OH BLOG HOW I'VE MISSED YOU.
I remember hearing a quote along the lines of "Some girls write in their diaries while the others are too busy living to write". It was something like that but you get the picture. I feel like that's why I haven't been blogging this summer. I've been too busy having fun, hanging out with my friends and of course getting my fix of pop culture whenever I have time.
Let's see what's new. Hmm...well I finally got a new laptop. Its not just any laptop but a MacBook Pro!! YAY! After years of begging that I need it, which I do, I finally got it. I've been working hard on making movies for my internship, messing around with GarageBand and of course just exploring this thing that is sooo different from my PC. I'm in love people.
Speaking of my internship, today is my final day. I am leaving my desk at the Gilroy Dispatch and heading back into the city on Saturday. I have learned so much from this whole experience here. Everyone told me this internship will throw me into a new experience different from the classes I've taken at SF State of course. I have done my fair share of briefs, movies and actually wrote some interesting stories. Thank goodness I had this opportunity to show what I've been learning and prove that although I am still learning, I know a lot too. Oh and for the record I didn't run arrands or get coffee for anyone! YAY for not being a slave.
As this summer is dwindling down I can't help but think...where did the time go. I love being home for 3 months. Hanging out with my friends, family and boyfriend was amazing. Now I head back to the city as a junior and continue my studies. This is definitely bittersweet. I'm glad to see my friends at school but I'm also sad to leave some behind at home. Luckily for me, home is about an hour and a half away so I can come home whenever Jude (my car) has gas.
Anyways enough ranting. School starts soon and I'm ready to roll with my new notebooks. See you on Tuesday SF State, I hope you haven't changed too much.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Christopher High Student Spends a Summer at Stanford
A trip to the hospital usually doesn’t sound like a good summer vacation experience. Alejandra Gonzalez will get five weeks worth.
The Christopher High School student will get an introductory, crash course on what it takes to be a nurse or doctor this summer at the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program.
Starting Sunday, the 16-year-old will join 24 other sophomores and juniors from Northern and Central California at Stanford University.
Gonzalez will participate in lectures, labs, group projects, field trips and evening discussions. She will spend time with an assigned mentor, Suzanne Garfer, who is currently enrolled in Stanford’s medical program.
"She's one of those students who just works as hard as she needs to get the work done and then some,” said CHS teacher Cheryl Osborne, who along with colleague Julie Mangono wrote a letter of recommendation.
Gonzalez’s application included sending her Christopher High School transcript, writing eight essays and providing two letters of recommendation. Along with a mid-April phone interview, Gonzalez also had a series of face-to-face interviews with Stanford councilors and staff. She was selected from 800 other applicants from 410 schools.
“When you’re around all these people, you kind of get an idea of what kind of people they are and what you’re up against,” Gonzalez said.
According to its website, the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program works to increase knowledge about the sciences and health professions, while guiding minority and low-income students through the college admissions process.
The program started in 1998, and will cover Gonzalez’s fees which include tuition, books, class fees, room and board.
The mentors will be medical students, graduate students and health professionals.
The program also includes a hospital volunteer internship with visits to the morgue and operating rooms.
Two days out of the week, Gonzalez is required to spend time in either the Stanford Hospital and Clinics or the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System hospital. Once assigned, Gonzalez will be placed in a department.
“My top choice was anything in surgery. I could be a nurse for the surgery. I put that I want to experience it myself, maybe they’ll let me have a chance to cut something,” Gonzalez said. “My second choice would be to work in the pharmacy because medicine is really interesting too.”
Students attending the program will also receive preparation work for the SATs, essay and résumé guidance, presentation skills and PowerPoint training.
In order to pass and participate in the program’s graduation ceremony, Gonzalez and her peers have to complete and present a research project as part of the evaluation process.
Gonzalez can get 10 high school units, which Osborne said would probably fall under elective science credits.
"We haven't had to deal with anything like that before. We do take college credits and give the kids credit that is reflected on their transcript,” Osborne said.
Gonzalez has hopes of going to a University of California, San Diego or Davis and said this is the perfect opportunity for her to get into medicine.
