The James Logan Courier

By Rebecca Soltau, Entertainment Editor


Once in a blue moon, you come across a truly original restaurant that provides great cuisine and one-of-a-kind personality. That originality is the most prevalent at Buster’s Barbecue and Bakery, a tiny little BBQ joint on the side of the road in Calistoga, CA, that is reminiscent of a spontaneous picnic spot that just happens to have a huge grilling pit outside.

And the people who work there refuse to provide anything less than food that is true to themselves and their roots.

By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief

The ASB elections for the 2008-2009 executive cabinet began Monday. Candidates have been campaigning through posters, fliers, and picket signs all around the school campus. The election will run through the voting day, April 16th. Run-off elections will take place on April 17th, for the positions that have more than two candidates.

The candidates for the ASB elections are:

ASB President: Janessa Canilao (11th), Tiffany Hoang (11th)
ASB Vice President: Amber Abutin (10th), Chloe Mendoza (10th), Julie Nguyen (10th)
ASB Secretary: Trisha Rivera (10th)
ASB Treasurer: Patricia Rodriguez (10th)
ASB Board Representative: Cody Harper (11th)
Commissioner of Athletics: Josh Oliveria (9th)
Commissioner of Activities: Nhung Hoang (11th)
Commissioner of Public Relations: Angela Lao (11th)
Commissioner of School Improvement: Katrina Manaloto (10th), Kayla Nebrigga (11th)

By Sandhaya Mansfield, Courier Staff Writer



The Black Bear Diner originated in Mount Shasta, California in 1995 by creators Bob and Laurie Manley along with founding partner Bruce Dean. The Black Bear Diner is a recreation of an inn that used to lie in Strawberry Valley, a mountain meadow at the foot of Mount Shasta. Due to it's growing popularity Black Bear Diner expanded to nearly thirty restaurants in the western United States as well as the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. Black Bear Diners are decorated in a way to where it sends you back to the days of the 1860s.

For more information, visit Black Bear Diner's website.

Reviewed by Howard Yang, Courier Staff Writer


Over the last weekend, I chanced upon a newly opened Asian buffet restaurant called Newark Buffet during a regular grocery run. Although the cost isn’t particularly attractive at $14.99 for dinner on the weekends, the appearance and atmosphere of the place was enough to convince many customers. The interior was neatly decorated and very modern in feel and the service was decent enough for a brand new restaurant.

From wikipedia:
Jane Matilda Bolin LL.B. (April 11, 1908-January 8, 2007) was the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association, and the first to join the city's law department. She became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn in to the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939.

Bolin was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was the youngest of four siblings. Her father, Gaius Charles Bolin, was the first African-American to graduate from Williams College and became a lawyer. Her mother, Matilda Ingram Bolin (née Emery), a white Englishwoman, died when Bolin was 8 years old.

Read Jane Bolin's obituary, in the New York Times.