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DACA and California DREAM Act help some college students but not others

Mar 1, 2016, 12:16 PM 0

By Mirna Durón El Nuevo Sol   In early 2011, Carla Martínez’s path to college after finishing high school looked very challenging. As an undocumented student, she had no access to jobs in the formal economy or any kind…

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Advocates for immigrant shot by San Francisco police push for criminal charges

Feb 26, 2016, 9:56 AM 0

By Laura Wenus Mission Local One year after police officers shot and killed Amilcar Perez Lopez, who they say was threatening them with a knife, activists are hoping to keep advocacy on his family’s behalf going strong. With public…

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SF Mission Organizers Debut Film on Alex Nieto Case

Jan 5, 2016, 11:46 AM 0

By Laura Wenus MissionLocal   The Brava Theater was adorned Sunday afternoon with a banner declaring “Amor for Alex” during the screening of a new film examining the fatal police shooting of 28-year-old Alex Nieto in 2014. Supporters of…

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Bridging a border to unite my transnational family

Dec 10, 2015, 2:05 PM 0

By María Leal  EL NUEVO SOL As a little girl, growing up in Los Angeles, everything seemed perfect for the most part. I remember that when I was about 6 or 7 years old I would always go on…

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San Diego’s Balboa Park Hosts 32 International Cottages, but Mexico is not one of them

Dec 9, 2015, 1:22 PM 0

By Estephania Baez La Prensa San Diego   Balboa Park is one of the most important and emblematic cultural spaces in the United States. With a length of one thousand and two hundred acres, it is also the largest…

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Drone Technology Takes Filmmakers to New Heights

Nov 24, 2015, 1:46 PM 0

By Laura Waxman MissionLocal SAN FRANCISCO — The winner of the “drones for good” category of the first Flying Robot International Film Festival shows Mark Jacobson using humanitarian drones to “end the use of starvation and medical deprivation as weapons…

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California School District Declares State of Emergency over Student Homelessness

Nov 23, 2015, 12:40 PM 0

By Eduardo Rueda La Prensa San Diego   The San Ysidro School District on Thursday voted unanimously to declare a local state of emergency to deal with issues related to homelessness among over 1,550 of their students. The Board…

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Congresswomen Loretta Sánchez fights for the environment and binational rights

Nov 17, 2015, 3:06 PM 0

By María González Amarillo La Prensa San Diego On Thursday, November 12, Congresswoman and candidate to Senate Loretta Sanchez met local officials at Border Field State Park. Her goal was to learn about the environmental challenges that this area…

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World’s only binational airport skybridge to open in December

Nov 3, 2015, 11:13 AM 0

By Alberto Garcia La Prensa San Diego   A gala event at the new Cross Border Xpress bi-national terminal in Otay Mesa gave visitors a first peak around the world’s only airport skybridge to cross an international border. Among…

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Girls from San Francisco’s Mission District Release Feminist Song, Video

Oct 27, 2015, 12:48 PM 0

By Laura Wenus Mission Local At 11, 13, and 15 years old, Sarahi Yannacone, Eliseana Hernandez and Ana Diosdado didn’t expect to be releasing a single, let alone star in a visionary music video condemning popular music’s degradation of women….

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Mural Honors Legacy of Mission Hero: Chata Gutierrez

Oct 12, 2015, 11:03 AM 0

By Laura Waxmann Mission Local   As local musicians, poets, housing advocates and community members joined forces in commemorating one of the Mission District’s most beloved voices this Saturday, Carlos “Kookie” Gonzalez stood among his peers before a colorful…

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BINATIONAL Migrant education a reality of the border

Oct 5, 2015, 9:14 AM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego   The border region San Diego-Tijuana could well be Ground Zero for the education of migrant children. Whether dealing with children whose parents were deported to Mexico and families now reside in…

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New Help for San Francisco’s Homeless: Gift Cards

Sep 21, 2015, 9:26 AM 0

By Laura Wenus Mission Local   The latest tool to help the homeless? Gift cards. HandUp, a public benefit corportation that helps homeless people pay for things they need by creating an online account for them that donors can contribute…

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New biography of labor leader César Chávez is one of few in U.S. to be written in Spanish

Sep 17, 2015, 1:45 PM 0

By Jim Logan Amigos805.com   When César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW), he did it mostly in Spanish. For more than 30 years, he inspired millions of people —…

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Tackling hunger one ‘Spoon FULL’ at a time

Sep 3, 2015, 11:03 AM 0

Amigos805 VENTURA COUNTY — While September is typically the time to think about the coming fall and back to school, advocates want the public to start thinking about what they can do to combat the ongoing issue of hunger…

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Latino comic Paul Rodriguez and The Pitch

Sep 1, 2015, 10:02 AM 0

By Michael Klam La Prensa San Diego Nobody could ever accuse actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez of pulling punches or holding back on his opinions. He is known for his uncompromising standup comedy and has appeared in over 60…

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In a city where rising rents increasingly displace low-income residents, one San Francisco block’s rapid change triggers fear and hope

Aug 19, 2015, 9:04 AM 0

By Meira Gebel Mission Local Walking on San Carlos between 18th and 19th streets, 76-year-old Jerry Avila points to changes he has seen on the block where he has lived for more than 30 years. For most of that…

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Dancer Unites Flamenco and Doctors without Borders

Jul 30, 2015, 9:22 AM 0

By Mimi Pollack La Prensa San Diego Dancing flamenco and giving back to others have been part of Sonya Burton’s life since she was a child. These two passions will come together for one evening at The Abbey…

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Forum Takes On Homophobia Among Latinos

Jul 28, 2015, 10:14 AM 0

By Laura Waxmann Mission Local The artist whose mural on LGBT love that has been vandalized at least four times said on Saturday at a community forum that he failed to foresee the impact and called the vandalism an…

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Opinion: Latinos Are The New Majority in CA, But Not In Our Textbooks

Jul 21, 2015, 10:01 AM 0

By Jose Lara La Prensa San Diego It’s official. Latinos now make up the largest ethnic group in California. They surpassed Whites for the first time since California was part of Mexico. However, the same is not true about…

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Teen mom (and her daughter) going to Harvard

Jul 14, 2015, 10:26 AM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN YSIDRO — Thanks to a strong support network that included her parents and teachers, Julissa Muñiz never thought of dropping out of high school when she became pregnant at the…

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New book explores the Chicano civil rights struggle in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s

Jul 10, 2015, 10:45 AM 0

By Andrea Estrada Amgios805 The Chicano movement of the late 1960s and 1970s was the largest and most widespread civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican-Americans in U.S. history. But without strong and dedicated leadership, it might not have…

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San Diego’s Local Indian Tribes Reflect on Mission Life, Serra Canonization

Jul 8, 2015, 11:58 AM 0

By Mark R. Day La Prensa San Diego The aroma of ceremonial sage brush and the sound of Indian drums and chants mingled with the cool ocean breeze blowing over Mission San Luis Rey recently at the 19th annual…

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Mission District’s Bolivian dance group celebrates 15 years

Jun 29, 2015, 11:09 AM 0

By Jenny Manrique Mission Local An award-winning Bolivian folkloric dance group — started in a local high school and nurtured in any rehearsal space it could find — celebrates its 15th anniversary this weekend with four programs at the…

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Campaign for ethnic studies in San Diego schools is getting results

Jun 19, 2015, 9:30 AM 0

By Pablo J. Sáinz La Prensa San Diego The campaign to bring ethnic studies courses to San Diego high schools is one step closer to becoming a reality. On the June 9th San Diego Unified School District governing board…

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