California + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

November 21, 2009

Meg Whitman’s Latino Outreach & the Pete Wilson Connection – CA politics

November 20, 2009

Gloria Margarita, anchor at KMIR-6, the NBC affiliate in Palm Springs, leaves her job to become the executive director of the Reynaldo J. Carreon foundation.

Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students

November 19, 2009

After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.

The Tulare-Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will name standouts in the community Saturday while raising money to help local businesses. – CA

November 18, 2009

Hispanics and women make up most of the swine flu deaths in San Diego County

Erwin Martinez, chief information officer for Rabobank, N.A. in Roseville was recently added to the list of the top 100 Hispanics in Information Technology.

Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco was among four statewide co-chairs named today of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s Latino Coalition.

Thank You, All, From Your Brothers in New Voice – To all of you whom attended, and gave so graciously, at the Pete Perez Memorial Benefit Concert – LA

Hondurans in Los Angeles prepare to vote in presidential election

California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte

Crystal Meth? What’s That? Asks Executive Director of the City’s Housing Authority, Henry A. Alvarez III

Young Latino Children Throughout Los Angeles County to Benefit from IBM Donation of Educational Computer Learning Centers

November 16, 2009

Latino leaders want to spark youth interests – San Joaquin County

Program helps Latino families bond over books – A literacy class in Los Osos teaches parents to develop reading routines with their kids while improving their own skills and English language abilities at the same time – California

November 13, 2009

Santa Barbara School Board Weighs In on Future of Cesar Chavez Charter School

Live review: Marc Anthony at the Gibson Amphitheatre

Few Latinos in leadership positions at California nonprofits – hold only 6% of executive director positions and 9% of board seats but are 36% of the state’s population

November 12, 2009

California’s Latino voters are going Brown – State Attorney General Jerry Brown

Jenni Rivera and Alejandro Fernandez leave their fans, and press, waiting – Los Premios de la Radio in LA

November 11, 2009

PHOTO: San Fernando Valley Business Journal Nominated Tony Gracia, Power Media Group’s CFO, As One Of The 2009 Top CFO Awards

Four Latino Angelenos win scholarships for math, science

Health Net of California Expands Pioneering Cross-Border Health Plan into San Diego County – Health Net de California ofrecera un programa de salud fronterizo en el Condado de San Diego

All aboard for a tour of Little Tokyo and East L.A. Next stop: foodie nirvana

A new program is helping Latino families in Los Osos. The Latino Family Literacy Program is an eight week program. It’s the second time this year it’s been conducted through the San Luis Coastal Unified School District.

November 10, 2009

Actors, film directors and arts supporters gathered at the Indio Performing Arts Center on Monday to announce the lineup of the inaugural Coachella Valley Latino International Film Festival. – Dec. 4-6, will coincide with the 18th Annual Indio International Tamale Festival

Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 Mexican calendar.

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

Que Buena Radio’s 11th Annual ‘Los Premios de la Radio’ – The event will be held at the famed NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, located across the street from the STAPLES Center, on Tuesday, November 10th at 7:15 p.m

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

Salvadoran community organizations in Los Angeles have mobilized to help their country after a tropical storm over the weekend left at least 130 people dead in the small Central American nation.

Charlie Beck, the mayor’s nominee to head the Los Angeles Police Department, told Hoy Newspaper he will make a particular effort to reach out to Latinos through community meetings and by conducting news conferences and any other police function in English and Spanish.

Workshops for Latino immigrants focus on preventing foreclosure in Sacramento – Preserving and protecting that investment is the focus of a pilot program launched this week to help Mexican and other Latino immigrants in Sacramento and the northern San Joaquin Valley avoid foreclosure

At Napa’s Latino markets, owners and shoppers feel the pinch

Eva Longoria Parker to Be Honored at MALDEF 35th Annual Los Angeles Awards Gala

El Dia de Los Muertos at Self Help Graphics in LA

November 9, 2009

Iraq war veteran’s wife spared deportation – Frances Barrios, who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child, receives humanitarian parole and can stay in Los Angeles and apply for a green card. Her husband suffers from post-traumatic stress.

Pro-Immigrant Demonstrators and Hispanic Media Confront Sheriff Arpaio on Visit to Southern California

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

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?

National Latino Behavioral Health Association Gives Voice to Mental Health Consumers – Groundbreaking Latino Consumer Network to Kickoff at 1st Annual “Tenemos Voz” Symposium

September 21, 2009

The tables start to turn on Esteban Nuñez

One of four young men charged in the fatal stabbing of a San Diego college student pleaded guilty Thursday and agreed to testify against the others, including the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez.

