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Tue26Aug2008

California Clinton Delegates Hold On Strong !

The California Clinton Delegates held a meeting after their California breakfast yesterday. Gloria Allred (Clinton Delegate and women’s rights attorney) led the pact by first saying she wanted to addresses the full delegation but was denied. She implied that the... Read more »

Tuesday, August 26 2008 | 12:39 H

Thu14Aug2008

Is Mickey Mouse a Bad Boss?

Some workers in the happiest place on earth sure think so. Despite the fact that the Micky Mouse franchise is making billions of dollars, they want to cut the benefits of workers clocking less than 30 hours a week. Disney... Read more »

Thursday, August 14 2008 | 14:00 H

Fri01Aug2008

Animal Rights: Workers Rights Too?

California will have an animal rights measure on the ballot for the November elections. Proposition 2 will eliminate the practice of crating animals, specifically pregnant pigs, chickens and calves: The Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act provides the most basic... Read more »

Friday, August 01 2008 | 09:58 H

Sun13Jul2008

NCLR 2008 Opening in San Diego

Yesterday, Saturday July 12, 2008, The National Council of La Raza convened for their annual conference. "The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, whose stated mission... Read more »

Sunday, July 13 2008 | 11:23 H

Fri27Jun2008

6 Out of 10 Latinos in Cali Can't Read VivirLatino

6 out of 10 Latinos in California can't read VivirLatino, or any other blog because they do not have internet access. A recent statewide survey conducted by the Public Policy Institute of California indicates that the digital divide is growing... Read more »

Friday, June 27 2008 | 12:00 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

Tue03Jun2008

ICE'ing Out Our Promising Youth : Fresno Valedictorian to be Deported

While President Bush is busy talking about no child being left behind, his government is fine with leaving behind promising young people, by deporting them.Arthur Mkoyan's 4.0 grade-point average has made him a valedictorian at Bullard High School in Fresno... Read more »

Tuesday, June 03 2008 | 10:52 H

Thu15May2008

California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban

It's a historic day in California. Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel for the state's LGBT couples: The court’s 4-to-3 decision striking down state laws that had limited marriages to unions between a man and a woman... Read more »

Thursday, May 15 2008 | 15:07 H

Thu08May2008

Action Alert : Write and Call to Protest Recent ICE Raids

Yesterday I wrote about how ICE has upped it's antics by terrorizing schoolchildren and their parents in the Bay Area. Please call and write to protest these actions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office 630 Sansome Street between Washington and... Read more »

Thursday, May 08 2008 | 11:26 H

Thu03Apr2008

Schwarzenegger Won't Blame Immigrants for Economic Woes

We may watch to much tv, but California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger won't point the finger at immigration for his state's budget woes.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called it a "big mistake" Wednesday to blame illegal immigrants for the state's looming $8 billion... Read more »

Thursday, April 03 2008 | 13:43 H

Thu20Mar2008

Super Mojado in the Ring for Immigrants

Lucha libre was a huge part of my childhood. Sundays with papi, my grandfather, were spent watching the antics of the colorful characters but who knew it could get so political? Entering the ring is Super Mojado. Super Mojado introduced... Read more »

Thursday, March 20 2008 | 11:39 H

Wed06Feb2008

Morning After Super Tuesday: Hillary Clinton's Cali Win Thanks to Latino Voters

With 92% of precincts reporting, the California Democrat vote has gone to Hillary Clinton by 52% to Barack Obama's 42%.Some media is saying that the Latino and Asian vote in the state is to thank for the Clinton victory.Early exit... Read more »

Wednesday, February 06 2008 | 08:46 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: California Voters Faced with Problems

Here in California, it appears that not is all going smoothly at the polls. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that in L.A many voters were met with problems ranging from having to cast provisional ballots to being asked to... Read more »

Tuesday, February 05 2008 | 18:36 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

Fri16Nov2007

Obama Goes After Latinos Using Online Novelas

Barack Obama is going after California Latino voters through mini online Spanish language novelas. Using You Tube and the website, Tu Voz, Tu Voto, the little films are just as poorly acted out as real life novelas. They also rely... Read more »

Friday, November 16 2007 | 12:37 H

Tue13Nov2007

Baldwin Park California Seeks to Ban Day Laborers

Officials of the city of Baldwin Park, California are considering a new law that would ban day laborers from using city parking lots to find work. The ordinance would also ban street vendors from the same parking lots. The new... Read more »

Tuesday, November 13 2007 | 11:40 H

Wed31Oct2007

It was a Little Boy, Not a Latino Separatist Group that Sparked at Least One Fire

It was a little boy, not illegal immigrants or separatist Latinos who started at least one of the California wildfires.A boy who was interviewed about the Buckweed fire, which burned nearly 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes in... Read more »

Wednesday, October 31 2007 | 13:00 H

Tue30Oct2007

Right Wingers Make Up Their Own News Site and Story Blaming Latinos for Cali Fires

It was only a matter of time. The fires in Southern California have to be blamed on someone and who better than immigrants and Latinos. It may have been meant as a spoof originally, but the website (now offline) CNN... Read more »

Tuesday, October 30 2007 | 10:47 H

Wed24Oct2007

San Diego could lose power because of fires

News media is reporting that San Diego is on the brink of becoming an "electricity island", as wildfires rage out of control and threaten to cut off the city from state power grid. ABC News reports:If it is cut off... Read more »

Wednesday, October 24 2007 | 18:18 H

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