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Classoom to Cleaning Room Drugs, Wheels, and Books
From high school,to high at work, to car shows on the strip, the experiences of the Silicon Valley people tell how things really go down in San Jose.

Silicon Valley
Life line

Life on the Line in Silicon Valley
Manufacturing and assembly workers -- many of whom are in their early 20's -- are the ones who keep Silicon Valley humming. They earn above minimum wage, but well below the estimated cost of living in the Valley. They have no benefits, job security or formal training.
Women in Charge This Woman's Work
From across the assembly line, the bathroom floor and the front lobby of high tech companies, three reporters file from the frontlines of Silicon Valley --from women's perspective. Even as Silicon Valley leads the world into the next millennium, women are still the ones who clean up after everyone leaves, put the final touches on the products before they get shipped off, get the coffee and courteously answer the phones in their skirts and blouses.
Who Am I? Identity
In Silicon Valley everything is always changing. The jobs, the buildings, and the opportunities are here one day and gone the next. The common question that young people are force to ask living in a temporary world is "Who am I?"
Pop Goes the Company The Tech Economy Drop-off -- When the Bubble Bursts
The tech economy is slowing dramatically. Dot.com's are going under everyday, and Silicon Valley's major business institutions -- Cisco and Intel -- are giving out waves of pink slips. How do young people in Silicon Valley feel the change in the economy will effect them?
Secured or not Secured Security,Redevelopment, and Views of America
Redevelopment and technology in Silicon Valley has caused people to look critically at the effects around them. While job security still lingers in some people's minds, others see security guard jobs standing secure but under appreciated. We also see how folks in other countries see us differently since 9/11.
What side do I work on? As many people still struggle to find a steady job after being laid off in S.V. some are using their spare time to catch up on educational skills to work the non tradtional jobs. New technology is also pushing its way onto the scene. Many look at this as a good way to get a job, others fear they are it is costing them their values.
From trains to buses Culture and Community
When you walk down the streets of San Jose you can see the diversity here. But many things come along with being from another race. Not just racism but experiencing things like living without a home and working in high tech and realizing that's not where you want to be. Stories from buses to trains tells of the cultural and lives of people in the South Bay.
Techie Not Tacky Going taliban and missing the Movement
In the mist of redevlopment, people has come to the conclusion that they are not backing out with out a protest. Read about the struggle that San Jo natives go through.
Are we Machines or are we Men? Many people are upset by technology's "come up." From store workers, to comsumers, to video game players, De-Bug tells their stories about the ever so changing relationship of man and machine.
Is this Silicon Valley your living in? We got: Kababayan -- endearing term used among Filipinos to call their fellow countryman. A millionare in Silicon Valley who couldn't take it, and the eternal struggle for housing in the Bay.
Money is Tight
Now A Days.		 People hustling for money to pay rent and bills. Parents being on Walfare to feed their children. Looking for ideal jobs and using talent for entertainment. Going to College from Community College.
Hip-Hop in South Bay and Growing-up What's so unique about South Bay Hip-Hop? An ex-employee who worked at Yahoo! in the Silicon Valley. An ebayaholic who has an addiction thru ebay. A guy who entrepreneur his music with all the freedom and risk. Growing up with activism. A documentary film shows violence in America. A poem about the Day Of The Dead... Spanish Version.
The Love and Dark Side of Poems and Learn to Speak up. Speak on the Vote. Threat on Terror. Read about a Movie Review on Frida Kahlo. Read two Poems about Love Collections and Ghost Dance.
Learning about Debug? Silicon Valley Debug thru out a Creators Event on October 19th,2002 at DeAnza Community College. Learning about Eminem with other talent preformers that are unique. Family values lost in an Island. More of Rollover Comics.
Who's watchin' You these Days? High Survelliance cameras watching you as you go. What would it be like in the year 2115 in San Jose? High Profiles cases in black men doing "un-black crimes". Story on President Lula of Brazil. Poem on Hustling thru the streets.
Being Young, and being unemployed. A young student staying out of trouble at his age. A young man not old enough to buy liquor, but old enough to be drifted to the war. The Raiders-Nation lost the Superbowl. Check out our Roll-over comic on As Unemployment continues to climb for America's Youth. Read a Poem on Loans, Clubs, Platinum Cards and My other Civil Rights.
Where's my ethic stand at? Homeland Security increase surveillance in America. Watching Cartoons today can be a bore, watch cartoons on Cartoon Network and check out the old series that made more since. Where Do I fit as a Black Latina? Read a Love Story in Spanish. Check out Shorty Fatz Comics.
Does everything matter? Everyday peace war. Where Silicon Valley layoffs broke-up marriages cause of hard struggles. A downtown club band rocks that relates to De-Bug. It ain't no big thang that the Space Shuttle blew-up.
War and Rally's and in process, Middle School students cut school to go to a University Rally. Construction Attacks Graf and the Homeless. Mardi Gras in Downtown San Jose where it got violent. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is cancelled while War was in process.