By Cristina Blackwell La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Texas’ largest and longest running mariachi music event of its kind is preparing for its 2010 festival in San Antonio starting this week until December 5. The 16th…
By Cristina Blackwell La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — On Thanksgiving Day, millions say grace, offer a blessing, and whisper a meditation or bow their heads in prayer as friends, families, neighbors and community members gather around…
By REBEKAH ZEMANSKY Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Arizona voters have approved a ballot measure to eliminate affirmative action programs in state and local governments. Unofficial returns showed Proposition 107 leading by a wide margin. Supporters said the need…
By Alicia Conde La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Hauntings in San Antonio are not limited to the boundaries of the historical Alamo where many defenders and Mexican soldiers died, and they travel far beyond the notorious…
By COLTON SHONE Cronkite Borderlands Initiative LUKACHUKAI – For more than 80 years of his life, William Yazzie didn’t know what it was like to flick a switch in his own home and have light flood the room. While…
By Angela Covo La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — David Gonzalez, 17, loves to play basketball. But on Sept 15 last year, he decided to quit playing.”I was the athlete in the family, but I wasn’t getting…
By REBEKAH ZEMANSKY Cronkite News Service TUCSON – In 2004, DNA analysis first helped forensic anthropologist Dr. Bruce Anderson give a family answers about one young woman who disappeared while crossing illegally into Arizona. “It showed everyone in our…
By REBECCA MCCLAY Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – At Mr. Lucky Barber Shop in this west Phoenix plaza, owner Ruben Vizzerra bides the time by mending his button-down shirt as he watches television. His 35-year-old business was already suffering…
By Alyssa Newcomb Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Ward Connerly has carved a career, and a reputation, out of striking down affirmative action, starting with university programs in his home state of California. Now Connerly and his American Civil…
By Alyssa Newcomb Cronkite News Service PHOENIX – Early ballots and strong interest in congressional races helped make turnout for the August primary the highest in 20 years, Secretary of State Ken Bennett said Tuesday. Releasing the official primary…
By Jennifer A. Johnson Cronkite News Service PHOENIX _ Arizona voters overwhelmingly favor even the most controversial provisions within SB 1070, according to a poll released Wednesday Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy. The electronic poll, conducted…
By Saul Hernandez La Prensa de San Antonio.- Norma Cantu, professor and ardent advocate of education, is also an author and grand contributor to literature. Her education was the key to her success and she demonstrates it proudly carrying…
By Roxanne Macias La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTIONIO — Last Friday Fuerza Unida Inc. closed its summer youth program with a celebration and unveiling of a mural and community garden. During the celebration, 11 youth leaders talked…
By Lisa Johnson La Prensa de San Antonio Beginning Aug 1, 2010, 250 National Guardsmen will deploy to the Southwest border, as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DOD), in efforts to combat…
By MELANIE KISER Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — When Elizabeth Celania-Fagen signed on as the superintendent of Arizona’s second-largest school district in 2008, she said she planned to raise her family in Tucson and serve at least five to…
La Prensa de San Antonio — The Department of Homeland Security issues a statement Friday to put rumors to rest about expanded executive action to grant blanket amnesty for undocumented immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security issued a…
By Angela Covo La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — Mary Laureana Aguirre Garza tells the story of the singular moment that changed her life forever — the day she called her new best friend in the United Service Organizations (USO),…
By GRISELDA NEVAREZ Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — While studying in his native Mexico to become an architect, Jose used a tourist visa to enter the U.S. to buy equipment for his father’s industrial maintenance business. The visa expired…
La Prensa – San Antonio San Antonio.- Since January 2010, the Institute of Texan Cultures has challenged San Antonians and visitors alike to examine their understanding of race and racism through “RACE: Are We So Different,” a cutting-edge exhibit…
By Diana Arevalo La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — Janie Lopez is a Latina powerhouse who is leading a youth movement in San Antonio. As the Chair of the San Antonio Youth Summit, Lopez bringing together 1,500 San Antonio high…
By GRISELDA NEVAREZ Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — Dozens of people rallying Wednesday at the State Capitol urged Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill that would require local law enforcement to assist in enforcing federal immigration law. The…
By CHRISTINE HARVEY Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — Arizona ranks right around the national average so far when it comes to residents mailing back their 2010 census forms, but average isn’t good enough with federal dollars and congressional representation…
By Johnny Hernandez La Prensa SAN ANTONIO — “The most dangerous place in the world is not in Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iran, it is on the border…Juarez…the most dangerous city in the world,” said Alejandro Junco, owner of Grupo…
By Johnny Hernandez La Prensa “This is the spark that the city needs to embrace solar energy,” said San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, as he announced Thursday that the State Energy Conservation Office has invested more than $3 million…
By MELANIE KISER Cronkite News Service PHOENIX — The state Senate passed two bills Monday (March 8) intended to curb abuse in family and intimate relationships by expanding the list of crimes that qualify as domestic violence. SB 1087,…
