La Prensa San Diego back issues from August 2008:
Realizaron el Primer Simposio de Historia de Tijuana en el Palacio de la Cultura
Aug 01, 2008; ... Atendiendo una invitación girada por el H. XIX Ayuntamiento de Tijuana, a través del Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura y del Archivo Histórico de Tijuana, la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, a través del Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas y la Sociedad de Historia de Tijuana ....
Otay Mesa Tested To Relieve Traffic Congestion at the Border
Aug 01, 2008; ... The long wait at the border has worried government officials, business owners and thousands of families, people who depend on the flow of goods and people to survive. Many answers have been on the drawing board; from a third border crossing to a binational airport and even double-stacked ...
Dayana Mendoza talks about winning Miss Universe crown
Aug 01, 2008; ... It was a memorable night for Latinas around the world when Miss Venezuela, Dayana Mendoz, 22, was crowned Miss Universe on July 13 during the 56th annual pageant held in Vietnam. This marked the fifth time in the pageant's history that a contestant from Venezuela won the prestigious ...
FlipflOpbama
Aug 01, 2008; ... MÉXICO DEL NORTE "Es hora de derribar muros", dijo en Berlin el seguro candidato Demócrata a la presidencia de Estados Unidos. Ante 100 mil espectadores, Barack dijo además que "se deben derribar las barreras entre países pobres y ricos". Me imagino, como ejercicio ocioso, a ...
Latinos on Edge in Pennsylvania Town
Aug 01, 2008; ... SHENANPOAH, Penn.-In this seemingly quiet Pennsylvania town, racial intolerance is widespread and many Latino residents choose to stay home to avoid any confrontation. Shenandoah, a small town that spans one and a half square miles and is located three hours from New York City, made ...
¡Otra víctima del racismo! ¡no podemos guardar silencio!
Aug 01, 2008; ... LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos Si no despertamos como comunidad y asumimos nuestros compromisos cívicos y morales como hispanos, vamos a tener que acostumbrarnos a recibir los embates de la discriminación y el racismo hasta limites ...
Closing of Historic Arizona Radio Station Signals Larger Crisis of Latino Media
Aug 01, 2008; ... This story from the Arizona Republic tells the sad, but increasingly not-so-uncommon story of the impending closure of radio slation KNUV-AM (1190), better known as "La Buena Onda," a historic and important source of information tor Spanish-speaking migrants in the very contentious Phoenix ...
Cereal Hype!
Aug 01, 2008; ... Pretty Packaging at the Grocery Store Walking down the cereal aisle, I caught myself running towards an orange and blue colored box of cereal bars that featured a musical pop star on the package. The cereal bars had edible magenta colored music notes on it and I could get free bonus ...
"Learn how the Centro can be a cultural home for you"
Aug 01, 2008; ... Centro Cultural de la Raza will host community forum After a year since a seven-year boycott ended, el Centro Cultural de la Raza will have a community forum on Saturday, August 2, at 4 p.m. At the forum, community members will have the opportunity to express their opinions about ...
Prueba Piloto en Otay Mesa Para Aliviar el Congestionamiento del Tráfico en la Línea
Aug 01, 2008; ... Las largas esperas en la línea internacional han sido motivo de preocupación de gobernantes, empresarios, vendedores y familias, que dependen del flujo de bienes y personas para subsistir. Las respuestas a las largas filas, tan contaminantes, han sido muchos planes: la tercera garita, el ...
Tony - Don't Suffer the Fools
Aug 01, 2008; ... San Diego City Councilman Tony Young did the right thing. Sometimes the price in politics of doing so means definite headaches and pains. Unfortunately, the world of politics often values patronage and relationships over principles, and places emphasis on appeasing other politicians instead of ...
"Aprende cómo el Centro puede ser un hogar cultural para ti"
Aug 01, 2008; ... Centro Cultural de la Raza tendrá un foro comunitario Después de un año desde que terminó un boicot comunitario que duró siete años, el Centro Cultural de la Raza tendrá un foro comunitario el sábado 2 de agosto a las 4 p.m. En el foro, la comunidad tendrá la oportunidad de ...
El Estrecho de Anián
Aug 01, 2008; ... Algunos científicos predicen que el océano Artico pronto será navegable, al menos durante el verano, a causa del deshielo polar. Nos podemos imaginar colosales buques mercantes de 400 metros de eslora penetrar el estrecho de Bering desde el Pacífico, luego circundar el Polo Norte hasta ...
