By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Throughout the year, Southwestern College Journalism Professor Max Branscomb takes note of all the major trends and events that made a cultural impact in American life. That’s what adds a different…
By Mark R. Day La Prensa San Diego How did a group of Latino activists celebrate on Nov. 6 after working for nearly two months to get out the Latino vote in Escondido? For one thing, they danced La…
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Control of the presidency, Congress will impact Latino community
Nov 5, 2012, 11:32 AM 0
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 DREAM Act, comprehensive immigration reform, education and jobs among top issues Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A day to look forward to. Silenced will be the annoying “I approve this message” campaign advertisements on television,…
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Survey says: Catholics strongly favor Obama. Evangelicals divided. Rapidly growing Latino support for same-sex marriage After a lively political debate this week, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney have been busy…
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World Innovators Blaze Through the Region During Tijuana Innovadora
Oct 16, 2012, 8:54 AM 0
By Geneva Vallejo La Prensa San Diego As of this week, Tijuana is in the international spotlight for an array of industries varying from technology to the culinary arts, fashion, philanthropy and education to health care. All the attention…
General, Local News, West
A new study examines the behavior of smokers among people from Mexico and Mexican Americans
Oct 1, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
By Dennis Rocha Bilingual Weekly SACRAMENTO, CA – Led by researchers at UC Davis, the first study of smoking and transnational migration from Mexico to the United states and that of Mexican Americans born in the United States start…
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Former San Diego Charger continues being a “Big Mouth” for education
Sep 24, 2012, 1:09 PM 0
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego Burt Grossman says that he will use his experience as a former San Diego Charger to tackle everything that he sees is wrong with the Sweetwater Union High School District board:…
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San Diego community health center, with immigrant beginnings, expands the dream of healthcare for all
Sep 5, 2012, 12:13 PM 3
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego In 1969, a group of immigrant women got together to try to bring quality health care service to the underserved community of San Ysidro. Their dream was to make health care…
By Dennise Rocha Bilingual Weekly MANTECA, CA- Dozens of farm workers and community supporters gathered across from ACE Tomato company’s headquarters in Manteca on Tuesday, August 21st, to demanding the company to implement a fair contract. “The process has…
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Ventura County bariatric weight-loss center seeks to reach out to Latino community
Aug 16, 2012, 10:00 AM 5
Amigos805 Being overweight can have a devastating impact on a person’s lifestyle. Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep apnea and a number of other ailments can be traced back to the amount and kind of food we eat….
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New book by California Professor José Marichal explores ‘Facebook Democracy’
Aug 10, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
Amigos805.com THOUSAND OAKS — A California LutheranUniversity professor is the author of a new book that examines the impact of Facebook on democracy. London-based Ashgate Press is scheduled to release “Facebook Democracy: The Architecture of Disclosure and the Threat…
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Opinion: Latino Vote National Tour Welcome to Stockton, California
Aug 2, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
By Fr. Dean McFalls Bilingual Weekly As a Caucasian American born into the middle class and raised in Seattle, I always considered citizenship, voting, and making a political difference as a foregone conclusion. It never dawned on me that…
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California Latina muralists return to scene of their early development as activists/artists
Jul 31, 2012, 2:22 PM 0
By Gail Pérez La Prensa San Diego (Editors Note: This article is a follow-up to Rita Sanchez’s La Prensa article, “Mujeres Muralistas: Chicano Park Female Artists”(June 29, 2012). It contributes to the on-going, larger story of important female contributions…
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English-learners focus of $1.2 million grant to develop health, biology program for preschoolers
Jul 25, 2012, 10:50 AM 0
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Studies show that many low-income Latino children begin kindergarten at a significant educational disadvantage as compared to their mainstream American classmates. With a $1.2 million Science Education Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health,…
By Rita Sanchez La Prensa San Diego Editor’s Note: In this article Rita Sanchez proudly recognizes the women who have contributed to the Parque and its murals. She features women who have designed, supervised and painted murals since 1973,…
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Remembering a family’s past in Mexico’s history — long ignored and almost forgotten
Jul 5, 2012, 12:00 AM 0
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Sometimes a fleeting comment can lead to a whole world of discovery. Such was the case for Sylvia Munoz Schnopp, who was visiting her father one day in 2003. “It started out by just…
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California student walkers get lesson on social justice in Stockton
Jul 2, 2012, 12:21 PM 0
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA- Sixteen students from Santa Clara University (SCU) took a 257 mile stroll through the State of California for a class on Social Justice and the arts. They began in Ocean Beach on June 14th and…
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Local Latino blind student will represent California in national competition
Jun 25, 2012, 8:49 AM 0
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — Ricardo Herrera lost his sight when he was one and a half years-old, due to an eye infection. But that hasn’t been an impediment for him to succeed…
By Cesar Arredondo Amigos805 Activists use the latest technologies to help undocumented immigrant motorists and hope 2013 could bring ‘license for all’ OXNARD — Francisco Romero doesn’t like police checkpoints. He believes that towing companies and municipalities unfairly profit…
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Latino Vietnam Veteran says more recognition needs to go to Hispanic veterans
Jun 5, 2012, 9:43 AM 3
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA – Tracy Native and veteran Richard Soto began his life on the south side with his widowed mother and 4 siblings. Soto, after graduating high school enlisted into the military while the country entered into…
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After years, San Diego’s Logan Heights memorial nearing the end of a long road
May 31, 2012, 11:09 AM 0
By Daniel Muñoz La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — It started with a couple of veteranos reminiscing, over a couple drinks at the Don Diego post five years ago, when the idea of honoring Logan Heights’ war veterans…
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Indigenous community launches anti-bullying campaign — “No Me Llames Oaxaquita!”
May 30, 2012, 10:17 AM 0
Amigos805.com (LatinaLista Editor’s Note: Though the launch of this campaign has passed, the challenge for this community is not widely known and deserves attention.) VENTURA COUNTY — Indigenous Mexican leaders of Ventura County will publicly launch the “No Me…
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Stockton Civic Auditorium locks out Latino youth group’s peace message effort
May 15, 2012, 12:00 PM 1
Bilingual Weekly STOCKTON, CA — In an effort to give free financial literacy courses and personal finance development programs to impoverished minorities in San Joaquin; Leandro Vicuña put on a Free Financial Literacy Workshop at the Stockton Civic Auditorium…
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories on the state of affairs in the California community college system. This story addresses the problems facing Latino students. Next month’s story will…
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Students Create One of the World’s Largest Domino Portraits in Honor of Cesar Chavez
Apr 30, 2012, 8:11 AM 0
La Prensa San Diego To be Presented to Chicano Park for Their Forty Second Anniversary SAN DIEGO — Cesar Chavez once remarked that, “Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students….
