• County of Santa Clara Announce Upcoming 2018 Citizenship Day

    Collaborative of Community Agencies and Volunteers are Preparing to Provide Legal Assistance to Thousands of Immigrants Eligible for U.S. Citizenship The Santa Clara County Citizenship Collaborative will host its 28th Citizenship Day event on Saturday, April 21, 2018, to offer permanent residents initial legal assessment and citizenship application assistance...
  • Calendar 4.20

    NA&L – Interpreting Beethoven April 20, 2018 / 12:10pm Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library 150 E San Fernando St San Jose, CA Free The People in the Picture April 20, 2018 / 7:30pm 3 Below Theaters and Lounge 288 S 2nd St San Jose, CA SJ Improv –...
  • Censados o censurados

    José López Zamorano La Red Hispana  Resulta comprensible la indignación de los miembros del Grupo Legislativo Hispano de la Cámara de Representantes (CHC) por la decisión de la administración del presidente Donald Trump de incluir la pregunta sobre ciudadanía en el Censo 2020, pues consideran la acción como intimidatoria...
  • SHARING THE WEALTH TAKES THOUGHTFUL PLANNING EFFORTS PLUS ALTRUISM

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR    This 2018 Midterm Election Year provides ordinary citizens an opportunity to express their support for those elected officials who are perceived not to have become beholden to special interests and their DARK MONEY. It does take doing some homework; being observant about intangible personal...
  • New Bill Would Create CA Commission to Set Health-Care Prices

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Labor unions and consumer advocates are throwing their support behind a bold new bill in California to control health-care costs by creating a commission to set limits on what providers can charge. Supporters held a rally Monday April 9 in Sacramento...
  • Downtown Streets Team Recognized as “Best Practice” Model for Ending Homelessness in California

    League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties Report encourages communities to replicate innovative model locally   SAN JOSE, CALIF. —  Bay Area homeless services provider Downtown Streets Team (DST) has been recognized by the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Joint...
  • The Mexican President, Honest or Corrupt?

    Raoul Lowery Contreras Special to El Observador On a sunny February day in 2007 in Tijuana, Mexico, I was standing on world-famous Revolution Avenue among countless stores and stands selling tourist merchandise the street had sold to millions of Americans over the years, smoking a Cuban cigar that was...
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State Audit Reveals Alarming Practices by Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County (4Cs)


    Report Claims 4Cs “Disadvantaged Some Families and Misused State Funds” SEIU   San Jose, Calif. – California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle released a report on April 5, 2018, detailing questionable and unfair practices by the Community Child Care Council of Santa Clara County (4Cs).  4Cs is the largest non-profit agency that serves as...
  • Groups Claim Thousands Improperly Removed from CA Voting Rolls

    Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – Thousands of people were improperly removed from California voting rolls in 2017, possibly due to an administrative error, says a California coalition for people who are or have been in prison. On Wednesday, the “All of Us or None” coalition sent...
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