U.S.-Mexico NAFTA Transportation Agreement Imperiled
Aug 01, 2008; ... The governing idea behind NAFTA is to remove trade restrictions so as to encourage the free-flow of goods and services across the North American continent. Along the U.S.-Mexican border, however, the reality is that the ground transportation of such goods remains highly congested and drawn out ....
San Diego Welcomes Venezuelan "El Sistema" Students to 4th Annual International Youth Symphony
Aug 01, 2008; ... The San Diego Youth Symphony and Rotary International Youth Exchange present the 4th Annual International Youth Symphony. Student musicians from all over the world will convene in San Diego to share their passion for classical music and to perform on August 8, 2008 at California Center for the ...
Will the real Barack Obama please stand up?
Aug 01, 2008; ... For anyone under 30 years of age, you probably don't remember the television show "TO TELL THE TRUTH." The show had three contestants, two would lie, and one was sworn to tell the truth. A panel of judges would try to determine which contestant was lying, and who was telling the truth. At the ...
Los niños latinos necesitan padres provisionales latinos
Aug 01, 2008; ... Cuando era jefe del Departamento de Policía de San Diego, David Bejarano notaba que muchos de los criminales latinos que ponía detrás de las rejas tenían una cosa en común: habían sido parte del sistema de hogares provisionales (foster home system). Esa es una de las razones por las que ...
Latino children in foster care need Latino foster parents
Aug 01, 2008; ... When he was chief of the San Diego Police Department, David Bejarano used to notice that many of the Latino criminals he helped put behind bars had one thing in common: They had been part of the foster care system. That's one of the reasons why today he's president of the board of ...
Unidos, Comerciantes de Ambos Lados de la Frontera
Aug 01, 2008; ... Demandan Soluciones a Problemas de las Garitas Líderes empresariales de California y Baja California constituyeron la Cámara Binacional de Comercio Fronterizo, para promover la modernización de la infraestructura en las garitas, agilizar los cruces y enfrentar futuros ...
Railroading Immigrants...and the Constitution
Aug 01, 2008; ... Federal immigration officials swept into Postville, Iowa in May and detained nearly 400 workers at a Kosher meat processing plant. Swiftly, local enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency arrested, charged with crimes, extracted pleas, and sentenced 297 of these individuals ...
Se Presenta Concierto en San Diego de "La Ciudad de los Niños de Salamanca"
Aug 01, 2008; ... Los niños, seres vulnerables y preciosos son muchas veces sujetos a circunstancias terribles, maltrato, abuso, abandono, frecuentemente continuado durante su entrada a las instituciones gubernamentales y el sistema de adopción de sus países de origen. Pero existen hogares buenos y firmes ...
Forzando a los Inmigrantes... y a la Constitución
Aug 01, 2008; ... Los oficiales Federales de inmigración barrieron Postville, Iowa, en Mayo y detuvieron a cerca de 400 trabajadores en una planta de proceso de carnes Kosher. Rápidamente, fuerzas locales y miembros de la Agencia de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) arrestaron, acusaron con crimenes, extrajeron ...
Bienvenido a casa, Raymundo Pacheco
Aug 01, 2008; ... A petición de nuestros lectores se hizo la traducción al Español de la siguiente historia que se publicó la semana pasada en Inglés (7/25/08). Ahora que más mexicanos fracasan en poder cruzar al otro lado de la frontera norte, o se encuentran nuevamente en México tras ser deportados ...
Idioma esfumado
Aug 01, 2008; ... Aquí en EE:UU los neologismos se incorporan a nuestro vocabulario imperceptiblemente. Ya no alquilamos una propiedad, ahora la "rentamos". Si necesitamos más dinero nos buscamos un "part time" (partain),y el "weekend" (wikén), descansamos. Los autos baratos son "transportation" y nos comunicamos ...
Community Notes
Aug 01, 2008; ... El Programa "EMPLEO" El Consulado General de México en San Diego, le recuerda a la comunidad los servicios que ofrece el Programa "EMPLEO", consolidado como un mecanismo para proporcionar orientación y asesoría jurídica a la comunidad hispana, sus derechos y obligaciones en materia ...
The Chorus of "Ciudad de los Niños de Salamanca" Will Perform in San Diego
Aug 01, 2008; ... Children are precious and vulnerable, many times victims of terrible circumstances including abuse and abandonment. Suffering that often continues as these kids enter governmental institutions or adoption agencies in their countries of origin. But there are good, stable homes that take ...