“I am most excited to be part of the program, getting to know everybody and actually getting some hands-on experience,” she said.
The Christopher High School student will get an introductory, crash course on what it takes to be a nurse or doctor this summer at the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program.
Starting Sunday, the 16-year-old will join 24 other sophomores and juniors from Northern and Central California at Stanford University.
Gonzalez will participate in lectures, labs, group projects, field trips and evening discussions. She will spend time with an assigned mentor, Suzanne Garfer, who is currently enrolled in Stanford’s medical program.
"She's one of those students who just works as hard as she needs to get the work done and then some,” said CHS teacher Cheryl Osborne, who along with colleague Julie Mangono wrote a letter of recommendation.
Gonzalez’s application included sending her Christopher High School transcript, writing eight essays and providing two letters of recommendation. Along with a mid-April phone interview, Gonzalez also had a series of face-to-face interviews with Stanford councilors and staff. She was selected from 800 other applicants from 410 schools.
“When you’re around all these people, you kind of get an idea of what kind of people they are and what you’re up against,” Gonzalez said.
According to its website, the Stanford Medical Youth Science Program works to increase knowledge about the sciences and health professions, while guiding minority and low-income students through the college admissions process.
The program started in 1998, and will cover Gonzalez’s fees which include tuition, books, class fees, room and board.
The mentors will be medical students, graduate students and health professionals.
The program also includes a hospital volunteer internship with visits to the morgue and operating rooms.
Two days out of the week, Gonzalez is required to spend time in either the Stanford Hospital and Clinics or the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System hospital. Once assigned, Gonzalez will be placed in a department.
“My top choice was anything in surgery. I could be a nurse for the surgery. I put that I want to experience it myself, maybe they’ll let me have a chance to cut something,” Gonzalez said. “My second choice would be to work in the pharmacy because medicine is really interesting too.”
Students attending the program will also receive preparation work for the SATs, essay and résumé guidance, presentation skills and PowerPoint training.
In order to pass and participate in the program’s graduation ceremony, Gonzalez and her peers have to complete and present a research project as part of the evaluation process.
Gonzalez can get 10 high school units, which Osborne said would probably fall under elective science credits.
"We haven't had to deal with anything like that before. We do take college credits and give the kids credit that is reflected on their transcript,” Osborne said.
Gonzalez has hopes of going to a University of California, San Diego or Davis and said this is the perfect opportunity for her to get into medicine.
“I am most excited to be part of the program, getting to know everybody and actually getting some hands-on experience,” she said.
Dinosaurs at Gilroy Gardens
Not only does Gilroy Gardens have moving dinosaurs but it has some of the less glamorous aspects of the extinct creates.
“The poop was gross, I didn’t want all those germs on me,” Jamie Klein, 5, said. “My brother held it and wanted to keep it.”
Tour guide Rylee Card, decked in a safari outfit, led the first tour and let the kids see how things can stay preserved over millions of years.
Dinosaur Bones Fossils, Skeletons and Stories began its first set of tours Sunday at Gilroy Gardens Theme Park at 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy. The 3,000 square-foot exhibit has animated and automatic dinosaur models, large models of bones and energetic tour guides. There are also two dig sites where the kids can dig through the sand to uncover bones and footprints.
The exhibit will be open through July 10 with tours beginning every 30 minutes.
During the tour, kids asked questions and showed they knew what they were talking about.
“I learned a lot about fossils. I liked seeing the dinosaurs that moved. I am actually a paleontologist,” Malcolm Vinson, 4, said.
Planning for the Dinosaur Bones exhibit started in February.
Dinosaurs Unearthed owns and installed the models. They are the only company that has a feathered juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur for the exhibit said Dana Everitt, executive assistant at RWS and Associates Entertainment. RWS and Associates Entertainment handles entertainment for theme parks and were the third party that organized the exhibit.
Everitt provided the scripts for the tour guides that would make the experience interesting to kids and parents alike.
“We are actually performers, we are hired on with the company that set this all up. We did had to study a little bit to prepare for the opening,” Card, 26, said.
Everitt wanted to gather all the fun facts about dinosaurs and leave out the boring stuff.
