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He co-founded this farm with his business partner Dilip Sharma, and together they’re growing crops from their Mexican and Indian heritages for communities in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:03:12] This beautiful corn that we planted this year is a green Oaxacan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:03:20] Beans and squash alongside okra, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers, flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:03:30] Hose sunflowers are really, really beautiful. 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He’s never owned a farm before until about three or four years ago, but he’s really inspired by his great grandfather, the main person in his community in Mexico, providing food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:04:22] He grew corn and had silos of corn that would be provided to the community. He was also the rancher that provided milk and cheese and meat products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:04:34] And so he wants to continue that legacy of farming in his family and sort of provide for the communities he’s living with now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:43] When you say small, give me a sense of like the size of a small form, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:04:51] In regions like where Morgan Hill is in Santa Clara County, like half of all farmland are on parcels of 40 acres or less. 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He co-founded this farm with his business partner Dilip Sharma, and together they’re growing crops from their Mexican and Indian heritages for communities in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:03:12] This beautiful corn that we planted this year is a green Oaxacan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:03:20] Beans and squash alongside okra, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers, flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:03:30] Hose sunflowers are really, really beautiful. How long does it take to grow that big, by the way, to keep them seed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:03:34] I mean, we put those in like a month and a half ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:03:40] It was really nice, you know, I was there in Morgan Hill early in the day and it was one of those odd days where it was really foggy and I felt like stepping into my grandfather’s garden from my childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:54] Tell me a little bit more about Héktor and his story. How did he get to starting Three Feathers Farm? Like, what is his story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:04:05] So Hector actually has about almost a decade experience of farming. He’s never owned a farm before until about three or four years ago, but he’s really inspired by his great grandfather, the main person in his community in Mexico, providing food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:04:22] He grew corn and had silos of corn that would be provided to the community. He was also the rancher that provided milk and cheese and meat products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:04:34] And so he wants to continue that legacy of farming in his family and sort of provide for the communities he’s living with now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:43] When you say small, give me a sense of like the size of a small form, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:04:51] In regions like where Morgan Hill is in Santa Clara County, like half of all farmland are on parcels of 40 acres or less. And so that’s like the definition of a small farm. Three Feathers in itself was five acres. So we’re talking about a very small space that can grow, you know, just a limited variety of crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:11] Well, you mentioned that Héktor and his business partner are growing things from their traditional Indian and Mexican heritages. So what is typically done with the food that is grown?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:05:27] So like many small farms in the Bay Area, a lot of the food is supporting under-resourced communities through food banks, schools, or food hubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:05:39] Normally distribute a lot of our produce to food banks, food hubs, and also unified school districts, which is one that we do here is the Morgan Hill Unified. And yeah, this is, this\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:05:55] But a lot of these programs are dependent on federal or state level support in order to get them to these underserved communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:10] For small farms like Héktor’s, federal funding has played a huge role in ensuring that food banks and schools can actually buy his produce at a fair price. But in March, President Trump’s Department of Agriculture canceled more than a billion dollars worth of funding for programs that help schools and food banks buy local produce. One of them is called the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, or LFPA. And over the last few years, it made a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:06:49] The LFPA program was initiated by the Biden administration in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan to really support local farms and food systems impacted by the pandemic. The program which ran through the USDA purchased local foods from small and underserved farmers and then distributed them to food banks, schools and other nutritional assistance programs. So this started in 2021, but it went on. A little bit beyond the height of the pandemic to just make sure that the food system is still stable. The Farms Together program, part of the local food purchasing assistance has supported over 500 farms in California, 35 participating food hubs, and have distributed overall over 8 million pounds of fruit and vegetables through food hubs. So we can really see from these numbers how much of an impact the money has had to really support. Our local small farms and also provide fresh produce to communities that really need it. And so now for farmers like Hector who have relied on this funding to really build those relationships with food banks, the absence of this money will be a loss of income and also market opportunity for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:08] I mean, Sarah, why is the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ran this program, why are they no longer choosing to fund it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:08:18] A USDA spokesperson said a few months ago in a statement that these programs created under the former administration no longer effectuate the goals of the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:36] I know you talked with a farmer in Pescadero about what the LFPA really allowed small farms to do. Can you introduce me to Veronica and tell me what she says about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] Yeah, I spoke with Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou. She runs Brisa Ranch in Pescadero, and she told me how precarious it all feels now that that program has been terminated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou \u003c/strong>[00:09:16] It meant a lot to know that the food that we were growing was going to a community that probably would not be able to access the food otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:09:26] The funding she shares allowed them to really work with food banks like SF Marin, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and other Bay Area food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou \u003c/strong>[00:09:37] And so right now there’s a lot of work to try to figure out if there is a way of appropriating funding for this. And I think the institutions having seen the value in working with farms and food hubs like ours are also trying to figure out like if there are alternative sources of funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:58] I mean, is there any help on the way for small farms, Sarah, either at the state level or at the federal level?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:10:07] So, AB 524 is a brand new bill in the state legislature, and it’s called the Farmland Access and Conservation for Thriving Communities Act. The bill basically sets up a program to help small, beginning, and historically underserved farmers get access to long-term farmland leases or ownership. And this is huge, right? One of the biggest barriers we’ve heard about from farmers like Hector and Veronica is land access. So if farm owners don’t know You know, if they can stay on the land for more than a year or two, it’s nearly impossible to invest in infrastructure or build healthy soil. So AB 524 is the first real statewide attempt to fix that. Advocates are hopeful that because of the strong bipartisan support for programs like these that there will be more funding in the future. It all depends on Congress, but it’s hard to tell right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:00] Well, I wanna go back to Héktor at three feathers here. How does his farm plan to deal with this loss in funding?