• 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...
  • ¡Vamos a Gozar!

    Finding Neverland April 17 – 22, 2018 / Various Times The Center For Performing Arts 255 Almaden Boulevard San Jose, CA 95113 Tickets: ticketmaster.com $48–$128...
  • Calendar 4.13

    SJDA Public Meeting April 13, 2018 / 8am 3 Below Theaters and Lounge 288 S 2nd St San Jose, CA RSVP at [email protected] NA&L – The Many Voices of the Harp April 13, 2018 / 12:10pm San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art 560 S 1st St San Jose, CA...
  • La Militarización del Prejuicio

    José López Zamorano La Red Hispana Bastaba ver los rostros curtidos por el sol, por el hambre y la desesperanza de las mujeres y los niños que, viajaban en la Caravana del Viacrucis Migrante desde Centroamérica a través de territorio mexicano hacia los Estados Unidos, para entender el falaz...
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