Salinas Latino network group celebrates working for community – The Latino Network Luncheon gathers for its 20th annual Celebration of Culture

Diabetes is killing Latinos in Ventura County, CA at twice the rate it is claiming lives in other racial and ethnic groups. – Nearly 6% of Latinos who died in Ventura County in 2005 and 2006 were killed by diabetes

Linda Ronstadt embraces San Jose’s culture, community

Pair to present research on Stockton’s Latino history – Ruben Sanchez, manager of Stockton Rural Cemetery, recently sifted through the old records of deceased Mexicans and Mexican-Americans and collaborated with Stockton historian Grant Louis Ashley to bring to life some of the city’s history that has been overlooked.

The Latino Theater Company Announces Third Annual Gala at the Los Angeles Theatre Center on October 3. Hilda Solis, Castulo de la Rocha, and Jimmy Smits to Receive Honors

100 Hispanic/Latino Influentials: LA Focus, Part 1

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis spoke at the commencement at California State University Dominguez Hills on Friday and urged graduates to keep striving in the face of difficult economic times.

September 17, 2009

Armando Molina, co-artistic Director for Company of Angels, directs this September the nationally significant production of “Visitors Guide to Arivaca (Map Not to Scale) ” written by Evangeline Ordaz and produced by Marlene Forte and Xavi Moreno for Company of Angels. The play runs September 11 through October 4th at the Alexandria Hotel, dowtown LA.

Kenny Lopez makes a 67 market jump from KVEO-23 in Brownsville to KTXL-40 in Sacramento as a general assignment reporter.

September 15, 2009

A large group of Salvadorans living in Southern California over the weekend celebrated the 188th anniversary of El Salvador’s independence with a parade through the streets of Hollywood.

Oscar Castillo Photography Show. Latino Book Fest. – Los Angeles

Rep. Loretta Sanchez among lawmakers in spotlight for taxpayer-funded trips

Rep. Loretta Sanchez loves traveling on your dime

San Diego Latino Film Festival Film Series Continues With Colombian Romantic Drama “Paraiso Travel” – starring among others Ana de la Reguera and John Leguizamo

Santa Ana lawyer Jess Araujo appears in a Spanish-language film debuting in Santa Ana this weekend – “La Tragedia del Vaquero” (”The Cowboy’s Tragedy”).

Tickets are on sale now for El Centro de Accion Social’s annual fund-raising gala, Hope Through Education, at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Westin Pasadena Hotel, 191 N. Los Robles Ave.

September 14, 2009

Inland Empire Latino artists are presenting an exhibition of their work “To Realize the Dream” on display between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 at the County of San Bernardino Government Center.

It’s official. Long Beach now has its very own Latin American Parade and Festival. – Under sunny skies and warm weather, thousands flocked to downtown Saturday for the inaugural Latin American Parade and Festival.

September 11, 2009

Program Puts Sidelined Doctors Back in the Game – As medically underserved Hispanic communities cry out for doctors, a new program puts physicians in their midst back into practice. – UCLA’s International Medical Graduate Program

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.

A new UC Berkeley study entitled “California’s Limited English Proficient Population (LEP) and Strategies to Promote Health Care Access” identified California’s various limited English proficient groups by language and birth country, assessed health care difficulties, and evaluated strategies to increase health care understanding.

September 9, 2009

Los Angeles Teen Wins $45,000 Quinceanera Party from Verizon Wireless

With Culture Clash, nothing is sacred except satire – Latino troupe prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, putting a modern slant on the ancient comedy of Aristophanes.

Dividing or Converging? – Political Loyalties, Transnational Organizations, and the Incorporation of Latin American Immigrants in the United States – Lecture and Discussions with Alejandro Portes, Princeton University – Monday, September 21st at 4:00 PM University of Southern California

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 8, 2009

10,000 fans attend Viva Los Dodgers – Festival honors 1957 Little League champs from Mexico

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom danced to a Latin beat Saturday during the kickoff to its annual Festival Latino.

The Network for a Healthy California-Central Coast Region Latino Campaign and Salinas United Business Association are hosting the “El Grito” Festival on Sunday in Salinas, as part of this year’s Latino Health Awareness Month.