“We compiled the research and took out the facts that were age appropriate and to select the right facts. We also included some dinosaur jokes so it would be more interactive,” Everitt said.
Gilroy Gardens Theme Park is open daily, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices for ages 11 to 61 are $44.99. Children from ages three to ten and seniors ages 62 and above are $34.99.
“The poop was gross, I didn’t want all those germs on me,” Jamie Klein, 5, said. “My brother held it and wanted to keep it.”
Tour guide Rylee Card, decked in a safari outfit, led the first tour and let the kids see how things can stay preserved over millions of years.
Dinosaur Bones Fossils, Skeletons and Stories began its first set of tours Sunday at Gilroy Gardens Theme Park at 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy. The 3,000 square-foot exhibit has animated and automatic dinosaur models, large models of bones and energetic tour guides. There are also two dig sites where the kids can dig through the sand to uncover bones and footprints.
The exhibit will be open through July 10 with tours beginning every 30 minutes.
During the tour, kids asked questions and showed they knew what they were talking about.
“I learned a lot about fossils. I liked seeing the dinosaurs that moved. I am actually a paleontologist,” Malcolm Vinson, 4, said.
Planning for the Dinosaur Bones exhibit started in February.
Dinosaurs Unearthed owns and installed the models. They are the only company that has a feathered juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur for the exhibit said Dana Everitt, executive assistant at RWS and Associates Entertainment. RWS and Associates Entertainment handles entertainment for theme parks and were the third party that organized the exhibit.
Everitt provided the scripts for the tour guides that would make the experience interesting to kids and parents alike.
“We are actually performers, we are hired on with the company that set this all up. We did had to study a little bit to prepare for the opening,” Card, 26, said.
Everitt wanted to gather all the fun facts about dinosaurs and leave out the boring stuff.
“We compiled the research and took out the facts that were age appropriate and to select the right facts. We also included some dinosaur jokes so it would be more interactive,” Everitt said.
Gilroy Gardens Theme Park is open daily, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket prices for ages 11 to 61 are $44.99. Children from ages three to ten and seniors ages 62 and above are $34.99.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Gilroy Middle School Graduation 2011
The graduating class of eighth-graders this year meant a little something extra to its three Gilroy middle school principals.
For Salvatore Tomasello, Ascencion Solorsano Middle School principal, it was his final goodbye as he heads toward retirement.
For Greg Kapaku, soon to be former South Valley Middle School principal, it was a chance to reflect on seven years of mentoring students while looking forward to the new opportunity of serving as vice principal at Christopher High School.
Finally, for Brownell Middle School’s Greg Camacho-Light, it was a learning experience as he said farewell to a 2011 graduating class that marked his first full three years at the school as principal.
There were some common elements for the Wednesday – South Valley – and Thursday – Brownell and Solorsano – promotion ceremonies. Elated students got a preview of high school life when six Gilroy High School Chamber Choir members started the ceremony by singing the national anthem. They were also welcomed by GHS Principal Marco Sanchez and CHS Principal John Perales at the close of the celebrations.
On Wednesday, about 500 people gathered at the CHS gym as Kapaku handed out awards to outstanding students, speaking personally of each one during his last graduation ceremony as principal of the school.
"It's been such a great place, such a great experience, but I'm excited for the new change and the new challenges of high school," Kapaku said.
The Gilroy Gardens Pavilion hosted Brownell’s ceremony at 5 p.m. Thursday and was bittersweet for Camacho-Light.
“This is the class that I came in with three years ago,” Camacho-Light said. “In a sense, this is my graduation too. It’s always bittersweet to see this. One, we lived with these kids, and two, it’s good to see them move on.”
More than 300 friends and family supported the class. Large shiny balloons and candy leis awaited the students after the ceremony ended at about 7 p.m.
“This class was able to grow with us in terms of us developing a school that continues to grow in terms of academics,” Camacho-Light said.
Following Brownell's graduation, Ascencion Solorsano Middle School graduated at 7 p.m. at Gilroy High School’s Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.
Students who achieved a 4.0 throughout their six semesters were recognized before the graduating certificates were presented.
