Kristin J. Bender, Author at Greenfield Recorder

In this July 10 photo, Moina Shaiq speaks to a man after a Meet a Muslim event at Bronco Billy’s Pizza Palace in Fremont, Calif.

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‘Meet a Muslim’ events hope to dispel misconceptions

by Kristin J. Bender Associated PressAugust 13, 2017

FREMONT, Calif. — When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending her or sounding uneducated, she put an advertisement in a California newspaper: “Questions and answers about being Muslim.”…

Two women cry at the scene of a warehouse fire, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Officials said they are continuing to search the charred rubble from the fatal fire that ripped through a late-night dance party in a converted warehouse earlier in the weekend. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Warehouse fire death toll climbs to 33, and includes teens

by Kristin J. Bender Associated Press, and Brian Melley Associated PressDecember 4, 2016

Stanford law professor Michele Dauber speaks at a rally before activists delivered over one million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance calling for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench Friday, June 10, 2016, in San Francisco. A group of California lawmakers joined women's rights advocates Friday in urging a California agency to take action against the judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Dauber is leading the effort to recall Judge Persky. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Campaign to remove judge case gains steam

by Kristin J. Bender Associated Press, and Lisa Leff Associated PressJune 10, 2016