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 3, 2009

‘LOL! Latina on the Loose’ Opens September 25 at Los Angeles Theatre Center; World Premiere Comedy

The Merced County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce said its community recognition awards will be presented during the Annual Installation Dinner & Awards Banquet on Sept. 25. – seeks nominees

10,000 Latinos Learning to Read by 2010 – Centro Latino for Literacy kicks off 10 x 10 campaign to enroll adult Latinos to its web-based Leamos literacy program – Los Angeles County

Award-winning Latino Playwright Coming to SoCal Controversial play “Miss Lebron” arrives in Orange County on September 4, 2009 – René Solivan

Hispanic Business Magazine Names Southern California Edison Top Company for Hispanics

Stockton Superintendent’s efforts to keep drop-outs in school has more resistance from adults than kids

Adrián Garcia’s Web enterprise has found its way to the airwaves. “Deporte en Mente,” which he launched online in March of 2008, can now be heard on 1470 AM Radio Hispana in San Diego.

Evy Ramos has been hired at KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate in Fresno, as the station’s new morning anchor

Los Angeles Hispanic/Latino Emmy winners – 2009

September 2, 2009

John Sotelo, first Latino Riverside city councilman, dies at 84

September 1, 2009

San Diego gets its first taste of showcase for Latino foods – Expo Comida Latina – (awesome event imho)

UCLA running back Christian Ramirez proud of heritage

Top-Selling Latin Pop Artist PAULINA RUBIO to Perform at Table Mountain Casino! – California

L.A. County supervisors agree to explore system to check immigration status of employees

Norman Andrade takes over as police chief 20-year veteran is first Latino to lead department – Merced, CA

August 27, 2009

Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media) announced that morning drive radio program, “El Show de Don Cheto,” has been added to two radio stations: Grupo Uniradio Corp.’s La Invasora XHTY, 99.7 FM (San Diego) and Latino Communications’ Que Bueno KBNO, 1280 AM (Denver).

Jason Martinez, who started at KTLA-5 in Los Angeles in January as a reporter and then was moved up to the anchor seat for the 6:30 pm and 10 pm news, is now doing weekend duty.

Whittier Hispanic Outreach Taskforce helping kids get ready for school

Foreigners flock to learn English in new center – Victorville, CA

August 26, 2009

A Latino film festival will be the latest addition to the Indio International Tamale Festival.

Gotcha! NBC Catches Mayor Villaraigosa Illegally Using Water

August 25, 2009

LAPD Bicycle Police in Mexico City

State Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, will serve as grand marshal in the city’s first Latin American Parade and Festival on Pine Avenue on Sept. 12 – Long Beach

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

David Bejarano has become the first Latino chief of the Chula Vista Police Deparment.

Unemployment in California hits post-World War II high – In July, Latino unemployment rate hit 12.7%, dwarfing the white jobless rate of 9.5%

he Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Museum of San Marcos, 131 Guadalupe Street, is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage month with a reception at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 16.

Governor Discusses Water Reform at California Latino Water Coalition Press Conference

Escondido police chief Jim Maher accused of targeting Hispanics

Hispanic students in focus – In Fresno visit, Obama aide Juan Sepúlveda aims to boost success.

Mexican Drug Cartels Set Up Shop in California Parks

Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens

Woman facing deportation remains at Simi church – 2 years later still there – California

Voices from VONA: E-interview with Vickie Vértiz – Every summer the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) brings renowned writers from around the country to the University of San Francisco to nurture developing writers of color

August 21, 2009

Kim Baldonado promoted to weekday anchor – KNBC-4 in Los Angeles

Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media) announced strong ratings results in Nielsen Media Research’s July 2009 Sweeps period for its flagship Estrella TV station (KRCA-Los Angeles)

Latin music producer Sebastian Krys buys in Woodland Hills, CA

Alycia Lane gets TV news gig at KNBC in Los Angeles

CHIRLA to Napolitano: we expect immediate action on immigration reform

The director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans will visit Sacramento Saturday to gather information to update the program. Juan Sepulveda

August 20, 2009

2009 Downtown Film Festival–L.A. Presents The Chivas Regal ‘American-Latino Film Series’

August 18, 2009

Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore

Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway

Young Latino Democrats group emerges – Young Latino Democrats of the San Fernando Valley

Obama reforms will aid Hispanic students – White House education leader Juan Sepúlveda speaks optimistically of cash infusion, changes coming to public education.

