Did You Know + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
June 4, 2009
June 3, 1943 marked the start of just over a week of violence on the streets of Los Angeles that would come to be known as the Zoot Suit Riots – 66th Anniversary
September 15, 2008
Former state Assemblyman Robert Pacheco has been named co-chairman of California Latinos for McCain.
September 3, 2008
In Stanislaus County, for example, about 59% of white women who gave birth at hospitals reported breastfeeding the newborn exclusively, while 33% of Hispanic women and 32% of black women said they exclusively breastfed – California
June 17, 2008
Did You Know? 1 million new Latino voters turned out in California alone for the Democratic primary
Did You Know? A report found that Hispanics made up 32% of the California’s general population but only 5% of its practicing physicians.
April 15, 2008
Did You Know? The University of California system admitted 12,432 students of Hispanic descent – that’s 1,717 or 16% more than last year
April 14, 2008
Did You Know? The Bay Area’s digital divide is also apparent when comparing Latinos with other ethnic groups. Just 57 percent of Latinos have some form of Internet access and 50 percent have a broadband connection. – California
February 26, 2008
Did You Know? Immigrants are less likely than U.S.-born citizens to be incarcerated in California, according to a Public Policy Institute of California study released Monday.
February 6, 2008
Did You Know? Exit polls conducted for The Associated Press showed Hispanic voters backed Clinton by a margin of more than 2-1.
January 14, 2008
Did You Know? In 1990, just 57 percent of California kids – ages 5 through 17 – in Spanish-speaking households spoke English fluently. Now, 74 percent speak English fluently.
January 3, 2008
Did You Know? About 12% of Hispanic children were uninsured, the highest rate of any group in California
October 11, 2007
According to data from the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Latinos accounted for 20 percent of new HIV diagnoses in San Francisco in 2006
October 9, 2007
Did You Know? Survey: Latinos yearn to own homes – 81 percent of its Latino voters and 92 percent of its Latino nonvoters hope to become homeowners one day, according to the results of a poll released today by the California building industry.
September 27, 2007
Did You Know? The number of Santa Clara County businesses owned by Hispanic woman has increased more than 200% over the last 20 years. – California
September 26, 2007
Did You Know? Fourth- and eighth-graders’ math scores increased, but white students are still scoring higher than their African American and Hispanic classmates, especially in California.
September 25, 2007
Did You Know? That Mexico’s political party, PAN””the Partido Acción Nacional, will have its conference in Los Angeles on September 30, 2007
September 16, 2007
Did You Know? The U.S. economy – particular California’s – is intertwined with Mexico’s. Mexico is California’s No. 1 export market – 15 percent of exports worth $19.6 billion last year, up from $17.7 billion in 2005
August 21, 2007
Did You Know? In California, public adult schools are responsible for 75 percent of adult ESL classes, which also are provided on a smaller scale through libraries, community colleges and nonprofit organizations.
August 20, 2007
Did You Know? California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce represents more than 600,000 Hispanic-owned businesses in California
April 18, 2007
Did You Know? Hispanic youths in California are serving life without parole at a rate five times that of whites.
March 28, 2007
Did You Know? About 50-thousand soccer fans are expected to crowd into the Oakland Coliseum tonight for an exhibition game between Mexico and Ecuador.
January 8, 2007
Did You Know? The rate of Latino high school graduates in California going directly to college is 43 percent,
December 20, 2006
Did You Know? Long Beach, California has 475,000 people ”” 36% of them Latino, 33% white, 14% black and 12% Asian
