Eye Openers + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 21, 2009
Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics
November 10, 2009
Members of a Guatemalan family living in Marin County are now separated by thousands of miles after immigration officials deported the parents of three children overnight. – California
A city-commissioned report shows Hispanics have received the most subprime loans of any local ethnic group and criticizes Santa Clarita officials for a lack of fair housing outreach. – California
At Napa’s Latino markets, owners and shoppers feel the pinch
November 5, 2009
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.
October 30, 2009
San Francisco mayor vetoes new city sanctuary law
October 9, 2009
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.
October 7, 2009
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.
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
October 2, 2009
Latino Faculty Want to End ‘Brown Out’ at Cal State Long Beach
September 28, 2009
Protests at University of California Campuses
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.
September 15, 2009
Rep. Loretta Sanchez among lawmakers in spotlight for taxpayer-funded trips
September 10, 2009
In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, and Imperial counties the numbers are even greater—25 percent to 33 percent of the population has limited English proficiency.
September 9, 2009
Latino Republican Tony Amador wants seat in Congress – He could be retiring after 40 years of presidential appointments and posts under California governors. But at 65, he’s diving into the caldron of national politics.
September 6, 2009
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers’ immigration status.
September 1, 2009
L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees
August 26, 2009
Gotcha! NBC Catches Mayor Villaraigosa Illegally Using Water
August 25, 2009
LAPD Bicycle Police in Mexico City
A former gang member and anti-gang crusader in Los Angeles faces serious charges, including conspiracy to commit murder – Alex Sanchez – Homies Unidos
August 24, 2009
Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California
August 18, 2009
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
August 12, 2009
Holy Satire! Over the Top Villaraigosa Spoof Video Hits YouTube (NSFW sorta)
August 11, 2009
Black-Latino tensions blamed in Chino prison riot
August 10, 2009
Selling tamales on the streets of Los Angeles is a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. Tamale vendors, or “Tamaleros,” have to avoid obstacles like gangs, traffic, police and health inspectors to make only about $30 a day.
August 8, 2009
East LA Taco Truck Robber Turns Himself In
August 5, 2009
The only Latina on the NRCC’s Target List: Rep. Loretta Sanchez
August 3, 2009
With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa out of the governor’s race, the two leading candidates (Gavin Newsom y Jerry Brown) have amped up efforts to woo the critical Latino vote in next June’s gubernatorial Democratic primary.
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
July 21, 2009
Santa Ana backs bill to help illegal-immigrant students – The city passes a symbolic resolution urging Congress to give undocumented students a path to legal residency.
July 14, 2009
Cutting Welfare for the Children of Immigrants will Devastate California
July 9, 2009
Yesterday the OC Weekly’s Navel Gazing blog had yet another good post up about Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez’s hypocrisy in not co-sponsoring the DREAM Act
June 26, 2009
Activist Nativo Lopez released, faces voter fraud charges – The former school board member faces felony charges for allegedly voting in L.A. while living here.
June 25, 2009
With Villarraigosa out of the CA Governor’s Race, will Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez jump in?
June 24, 2009
Blacks, Latinos in L.A. more conservative than whites, Times Poll finds
June 23, 2009
Quartet of Latina professors at Cal State San Bernardino file grievance – Maria Balderrama, Nena Torrez, Barbara Flores & Lynne Diaz-Rico
June 22, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be announcing whether he will run for governor of California this afternoon at 4:00 EST on CNN’s “Situation Room.”
Salinas Students Respond To Comments – Students’ Citizen Status, Scholarships Draw Attention – Leticia Garcia-Romo and Hector Rojas
June 20, 2009
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state’s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.
June 17, 2009
Thanks to a handful of billionaires that includes a couple of prominent dignitaries with ties to media giant Univision, as well as the Hispanic owners of a major produce distributor, the city of Los Angeles will celebrate the Lakers’ victory today without spending any taxpayer money.
June 5, 2009
Oakland, California to offer identification cards for illegal immigrants
June 2, 2009
Gay Latino Teen is Prom Queen in Los Angeles
June 1, 2009
New Research Reveals Significant Barriers to Advancement for Underrepresented Minorities in Technology
May 14, 2009
Golden Empire Mortgage Inc., a Bakersfield-based mortgage lender that has an office in Stockton, faces a Federal Trade Commission complaint that it charged Latino customers higher fees than non-Hispanics.
25.5% of Hispanics in California’s public schools dropped out in the 2007-08 school year
May 7, 2009
One of San Jose’s oldest, largest and most politically powerful Latino community organizations is under investigation for improperly diverting tens of thousands of dollars in retirement funds for employees at its two charter schools in San Jose and Gilroy.