Friends and family used noisemakers – one even used a megaphone mimicking the sound of a police siren – to congratulate graduates.
Veteran principal Tomasello, who has been serving GUSD as a teacher and coach since 1978 and also as an athletic director beginning in 1984 for 16 years, offered advice to his departing students.
“I would encourage them to continue the same hard work, commitment, effort and dedication as they enter high school,” he said. “Promotion from middle school is just another step towards graduation from high school.”
Earlier, Tomasello stood at the podium to address the crowd with a final goodbye.
“As you move on to your next phase in your life, as you know, I am also moving onto mine in retirement,” Tomasello said. “I will forever share that experience of us leaving Solorsano together.”
For Salvatore Tomasello, Ascencion Solorsano Middle School principal, it was his final goodbye as he heads toward retirement.
For Greg Kapaku, soon to be former South Valley Middle School principal, it was a chance to reflect on seven years of mentoring students while looking forward to the new opportunity of serving as vice principal at Christopher High School.
Finally, for Brownell Middle School’s Greg Camacho-Light, it was a learning experience as he said farewell to a 2011 graduating class that marked his first full three years at the school as principal.
There were some common elements for the Wednesday – South Valley – and Thursday – Brownell and Solorsano – promotion ceremonies. Elated students got a preview of high school life when six Gilroy High School Chamber Choir members started the ceremony by singing the national anthem. They were also welcomed by GHS Principal Marco Sanchez and CHS Principal John Perales at the close of the celebrations.
On Wednesday, about 500 people gathered at the CHS gym as Kapaku handed out awards to outstanding students, speaking personally of each one during his last graduation ceremony as principal of the school.
"It's been such a great place, such a great experience, but I'm excited for the new change and the new challenges of high school," Kapaku said.
The Gilroy Gardens Pavilion hosted Brownell’s ceremony at 5 p.m. Thursday and was bittersweet for Camacho-Light.
“This is the class that I came in with three years ago,” Camacho-Light said. “In a sense, this is my graduation too. It’s always bittersweet to see this. One, we lived with these kids, and two, it’s good to see them move on.”
More than 300 friends and family supported the class. Large shiny balloons and candy leis awaited the students after the ceremony ended at about 7 p.m.
“This class was able to grow with us in terms of us developing a school that continues to grow in terms of academics,” Camacho-Light said.
Following Brownell's graduation, Ascencion Solorsano Middle School graduated at 7 p.m. at Gilroy High School’s Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.
Students who achieved a 4.0 throughout their six semesters were recognized before the graduating certificates were presented.
Friends and family used noisemakers – one even used a megaphone mimicking the sound of a police siren – to congratulate graduates.
Veteran principal Tomasello, who has been serving GUSD as a teacher and coach since 1978 and also as an athletic director beginning in 1984 for 16 years, offered advice to his departing students.
“I would encourage them to continue the same hard work, commitment, effort and dedication as they enter high school,” he said. “Promotion from middle school is just another step towards graduation from high school.”
Earlier, Tomasello stood at the podium to address the crowd with a final goodbye.
“As you move on to your next phase in your life, as you know, I am also moving onto mine in retirement,” Tomasello said. “I will forever share that experience of us leaving Solorsano together.”
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Interview with Prof. Loretta Stec
Working with a Mac, for me, has not been the easiest thing in the world. In fact I have needed a lot of help trying to navigate through something that is not a PC.
Using Garage Band and recording with my iPhone, I had an amazing interview with Professor Loretta Stec from San Francisco State University. The English professor enlightened me in her stories.
I was roaming the halls looking for a professor to interview after my scheduled interview fell through. I waited after she saw a few students during her office hours. I literally walked into her office and asked if she would be willing to talk to me about an interesting experience, research project or her life story. Luckily for me she was more than willing to chat with me about her past and how she got to where she is.
Although she is not my teacher I thought it would be interesting and journalistic in a way to have an on the spot interview. And I definitely enjoyed and had a fun time talking with Prof. Stec.