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Mohamad \u003c/strong>[00:11:11] Héktor is really hopeful. He is hoping that in the future, there’s more support on both the federal and state levels for small farms to really grow their business and to flourish in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Héktor Calderón-Victoria \u003c/strong>[00:11:25] It’s a public service that farmers provide, and how do we change that paradigm amongst our larger community and our society so that our younger generation will say, yeah, I want to become a farmer. It’s not romanticizing it either, right? It is hard work. Nothing really comes out of doing something that’s easy. It really is out of something that is hard that you gotta keep doing day in, day out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker will not face any time behind bars after being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">convicted of perjury\u003c/a> in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala sentenced Becker to two years of probation and 40 days of jail time, but allowed Becker to serve that time through a work service program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sentence appeared to be a midway point between the polarized requests from prosecutors — who asked that Becker face a “significant” jail sentence — and Becker’s attorneys, who asked that he only be sentenced to probation, with no additional punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has to be some kind of punishment, otherwise people in the community are not going to think that their elected officials are going to be held accountable,” Alcala said in the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016866 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241205-VERDICT-JG-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. He wanted to do this job, he wanted to do this as legitimately as possible,” Park said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing on Friday, Rosen said the case boiled down to what people should and do expect from their elected officials and said that those who take oaths of office and then abuse that power “mock” their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Government officials should be role models for all citizens to respect and follow the law,” he said. “If public officials do not respect and follow the law, who will?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. 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"content": "\u003cp>Parental angst over COVID school closures and protocols didn’t seem to be enough to flip California school board seats in more liberal areas of California, despite the efforts of the state Republican Party and other conservative groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state GOP\u003ca href=\"https://www.cagop.org/s/parentrevolt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Parent Revolt\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>program and other conservative organizations spent more than a year recruiting, training and endorsing an army of candidates in an effort to win what are generally considered nonpartisan seats. Their goal:\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/conservatives-are-waging-a-war-for-control-over-california-school-boards/679713\">Flip school boards\u003c/a> to promote conservative issues including fighting educational policies on gender identity and racial equity.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Terri Knudsen, retired school librarian, Morgan Hill Unified school board candidate\"]‘I think that voters trust teachers and librarians and people with experience in education.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result of these efforts is hard to know at this time, as the dust has yet to settle on many of the closer races. The state’s move to mail-in ballots also is expected to delay results, as late-arriving ballots are tallied and signatures verified. Although all ballots must have been postmarked by November 8, ballots that arrive at elections offices within a week of that date are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shawn Steel, who represents California on the Republican National Committee, has indicated that the effort to flip school boards would continue in the coming years. He opted not to be interviewed for this story because election results are not final.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.momsforliberty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a>, a conservative organization, endorsed 270 candidates nationwide, including 50 in California. Opponents of the organization have called their positions bigoted, homophobic, racist fearmongering and extremist, according to\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/moms-liberty-ride-wave-anti-wokeness-school-board-victories-1757693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Newsweek\u003c/a>.[aside postID=\"news_11923366,news_11922860\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The group focused a lot of its attention on Santa Clara County, where it endorsed eight candidates. Only one candidate appears to have won a seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms for Liberty-endorsed candidate Marc Cooper has the third-highest vote count in a tight race that will decide three trustee seats on the Franklin-McKinley School District board in San José. He has 17% of the vote, trailing Steve Sanchez and Rudy Rodriguez, who have 19% and 18% of the vote respectively. Three other candidates are within 3 percentage points of taking one of the seats, according to\u003ca href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/115971/web.307039/#/detail/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>results updated \u003c/a>Wednesday afternoon. Rodriguez was endorsed by the\u003ca href=\"https://sccdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Endorsements-in-Local-Races-Nov-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>county’s Democratic Party (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan Hill Unified candidate Dennis Delisle also was endorsed by Moms for Liberty. The businessperson was the lone candidate for the seat until\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-Bay-Area-school-board-candidate-holds-extremist-17370172.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>published a story about racist and homophobic statements he made in a book he authored. The article prompted two candidates to join the race just before the filing deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the challengers, retired school librarian\u003ca href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/115971/web.307039/#/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Terri Knudsen\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\">, \u003c/span>was leading with 43% of the vote on Wednesday. Delisle had 29% and attorney Armando Benavides had 28% of the vote. Both Knudsen and Benavides were endorsed by the county’s Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that voters trust teachers and librarians and people with experience in education,” Knudsen said. “I was knocking door to door and tried to connect with as many people as possible. They seemed to be very happy I was running.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan Hill has a community of Democrats and Republicans who don’t always vote along party lines, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Candidates with extreme views are less likely to be supported by parents and families in Morgan Hill,” she said. “It’s more of a middle-of-the-road base that doesn’t want politics to invade this space. We want what is best for kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knudsen didn’t have much time to campaign for office, but she received help from the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, whose members made phone calls and knocked on doors for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When your teachers call and say they support these people and they know about education, that is a big help,” Knudsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more conservative areas of the state, like Placer County near Sacramento, the efforts of the Republican Party and other conservative groups generated great enthusiasm and crowded school board races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms for Liberty took a particular interest in school board races in that county, endorsing 23 candidates. Destiny Christian Church in Rocklin also teamed up with the Christian advocacy group the American Council to recruit candidates to advance a “biblical worldview,” according to The Sacramento Bee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although