.Emily Coletta

It’s trash day in Japantown and, even still, it’s easy to find parking a few blocks up from Roy’s Station. Outside it is sunny,...

The year is 1983 and Robert “Nexus” Ortiz and his friend David “Demo” Woodham Jr. have walked to an underpass on West San Carlos...

Brian Earl sits on Zoom in front of a handmade fireplace diorama, a bookshelf strung with Christmas lights and a keyboard, upon which I...

“My grandfather, he was a very humble man,” David Ligouy says. “He was a farmer.”  Ligouy is an electrical engineer. Or, he was, before he...

What do you think of when you think of Silicon Valley? Something sleek? Google, keycards and lanyards? You probably don’t think of furrowed fields...

“It’s my last week of school, so I’ll be going there after this,” Rachel Holmes says from her bedroom. In the background, her bed...

San Jose’s streets are rich in art. A walk through downtown or Japantown rewards pedestrians with stories-high murals and colorful utility boxes. Online, San...