People + Washington Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
August 11, 2009
Sad sendoff for Latino civic leader – For almost 20 years, Mario Magaña has been a fixture to Latinos in the Yakima Valley.
July 9, 2009
Ricardo Mario Aguirre of Renton, a Chicano/Latino social activist, star Husky football player and coach and successful business owner in the insurance industry died last Friday.
May 29, 2009
Robert Hernandez is leaving his job as Director of Development for the seattletimes.com to become a USC professor.
April 27, 2009
A federal judge has awarded about $235,000 to more than 600 Latino farm workers who accused a farm labor contractor and two Yakima Valley growers of violating federal labor laws.
November 19, 2008
Juven García, el dueño de una pequeña empresa de copiadoras, dijo que presentará una solicitud para postularse como candidato para el Concejo de la Ciudad de Yakima.
September 25, 2008
Former Seattle Mariners All-Star Edgar Martinez and his wife, Holli, have launched a family foundation to support higher education for minorities in Washington.
September 11, 2008
Omar Sanchez, 23, of Pasco, equipped himself with a backpack, sneakers, a neighborhood map and a voters list. As a field organizer for the Washington State Democratic Party’s Latino Vote Project, that’s about all he needed Wednesday to set out on foot to target a key demographic: Latinos who are registered to vote but haven’t done so before.
September 3, 2008
Washington Hispanic Delegate from Tri-Cities at Republican Convention
August 21, 2008
Hispanics give birth to 20% of the babies in Washington state, outpacing all other ethnic and racial groups
August 17, 2008
Indigenous Central Americans increasingly fill ranks of farmworkers – New survey — “A Sustainable Bounty: Investing in Our Agricultural Future” — was conducted by the Washington State Farmworker Housing Trust
A teacher visiting from Mexico, who was arrested and jailed after a traffic accident last year, is suing the Southeast King County town of Pacific, saying actions by police officers there demonstrate a pattern of unreasonably detaining people to determine their immigration status. – Washington
August 6, 2008
A trio of Latino Vote Project workers is pounding the sidewalks six days a week in a mobilization effort never before seen in Yakima County – Washington
August 5, 2008
Three Latino construction workers who helped build homes throughout the Puget Sound area claim in a lawsuit that they were routinely cheated out of overtime pay and were required to work off the clock and to make cash “rebates” from their wages back to their employer.
July 10, 2008
Media Moves: Robert Hernandez has a new title: Director of Development for seattletimes.com. For the past 5 years, he’s been a Sr Producer of News for The Seattle Times and seattletimes.com.
May 12, 2008
College Honors Immigrants-Turned-Activists – Advocates for Farm Workers and Education Immortalized – Centralia College, Washington
April 30, 2008
Latino artist pushes benefits of higher education – Washington
April 14, 2008
Williams Kastner’s Julio Carranza, a Foster Care Alumnus, Appointed to Washington State Supreme Court Commission
March 5, 2008
Mariners’ pitcher Carlos Silva can take a joke — but can’t take a loss
November 19, 2007
At just 15, ‘Juanny Cash’ touted as the real deal – Seattle – Vinny Miranda
September 23, 2007
Longtime Migrant Council CEO faces a new round of investigation – Yakima
March 19, 2007
Faith and memories of a pastor’s Cuban homeland – Emilio Muller
January 23, 2007
LOS BROS HERNANDEZ EXHIBITION AND SIGNING AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE FEB. 10! – Seattle
December 19, 2006
Pete Chacon: hero, fighter, troublemaker
December 17, 2006
Hispanic activist Chacon dies at 76 – Washington
December 7, 2006
Advocate for immigrants will be honored with city award – Magdaleno Rose-Avila – Seattle, Washington
December 6, 2006
Time on county commission running out for Palacios – Yakima, Washington