most residents of Placer County are conservative, Roseville, a suburban city near Sacramento, is more mixed politically. Jonathan Zachreson is running for one of three open seats on the Roseville City School District board. He was endorsed by the Republican Party, Moms for Liberty, the American Council and\u003ca href=\"https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/kevin-kileys-school-board-endorsements/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Kevin Kiley\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\">, \u003c/span>who is running against Democrat Kermit Jones for a U.S. House seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After COVID-19 closed schools, Zachreson, a father of three, created the Reopen California Schools Facebook page to give a voice to parents frustrated by the closures, and later by mask and vaccination mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the endorsements and exposure, Zachreson is tied for last place with an opponent with similar endorsements, Kent Meyer. Both had about 17% of the vote Thursday morning. The top vote-getters were incumbents Alisa Fong, with 29% of the vote, and Rob Baquera, with 21% of the vote. Fong is endorsed by the Republican Party and Kevin Kiley, while Baquera is not endorsed by a political party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zachreson, like Knudsen, says he wants to ensure that politics don’t creep into the classroom. Instead, he says, schools should concentrate on core academics. He would like schools to stay away from controversial or “hot-button” issues surrounding gender and racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Zachreson wins a seat, he plans to meet with the teachers to discuss the possibility of the district teachers union breaking away from the California Teachers Association, the state’s largest teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are roadblocks? I have heard some want to leave the union and there are benefits that keep them there,” Zachreson said. “I don’t think it’s inappropriate to find what those things are and to help them do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In nearby San Juan Unified in Sacramento, candidate Jeffrey Erik Perrine, a member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, is losing his bid for a school board seat. He recently told The Sacramento Bee that he wants teachers to focus on teaching and not on indoctrinating students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perrine has not been endorsed by the Republican Party, who ousted him from the party after they learned of his affiliation with the Proud Boys, which has been aligned with white nationalists and neo-Nazis. Instead, the GOP endorsed Tanya Kravchuk, a child welfare worker. She is leading with 42% of the vote, followed closely by incumbent Michael McKibben, a retired education administrator, who has 38% of the vote. Perrine has 21% of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego, GOP-backed candidate Becca Williams is in a\u003ca href=\"https://www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/sandiegocaenr/16/en/Index_16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>tight race\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>for a seat on the San Diego Unified board. She is up against Democrat Cody Petterson, who teaches anthropology at UC San Diego. Petterson is leading 53% to her 47%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That race has become\u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2022-11-06/san-diego-unified-cody-petterson-becca-williams-partisan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>a partisan brawl\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>about abortion, vouchers and Texas, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. Political action committees have spent more than $367,000 either supporting or attacking the two candidates, according to the paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams, a curriculum company manager, is endorsed by the state Republican Party and the American Council. Petterson is endorsed by the San Diego Education Association, which has called Williams a “MAGA extremist,” a “COVID conspiracist” and a “Texas Republican,” according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Teachers Association typically offers endorsements in about 500 school board races each election year and hasn’t increased its endorsements this year, according to a spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Far-right political provocateur and commentator and retired San Francisco Giants slugger Aubrey Huff has failed in his attempt to win a seat on the board of the Solana Beach School District in San Diego County,\u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/news/former-sf-giants-aubrey-huff-loses-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Sports Illustrated\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>and other news outlets reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huff, who has no political endorsements, lost to the board’s sitting vice president, Debra Schade, 1,505 votes to 362 in the two-person race. Little was known about Huff’s campaign platform, and his personal website makes no mention of his candidacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing Huff’s offensive political positions and offensive comments about women, the Giants banned Huff in 2020 from attending a 10-year reunion of the franchise’s 2010 World Series championship team. Huff “has made multiple comments on social media that are unacceptable and run counter to the values of our organization,” a team spokesperson said in a statement at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-bans-former-major-league-baseball-star-aubrey-huff/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter also permanently banned\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Huff in 2021 for repeatedly tweeting false information about COVID-19 vaccines. He had also tweeted violent threats against former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>EdSource reporter Thomas Peele contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/california-school-board-races-dont-see-red-wave/681178\">\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This story originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result of these efforts is hard to know at this time, as the dust has yet to settle on many of the closer races. The state’s move to mail-in ballots also is expected to delay results, as late-arriving ballots are tallied and signatures verified. Although all ballots must have been postmarked by November 8, ballots that arrive at elections offices within a week of that date are counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shawn Steel, who represents California on the Republican National Committee, has indicated that the effort to flip school boards would continue in the coming years. He opted not to be interviewed for this story because election results are not final.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.momsforliberty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moms for Liberty\u003c/a>, a conservative organization, endorsed 270 candidates nationwide, including 50 in California. Opponents of the organization have called their positions bigoted, homophobic, racist fearmongering and extremist, according to\u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/moms-liberty-ride-wave-anti-wokeness-school-board-victories-1757693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Newsweek\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The group focused a lot of its attention on Santa Clara County, where it endorsed eight candidates. Only one candidate appears to have won a seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms for Liberty-endorsed candidate Marc Cooper has the third-highest vote count in a tight race that will decide three trustee seats on the Franklin-McKinley School District board in San José. He has 17% of the vote, trailing Steve Sanchez and Rudy Rodriguez, who have 19% and 18% of the vote respectively. Three other candidates are within 3 percentage points of taking one of the seats, according to\u003ca href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/115971/web.307039/#/detail/64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>results updated \u003c/a>Wednesday afternoon. Rodriguez was endorsed by the\u003ca href=\"https://sccdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Endorsements-in-Local-Races-Nov-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>county’s Democratic Party (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan Hill Unified candidate Dennis Delisle also was endorsed by Moms for Liberty. The businessperson was the lone candidate for the seat until\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-Bay-Area-school-board-candidate-holds-extremist-17370172.