Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss / EarthTalk After enduring years of criticism from animal rights activists, Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, announced in March 2015 that it would phase out the use of endangered Asian elephants in its circus performances within three years....

Suzanne Potter / California News Service MONTEREY, Calif. – On Monday, a coalition of conservation groups sent more than 105,000 signatures to the National Marine Fisheries Service asking the agency to speed up a plan to expand habitat protections for killer whales. The Southern Resident orca spend their summers in...

Pittsburg /  CALIFORNIA The City of Pittsburg, California announced on June 2nd that they would temporarily change their name to Teal, Town California during the remainder of the Stanley Cup Finals. According to a press release from the city “Pittsburg, California is burning up with Sharks Fever” and that “City...

Warriors/Oakland The following statement was released this week by Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry: “After a great deal of internal thought and several discussions with my family, the Warriors and my representatives, I’ve elected to withdraw my name from the list of eligible players on Team USA’s preliminary...

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Hilbert Morales / El Observador  Consider the following: 1) For 20 years, Ms. Loretta Sanchez has been a legislator who is known for ‘working with Republican colleagues across the aisle. She is a competent legislator; Pamela Harris is a competent prosecuting attorney& administrator who will need several months to learn...

Eduardo Hilario / El Observador With June already here, one of the biggest gaming events is around the corner, E3, the Electronics Entertainment Expo. Gaming companies, big and small, converge in LA to show off their latest games, consoles, and new tech for the future of the gaming experience. Speculation...

  2016 San Jose Greek Festival Fri June 3-5 Fri: 5:00pm – 10:00pm / Sat: 11:00am – 10:00pm / Sun: 11:00 am – 9:00pm / 1260 Davis St, San Jose, CA / Free   Andrea Boccelli Fri June 3 8:00pm SAP Center at San Jose Tickets/info: Ticketmaster $75-$365   San Jose Sharks v. Pittsburgh Penguins Sat June...

Eduardo Hilario / El Observador FanimeCon has come and gone with Memorial Day weekend and with it brought many people from around the country and world to the downtown area of San Jose to get a huge taste of one of their most beloved genres, Anime. Some of you might...