August 17, 2009

Part of President Barack Obama’s education team is traveling through California this week to talk about which reforms are needed to help Latino students. The first stop was in San Diego on Sunday at San Diego Mesa College. – Juan Sepulveda

August 16, 2009

Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Seeks Volunteers – Learn the film Industry by volunteering with the 13th annuall LALIFF team

Promotional Spot for the 30th Annual Convention of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce August 19-22, 2009 San Diego, California

A proposal for a Colusa County chapter of the North Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was well received last week when organizers and potential members met for the first time at Colusa Casino Resort.

In Los Angeles, Songs Without Borders – In clubs, bars, swap meets and concert halls, from car radios and ringing cellphones, you will hear corridos, old-time folk ballads in the banda and norteño styles

August 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based artist Ronald Llanos

Hispanic men have been targeted in a series of strong-arm street robberies in the Central Neighborhood of San Mateo, according to police Capt. Kevin Raffaelli.

Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s Health Care Prayer Vigil

Vintage Mexican Sci-Fi Beams a Blast From the Past, con Queso – upcoming free film series “Aztec Mummies & Martian Invaders: Mexican Sci-Fi Classics.” – UCLA

Santa Ana College Hosts Open Forum with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans on August 17

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

La Cholita – Larger than life! VivirLatino Exclusive

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 6, 2009

Pan American Bank (Los Angeles) CEO Jesse Torres to Co-Chair Anti-Money Laundering Chapter – Yahoo! Finance

August 5, 2009

The only Latina on the NRCC’s Target List: Rep. Loretta Sanchez

The Hispanic / Latino Anti-Defamation Coalition SF, gratefully lauds the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for their Action on behalf of the actual and the potential victims of hate speech and hate crimes.

Su Casa Receives Grant From Verizon Wireless Communications Store

Hostage house in Compton an example of the increasing dangers for illegal immigrants

August 4, 2009

The Latino Vote & the California Gubernatorial Race

California steps up efforts to prevent heat-related deaths among farmworkers

Recession leads to drop in birthrates in California – 3.2% decline in births to Hispanic mothers from 2007 to 2008 — the largest one-year decline in at least two decades – “That seems to be because a lot of working-age and childbearing-age Hispanics are moving out of state to take jobs elsewhere, coupled with the fact that the border crossings” into the U.S. from Mexico “have declined.”

Mega Food Event comes to Los Angeles this Fall! Taste of the World Festival Kicks off Six City Tour, October 23rd to 25th in Downtown Los Angeles, California

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.

Immigrants who flocked to the once-burgeoning Inland Empire are hard-hit in economic downturn

July 28, 2009

AeroMéxico expande el servicio de San Francisco con cinco vuelos semanales sin escalas a Hermosillo, México

Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets

July 23, 2009

Carlos Ortega, the son of migrant farmworkers who as city manager of Palm Desert became one of the Coachella Valley’s most successful and respected civic leaders, died Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.

California’s minority-owned small businesses are teaming up to ensure they get a fair share of federal stimulus of dollars. They have formed a new coalition consisting of Latino, Black, Asian and Native American chambers of commerce to push toward that goal.

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.

Mexican Film “Lake Tahoe” hits San Francisco theater July 24th

July 20, 2009

L.A.’s Best Street Food? Fish Tacos, Says Forbes Traveler

Latino-owned Businesses: Potential Boon For Economy – Study commissioned by newly-formed Latino Business Chamber shows Latino businesses are positioned to grow – Strengthening Latino Businesses in Greater Los Angeles

Peru’s Novalima to perform in Los Angeles

New Latino Democratic club forms Leader hopes to boost Latino participation in local politics – North County, California

July 16, 2009

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said state Sen. Alex Padilla will serve as chairman of his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

July 14, 2009

Ron Gonzales, the former San Jose mayor whose dramatic rise and fall from power was matched only by his scandalous affair and messy divorce, may be coming back to public life as head of a prominent, Latino philanthropic organization in Silicon Valley – Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley

Activist Victoria Baca raising Latinos’ influence in Moreno Valley – California

Cutting Welfare for the Children of Immigrants will Devastate California

San Jose officials on Friday released new details of the financial troubles of a prominent Latino nonprofit organization that provides “critical” services to the city, including youth counseling, senior housing and parent education. The Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA), one of San Jose’s oldest and largest community organizations

Tickets on sale now for the 15th annual California Latino Peace Officers Association’s Oct. 10 awards dinner

Two Latino legislators have been dismissed from a lawsuit that alleged they were part of a conspiracy to oust an anti-illegal immigration group (Minutemen) from the state’s Adopt-A-Highway program – Assemblyman Joe Coto, D-San Jose, and state Sen. Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles

Jaime Jarrin has been calling games in Spanish for 51 years. Renee Montagne went to Dodger Stadium, and talked with Jarrin, who has become a major figure in Hispanic broadcasting.