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>published a story about racist and homophobic statements he made in a book he authored. The article prompted two candidates to join the race just before the filing deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the challengers, retired school librarian\u003ca href=\"https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/115971/web.307039/#/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Terri Knudsen\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\">, \u003c/span>was leading with 43% of the vote on Wednesday. Delisle had 29% and attorney Armando Benavides had 28% of the vote. Both Knudsen and Benavides were endorsed by the county’s Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that voters trust teachers and librarians and people with experience in education,” Knudsen said. “I was knocking door to door and tried to connect with as many people as possible. They seemed to be very happy I was running.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan Hill has a community of Democrats and Republicans who don’t always vote along party lines, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Candidates with extreme views are less likely to be supported by parents and families in Morgan Hill,” she said. “It’s more of a middle-of-the-road base that doesn’t want politics to invade this space. We want what is best for kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knudsen didn’t have much time to campaign for office, but she received help from the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, whose members made phone calls and knocked on doors for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When your teachers call and say they support these people and they know about education, that is a big help,” Knudsen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more conservative areas of the state, like Placer County near Sacramento, the efforts of the Republican Party and other conservative groups generated great enthusiasm and crowded school board races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms for Liberty took a particular interest in school board races in that county, endorsing 23 candidates. Destiny Christian Church in Rocklin also teamed up with the Christian advocacy group the American Council to recruit candidates to advance a “biblical worldview,” according to The Sacramento Bee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although most residents of Placer County are conservative, Roseville, a suburban city near Sacramento, is more mixed politically. Jonathan Zachreson is running for one of three open seats on the Roseville City School District board. He was endorsed by the Republican Party, Moms for Liberty, the American Council and\u003ca href=\"https://blog.electkevinkiley.com/kevin-kileys-school-board-endorsements/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>Kevin Kiley\u003c/a>\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\">, \u003c/span>who is running against Democrat Kermit Jones for a U.S. House seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After COVID-19 closed schools, Zachreson, a father of three, created the Reopen California Schools Facebook page to give a voice to parents frustrated by the closures, and later by mask and vaccination mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the endorsements and exposure, Zachreson is tied for last place with an opponent with similar endorsements, Kent Meyer. Both had about 17% of the vote Thursday morning. The top vote-getters were incumbents Alisa Fong, with 29% of the vote, and Rob Baquera, with 21% of the vote. Fong is endorsed by the Republican Party and Kevin Kiley, while Baquera is not endorsed by a political party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zachreson, like Knudsen, says he wants to ensure that politics don’t creep into the classroom. Instead, he says, schools should concentrate on core academics. He would like schools to stay away from controversial or “hot-button” issues surrounding gender and racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Zachreson wins a seat, he plans to meet with the teachers to discuss the possibility of the district teachers union breaking away from the California Teachers Association, the state’s largest teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are roadblocks? I have heard some want to leave the union and there are benefits that keep them there,” Zachreson said. “I don’t think it’s inappropriate to find what those things are and to help them do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In nearby San Juan Unified in Sacramento, candidate Jeffrey Erik Perrine, a member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing extremist group, is losing his bid for a school board seat. He recently told The Sacramento Bee that he wants teachers to focus on teaching and not on indoctrinating students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perrine has not been endorsed by the Republican Party, who ousted him from the party after they learned of his affiliation with the Proud Boys, which has been aligned with white nationalists and neo-Nazis. Instead, the GOP endorsed Tanya Kravchuk, a child welfare worker. She is leading with 42% of the vote, followed closely by incumbent Michael McKibben, a retired education administrator, who has 38% of the vote. 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"content": "\u003cp>Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? I thought I was — until Andy Mariani of \u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill put two peaches in my hand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, I try the kind of peach I typically buy in the market: the size of a softball, with a rosy blush. Mariani tells me that blush hides the fact that peach was picked green. That’s so it’s easy to ship long distances, store for weeks on end, and display in big, attractive piles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunchy, and a little bit tart. It’s not bad at all, this June Time peach, but it’s a fruit I would bake in a pie rather than eat raw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mariani hands me a little, yellow peach the size of a baseball. It’s an heirloom variety called “Gold Dust.” This peach is so juicy, I’m an immediate mess. And wow, is it delicious: sweet, but with a bright acidity that sets my taste buds alight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, just a handful of lush, green orchards like Mariani’s recall the era long gone when Silicon Valley was called the Valley of Heart’s Delight \u003ci>for its stone fruit\u003c/i>: apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt=\""Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere," says Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1200x791.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-960x633.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-520x343.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere,” says Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fruit farmers left survive by serving the people who run high end restaurants and specialty markets; the kind of people who treasure heirloom varieties like the Gold Dust — and thrill to new varieties that share the same qualities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tastiness, the juiciness, the old-fashioned kind of flavors. There’s never been a problem with demand for this kind of fruit, because it’s really, really tasty,” says Mariani, who’s a second generation farmer. His parents moved to Morgan Hill in the late 1950s from an orchard in Cupertino that sat across the street from what is now Apple’s headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back before this region was called Silicon Valley, it was most famous for \u003cem>dried\u003c/em> fruit. “There wasn’t a national system of highways. You couldn’t you couldn’t truck fresh fruit to the New York markets. We had no airplanes to speak of. You had to dry your fruit to make it a more durable product,” Mariani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only locals knew how delicious the fresh fruit was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>An open secret for locals\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley has an advantage over other fruit-growing regions because of its geography, tucked away from the coast, but not too far from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? I thought I was — until Andy Mariani of \u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill put two peaches in my hand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, I try the kind of peach I typically buy in the market: the size of a softball, with a rosy blush. Mariani tells me that blush hides the fact that peach was picked green. That’s so it’s easy to ship long distances, store for weeks on end, and display in big, attractive piles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunchy, and a little bit tart. It’s not bad at all, this June Time peach, but it’s a fruit I would bake in a pie rather than eat raw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mariani hands me a little, yellow peach the size of a baseball. It’s an heirloom variety called “Gold Dust.” This peach is so juicy, I’m an immediate mess. And wow, is it delicious: sweet, but with a bright acidity that sets my taste buds alight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, just a handful of lush, green orchards like Mariani’s recall the era long gone when Silicon Valley was called the Valley of Heart’s Delight \u003ci>for its stone fruit\u003c/i>: apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt=\""Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere," says Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1200x791.