• From the Streets to the Grave: Turning Grief into Advocacy

    San Jose Based Nonprofit Helps Guide and Counsel Families of Homicide Victims Arturo Hilario El Observador On February 13, 2013, 17-year old San Jose High School student Anthony Santa Cruz Sr. was on his way to a convenience store to grab some chips before eventually going to football practice....
  • California Loses a Journalistic Innovator

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SAN FRANCISCO — California is losing a venerable independent news agency that leaves as its legacy a stronger, more diverse news landscape. New America Media announced it will be closing its doors on November 30. The nonprofit started in 1970 in San Francisco as Pacific...
  • Noviembre es el Mes Nacional de Concientización sobre la Diabetes

    Wonderful Pistachios Aproximadamente dos de cada tres adultos tienen sobrepeso o están obesos. Más de 29 millones de estadounidenses viven con diabetes, 86 millones sufren de prediabetes (1 de cada 3 adultos), y 735,000 de estadounidenses tienen ataques cardíacos al año. Todas estas son estadísticas muy desafortunadas, pero por suerte hay...
  • November is National Diabetes Awareness Month

    Wonderful Pistachios Roughly two in three adults are considered to be overweight or obese. More than 29 million Americans are living with diabetes, while 86 million (that’s 1 out of 3 adults) have prediabetes. And every year about 735,000 American adults have a heart attack. These are all unfortunate...
  • Simplifique el otoño con comidas de un solo plato

    BPT El otoño se siente como si fuese un nuevo año: nuevas clases en la escuela, nuevos amigos y actividades. ¡También es el momento perfecto para poner en práctica nuevas ideas culinarias! Dele un nuevo giro a las cenas familiares favoritas incorporando ingredientes inesperados como las uvas de California....
  • Las tres estafas más arriesgadas para veteranos y familias militares

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Personal militar y sus familias hacen muchos sacrificios por su país. Sin embargo, hay un sacrificio que no esperan: perder dinero a estafadores. El Día de los Veteranos se acerca, y su Better Business Bureau (BBB) insta a los miembros militares a...
  • Top Three Riskiest Scams for Military Families and Veterans

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Service members and their families make many sacrifices for their country. However, there’s one sacrifice they don’t expect: being a target for scammers. As Veterans Day approaches, your Better Business Bureau (BBB) urges service members to keep an eye out for scams....
  • Policymakers cannot ignore the overrepresentation of black students in special education

    Kristen Harper and Edward Fergus, PhD Child Trends In their recent study featured in Education Week, Morgan, Farkas, Hillemeier, and Maczuga got it wrong in arguing that more black children should be identified with educational disabilities and challenging federal policies meant to address overrepresentation by race in special education. To be clear, black...
  • IRS TAX REFORM… IT’S ALL ABOUT OUR MONEY BECOMING THEIRS

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR It’s been over 30 years since the U.S. Congress made a comprehensive assessment of the IRS taxation process. President Trump (who never has allowed his personal IRS 1040 submittals get public scrutiny) and his Administration have not revealed any taxation policy objectives. Comprehensive income taxation...
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