April 27, 2009
Facing budget concerns, non-emergency healthcare for illegal immigrants had been cut from the budgets of a few Northern California counties.
April 9, 2009
Court: your MySpace page isn’t private – A college student’s rant against her small town provoked such intense backlash that her family had to move—but a California court has ruled that you can’t cry “invasion of privacy” when people circulate what you’ve posted to your MySpace page. – the Cynthia Moreno story
March 21, 2009
The Los Angeles Times Home section talked with four household employees — a nanny, a housekeeper, a gardener and a day laborer — to see how the recession was affecting their work and their lives. Here are their stories. Because of embarrassment or immigration status, all declined to provide their full names.
March 17, 2009
Hispanic Media in Central California Fight to Survive
March 16, 2009
Lakers Get Latin – This April 12, for the eighth straight year, the Lakers will pack the L.A. Convention Center with an estimated 50,000 fans. And not for a game but for an event called Fiesta Lakers
March 14, 2009
The Fall of Rosario Marín, California’s Favorite Mexican Republican: News Analysis from FI2W
December 23, 2008
Ties to power win Fabian Nuñez’s son special treatment
December 18, 2008
South El Monte mayor makes no promises on heeding curfew – Blanca Figueroa says she stays at work until the wee hours because the mayor’s work is never done. Colleagues contend she’s living at City Hall.
December 12, 2008
Esteban Núñez, son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, is arraigned on murder charges in Superior Court in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Núñez and three of his friends and are accused of stabbing to death a 22-year-old student and injuring three other men on the San Diego State University campus.
More than 70 vendors sold thousands of tamales during the two-day Indio International Tamale Festival last weekend. Organizers say at least 110,000 people attended.
Fans from as far away as Brazil flock to telenovela event – Stockton, California
December 10, 2008
California’s Latinos and blacks still lag in university eligibility – New report finds that the groups are doing better on meeting application requirements for UC and CSU but still trail whites and Asians.
December 8, 2008
Despite population numbers, Latinos’ role limited in local governments of the Inland Valley in California
December 6, 2008
Last month, a vital border roadway project received regulatory approval from the White House, opening the prospects for billions of dollars worth of new economic opportunity for San Diego’s business community. Whether Mexican entrepreneurs can capitalize from their strengthened market position is a critical question with bi-national consequences. The receipt of the presidential permit for the proposed Otay Mesa East (OME) Port of Entry is a victory for the San Diego Chamber of Commerce and key elected officials in the regio
December 2, 2008
Man’s basement library a trove of Latino history – Richard Soto in Stockton, California
November 29, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop William K. Weigand of Sacramento. He will be succeeded by Bishop Jaime Soto, who has been coadjutor of the diocese since Oct. 11, 2007, and is one of 26 active Hispanic Catholic bishops in the United States.
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
November 18, 2008
Santa Ana leads a bittersweet real estate boomlet
November 6, 2008
Escondido, a city with a 44% Latino population, elected a Latino to its City Council for only the second time in its 120-year history. Olga Diaz, 32, beat incumbent Councilman Ed Gallo
California’s black and Latino voters, who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, provided key support for a state ban on same-sex marriage.
October 28, 2008
Mayor Chuck Reed and Police Chief Rob Davis are reaching out to community leaders as they attempt to quell the growing furor over the high number of Hispanic people arrested in San Jose on suspicion of public drunkenness.
October 21, 2008
Los Angeles Police Stop More Blacks, Hispanics Than Whites, Study Finds
October 15, 2008
Nearly Half of Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Cases in Los Angeles County Are Among Latinos
September 23, 2008
Figures newly released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of all children living in the San Joaquin Valley are Hispanic.
September 22, 2008
Historian William David Estrada brings us a fascinating and well-researched historical examination of his city’s cultural and political heart in The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space (University of Texas Press, $24.95 paperback).
September 18, 2008
Family and friends of a San Diego Marine killed when he smothered a grenade to save his buddies in Iraq said they’re angry over the Pentagon’s decision yesterday to award him the Navy Cross instead of the Medal of Honor. The mother of Sgt. Rafael Peralta said she may reject the medal
September 17, 2008
MEChA has changed over past 40 years – Latino student group chapter working from inside – Oxnard College
CLEAR CHANNEL REVISITED AFTER A YEAR OF REFUSING TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY- UNREPENTANT MICHAEL SAVAGE CONTINUES TO SPEW HATE! 2nd ANNUAL PROTEST – ANTI-HATE SPEECH & DISINFORMATION DEMONSTRATION! – San Francisco
September 15, 2008
Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles
At 50, Pico Rivera has reason to celebrate – As the city marks its 50th birthday, residents and leaders are pleased to see new shopping centers, decreasing crime and high homeownership rates turning Pico Rivera into a ‘Latino Mayberry.’