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-960x633.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-520x343.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere,” says Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fruit farmers left survive by serving the people who run high end restaurants and specialty markets; the kind of people who treasure heirloom varieties like the Gold Dust — and thrill to new varieties that share the same qualities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tastiness, the juiciness, the old-fashioned kind of flavors. There’s never been a problem with demand for this kind of fruit, because it’s really, really tasty,” says Mariani, who’s a second generation farmer. His parents moved to Morgan Hill in the late 1950s from an orchard in Cupertino that sat across the street from what is now Apple’s headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back before this region was called Silicon Valley, it was most famous for \u003cem>dried\u003c/em> fruit. “There wasn’t a national system of highways. You couldn’t you couldn’t truck fresh fruit to the New York markets. We had no airplanes to speak of. You had to dry your fruit to make it a more durable product,” Mariani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only locals knew how delicious the fresh fruit was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>An open secret for locals\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley has an advantage over other fruit-growing regions because of its geography, tucked away from the coast, but not too far from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/photo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135049\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/photo-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters outside Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill on Monday morning. (Francesca Segre/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters outside Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill on Monday morning. (Francesca Segre/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:55 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Several dozen protesters have appeared as promised outside Live Oak High School to display the American flag — part of a continuing Cinco de Mayo debate over free speech issues at the campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those in the rather somber gathering say they’re from Morgan Hill, although some report coming from Monterey or from Southern California. School officials put up a temporary fence around the school to make sure protesters stayed off campus, and there’s been a beefed-up police presence on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally, organized by a South Bay tea party group, grows out of a 2010 incident in which several students showed up at Live Oak High on Cinco de Mayo wearing American flag T-shirts. School administrators, fearing a repeat of a Cinco de Mayo altercation that had broken out in 2009, told the students to turn their shirts inside out or leave school. The incident led to a First Amendment lawsuit in which federal courts found that school officials concerned about safety on campus were justified in taking action. Today’s protest was called in response to the latest court ruling, a February opinion from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>A group of South Bay tea party activists has scheduled an American flag rally outside a Morgan Hill high school Monday morning, the latest episode in a Cinco de Mayo controversy stretching back to 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GeorgineSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georgine Scott-Codiga\u003c/a>, organizer of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.meetup.com/Gilroy-Morgan-Hill-Patriots/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilroy Morgan Hill Patriots\u003c/a>, said members will gather near Live Oak High School before school Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can wave our flags and show our patriotism every day of the year!” Scott-Codiga said over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worries about possible trouble have prompted some Latino parents to say they’re keeping their kids home from school Monday. In an attempt to reassure parents, the Morgan Hill Unified School District has \u003ca href=\"http://www.mhu.k12.ca.us/documents/Superintendent/S%20Betando/sb%20Press%20Release%20Cinco%20De%20Mayo%20April%2023%202014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said it’s working with local police\u003c/a> to make sure the Live Oak campus will be safe Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to the reason for the show of U.S. patriotism on Cinco de Mayo, \u003ca href=\"http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/a/cincodemayo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a day that commemorates a Mexican military victory against French invaders\u003c/a>, you need to go back a few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘We can wave our flags and show our patriotism every day of the year!’\u003ccite>— Georgine Scott-Codiga,\u003cbr>\nGilroy Morgan Hill Patriots\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Cinco de Mayo 2010, a a small group of students showed up wearing American flag T-shirts. Fearing a repeat of a Cinco de Mayo altercation that broke out between Mexican and Caucasian students the previous year, administrators told them to turn their shirts inside out or leave school. That incident led to a federal court case charging that officials had violated the students’ rights under the U.S. and California constitutions — to free expression, due process and equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent development in the case came a couple months ago, when a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals \u003ca href=\"http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/02/27/11-17858.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimously upheld a lower court order\u003c/a> dismissing the students’ lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t agree with the court’s decision to silence the American flag,” said Scott-Codiga. She said her group will not carry signs, will be respectful of students and won’t disrupt the school day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what concerns some people in Morgan Hill is the tenor of comments from outside the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, right-wing radio talk show host Jimmy Z has been highlighting the controversy on his broadcast, calling on listeners to join the Morgan Hill rally. A brief sample from \u003ca href=\"http://thejimmyzshow.blogspot.com/2014/04/jimmy-z-weekend-show_20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent broadcast\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m not saying ‘Cinco de Mayo’ … I’m not using that term for the 5th of May any more, I’m done, because it means now, it invokes too much anti-Americanism, anti-American flag. You can’t fly the American flag on the 5th of May? Get out of here! And a kid going to high school on the 5th of May cannot wear a T-shirt that celebrates the United States of America, where \u003cem>all\u003c/em> these kids live? All the kids celebrating the 5th of May? Kiss my ass.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A group of Latino parents, concerned about threatening and racist comments posted online, formed a group of its own, called “We the People Morgan Hill,” and also planned a rally for today. But the group has backed down from its original plan to have a rally at the same time and place as the Gilroy Morgan Hill Patriots, and instead is planning an event this evening at the Morgan Hill sports complex showcasing multicultural dancers, drummers and speakers for peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cinco de Mayo celebrations are everywhere. So why the tension in Morgan Hill?