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November 7, 2009

Rep. Loretta Sanchez reiterates that she is not running for Governor

Comprehensive Immigration Reform Symposium: San Francisco’s Role in Shaping National Immigration Policy – November 9, 2009

November 5, 2009

Crucero USA Redefines Leisure and Travel in Southern California

State Senator Gilbert Cedillo AND LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS HOST “EL PODER VERDE” GREEN JOBS SUMMIT

News from the Brown Side of Town (Los Angeles) Part 1 ~ November 2009 – Chismes & News from the Land of 1000 Dances

Alexandra Limón is heading to Fresno to become nightside general assignment reporter for KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate. – leaves Telemundo in Tucson

Coalition calls for public oversight in new San Bernardino 287(g) agreement

A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.

November 2, 2009

A California Derby Is at the Center of the M.L.S. Playoffs – Galaxy vs Chivas USA

SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank

High School is Named After Oscar de la Hoya in Boyle Heights

October 30, 2009

Salinas Latinos target of educational TV show

Boyle Heights Day of the Dead exhibit celebrates Latino veterans

San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law

SoMoCoCAT Offers Latino Farmworker Communities Free Digital Media Training – California

Exhiben “Los que se quedan” en Los Ángeles

October 29, 2009

UCLA Students Lobby for DREAM Act

October 28, 2009

Newworldprints.com and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Open Exhibition of Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla Prints

Lila Downs cantará en cementerio hollywoodense

October 27, 2009

Euripides’ Medea, With a Latina Twist – Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents the world premiere of The Medea Complex, Oct. 30 – LA

Preserving El Salvador’s historic memory: Organizer explains big L.A. event – “Preservación de la Memoria Histórica Salvadoreña”

October 26, 2009

Cine+Más SF Debuts San Francisco Latino Film Festival November 5th-25th, 2009 SPOKEN WORD

Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has joined other chiefs in the nation in calling for an immigration overhaul that considers legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants.

San Diego Selected as Location of 2010 Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce Business and Technology Expo

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Alameda County named U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee as its Congressional Legislator of the Year for 2009 on Friday.

October 17, 2009

Cabrillo College has been awarded one of the most competitive grants in the country, the Title V Hispanic-Serving Institutions grant by the U.S. Department of Education. – $2.8M grant for transitioning students at Hispanic-serving institutions

California’s Oldest Latino Bank Celebrates 45 Years – Pan American Bank

Northern California radio-talk Host and Columnist Roberto Hernandez to receive NLGJA Award

The Telemundo station in Los Angeles today went through another round of cuts. Inside sources tell me in addition to layoffs, KVEA 52 canceled its 6 to 7 am morning newscast, anchored by José Ronstadt and Azucena Gómez.

October 15, 2009

MTV entrega sus “lenguas” latinas en Los Angeles – Premios MTV Latinoamérica

October 14, 2009

Diana Delgado, was appointed as the new Vice President of Corporate Sales for Lazer Broadcasting a Spanish language radio station company based out of Oxnard, California.

‘Semblanza Latinoamericana,’ October 17 and 18 Only at Los Angeles Theatre Center

1969: Chicano Movement Rising – Notes on Raza history in East LA, Oct 14 at Cal State LA

Three lives and a literate city’s shame – Julia Rodriguez, Juan Contreras and Mercedes Meza couldn’t read or write. For years they got by with the help of friends and good memories for the sorts of sights that differentiated streets.

ZGS Communications, a Hispanic media owned company that owns or operates 12 Telemundo affiliated stations announced it is opening a national sales office in Los Angeles.

Governor Schwarzenegger Addresses Latino Water Coalition

Yazbeth Navarrete was honored on September 24 by the Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce with the “Latino Business Roundtable Community Leadership Award.”

Noche de Luna, the largest annual fundraiser for La Luz center, raised $176,650 during Sunday’s celebration of the Latino culture. – Sonoma, CA

October 12, 2009

Graduating Hispanics earn Fresno State top ranking

Park Ranger Mauricio Escobar Uses Life Story To Reach Out To Latinos – – Yosemite National Park sits on the edge of California’s rural San Joaquin Valley, a farming region that’s nearly 50% Latino. Yet few of the region’s Latino residents ever visit the park.

Latinos march in Indio for immigration reform – California

Latino Chamber of Commerce expands marketing efforts - 10 new directors to help widen breadth of promotions – Napa County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley

CAPTURING THE MOMENT AT TÍA CHUCHA’S CAFÉ CULTURAL

Jose Hernandez gets hero’s welcome in Stockton

Gustavo Dudamel concert electrifies high-profile audience Tom Hanks, Quincy Jones and Frank Gehry are among the stars at his first L.A. Philharmonic concert as music director.

Festival de la Familia Announces Poster Contest During National Hispanic Heritage Month – Northern California Artists Are Invited to Submit Entries Through November 30, 2009

October 9, 2009

San Diego Latino Film Festival Continues the 10th Annual Cinema En Tu Idioma Series with two acclaimed Latin American films

Leading, independent Hispanic Public Relations agency, RL Public Relations (RLPR) was honored with three awards during the 25th Anniversary HPRA (Hispanic Public Relations Association) PRemio Awards & Scholarship Gala held in Hollywood.

2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster Competition – Media Arts Center San Diego is now accepting submissions for our new Film Festival Poster Competition! Deadline: 11/25/2009

Selena Gomez gave a bunch of L.A. elementary school kids something to smile about when she showed up at Charnock Road Elementary to honor a teacher with over $1,000 in school supplies during OfficeMax’s A Day Made Better Event.

