending another text offering Wilson $10,000. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified that after their text exchange, the two spoke on the phone. About forty minutes later, Wilson texted him: “No story, all good.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days later, Juarez said he, David and Andy Duong and Azevedo traveled to Livermore to deliver Wilson a check for $10,000 from California Waste Solutions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fine asked Juarez why Azevedo was invited to the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said Andy Duong “wanted to make sure he knew the magnitude of what was happening and what we were doing for him.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks later, in early 2024, Juarez and Andy Duong approached Azevedo, offering him kickbacks if San Leandro bought housing units from Evolutionary Homes. At the time, prosecutors have alleged, Thao was pushing them to pursue contracts with other smaller cities and government entities, so Oakland wouldn’t be the first to do so. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez said that they proposed the deal to Azevedo because Andy Duong “had him in his pocket.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Azevedo is expected to testify later in the trial. He has admitted to accepting a $2,000 bribe from the Duongs through a company and bank account set up under his wife’s name in exchange for “actions to benefit” Evolutionary Homes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The messy end of Evolutionary Homes\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez also gave insight into his explosive clash with the Duongs, which led to his first interview with the FBI just a month later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said in the spring of 2024, his relationship with the Duongs had been fraying for months.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the deal they allegedly struck with Thao and Jones more than a year prior, the city of Oakland still had not signed a contract to purchase housing units from the company, and Evolutionary Homes did not have units ready for market. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/Evolutionary_Homes_PROJECT_PRESENTATION_-_EHLLC_Model_ONE-copy-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evolutionary Homes’ rendering of a proposed container home unit for people who are exiting homelessness. (Courtesy of Evolutionary Homes)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That year, Andy Duong alleged Juarez had promised to deliver 50 Evolutionary Homes container units, but had produced just two. He told an inspector in the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office that he and his father had invested $800,000 in a business venture with Juarez and were victims of what Andy Duong said was a theft of their investment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified Thursday that the Duongs had invested $750,000 that was used to set up the manufacturing plant in Mexico, pay employees and purchase materials. About $200,000 of the money, he said, he kept for living expenses since he had to relocate to Tijuana. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juarez testified he asked the Duongs to dissolve their partnership after feeling “tired” and “fed up” from months of having to fire employees in Mexico, not making sales, and not being reimbursed for money he said he put into the company. Juarez also said that around that time, he found out that the Duongs planned to move the manufacturing facility from Mexico to Vietnam. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I was being choked, I felt. I was very upset,” Juarez said. “They were leaving me out of the company.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-11-BL-KQED-d401af19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Andy Duong, son of California Waste Solutions CEO David Duong and a co-defendant in former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s federal corruption trial, enters the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland on Oct. 30, 2026, followed by supporters. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an April 2023 email chain with Juarez and multiple members of the Duong family, Andy Duong requested a “final meeting” with Juarez. He said that if Juarez didn’t agree to meet, the family might pursue legal action against him. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a series of increasingly testy emails, Juarez sent a final message to the group on April 24, 2023, threatening to expose the Duongs’ deal with Thao, “sexual services paid by your [the Duong] family” and other evidence he had of wrongdoing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was after these email exchanges that their relationship reached a final breaking point, with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105728/i-know-what-they-do-911-calls-were-key-turning-point-in-oakland-corruption-investigation\">altercation that turned violent\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘I was hurting’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that point, Fine told the jury during his opening statement, “It got messy, and then it got really messy.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 3, 2024, Juarez arrived at the Evolutionary Homes’ office to find that he was locked out. In an audio recording that Andy Duong captured of part of the confrontation, played for the jury on Thursday, David Duong could be heard saying, “We want our $800,000 back.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the tape, Juarez said he needs to get inside the office, and multiple voices respond, offering to bring out his things. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107521\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261030-ThaoTrialJuarezTestifies-01-BL-KQED-1fd45511-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Duong, co-owner of California Waste Solutions and a co-defendant in former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s federal corruption trial, enters the Ronald V. 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