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armando Benavides, a longtime advocate for Latino students in Morgan Hill, thinks part of the tension stems from what he calls a “de facto segregation of the elementary schools”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way he sees it, because of the No Child Left Behind Act, students in the worst-performing schools had the option to transfer into higher-performing schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many Caucasian parents moved their kids to better schools,” he say, “but most of the Latino parents either didn’t know about transferring or didn’t have the resources to drive their kids across town.” At high school, all the kids come back together. “That’s what’s been feeding the racial tension,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kendall Jones, stepfather of one of the boys who sued the school district, blames Live Oak High administrators. Jones says because the school chose to have a special day for a certain group, “it fomented an us-versus-them mentality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third explanation points to rapid changes in the city’s demographic makeup over the past decade that could be responsible for tensions. The Latino population of Morgan Hill has grown from 27.5 percent in 2000 to 34 percent in 2010, while the city’s white population has fallen from 61.3 percent to 50.3 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Lopez, director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center, says, “Morgan Hill is starting to see the same demographic change the state has seen over the last 40 years occurring over the last 10.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says he’s ready to take his First Amendment case to the U.S. Supreme Court. But he said Sunday night he’ll make his own statement to the community on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soon after the rally, I’m going to show up myself and I’m going to stand holding a Mexican flag and an American flag in an effort and a prayer of unity,” Jones said. He added: “This has nothing to do with race, but everything to do with nationality — it’s everything to do with the fact that we live in a wonderful country and we need to respect it and be proud of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at Live Oak High and with the Morgan Hill school district are trying to put out a message of unity and tolerance. The school is encouraging students to wear the school colors, \u003ca href=\"http://liveoakhs.ca.campusgrid.net/home/About+Live+Oak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forest green and harvest gold\u003c/a>, instead of national flag colors on Cinco de Mayo. 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In an attempt to reassure parents, the Morgan Hill Unified School District has \u003ca href=\"http://www.mhu.k12.ca.us/documents/Superintendent/S%20Betando/sb%20Press%20Release%20Cinco%20De%20Mayo%20April%2023%202014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said it’s working with local police\u003c/a> to make sure the Live Oak campus will be safe Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to the reason for the show of U.S. patriotism on Cinco de Mayo, \u003ca href=\"http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/thehistoryofmexico/a/cincodemayo.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a day that commemorates a Mexican military victory against French invaders\u003c/a>, you need to go back a few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘We can wave our flags and show our patriotism every day of the year!’\u003ccite>— Georgine Scott-Codiga,\u003cbr>\nGilroy Morgan Hill Patriots\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Cinco de Mayo 2010, a a small group of students showed up wearing American flag T-shirts. Fearing a repeat of a Cinco de Mayo altercation that broke out between Mexican and Caucasian students the previous year, administrators told them to turn their shirts inside out or leave school. That incident led to a federal court case charging that officials had violated the students’ rights under the U.S. and California constitutions — to free expression, due process and equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent development in the case came a couple months ago, when a three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals \u003ca href=\"http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/02/27/11-17858.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unanimously upheld a lower court order\u003c/a> dismissing the students’ lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t agree with the court’s decision to silence the American flag,” said Scott-Codiga. She said her group will not carry signs, will be respectful of students and won’t disrupt the school day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what concerns some people in Morgan Hill is the tenor of comments from outside the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, right-wing radio talk show host Jimmy Z has been highlighting the controversy on his broadcast, calling on listeners to join the Morgan Hill rally. A brief sample from \u003ca href=\"http://thejimmyzshow.blogspot.com/2014/04/jimmy-z-weekend-show_20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent broadcast\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m not saying ‘Cinco de Mayo’ … I’m not using that term for the 5th of May any more, I’m done, because it means now, it invokes too much anti-Americanism, anti-American flag. You can’t fly the American flag on the 5th of May? Get out of here! And a kid going to high school on the 5th of May cannot wear a T-shirt that celebrates the United States of America, where \u003cem>all\u003c/em> these kids live? All the kids celebrating the 5th of May? Kiss my ass.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>A group of Latino parents, concerned about threatening and racist comments posted online, formed a group of its own, called “We the People Morgan Hill,” and also planned a rally for today. But the group has backed down from its original plan to have a rally at the same time and place as the Gilroy Morgan Hill Patriots, and instead is planning an event this evening at the Morgan Hill sports complex showcasing multicultural dancers, drummers and speakers for peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cinco de Mayo celebrations are everywhere. So why the tension in Morgan Hill?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armando Benavides, a longtime advocate for Latino students in Morgan Hill, thinks part of the tension stems from what he calls a “de facto segregation of the elementary schools”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way he sees it, because of the No Child Left Behind Act, students in the worst-performing schools had the option to transfer into higher-performing schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many Caucasian parents moved their kids to better schools,” he say, “but most of the Latino parents either didn’t know about transferring or didn’t have the resources to drive their kids across town.” At high school, all the kids come back together. “That’s what’s been feeding the racial tension,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kendall Jones, stepfather of one of the boys who sued the school district, blames Live Oak High administrators. Jones says because the school chose to have a special day for a certain group, “it fomented an us-versus-them mentality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third explanation points to rapid changes in the city’s demographic makeup over the past decade that could be responsible for tensions. The Latino population of Morgan Hill has grown from 27.5 percent in 2000 to 34 percent in 2010, while the city’s white population has fallen from 61.3 percent to 50.3 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Lopez, director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center, says, “Morgan Hill is starting to see the same demographic change the state has seen over the last 40 years occurring over the last 10.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones says he’s ready to take his First Amendment case to the U.S. Supreme Court. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 9:20 a.m.\u003c/strong> KCBS has the video of Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith’s press conference announcing an arrest in the Sierra LaMar case. LaMar, a 15-year-old from Morgan Hill, went missing on March 16. Authorities now believe she was murdered by 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres, also of Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7312102-raw-video-press-conference-on-sierra-lamar-murder-pt-1/\">\u003cstrong>Part 1 of the video\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://CBSSF.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=883439;hostDomain=video.