• ABOUT THE COUNTY JAIL

    Hilbert Morales /EL OBSERVADOR On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, Judge LaDoris Cordell (retired) presented the BRC  (BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION) report, Board of Supervisor’s, Agenda item #10 entitled “Consider Recommendations relating to the Blue Ribbon Commission on improving Custody Operations.” The entire report may be viewed at <http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=7189>. This report...
  • ¿De qué nos morimos?

    Luisa Fernanda Montero / La Red Hispana Como bien se ha dicho: la muerte es parte de la vida. A todos nos acompaña en el camino que hacemos desde que nacemos y una cosa segura tenemos todos, tarde o temprano nos llevará con ella. Pero, ¿cuál es la prisa? ¿Qué...
  • Sacramento Bus Trip

    Dave Cortese /SCCGOV This year marks the 14th Anniversary of the Sacramento Bus Trip. Since it first began, the Bus Trip has increased from a handful of concerned residents advocating for public education funding to 165 residents in 2015 who were navigating through the new local control funding formula....
  • Unstack the Deck

    Suzanne Potter / California News Service LOS ANGELES – Juvenile justice advocates are praising a decision this week by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to look into revamping the way kids who can’t afford an attorney are represented. Right now, if the public defender has a conflict of...
  • VTA’s BART

    Berryessa BART Station Garage tops out with 109-foot view of the South Bay San Jose, CA. – VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension (SVBX) project hit a new high in a big way. Earlier this month the project poured the last of the 15,000 total cubic yards of concrete...
  • “OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS”

    Hilbert Morales /EL OBSERVADOR An Associated Press (AP) news group, which worked with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ). Washington.  D.C., just exposed ‘offshore accounts’. Its report was published by the BROWNSVILLE HERALD (TEXAS), Sunday edition, April 3, 2016. This report was first  filed in Frankfort, Germany by...
  • Más allá

    Luisa Fernanda Montero / La Red Hispana Abril es el mes de la concientización y la prevención de la violencia sexual. Así quedó consignado en la proclamación presidencial que recuerda que todos, hombres, mujeres, niños, jóvenes y adultos de cualquier raza, color o estatus podemos ser víctimas y que, a...
  • Pepe Aguilar

    NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference Friday April 8, 2016 / Various times San Jose Convention Center 150 W San Carlos St San Jose, CA $360 – $1,600 A Little Night Music Saturday – Sunday though April 10, 2016 / Various times Montgomery Theater 271 S Market St San Jose, CA $11 – $37 The Elephant Man...
  • WHAT CITY PAYS

    Fareed Zakaria, Global Public Square, MSNBC Broadcast 02.28.16 Transcribed by Hilbert Morales, El Observador Do you think ‘payment to likely criminals not to commit crimes’ sounds crazy? Well, Washington, D.C., may begin doing just that! Fareed Zakaria, moderator, Global Public Square, MSNBC weekly program (7:00 AM, Sundays), reports that...
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