Although the interview is not 4 minutes, but 7, I think that is what makes this interview interesting. Everything she discussed is important and it was hard figuring out how to cut it down to 4 minutes.
Interview with Prof. Loretta Stec by ElissaTTT
Using Garage Band and recording with my iPhone, I had an amazing interview with Professor Loretta Stec from San Francisco State University. The English professor enlightened me in her stories.
I was roaming the halls looking for a professor to interview after my scheduled interview fell through. I waited after she saw a few students during her office hours. I literally walked into her office and asked if she would be willing to talk to me about an interesting experience, research project or her life story. Luckily for me she was more than willing to chat with me about her past and how she got to where she is.
Although she is not my teacher I thought it would be interesting and journalistic in a way to have an on the spot interview. And I definitely enjoyed and had a fun time talking with Prof. Stec.
Although the interview is not 4 minutes, but 7, I think that is what makes this interview interesting. Everything she discussed is important and it was hard figuring out how to cut it down to 4 minutes.
Interview with Prof. Loretta Stec by ElissaTTT
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
How I Commute to School
I did an assignment for my Digital News Gathering class about my "commute" to school. I am fortunate enough to live very close to San Francisco State University. My commute is hardly a commute at all but none the less I video recored my friend Emily Dolph walking to school from where I live.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Trial Continues
OAKLAND- -After a plan to cross examine three suspects at the San Leandro Prison failed, the Oakland police created a plan to “conveniently” have a flat tire on their way back to Alameda Prison. The three men they detained were then placed in a room where they were secretly videotaped discussing their involvement in the Chauncey Bailey murder.
In a courtroom just a few blocks from where Chauncey Bailey was murdered, a set of 16 jurors, who have been meeting since the first trial on November 15, 2010, met once again on Monday April 18 at the Alameda County Court House.
Bailey, editor-in-chief of the Oakland Tribune, was in the process of writing stories about Your Black Muslim Bakery, which was once a prominent Oakland African American Organization and is no longer in business. The stories included the bankruptcy with some $900,000 in debts and allegations of criminal activities that employees were pursuing involving the Bakery.
After his killers found Bailey’s residence, on August 2, 2007, they attempted to stalk him on his usual walk to work to the Tribune. The killers looked for Bailey and did not find him. Shortly after ordering his usual breakfast at McDonald’s, Bailey was shot in broad daylight, allegedly by an employee of Your Black Muslim Bakery.
Witnesses say Bailey was shot by a masked gunman with a shotgun three times. Then his murderer fled to a van that drove away from the scene.
The day following Bailey’s assassination, members of the Oakland Police and SWAT ambushed the homes and business properties of Your Black Muslim Bakery's owners and associates. The son of the founder and current CEO, Yusuf Bey IV along with 19 others were detained under the suspicion that they had involvement in the death of Bailey.
Devaughndre (Dre) Broussard was one of those detained. Police reported that he was found with the shotgun at his home that was used to kill Bailey. His home was literally connected with the Bakery through the back door.
Broussard confessed to killing Bailey then later retracted the statement. Broussard said Bey IV influenced him to take the responsibility for the shooting because it would benefit the Bakery. He then pleaded pled guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a 25 year sentence and a full testimony at the trial of Bey IV and the others accused.
Court began at 10:14 a.m. with defendants Yusuf Bey IV and Antoine Makey on trial. Prosecutor Melissa Krum called upon Oakland Officers and asked questions regarding their involvement with the case.
Officer Steve Mork discussed findings testified he found of gun shells on the roof of Your Black Muslium Bakery. Officer Ryan Goodfellow chronicled his search of a black Dodge Charger that was parked behind the Bakery. The car was registered to Ameena Bey and contained various receipts some from Wells Fargo. Sergeant Daniel Donovan took the stand to speak about his search through Bey IV’s room where he found and watched a videotape on the funeral of Yusuf Bey Sr.
Jesse Grant, a Berkeley officer, took the stand. In May 2007 Grant worked for the Oakland Police Department and participated in the investigation of the case.