Pew Hispanic Center study reveals blocks in Latinos’ road to college – Two Latinas say they would have gone to universities if they’d had the chance – Salinas, CA perspective

Stanislaus County, CA must defend at trial its slow law enforcement response times in Latino neighborhoods, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Thursday, reversing an earlier decision.

City of Berkeley Honors Poet & Artist Rafael Jesús González

U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants – (more on the American Apparel layoffs)

California American Water Appoints Community Leader Blanca Zarazua to Board of Directors

October 7, 2009

California Port to Mexico Rail Freight to Create 1,000 Jobs

The Find: Amalia’s Restaurant in L.A. – Amalia Zuleta’s elegant refinements turn the rustic dishes of Guatemala into an urbane cuisine that’s a magnet for her longtime devotees.

The Best Mariachi in the World – Legendary Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán makes a rare LA appearances, October 10 and 11

Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget could fail California Latinos

Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate – L.A. County officials question cost-effectiveness of rules aimed at screening those trying to get public health services.

After a week in Washington, D.C., members of the California Latino Water Coalition said they were satisfied with their effort to educate federal officials about the Valley’s water woes.

Vasquez & Co., California’s Oldest, Largest Hispanic-Owned CPA Firm, Celebrates the Bold Work of Founder

Children’s Readings and Panels at The Latino Book & Family Festival – Los Angeles, October 10-11 CSULA at Greenlee Plaza

Latino Farmers claim they were wiped out of business after flooding ruined their crops in the 1990’s. They also claim, however, the USDA didn’t help them recover, while they did offer assistance to white farmers. – Salinas, CA

Venezuelan Ambassador to Travel to California For First Time Since Resuming Post

October 5, 2009

Twenty Five Years of Action – Hispanic Public Relations Association celebrates its proud legacy at Hollywood gala, Oct. 8, 2009

Maria Contreras-Sweet Promotes Los Angeles Development

Pasadena celebrates Latino heritage with parade, festival

Consul stresses link between California, Mexico – Juan Marcos Gutierrez sets out to build ‘a better understanding between our countries.’

Latino concert bill fills arena again – Pepe Aguilar y Marco Antonio Solis in Stockton

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Latinos celebrate ocean conservation

October 2, 2009

Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach

October 1, 2009

Latin jazz artist Nestor Torres to mentor Martin County students

Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Wednesday at the age of 28, deploying digital tools to draw a younger and less elite audience to classical music.

A company, ABM Industries, that supplies janitors for several downtown commercial buildings in San Francisco singles out Latino custodians for discipline, harassment and firings, a federal civil rights agency said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

September 30, 2009

V-me on KCET & Charter Communications in So Cal

Daniel A. Olivas to moderate author’s panel for Latinos in Lotusland anthology

Latina Business Strategies Breakfast – Thursday, October 15th 2009 – San Francisco

Anti-illegal immigration groups protest Mexican Consulate After reports of suspected corruption at Mexican Consulate in Dallas, local group rallies this morning in Santa Ana.

LicenZing LLC is recognized as Women Owned Business of the Year of San Rafael, CA – Molly Robbins Entrepreneur honored by Women’sInitiative ofSelf -Employment

Language as a bridge and an identity – At the Grupo Educa weekend language school, children from families with roots in Latin America and Spain are taught to keep the language of their forebears alive and well.

September 29, 2009

Reporter Rita García makes an 85 market jump to Los Angeles. She leaves her full-time job at KRGV-5 in Harlingen, Texas to become a freelancer at the KCBS/KCAL duopoly.

Amid lagging scores of Latino students, San Jose High Academy models success

September 28, 2009

Protests at University of California Campuses

Challenging the likes of Pat Buchanan, Latino immigration expert Leo Chavez will discuss at University of the Pacific how pundits and the media have contributed to prejudices and stereotypes used to malign Latino immigrants – particularly Mexicans – in the U.S.

California Senator Cedillo Tells the Truth About Immigration Enforcement in the Obama Era

Oakland Raiders Show Their Latino Pride

Caroline Valdez, former aide to Rep. Loretta Sanchez, gets probation

Eight neo-Nazis demonstrating against illegal immigration in Riverside left the scene after just 45 minutes when hundreds of counter-protestors shouted them down and tore up their swastika-covered flags.

MEDIA ALERT: Chagas Disease: Break the Silence—Time to Treat :: Medical, Scientific Experts Gather in Los Angeles to Shed Light on Deadly Latin American Disease Now Increasingly Found in the U.S.

September 24, 2009

Union Bank and KPBS Honor San Diego County Latinos as Local Heroes

Time Warner Cable reaches out to bilingual Hispanics in Los Angeles, New York

California’s Top 20 Hispanic-Owned Companies

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Supervalu-owned Albertsons will host Latina celebrity chef Gina Pacheco at five of its Southern California store locations.

September 22, 2009

California medical tourism association formed to promote Baja – Baja California Medical Tourism Association (BCMTA)

Race Is a $50 Billion Reality for the U.S. Health System – Traveling Exhibit Asks Los Angeles to Explore Why at California Science Center

El Clasificado’s Expansion Strategy – California

When the Border Lands on Your Front Door – “Visitors Guide to Arivaca” is a powerful, emotional and thought-provoking play at the Alexandria Hotel – LA

Discovering La Fonda – In the mood for great Mexican food and music?

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