Latino Congresso 2008: Translating Resolutions into Reality
Aug 01, 2008; ... "Translating Resolutions into Reality" was the slogan of the third annual Latino Congresso (congress). The congresso was held in Los Angeles on July 18-21. This was the third consecutive congresso since it was reinstated in 2006 and the fifth congresso since 1938. The first Latino congresso was ...
Latinas front and center on new SiTV reality show
Aug 01, 2008; ... Mishell Livio Velez hopes to use modeling as gateway to acting Mishell Livio Velez moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting at the beginning of 2008, but when an opportunity to join a modeling show presented itself, she immediately saw the benefit of joining the ...
Six year-old World Champion Martial Artist
Aug 01, 2008; ... Otay Ranch resident, Angelo D'Ercole age 6, has recently returned from the World's Martial Arts Championship in Orlando, Florida with two gold medals distinguishing him as a world champion of his category. Sponsored by the World Tang Soo Do Association, the classic biannual event was held on ...
Festival de Jazz en Baja
Aug 01, 2008; ... Este próximo sábado 9 de agosto, en los maravillosos escenarios del Valle de Guadalupe, acompañado de buen vino, usted podrá disfrutar de una tarde de jazz; con la acariciante voz de Iraida Noriega y su trío, y con el afamado trompetista Gilberto Castellanos, más grupos invitados como Ensenada ...
Cerrada por Remodelación la Sala de Espectáculos del Centro Cultural Tijuana
Aug 01, 2008; ... La fébril dinámica de la ciudad de Tijuana, no se detiene en ningún momento de la vida activa de la increíble ciudad, su trabajo se desarrolla día y noche, permanentemente sin detener su rumbo futurista, en vista de mejorarlo y de superar los obstáculos que día a día aparecen y que pretenden ...
All-Star First Baseman Gonzalez Offers a Glimmer of Hope
Aug 01, 2008; ... While the Padres season thus far can only be described as extremely disappointing, there have been occasional rays of hope breaking through those persistent clouds of gloom. No one has shone brighter for the Friars in 2008 than locally raised All-Star first baseman, Adrian Gonzalez. The former ...
Save Friendship Park
Aug 01, 2008; ... 'Save Friendship Park' will be the theme of a binational interfaith prayer vigil, beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday. Aug. 3 at Border Field State Park. The purpose of the vigil, according to John Fanestil, executive director of San Diego Foundation for Change, is to express opposition to construction ...
Gregorio Luke Presentará Los Murales de José Clemente Orozco Bajo Las Estrellas
Aug 01, 2008; ... Tijuana, B.C.- El viernes 1ro de agosto a las 8:00 p.m. continúa en el CECUT el ciclo de conferencias multimedia Murales bajo las estrellas a cargo de Gregorio Luke en torno a los grandes muralistas mexicanos, en esta ocasión para hablar sobre la vida y obra de José Clemente ...
EastLake Educational Foundation to Host Golf Tournament with Special Guests Adrian and Edgar Gonzalez of the San Diego Padres
Aug 01, 2008; ... The EastLake Educational Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising money for technology and educational opportunities, will host its 13th annual Golf Tournament on Monday, August 18, 2008. San Diego Padres and EastLake High School graduates Adrian and Edgar Gonzalez are scheduled ...
Old Globe Theatre Offers Opportunities for Southeast San Diego
Aug 08, 2008; ... Theater takes the world and dismantles it, defines the parts, then puts it all back together in one place. Creating a stage worthy enough to become a true mirror into the lives of the audience requires more than actors memorizing their scripts. From computer technology to ...
California Conservation Corps, still a great option for Latinos
Aug 08, 2008; ... When David Naranjo was a teenager in Logan Heights in the 1930s, there weren't many opportunities for Mexican-Americans. The only options he had were to work at the nearby fish canneries like his family or further south in the fields, where he would work during the summers. "We ...
California Conservation Corps, sigue siendo buena opción para latinos
Aug 08, 2008; ... Cuando David Naranjo era un adolescente en Logan Heights en la década de los 1930, no había muchas oportunidades para los méxico-americanos. Las únicas opciones que él tenía era trabajar en las fábricas donde su familia trabajaba enlatando pescado o más al sur en los campos, donde ...
Protección de Derechos
Aug 08, 2008; ... MÉXICO DEL NORTE Estos días, como en cualquier ciudad gringa, Chicago vive un clima de temor en la comunidad inmigrante. Según datos del Consulado de México, hay docenas de casos, hasta un promedio de 80 semanalmente, de mexicanos deportados. Dice la vocera local de la Migra que hay ...