July 13, 2009

The Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it will form a partnership with other organizations to promote the 2010 U.S. Census to Latinos.

Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources. – study from UCLA

Payday lenders are nearly eight times more concentrated in California’s Black and Latino neighborhoods as compared to white neighborhoods, draining these communities of $247 million in payday loan fees.

July 11, 2009

Puerto Rican southpaw Jonathan Sanchez hurls no-hitter for San Francisco Giants

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

Shortage of Hispanic doctors in California exacerbates health issues

June 26, 2009

Grassroots Groups Tell FCC: Stop Hate Radio! – San Francisco

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

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez not running for governor of California

Veteran Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud – Nativo V. Lopez

The Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was the recipient of the 2009 Fresno County Board of Supervisors Partnership Award.

With Villarraigosa out of the CA Governor’s Race, will Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez jump in?

June 24, 2009

The 13th Annual Mission Creek Music And Arts Festival In San Francisco Announces Line Up For CONVERGENCE MMIX Including Headliners Juan Son And Nacotheque And Special Guests Pop Noir. July 15th – July 25th

Blacks, Latinos in L.A. more conservative than whites, Times Poll finds

Five years ago, eight medical students came to UC Irvine as pioneers in an innovative education program designed to address the unique healthcare needs of California’s largest underserved population. Now the first graduates are prepared to fulfill that mission.

Marlene Forte puts on a new hat as the creative director of the famed theater group Company of Angels

En Tu Ciudad Tour: Los Angeles – The Latin indie concert series lands with live performances by Very Be Careful, La Santa Cecilia, Wait.Think.Fast., July 1

Los Angeles Accordion Festival takes you on a musical journey from 1920’s Paris to Mexico and Louisiana

Historic South-Central is flowering – Practical dreamers are creating a diverse community — nurturing gardens, opening a business, extending goodwill and respect.

LA middle school students deprived of diplomas for 1 act of civil disobedience

DeVry University is the Leading Producer of Hispanic Computer Science Degree Graduates in California and Illinois

June 23, 2009

Quartet of Latina professors at Cal State San Bernardino file grievance – Maria Balderrama, Nena Torrez, Barbara Flores & Lynne Diaz-Rico

Cuba Travel Services, Inc., to Relaunch Weekly Non-Stop Flights from Los Angeles to Havana June 30

A new poll commissioned by The Los Angeles Times shows that while a majority of Los Angeles residents continue to support marriage equality, opinions vary widely among racial and ethnic groups.

Top Obama Administration Officials to Engage Latino Leaders on Critical Policy Issues in Los Angeles This Week – NALEO Conference June 25-27

Zeros’ Javier Escovedo returns with original lineup – In the mid-1970s, no one expected San Diego’s mostly-Hispanic suburb of Chula Vista to turn out of one of punk rock’s very first bands… but it did

Antonio Villaraigosa has himself to blame in bowing out – Right now, he knows he can’t win, given all the self-inflicted damage he’s done.

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 21, 2009

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s future, once bright, looks dimmer now

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 19, 2009

Rodri Rodriguez Bringing the Romance and Spectacle Back Again with 20th Mariachi USA Festival

June 18, 2009

Amid California Budget Crisis, Latino Politians Cruise like High Rollers

Telemundo KVEA-52, mun2 and CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood return with their sizzling 3rd annual free summer concert series “Descarga” En CityWalk con Telemundo y mun2 (Jam On CityWalk with Telemundo and mun2).”

Remembering El Espectador – The muckracking, Spanish-language newspaper founded in the ’30s still shows the way for today’s burgeoning ethnic media

Advocating for Immigrants: Filmmakers Tell the Story of the Hispanic Press in America – Juan Gonzáles y Félix F. Gutiérrez

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.

Street vendor Amado Campos, 44, of Los Angeles, is his own boss, but he works long hours, seven days a week. His costs are up but sales are down as his customers cut back in a poor economy. And he needs a new cart.

June 16, 2009

San Jose Latino leader resigns amid pension fund probe – Olivia Mendiola director of Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA)

June 15, 2009

Raul de Quesada of Fox Sports en Espanol Joins the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Board of Directors

Latino test scores rise as South Bay schools tackle the achievement gap – San Jose area

Eighteen Southern California Latino Small Business Owners Awarded $90,000 in Verizon Wireless Grants Each business receives $2,500, cell phones and air time to spur technological advancement