Yusuf Bey IV, Devon Halfon and Joshua Bay were arrested for being suspects in Bailey’s murder. On August 6, 2007, the three suspects were brought to the San Leandro Prison. Grant discussed wanting to sit and talk to all three suspects but when he attempted to interview Joshua Bey he asked for a lawyer. The plan failed. Then Grant along with his partner, Oakland Officer Ryan Goodfellow created a rouse to have a flat tire when they were about to transport the suspects back to the Alameda County jail. This led to the three men being held in a questioning room, where they appeared to be alone. Unbeknownst to the men, they were being videotaped and audio recorded through a two way mirror.
The jury of the Bailey trial watched the video tape on Monday. The video tape showed three men, the Bey brothers in orange jumpsuits and Tamin Halfin in the yellow.
After Joshua Bey asks where Bailey was shot at, Yusuf Bey IV replied the head and the three men began laughing. Yusuf Bey IV then goes on to converse on how he drove by the scene after Bailey was killed.
Yusuf Bey IV also knew he was being followed by police, saying “They was following my car though. Ever since it happened.” He then continued with “…first we went by the lake and talk about it- they know about that-and they know about us going to IHOP.”
Yusuf Bey IV then goes on to say, “The night before [the raid], the gun that was used was in my closet.”
The murder was pinned on Broussard. According to Yusuf Bey IV, Oakland Police investigator Derwin Longmire said Broussard should take the fall for the murder or Yusuf Bey IV would be pinned as the murder and it would “make the bakery look terrible”.
“The reason why they didn’t pin the murder on me was because of Longmire even though they wanted to pin it on me. They wanted to make it seem like since I was in charge , and he [Dre] worked for me, that I gotta point it to him. Even though he said he didn’t’ do it,” said Yusuf Bey IV.
Joshua Bey exchanged a life term for kidnapping and torture for three years in prison and to truthfully testify about the people involved in the Bailey trial. He was called to testify against his half brother Yusuf Bey IV.
Joshua Bey discussed moving back and forth between his parents in Oakland, CA and Florida. He finally moved to Oakland for his senior year of high school. After his half brother, Antar Bey died, Joshua Bey spelling and Yusuf Bey IV quit school to run the Bakery. Joshua Bey decided to work at of security while Yusuf Bey IV ran the bakery. Joshua Bey talked of various jobs where he stalked people and would call Yusuf Bey IV when certain people were leaving from their destination. The Bakery that was in debt at this time would get money for these types of jobs.
Court then dismissed for a lunch break at 12:45 p.m.
Those who attended the trial on Monday included Thomas Peele and Bob Butler of The Chauncey Bailey Project. The Project is a group of journalists around the Bay Area who have banned together to devote their time to continue Bailey’s work and to prove that “You can’t kill a story by killing a journalist”. ."
They have been reporting on the process of the trial and any news that has come out of the case.
The court dates are on Monday through Thursday from 9:30a.m.-noon and from 1p.m.-4:30p.m.
In a courtroom just a few blocks from where Chauncey Bailey was murdered, a set of 16 jurors, who have been meeting since the first trial on November 15, 2010, met once again on Monday April 18 at the Alameda County Court House.
Bailey, editor-in-chief of the Oakland Tribune, was in the process of writing stories about Your Black Muslim Bakery, which was once a prominent Oakland African American Organization and is no longer in business. The stories included the bankruptcy with some $900,000 in debts and allegations of criminal activities that employees were pursuing involving the Bakery.
After his killers found Bailey’s residence, on August 2, 2007, they attempted to stalk him on his usual walk to work to the Tribune. The killers looked for Bailey and did not find him. Shortly after ordering his usual breakfast at McDonald’s, Bailey was shot in broad daylight, allegedly by an employee of Your Black Muslim Bakery.
Witnesses say Bailey was shot by a masked gunman with a shotgun three times. Then his murderer fled to a van that drove away from the scene.
The day following Bailey’s assassination, members of the Oakland Police and SWAT ambushed the homes and business properties of Your Black Muslim Bakery's owners and associates. The son of the founder and current CEO, Yusuf Bey IV along with 19 others were detained under the suspicion that they had involvement in the death of Bailey.