ICE Offers Self Deportation Program
Aug 08, 2008; ... Gives you time to arrange you affairs Immigration authorities have been severely criticized for the numerous raids in immigrant communities, especially Hispanic, where they search for fugitives and end up with dramatic scenes of armed police going into houses taking away adults to be ...
ICE Ofrece un Programa de Auto Deportación
Aug 08, 2008; ... Esto le da tiempo de arreglar sus asuntos personales Las autoridades de emigración ban sido duramente criticadas por realizar numerosas redadas en barrios de emigrantes, -especialmente hispanos-, donde la busqueda de fugitivos de la justicia ha resultado en escenas dramáticas en las ...
Environmental activist recognized for her work with Latino communities
Aug 08, 2008; ... A local environmental justice leader has received a prestigious award for her work helping low-income and Latino families in San Diego County improve the living conditions in their communities. Diane Takvorian, executive director and co-founder of Environmental Health Coalition (EHC), ...
Activista ambiental recibe premio por labor con comunidades latinas
Aug 08, 2008; ... Una líder de justicia ambiental local ha recibido un prestigioso premio por su labor de ayudar a familias latinas y de escasos recursos en el Condado de San Diego a mejorar las condiciones de vida en sus comunidades. Diane Takvorian, directora ejecutiva y co-fiindadora de Environmental ...
Deportation Linked to Higher Risk of HIV Infection
Aug 08, 2008; ... Binational Study in Tijuana Points to Need for Cross-border Prevention and Treatment Programs Male injection drug users deported from the United States to Tijuana have four-fold higher odds of HIV infection compared to those living in Tijuana who were not deported there, according to a ...
UN VOTO DE PESO
Aug 08, 2008; ... LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos A menos de 100 días de las elecciones presidenciales del 4 de noviembre, no deja de ser revelador que el tema hispano ande nuevamente en boca de los políticos. Y es que parece natural que cada cuatro años cobre ...
El Trébol de Cuatro Hojas
Aug 08, 2008; ... Cuento Corto Una mata de helechos envuelve, como un capullo, las bisagras oxidadas que a duras penas mantienen en pie la puerta del patio trasero de la casa de Troy, de manera que siempre permanece abierta. Lejana su niñez y a punto de abandonar la adolescencia, Troy no encuentra ...
GUEST COMMENTARY: Chula Vista - Mayor Cox and City Council Condone "Police Brutality!"
Aug 08, 2008; ... Police brutality, a historical nightmare for persons of Mexican ancestry in the U.S. has become, due to the immigration and terror issues, "open season" for police to violate our peoples' rights. The issue has now raised its ugly head in Chula Vista (CV). Case in point November 17, ...
Voto electrónico
Aug 08, 2008; ... Mientras Castro languidece en su lecho de muerte, Hugo Chávez, el presidente de Venezuela y dictador en entrenamiento trabaja activamente para conseguir el objetivo de su mentor: destruir a Estados Unidos. El peligro más grande que presenta el hispano Chávez, es que parece ser un mequetrefe ....
THE PUBLIC FORUM... EL FORO PÚBLICO
Aug 08, 2008; ... Telecom Taxes all about eleminating competition Are you tired of reading/talking about telecom taxes? Thank you for not putting the new tax on internet/wireless services on the ballot. I work for a company that reps all of the major, large telecom companies. Our customers ...
Congressional Republicans Need New Leadership and Conservative Principles
Aug 08, 2008; ... It was said of the restored Bourbon monarchs of France after the French Revolution, "they have learned nothing and forgotten nothing." The same can be said of today's Republican Congressional leadership. Many Republicans hoped that after losing its majority in the 2006 debacle, the Congressional ...
Presentó en Tres Exposiciones Gregorio Luke "Murales Bajo las Estrellas" "David Alfaro Sequeiros, José Clemente Orozco y Diego Rivera"
Aug 08, 2008; ... En un ciclo de conferencias multimedia que se inició el pasado 25 de julio, prolongándose hasta el 8 de agosto, el experto en arte mexicano Gregorio Luke, presentó en la Explanada del Centro Cultural Tijuana, compartiendo con la asistencia a través de diapositivas en tamaño monumental, la obra ...
COMMUNITY NOTES
Aug 08, 2008; ... Evento Familiar en el Parque John F. Kennedy Dos iglesias se están uniendo para regresar nuestras comunidades por medio del.Poder del Espíritu Santo. El Pastor Roy Dixon, de la Iglesia Faith Chapel de Dios en Cristo y el Pastor A. Green Jr. de la Iglesia St. Paul Methodist están ...