September 12, 2008
CHULA VISTA: Police say vandals caused more than $4,000 damage to a pediatric office Wednesday night when they stole petty cash and scrawled Nazi swastikas and anti-Mexican graffiti on the walls. – California
September 5, 2008
L.A. Unified elementary school experiments with dual-language program
August 26, 2008
Ray Chavez, an Oakland Tribune photographer and this year’s recipient of the NAHJ’s Photographer of the Year award, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland on Friday.
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
August 18, 2008
Juan Estrada, father of Olympic boxer, dies – survived long enough to watch his son’s first-round bout on TV but missed the second one
August 12, 2008
Targeted by drug cartels, Mexican politician quickly relocates – Mexican Congressman David Figueroa quickly confirmed last week as the country’s new consul general in San Jose, California
August 7, 2008
Another California Community Colleges board member steps down – Randal Hernandez withdrawals his application for reappointment. He is the fourth to leave in the year since the panel angered Republican lawmakers by supporting illegal immigration legislation.
Billboard on Cuban Five to Be Unveiled in San Francisco
Sabor latino en el condado de Los Angeles – Aunque cinco de 10 residentes del área son hispanos, sólo un 20% de los funcionarios electos también lo son
July 30, 2008
Experts ask why cancer deaths are higher among Latinos in Santa Cruz County
July 27, 2008
Latino-vs.-black violence drives hate crimes in L.A. County to 5-year high
July 24, 2008
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records.
July 23, 2008
Latino Businessman Takes Aim At California’s Water
Thanks to Frida Kahlo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Finally Draws Latino Crowd
July 22, 2008
Worse may come for epic lines at Tijuana crossing
July 21, 2008
Los Angeles Immigration Court caseload soars – And wait times are growing because the number of judges has not kept pace.
Pair run down and killed by driver in Hollywood had 3 children – killed by a drunk, former Marine, Hispanic
July 16, 2008
San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry
Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos? Lincoln High students have candid ideas. – Los Angeles
July 14, 2008
For many immigrants in the San Fernando Valley, life continues as it did in their native countries -
Illegal LA – The Immigration Plight in Los Angeles
Take Action: Ramiro Carrillo Rodriguez was the fourth farm worker in the last two weeks to die of heat stroke.
July 13, 2008
Escondido tries to rid itself of undocumented immigrants – California
June 30, 2008
Feds probe San Francisco’s migrant-offender shield
June 26, 2008
L.A. mayor raising funds on Newsom’s turf
June 23, 2008
Exclusive Prep Schools Recruit Latino Youth From California’s Central Valley
June 22, 2008
L.A. County jails to expand immigration screening
June 17, 2008
Tu Ciudad magazine closure
June 12, 2008
Technology joins with tradition in teaching English – New method uses Internet, adult education – Ventura County, California
June 9, 2008
Activist Matriarch Isabel Rodriguez Passes – LA
Settlement in Latino voting case will set Modesto back $3 million – California
Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak traced to imported Mexican cheese – Southern California
June 4, 2008
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA
June 2, 2008
Will Los Angeles elect a white supremacist judge to Superior Court? Meet Bill Johnson
May 28, 2008
SEIU Union Office Attacked 5/23 – in Santa Cruz, California possibly stemming from effort to take over Puerto Rican teachers’ Union
New generation of L.A.-area Latino leaders aren’t as friendly toward ‘amigo stores’ – Cities like Baldwin Park are turning away from ethnic-oriented retail projects in favor of mainstream businesses. Starbucks is welcome.
May 27, 2008
Immigrants Hit Hard by Governor’s Planned Medi-Cal Cuts, Changes – California
Co-chair of Clinton’s Hispanic Leadership Council endorses Obama – U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza
Latino heroes deserve own L.A. monument
May 21, 2008
Immigrant Latinos’ High Expectations For Public High Schools – California
May 14, 2008
LA prosecutor taken off case of slain football star – the Jamiel Shaw Jr. case
May 12, 2008
Locke High School in South Los Angeles locked down after huge brawl – (between rival groups of black and Latino students – up 600 involved)
May 8, 2008
Jury award of over $1 million to Latina farm worker upheld by Ninth Circuit
Are Immigration Authorities Going After School Children Now? – If true, then it’s hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people’s hearts
May 6, 2008
California Education to Latinos: Sorry, We Forgot That You Exist!