Devaughndre (Dre) Broussard was one of those detained. Police reported that he was found with the shotgun at his home that was used to kill Bailey. His home was literally connected with the Bakery through the back door.
Broussard confessed to killing Bailey then later retracted the statement. Broussard said Bey IV influenced him to take the responsibility for the shooting because it would benefit the Bakery. He then pleaded pled guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a 25 year sentence and a full testimony at the trial of Bey IV and the others accused.
Court began at 10:14 a.m. with defendants Yusuf Bey IV and Antoine Makey on trial. Prosecutor Melissa Krum called upon Oakland Officers and asked questions regarding their involvement with the case.
Officer Steve Mork discussed findings testified he found of gun shells on the roof of Your Black Muslium Bakery. Officer Ryan Goodfellow chronicled his search of a black Dodge Charger that was parked behind the Bakery. The car was registered to Ameena Bey and contained various receipts some from Wells Fargo. Sergeant Daniel Donovan took the stand to speak about his search through Bey IV’s room where he found and watched a videotape on the funeral of Yusuf Bey Sr.
Jesse Grant, a Berkeley officer, took the stand. In May 2007 Grant worked for the Oakland Police Department and participated in the investigation of the case.
Yusuf Bey IV, Devon Halfon and Joshua Bay were arrested for being suspects in Bailey’s murder. On August 6, 2007, the three suspects were brought to the San Leandro Prison. Grant discussed wanting to sit and talk to all three suspects but when he attempted to interview Joshua Bey he asked for a lawyer. The plan failed. Then Grant along with his partner, Oakland Officer Ryan Goodfellow created a rouse to have a flat tire when they were about to transport the suspects back to the Alameda County jail. This led to the three men being held in a questioning room, where they appeared to be alone. Unbeknownst to the men, they were being videotaped and audio recorded through a two way mirror.
The jury of the Bailey trial watched the video tape on Monday. The video tape showed three men, the Bey brothers in orange jumpsuits and Tamin Halfin in the yellow.
After Joshua Bey asks where Bailey was shot at, Yusuf Bey IV replied the head and the three men began laughing. Yusuf Bey IV then goes on to converse on how he drove by the scene after Bailey was killed.
Yusuf Bey IV also knew he was being followed by police, saying “They was following my car though. Ever since it happened.” He then continued with “…first we went by the lake and talk about it- they know about that-and they know about us going to IHOP.”
Yusuf Bey IV then goes on to say, “The night before [the raid], the gun that was used was in my closet.”
The murder was pinned on Broussard. According to Yusuf Bey IV, Oakland Police investigator Derwin Longmire said Broussard should take the fall for the murder or Yusuf Bey IV would be pinned as the murder and it would “make the bakery look terrible”.
“The reason why they didn’t pin the murder on me was because of Longmire even though they wanted to pin it on me. They wanted to make it seem like since I was in charge , and he [Dre] worked for me, that I gotta point it to him. Even though he said he didn’t’ do it,” said Yusuf Bey IV.
Joshua Bey exchanged a life term for kidnapping and torture for three years in prison and to truthfully testify about the people involved in the Bailey trial. He was called to testify against his half brother Yusuf Bey IV.
Joshua Bey discussed moving back and forth between his parents in Oakland, CA and Florida. He finally moved to Oakland for his senior year of high school. After his half brother, Antar Bey died, Joshua Bey spelling and Yusuf Bey IV quit school to run the Bakery. Joshua Bey decided to work at of security while Yusuf Bey IV ran the bakery. Joshua Bey talked of various jobs where he stalked people and would call Yusuf Bey IV when certain people were leaving from their destination. The Bakery that was in debt at this time would get money for these types of jobs.
Court then dismissed for a lunch break at 12:45 p.m.
Those who attended the trial on Monday included Thomas Peele and Bob Butler of The Chauncey Bailey Project. The Project is a group of journalists around the Bay Area who have banned together to devote their time to continue Bailey’s work and to prove that “You can’t kill a story by killing a journalist”. ."
They have been reporting on the process of the trial and any news that has come out of the case.
The court dates are on Monday through Thursday from 9:30a.m.-noon and from 1p.m.-4:30p.m.
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