• Driver Safety: New Tips for Road Trips

    NewsUSA For many, summer is about freedom on the open road. It’s a carefree time, focused on fun, family and adventures. What it’s usually not is a time to realize that more time on the road can mean a higher risk of an accident. In the U.S. alone, there...
  • Third Annual Latino Conservation Week

    Suzanne Potter California News Service JOSHUA TREE, Calif. – The third annual Latino Conservation Week starts Saturday and runs through July 23, and its backers want everyone to get outside and enjoy California’s open spaces. There are 18 separate events planned across the state, including six in the southern...
  • The Video Selfie That Changed the World

    Shelly Palmer Today, there are over 2 billion ordinary people carrying social network–connected video cameras. Notwithstanding what you’re hearing from talking heads on TV, this is not new news. The number of smartphones is racing toward 3 billion, and the trajectory and pace of this technological change are well...
  • De la Rosa Imports, una tradición en San José

    Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador   De la Rosa Imports es uno de los comercios que cuenta con una gran tradición dentro de la comunidad de San José. La tienda fue fundada hace más de 50 años por su propietario  el Señor Gilberto De la Rosa, q.d.e.p. Desde su...
  • The Golden Luck of the Warriors

    Justin Rossi El Observador The Golden State Warriors Finals collapse put a very disappointing end to an otherwise amazing season.  Most franchises would still be getting over such a devastating defeat. Luckily for Warriors fans, they get the ultimate consolation prize in landing the number one free agent and...
  • Immigration Corner

      By Raul Ray, Esq. On June 27, 2015, in a landmark opinion, Obergefell v. Hodges, The US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s...
  • Virtual Reality and Environment

     Have environmentalists started using Virtual Reality (VR) to further their cause?  Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk  Virtual Reality (VR) is no doubt the hottest thing in electronics and entertainment today, with “immersive” 360-degree experiences increasingly available via the click of a mouse or tap of a screen. And...
  • CA Farmworkers’ Against Pesticides Near Schools

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – About 150 farmworkers’ families and their advocates plan to rally tomorrow in front of the California state PEA office in Sacramento. The groups are concerned with the toxicity of pesticides applied near schools, and say they’ve been waiting for the Department...
  • Racial Profiling Board Meets for First Time

    Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – In a week where news of police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota has filled the airwaves, California is taking concrete steps to fight racial profiling – with the first meeting of the new Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory...
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