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Mon15Sep2008

9-11 ICE Arrests in San Francisco Highlight Disregard for Nuestros Niños y Familias

On a day when some people were remembering, the exploitation of the ideal of freedom and justice was going down full force in San Francisco. On the night of September 11, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a San Francisco... Read more »

Monday, September 15 2008 | 14:07 H

Wed30Jul2008

San Francisco Residents Defend Defending Immigrants

This morning I read that there was going to be a protest happening at San Francisco's City Hall. The issue : the city's supporting the human rights of immigrants, with or without documents. Not surprisingly, the Minutemen called the event... Read more »

Wednesday, July 30 2008 | 15:33 H

Wed23Jul2008

I Am Latino...Ask Me: Americanos ask about the power of the Chancleta...

I Am Latino...Ask Me is a new weekly syndicated column written by Sofrito For Your Soul founder, George "Urban Jibaro" Torres. The column was created to answer questions that mainstream America has about Latinos and our culture. A departure from the routine of Sofrito For Your Soul, I Am Latino...Ask Me is driven by the readers desire to get answers to those burning questions that they have but have no one to ask. There are plans to incorporate the column into Urban Jibaro's Radio Capicu show on Blog Talk Radio. Do you have a question for the Urban Jibaro? Send your questions to SofritoSubmissions@gmail.com Read more »

Wednesday, July 23 2008 | 11:35 H

Thu17Jul2008

Why is the Same Job Done In Spanish Worth Less?

Is the same news, reported in a different language, Spanish for example, worth less? According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle it is. Reporters at San Francisco’s leading Spanish-language TV news station, KDTV/Univision, make roughly one quarter less... Read more »

Thursday, July 17 2008 | 11:43 H

Thu26Jun2008

San Francisco Thinks Bush is Full Of...

In my hometown of Houston, George Bush Senior has an international airport named after him (the original name -- "Intercontinental" was just fine) but in my adopted hometown of San Francisco, my fellow Friscans have come up with a particular... Read more »

Thursday, June 26 2008 | 16:45 H

Fri09May2008

Disturbing Statistic : San Francsico Has More Blacks in Jail than in the City

The prison industrial complex is alive and well in San Francisco and it's using blacks as the raw material. In recent years the black population in the city of San Francisco has been decreasing, with one exception, prisons.More than 60... Read more »

Friday, May 09 2008 | 07:35 H

Thu01May2008

Union Plans to Close Ports To Protest Iraq War

May Day has it's roots in the labor movement so it is fitting that labor activists on the West Coast are flexing their muscle today to make a statement about the Iraq War. On May 1, all 29 ports on... Read more »

Thursday, May 01 2008 | 09:59 H

Tue05Feb2008

Super Tuesday: West Coast Polls Close in 1 Hour

First of all, if you're here on the West Coast and haven't voted yet, you have about an hour to get yourself to your polling place and vote. I just did that myself in San Francisco's Chinatown, and the view... Read more »

Tuesday, February 05 2008 | 21:43 H

Super Tuesday: The View from Here

I'm off to my polling place folks, and I'm hoping I won't have face any of the irregularities that are being constantly reported both here and in Southern California when I get there. Here in San Francisco (video of... Read more »

Tuesday, February 05 2008 | 19:52 H

Super Tuesday: Obama to SF Mayor...Stay Away!

It's Super Tuesday and here in San Francisco, media is abuzz with the candidate's recent lightning fast visits to our state, and more locally, our mayor's hearty endorsement of Hillary Clinton. Early this morning as polls opened, local news showed... Read more »

Tuesday, February 05 2008 | 12:20 H

Thu15Nov2007

San Francisco to do What NY Couldn't: IDs for Undocumented

It's said that if you can make it in New York, New York you can make it anywhere. Well undocumented residents may want to consider a move to San Francisco, since they approved a law that will allow illegal immigrants... Read more »

Thursday, November 15 2007 | 14:25 H

Tue01May2007

Immigration rallies: the view from SF

As mainstream media is reporting a much lower turnout for this year's immigration rallies across the country, I can personally report that this was the case in San Francisco. While the rally was lively and and attendees very enthusiastic yesterday,... Read more »

Tuesday, May 01 2007 | 20:05 H

Immigration rallies in the Bay Area: yes or no?

If dueling Google News headlines are to be believed, there are no immigration rallies here in the Bay Area today and there are several immigration rallies here in the Bay Area today: The truth is there are rallies, and following... Read more »

Tuesday, May 01 2007 | 13:25 H

Fri06Apr2007

Religious leaders call for a stop to immigration raids

Leaders of several California religious groups held a press conference earlier this week in San Rafael (near San Francisco) calling for an end of the recent wave of immigration raids, and empathy for the plight of undocumented immigrants:"I don't think... Read more »

Friday, April 06 2007 | 13:51 H

Tue06Feb2007

SF blogger becomes longest held journalist

We get a lot of comments on this blog when people don't like what we write, saying that "real journalists" would try harder to show both sides, check facts more diligently, not be biased, be more objective, etc. etc. I... Read more »

Tuesday, February 06 2007 | 17:14 H

Mon20Nov2006

VL mini review: Julieta Venegas in San Francisco

VL (I) had the opportunity to see Julieta Venegas in concert last night at San Francisco's Fillmore Theatre. Since no one invited us as press, I decided to attend the sold-out show as a "civilian" since I adore the Julieta.... Read more »

Monday, November 20 2006 | 13:01 H

Wed12Jul2006

Anti-Latino hate crime in Chinatown

I guess those of us who like to think of the City by the Bay as the real City of Brotherly Love and a utopic bubble of tolerance will have to think again, in light of a recent hate crime... Read more »

Wednesday, July 12 2006 | 11:50 H

Mon26Jun2006

Gloria Trevi: Gay icon?

There really shouldn't be a question mark after that headline. It's just a fact: Gloria Trevi, along with countless other 80s divas, has gone from washed up to incarcerated to fabulous, as was evidenced at this year's San Francisco Pride... Read more »

Monday, June 26 2006 | 16:27 H

Mon01May2006

San Francisco solidarity

I just returned from the rally at the federal building here in San Francisco, and I was happy -- though not surprised -- to see the solidarity of my fellow San Franciscans with the immigrant cause. There were faces of... Read more »

Monday, May 01 2006 | 21:53 H

San Francisco Bay Area demonstration info

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and looking for information on the events taking place here, look no further. The San Francisco Chronicle has published a comprehensive list of Bay Area events in their morning edition: Oakland:... Read more »

Monday, May 01 2006 | 12:45 H

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