A Latino institution struggles to stay open – Rueben Martinez, owner of Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in Santa Ana, might have to close his shop by year’s end despite the store’s renown as one of the nation’s largest Latino-themed bookstores.
Dairy Products Linked To TB In Local Hispanics – San Diego
April 30, 2008
More restrained LAPD tactics to be tested at May Day rally
April 28, 2008
Indian enclave at risk if Duroville closes – The desert trailer park is an outpost of the Purépechas, indigenous people from Mexico. ‘They are the poorest of the poor,’ says a nun who works with them.
April 25, 2008
Report questions Calif-Mexico border sewage plans
Hundreds riot at LA detention center for illegal immigrants
April 24, 2008
Former Realtor Targeted Hispanic Immigrants in Mortgage Fraud Scheme – San Diego
April 22, 2008
Latino leaders decry latest redistrict plan – California
April 21, 2008
Immigrant Bashing Trumps Fiscal Responsibility for California Republicans
April 16, 2008
Foreclosure scam targets mostly Hispanic families – California
April 7, 2008
Number of day laborers in San Joaquin County surges as housing work dries up
March 28, 2008
Carson minister targets Latino judges to make way for Filipinos – Los Angeles
March 26, 2008
The Racial Profiling of a Bicicleta Bandito – Santa Cruz, California
March 24, 2008
San Diego D.A. says jury pool falls short of Latinos
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Drops ‘San Jose Mercury News’ From Diversity Program
March 18, 2008
40 Years After Walkouts, Little Has Changed, Latinos Say – Los Angeles
February 25, 2008
Mayor’s former girlfriend returns to L.A. media as radio co-host
February 7, 2008
California Hispanics set turnout records in primary election
February 5, 2008
California produce on Cuban tables?
UC Berkeley music professor and renowned composer Jorge Liderman (Argentinian) committed suicide Sunday morning by jumping in front of a BART train
February 4, 2008
The Mariachi Divas, an all-female pan-Hispanic music ensemble, had them dancing in the aisles before Hillary Rodham Clinton’s rally at Cal State Los Angeles this morning. But the group was unceremoniously shown the door when the political program began.
January 30, 2008
Billboard on Cuban Five to Appear on Hollywood Boulevard
Minutemen group threatens lawsuit over freeway signs – San Diego
January 29, 2008
First Latina U.S. surgeon general (Antonia Novello) speaks in Monterey – California
January 28, 2008
Mexican Museum still searching for a home – San Francisco
Analysis: Downtown juries lack Latinos – San Diego
January 22, 2008
Report: Increasing Hate Crimes Targeting Hispanics – California
January 17, 2008
Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club – Paola Oropeza
January 16, 2008
Judge dismisses slander suit against radio station – Academia Semillas Del Pueblo and its co-director filed the suit in May alleging the school was the target of an on-air, racist campaign that led to a bomb scare. – Los Angeles
January 14, 2008
Senator again pushes licenses to drive for illegal immigrants – California
January 11, 2008
Latino Gang Using Race to Target Enemies? – (audio)
Giants to broadcast record number of games in Spanish – San Francisco
January 10, 2008
lesson for the books – proposal that the landmark victory of Méndez v. Westminster be taught in California schools
January 9, 2008
Tormenta Tropical and Bersa Discos bring Buenos Aires cumbia to the clubs – San Francisco
January 8, 2008
Fear on Mexican beaches near San Diego
January 7, 2008
‘Why me?’ California man asks of Texas impersonator
January 2, 2008
News: Group aims to recruit Minuteman youth – Southern California
Since an agent was placed in the Costa Mesa jail last year, the plan and its effects are a constant presence in the news. – California
December 11, 2007
DA Totten’s slap to Latino community – Ventura County
December 9, 2007
Families of burned illegal immigrants grieve while medical bills and questions mount – San Diego Area
November 28, 2007
The Immigrant University: Assessing the Dynamics of Race, Major and Socioeconomic Characteristics at the University of California
November 15, 2007
Pomona State University Immigration Debate Sparks Protest – California
November 13, 2007
Hispanic student recruitment program draws criticism from professor – Cal State Fullerton
October 28, 2007
Glare of Fires Pulls Migrants From Shadows – San Diego County
October 25, 2007
Ethnic Media Cover the Fires – California
October 24, 2007
While many shy away, some illegal immigrants brave California wildfire to sneak into the US
October 22, 2007
Somehow, I was cc’d on an e-mail from a California Minuteman. Worth a quick look, me thinks.
October 15, 2007
Fabian Nuñez: Not a ‘working class’ hero – Spending scandal puts to rest the notion of Mexican American politicians as ‘everyman.’
