Conservation As Our Future March, 2017 By Sharon McElhone We, Californians, adapted to a severe five-year water shortage and decreased our water usage significantly. Awareness campaigns, a strict mandate, and cost increases all forced us to save water. During the drought, homeowners stopped watering the grass or ripped out all the grass completely in favor …
December 11, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Lack of housing, in particular low and very low income housing is acute in the Bay Area. Even now, during the “Recession,” housing costs have remained high. The average price of homes in the San Jose area is reported to be $224,000. Don Wolfe, Director/Local Government Affairs for the …
November 30, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds California Governor Pete Wilson facing major budget problems and having tried to maintained Republican economic practices has had to look for other causes for the deteriorating state economy. During the last ten years, beginning with former President Ronald Reagan, the Federal government has spent what reserves that it had …
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF; NEWEST IMMIGRANTS BLAMED FOR ECONOMIC WOES Read More »
Actividades de Cambio Social, Apoyo y Acción Directa, para enfrentar el programa VOICE (Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement), propuesto por Trump. Por Nahuí Ollín San José, CA., 8 de marzo – Durante su próxima pasada comparecencia ante el Congreso estadounidense, Donald Trump anunció que ha solicitado al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (Homeland Security), la creación …
November 27, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of the local daily, Robert Ingle, wrote a statement of apology to the Hispanic community for the hurt that was caused by a recent article in the paper regarding gang activity. His apology appeared in the “Perspective” (editorial pages) of the Sunday …
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September 3, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Friday, in the late afternoon, as most Bay Area residents headed off to a weekend of leisure, a group of Prunedale farm workers made their way from the fields to their makeshift shelters nearby. The laborers, mostly men, have been working in nearby truck farms for a number of …
A GROUP OF FARM WORKERS LIVING IN CAVES IN PRUNDALE SOUTH OF SAN JOSE Read More »
FARM FOREMAN SAYS “THE MEDIA JUST TELLS A BUNCH OF LIES” August 28, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Benech Farms, a South Almaden fruit farm has drawn the attention of the Santa Clara County District Attorney. The District Attorney’s office is investigating the conditions at the farm for a number of reasons, among them a pond …
November 20, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Sunday noon at Sacred Heart Church, a determined crowd of janitorial workers and their supporters met for a rally. The janitors have taken their struggle for justice in the workplace to the street and the general public after over a year and half of inaction from an unresponsive system. …
San Jose, CA – City leaders gathered today in the Rock Springs neighborhood to extend their gratitude to Mr. Kieu Hoang, CEO & Chairman of RAAS, for making a generous $5 million donation to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund. “Mr. Hoang’s extraordinarily generous gift will make an enormous and immediate difference for the …
San Jose Leaders Announce $5 Million Gift to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund Read More »
PACT SAYS A FAIR SHARE IS NEEDED FOR YOUTH November 9, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Community meetings have been scheduled throughout the City of San Jose to discuss projected Redevelopment plans for the Downtown San Jose. The agency has mapped out its planned expenditures through the year 2010 – nineteen years into the future. Already, …
MILLIONS MORE PLANNED FOR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT; Read More »