June 27, 1990 Text by Yolanda Reynolds Photos by Mary J. Andrade The American Indian Center of Santa Clara Valley, together with the San Jose Public Library System, dedicated the new Indian Center library last Wednesday, June 20. The new library is located next to the Indian Center of San Jose. Inc. at 935 The …
June 13, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Thursday evening, June 7, after months of controversy regarding the Fallon statue, the San Jose City Council unanimously approved a proposal that addressed most of the concern raised in the Fallon controversy. The Hispanic community spoke out in opposition to the Fallon statue because the statue portrays Thomas Fallon …
May 23, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds The Fallon statue controversy continues. The Pueblo Unido de San Jose – Coalition will bring its concerns to City Hall Thursday evening June 7. The group appeared. at City appeared at City Hall this past Tuesday. May 15. The Tuesday meeting was the last evening Council meeting before the …
From our Editor – Last Friday. May 18, a City of San Jose employee in Mayor Thomas McEnery’s office of Public information independently acted to restrict the press by banning Yolanda Reynolds, a reporter of this newspaper, from attending a press conference scheduled for Monday, May 21. Such an action only occurs in countries where …
May 23, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Monday’s mayoral press conference with the Hispanic media not only provided an opportunity for the Hispanic media to ask questions, but became a forum for a number of other concerned variety of issues. The news conference was held Monday morning in the Mayor’s sixth floor conference room. The Mayor’s …
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May 9, 1900 By Yolanda Reynolds La Oferta Review recently ran a series of interviews that this reporter had with the mayoral candidates. The questions asked of them touched on some key issues confronting the Hispanic community. The questions were as follows: The perception within the community of an unequal distribution of city services and …
May 9, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Dr. Roberto Cruz, founding president of the National Hispanic University last week announced that the University was making San Jose its new headquarters. This announcement was made atSupervisor Gonzales’ “Speakers Forum“ held at the Le Baron Hotel, Wednesday at noon, May 2. The National Hispanic University (NHU) was founded …
May 2, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Policy makers and others in the community are asking why there is opposition in the Hispanic community to the Fallon statue as well as to other recent actions such as the proposed takeover of the Studio Theater. The statue has become a symbol upon which the community has expressed …
April 25, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds In 1981, while in the U.S. Senate, S.I. Hayakawa introduced a Constitutional amendment to make English the official language of the United States. His attempt was not successful. However, Hayakawa and his followers have since formed a group named U.S. English, whose goal “is to make English the official …
Por Lupita Peimbert Francia es un país que no pierde su encanto; continúa siendo el destino número uno para los visitantes de todo el mundo con 84.5 millones de extranjeros que visitaron ese país en el 2015, según los últimos datos. Si ya lo has visitado pero te gustaría volver, o si ya decidiste que …