‘They're showing us who they are': Racist text messages expose deep divides, ethnic tension in Antioch, California
ANTIOCH, Calif. — When Kathryn Wade moved to Antioch in 2007, she thought she'd finally get her little slice of the American dream. Better schools....
ANTIOCH, Calif. — When Kathryn Wade moved to Antioch in 2007, she thought she'd finally get her little slice of the American dream. Better schools. Safer neighborhoods. Room to breathe. A town where Friday nights are for high school football, an appropriate suburban ending to weekdays spent on hours-long commutes under tunnels and across bridges. Just 45 miles from her native San Francisco, Wade saw it as the perfect place to build a life away from the poverty, crime and violence of the city, and keep her teenage sons out of trouble.