• LET’S MAKE MEMORIAL DAY MORE THAN JUST A Three Day Holiday

    Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Let’s first review the history of how this holiday came to be what it is today: a three-day holiday (Saturday-Sunday-Monday). The Federal Government, during 1971, gave its federal government employees this three-day holiday which includes and celebrates the last Monday during the month of May...
  • Live It Up – Nicky Jam feat. Will Smith & Era Istrefi (2018 FIFA World Cup Russia)

    The official song of the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018...
  • How Do You See the Future?

    Shelly Palmer  Tomorrow will be nothing like today. It may look and feel a lot like today – you’ll get up, have breakfast, exercise, go off to work, etc. But tomorrow will be nothing like today. Tomorrow there will be 600,000 new smartphone activations, 540,000 new computers sold, hundreds...
  • District 7: A Fight for the Community

    Maya Esparza is running for District 7 in San Jose and wants you to know why   Arturo Hilario El Observador If you were to ask Maya Esparza what prompted her to run for San Jose’s District 7 council seat in the upcoming June 5th elections, it comes down...
  • Usos místicos de las flores

    Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador Actualmente las flores tradicionales, las exquisitas y las más exóticas son empleadas por la industria cosmética en la fabricación de perfumes, lociones,  colonias, cremas, ungüentos y una cantidad innumerable de artículos destinados al cuidado de la apariencia, salud e higiene personal. Hoy en día...
  • Groups Push for National Park Investment on Infrastructure Week

    Suzanne Potter California News Service YOSEMITE, Calif. – This week is national Infrastructure Week, and a coalition of business, conservation and veterans groups are calling for a dedicated funding stream to address the $11 billion backlog of deferred maintenance at our national parks. The money is needed to repair...
  • Report: Juvenile Probation Should Focus on Help, Not Punishment

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A new report says the current juvenile probation system just doesn’t work – and should be revamped to focus on helping kids rather than punishing them and making them comply with complex rules. The study explored ways of effectively modernizing probation...
  • Ribbon Cutting Celebrates New Story Stations at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo

    HHPZ SAN JOSE – Recently Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (HHPZ) revealed five new “story stations” located near benches throughout the park and zoo, providing places for families to learn while relaxing and enjoying books provided by the San José Public Library (SJPL). “The story stations advance the City’s...
  • Young Artists Showcase offers an opportunity to support the arts in education

    SCCOE SAN JOSE, CA – Twenty-eight works of art will enter the state’s biggest adjudicated student art collection in the Young Artists Showcase located at the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) on Tuesday, May 22. This year students from across Santa Clara County have created works based...
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