Causa Sorpresa Inusitado Desfile con Mariachis Escaramuzas y Charros
Aug 08, 2008; ... "Tocaron y entonaron canciones al unísono más de 150 mariachis" En un hecho de características inusitadas el pasado jueves 31 de julio a partir de las 4:00 pm. se realizó un desfile en el que participaron más de 150 mariachis, Escaramuzas (charras montadas en sus córceles), charros ...
A Mexican Heavyweight? Meet Chris Arreola "The Big Brown Hope"
Aug 08, 2008; ... Growing up I had always heard about the great heavyweight fighters in history such as Ali, Foreman, Frazier, and Louis. I always asked myself, "Why aren't there any Mexicanos in the heavyweight division?" When I looked around and did not see many Mexicanos over six feet I got my answer, we just ...
The White Card
Aug 08, 2008; ... From Puerto Rico I came wondering if I would live bien in the City of los rascacielos. The one thing I learned was that The South Bronx was not as people's embustes went. I graduated with honors at Luis Muñoz Marin's Junior High school and earned more famous galardones later on along the ...
El Restaurante Tabule Abre sus Puertas en un Franco Desafío a la Economía
Aug 08, 2008; ... Donde algunos empresarios sólo ven desventajas y obstáculos insuperables otros encuentran oportunidades para progresar. Ese es el caso del chef Moe Sadighian, quien acaba de inaugurar su restaurante Tabule en el Gaslamp Quarter de San Diego. Un rasgo distintivo del nuevo restaurante es ...
Defensive Improvement Crucial to Aztecs
Aug 08, 2008; ... If the San Diego State Aztecs want to finish higher than the seventh position that they are predicted to occupy in the Mountain West football standings they will have to dramatically improve their defense. A year ago the 4-8 Aztecs could not prevent their opponents from running the ball down ...
National City Middle School the Best of Class
Aug 15, 2008; ... The year of 2007-2008 for Exploratory Technology is another one to remember for the students of National City Middle School. They continue to dominate in many areas of technology at the San Diego County Fair. This year the results are in and the Middle School students were awarded the ...
Friendship Torn
Aug 15, 2008; ... The sea crashes on to the rocky beach, with black and white marbled sand, like paradise with the sound of norteño music lingering in the background, but this view is violently interrupted by a metallic wall, penetrating the sea, salted water responding to the aggression by corroding the metal ...
¡Obamanía full swing! O cogiendo vuelo en el festival
Aug 15, 2008; ... El fin de semana de agosto 9 y 10, salió el sol para la calle Logan. Presentes estuvieron las organizaciones ACORN, Clubes de César Chávez, Ángeles de la Frontera, entre muchas otras, y todas con su entereza ciclópea por estos tiempos adversos, especialmente duros para cualquiera que venga del ...
Se Rompe la Amistad
Aug 15, 2008; ... El mar se estrella contra la playa rocosa, cuya arena veteada negra-blanca parece cualquier orilla del mundo, con sonidos lejanos de música norteña; pero este es un paisaje violentado por una muralla metálica que a diario penetra al mar, que responde al abuso carcomiendo sus ...
"Our health is not for sale!"
Aug 15, 2008; ... Southwest Chula Vista residents protest expanded power plant plan Diana Vera lives about 400 feet from the MMC peaker power plant near Main St. in southwest Chula Vista, where the majority of residents are Latinos and low-income families. The 57-year-old grandmother said she's ...
Protestan asesinatos de activistas
Aug 15, 2008; ... Exigen a empresa petrolera que aclare su participación en crímenes de sindicalistas ocurridos en Colombia LOS ÁNGELES - Miembros del sindicato United Steelworkers (USW), que agrupa a casi un millón de personas de varias ramas industriales de Estados Unidos, Canadá y el Caribe, activistas ...
"¡Nuestra salud no se vende!"
Aug 15, 2008; ... Residentes del suroeste de Chula Vista protestan el plan de expandir una planta energética Diana Vera vive muy cerca de la planta de energía MMC cerca de la Main St. en el suroeste de Chula Vista, donde la mayoría de los residentes son latinos y familias de escasos recursos. La ...
Laguna Salada, a death trap during the hot summer months
Aug 15, 2008; ... The majestic desert in Baja California has been the scene of a tragedy, once again. In recent weeks, the area known as Laguna Salada (Salt Lagoon) between Tecate and Mexicali has been the death scene of a 10 year-old boy and a young explorer; 70 people have been rescued and a 19 year-old ...