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=615;playerHeight=365;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7312102;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.SF%252Fworldnowplayer;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed\">\u003c/script> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/7312172-raw-video-press-conference-on-sierra-lamar-murder-pt-2/\">\u003cstrong>Part 2 of the video is here\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said at the press conference:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Authorities believe Sierra LaMar was killed by 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres, a longtime Morgan Hill resident. He was booked last night on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Neither Sierra’s body nor a weapon has been found, and no blood has been discovered, but Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said there is enough forensic evidence to warrant a belief that LaMar was murdered by the suspect. The evidence includes the discovery of Garcia-Torres’ DNA on Sierra’s belongings, which include a bag containing what she wore the day of her disappearance and her cellphone.\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-video-sierra-la-mar-suspect-antolin-garcia/vHPHb/\">Raw video of suspect at sheriff’s headquarters\u003c/a> (KTVU)\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to prosecute a homicide when you have not found the victim,” Smith said, but she believes they have enough evidence to do so. “The probability of homicide is very strong in these types of cases” that have been studied by the FBI, she said. “Early in the investigation we had many suspects, right now we believe he’s the only person responsible for the kidnapping and murder [of LaMar].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding on authorities’ reasons for believing LaMar was murdered, Smith said: “Sierra was a very social girl. She had a lot of friends, she communicated with her friends all the time through social media outlets, telephoning. From the time she was missing, there was no contact with any of her friends. No reason to believe she ran away. We now have a stranger with DNA on her property. Discarded was her property she would have taken with her, including medication.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith revealed Garcia-Torres was under 24-hour surveillance since the discovery of the DNA evidence on March 28. Smith said authorities were hoping he would lead them to LaMar. “I believe he may have believed he was under surveillance we don’t know that for sure,” Smith said. Smith said public safety was a factor in deciding to finally make the arrest. “Even though we’d been surveilling him, surveillance is not perfect.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith said the suspect has been linked through forensic evidence to one of three assaults that occurred in Morgan Hill in March, 2009.\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>The suspect has a prior misdemeanor conviction for interfering with an officer and a prior felony arrest for assault for which he was not prosecuted. Those encounters with the criminal justice system were what placed him in the database from which authorities were able to match his DNA with Sierra’s belongings. Garcia-Torres is not a registered sex offender. \u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith said the suspect’s motives are unknown, but “it’s my belief that this was purely random,” as there is no evidence that the two had any prior contact. “It’s the worst kind of a crime, a stranger abduction of a young girl.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Smith said the focus is now on continuing to search for and locate Sierra’s body.\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Sierra’s parents also spoke. Her mother, Marlene LaMar said, “as a mother I still am hopeful, because her body has not been found and that gives me hope….I have a plea to the perpetrator: “Please give the information that you have to help end this nightmare. I would like you to come forward and say where she is. I’m not giving up hope, her body hasn’t been found.”\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Steve LaMar, said, “we want to thank everyone for all the support we’ve gotten. We still need your support. We still need to bring Sierra home. We still need to find her.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:50 p.m. \u003c/strong> More on the suspect from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BA1P1OLN18.DTL\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Garcia-Torres attended a Morgan Hill continuation school, Central High School. He lives in a trailer park in the city with his mother, wife and 18-month-old child, neighbors said…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect’s mother, Laura Torres, arrived home from her night shift as a nurse at a convalescent home to find reporters waiting near her trailer. She said she spoke to her son Monday night and was distraught about his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said, ‘Don’t worry about me, mom. I am going to be OK,’ ” Torres said. “I told my son, ‘Well, if you didn’t do it, you don’t have anything to worry about.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added, “He would say, “Mom, I have never seen that lady,’ ” referring to Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres said her son was “always quiet, always respectful, always close to me. It is unbelievable that this is happening to him. I feel like all of this is wrong. … What parent wants to believe their son did something wrong?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia-Torres’ father is in jail in Santa Clara County and his brother recently died in Mexico after a life of drinking and drug abuse, Torres said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BA1P1OLN18.DTL\">Full article\u003c/a>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671945#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-8671945\">ABC7News\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The suspect’s sister and brother in law listened to the sheriff’s morning press conference but dispute her claims. “They don’t have physical evidence – there’s no physical evidence at all,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had her DNA in the car,” said a reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not in the car actually,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia believes investigators zeroed in on her brother simply because his car was spotted in Sierra’s neighborhood. She says her whole family knew he was under surveillance and that her brother has cooperated with police. She says a guilty man would have acted differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think that he would, I don’t know, go away or try to run away or something. He’s been nothing but compliant with police. He’s given them two DNA swabs,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family also doesn’t believe that Garcia-Torres committed previous assaults. One of the assaults that happened in 2009 was in the parking lot of the Safeway where he was arrested. The assault involved a stun gun. The sheriff did not say which of the assaults he was connected to. \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671945#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-8671945\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Last night\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nKTVU broke the story this evening: Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect in the March 16 disappearance of Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar. The suspect, identified as Antolin Garcia-Torres, was arrested early Monday evening outside a Safeway store in the South Bay suburb where he worked. He was later booked into Santa Clara County Jail on charges of murder and kidnapping. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_20677622/arrest-sierra-lamar-disappearance\">San Jose Mercury News reports\u003c/a> the sheriff will hold a press conference on the case at 8 a.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Merc quotes Sheriff Laurie Smith from press conference late Monday night:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>” ‘We believe we have probable cause that he committed the kidnapping and murder of Sierra LaMar,’ said Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith … .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff’s office previously announced that a red Volkswagen Jetta may be connected to the case, and according to authorities, Garcia-Torres is the owner of the car, which was seized on May 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>” ‘We have a lot of physical evidence’ Smith said. She said the public’s safety is the main concern of her office, and, ‘we don’t want to see anyone else hurt or any other little girls taken.’ “\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This evening’s coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>KTVU’s \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-video-sierra-la-mar-suspect-antolin-garcia/vHPHb/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raw video\u003c/a> of suspect Garcia-Torres at Santa Clara County sheriff’s headquarters in San Jose.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>KTVU:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/suspect-taken-custody-sierra-la-mar-case/nPBX3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suspect arrested for murder and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Jose Mercury News:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_20677622/arrest-sierra-lamar-disappearance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authorities announce arrest in Sierra LaMar disappearance\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/21/BAGC1OLIUT.DTL&tsp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murder arrest made in Sierra LaMar case\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said at the press conference:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Authorities believe Sierra LaMar was killed by 21-year-old Antolin Garcia-Torres, a longtime Morgan Hill resident. He was booked last night on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Neither Sierra’s body nor a weapon has been found, and no blood has been discovered, but Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said there is enough forensic evidence to warrant a belief that LaMar was murdered by the suspect. The evidence includes the discovery of Garcia-Torres’ DNA on Sierra’s belongings, which include a bag containing what she wore the day of her disappearance and her cellphone.\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/videos/news/raw-video-sierra-la-mar-suspect-antolin-garcia/vHPHb/\">Raw video of suspect at sheriff’s headquarters\u003c/a> (KTVU)\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to prosecute a homicide when you have not found the victim,” Smith said, but she believes they have enough evidence to do so. “The probability of homicide is very strong in these types of cases” that have been studied by the FBI, she said. “Early in the investigation we had many suspects, right now we believe he’s the only person responsible for the kidnapping and murder [of LaMar].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding on authorities’ reasons for believing LaMar was murdered, Smith said: “Sierra was a very social girl. She had a lot of friends, she communicated with her friends all the time through social media outlets, telephoning. From the time she was missing, there was no contact with any of her friends. No reason to believe she ran away. We now have a stranger with DNA on her property. Discarded was her property she would have taken with her, including medication.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith revealed Garcia-Torres was under 24-hour surveillance since the discovery of the DNA evidence on March 28. Smith said authorities were hoping he would lead them to LaMar. “I believe he may have believed he was under surveillance we don’t know that for sure,” Smith said. Smith said public safety was a factor in deciding to finally make the arrest. “Even though we’d been surveilling him, surveillance is not perfect.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith said the suspect has been linked through forensic evidence to one of three assaults that occurred in Morgan Hill in March, 2009.\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>The suspect has a prior misdemeanor conviction for interfering with an officer and a prior felony arrest for assault for which he was not prosecuted. Those encounters with the criminal justice system were what placed him in the database from which authorities were able to match his DNA with Sierra’s belongings. Garcia-Torres is not a registered sex offender. \u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Smith said the suspect’s motives are unknown, but “it’s my belief that this was purely random,” as there is no evidence that the two had any prior contact. “It’s the worst kind of a crime, a stranger abduction of a young girl.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Smith said the focus is now on continuing to search for and locate Sierra’s body.\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>Sierra’s parents also spoke. Her mother, Marlene LaMar said, “as a mother I still am hopeful, because her body has not been found and that gives me hope….I have a plea to the perpetrator: “Please give the information that you have to help end this nightmare. I would like you to come forward and say where she is. I’m not giving up hope, her body hasn’t been found.”\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Steve LaMar, said, “we want to thank everyone for all the support we’ve gotten. We still need your support. We still need to bring Sierra home. We still need to find her.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:50 p.m. \u003c/strong> More on the suspect from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BA1P1OLN18.DTL\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Garcia-Torres attended a Morgan Hill continuation school, Central High School. He lives in a trailer park in the city with his mother, wife and 18-month-old child, neighbors said…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect’s mother, Laura Torres, arrived home from her night shift as a nurse at a convalescent home to find reporters waiting near her trailer. She said she spoke to her son Monday night and was distraught about his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said, ‘Don’t worry about me, mom. I am going to be OK,’ ” Torres said. “I told my son, ‘Well, if you didn’t do it, you don’t have anything to worry about.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added, “He would say, “Mom, I have never seen that lady,’ ” referring to Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres said her son was “always quiet, always respectful, always close to me. It is unbelievable that this is happening to him. I feel like all of this is wrong. … What parent wants to believe their son did something wrong?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia-Torres’ father is in jail in Santa Clara County and his brother recently died in Mexico after a life of drinking and drug abuse, Torres said. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/22/BA1P1OLN18.DTL\">Full article\u003c/a>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And from \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671945#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-8671945\">ABC7News\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The suspect’s sister and brother in law listened to the sheriff’s morning press conference but dispute her claims. “They don’t have physical evidence – there’s no physical evidence at all,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had her DNA in the car,” said a reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not in the car actually,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia believes investigators zeroed in on her brother simply because his car was spotted in Sierra’s neighborhood. She says her whole family knew he was under surveillance and that her brother has cooperated with police. She says a guilty man would have acted differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think that he would, I don’t know, go away or try to run away or something. He’s been nothing but compliant with police. He’s given them two DNA swabs,” said Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family also doesn’t believe that Garcia-Torres committed previous assaults. One of the assaults that happened in 2009 was in the parking lot of the Safeway where he was arrested. The assault involved a stun gun. The sheriff did not say which of the assaults he was connected to. \u003ca href=\"http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=8671945#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-8671945\">Full article\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Last night\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nKTVU broke the story this evening: Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect in the March 16 disappearance of Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar. The suspect, identified as Antolin Garcia-Torres, was arrested early Monday evening outside a Safeway store in the South Bay suburb where he worked. He was later booked into Santa Clara County Jail on charges of murder and kidnapping. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_20677622/arrest-sierra-lamar-disappearance\">San Jose Mercury News reports\u003c/a> the sheriff will hold a press conference on the case at 8 a.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Merc quotes Sheriff Laurie Smith from press conference late Monday night:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>” ‘We believe we have probable cause that he committed the kidnapping and murder of Sierra LaMar,’ said Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith … .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff’s office previously announced that a red Volkswagen Jetta may be connected to the case, and according to authorities, Garcia-Torres is the owner of the car, which was seized on May 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>” ‘We have a lot of physical evidence’ Smith said. 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