February 13, 1993 By YoIanda Reynolds Photos by Mary J. Andrade Graffiti is being found in more and more areas of the City. Most of the graffiti or scribbling by young “artists” is generally the work of middle school age children, mostly boys. Some youth as well as a small number of adults consider graffiti …
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Febrero 6, 1993 Sala de Prensa – La Oferta Review trajo a casa el pasado fin de semana 15 premios en excelencia periodística, entre los cuales se incluyen dos primeros lugares. La entrega de ellos se realizó durante la ceremonia dc clausura de la Séptima Conferencia Anual de la Asociación Nacional de Publicaciones Hispanas, la …
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Future Meetings are Proposed February 6, 1993 By Yolanda Reynolds Alarmed with the realization that time is running out for several death row inmates in prisons in Texas, several representatives of San Jose’s Committee in defense of Ricardo Adalpe Guerra met Monday, February 1st with San Jose Mexican Consul Arturo Balderas to press for …
MEXICAN CONSUL BALDERAS HEARS COMMUNITY CONCERNS Read More »
Coverage of Mexican Heritage Gardens yet another example January 27, 1993 By Yolanda Reynolds Alum Rock Union School District Board of Trustees members Alex Salazar, Félix Alvarez, and Juanita Ramírez held a press conference in front of the offices of the San José Mercury News, the city’s lone daily. They held the conference last Thursday …
December 23, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds NINETEEN NINETY-TWO is ending. It was a year in which some major changes occurred. At the national level, 16 years of Republican control of the White House ended when the nation gave overwhelming support to the Democratic party challengers, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. In 1992, the nation sank …
1992; A YEAR OF INCREASED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT Read More »
December 12, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds On Wednesday morning, December 8th, the Santa Clara Water District Board after a sometimes testy discussion between the Board members, unanimously voted to explore the possibility of allowing temporary housing for homeless people in the boarded-up housing along River St. The members of the Board are: Joe Pandit, Patrick …
SANTA CLARA WATER DISTRICT SHOWS HEART TO THE HOMELESS Read More »
November 21, 1992 By Yolanda Reyolds San Jose’s Center For Employment Training (CET) is a destination for important dignitaries from government and business as well as for as for visitors from foreign countries. In mid-October, CET was host to 15 officials from across the United States and a number of foreign countries who were here …
C.E.T. CONTINUES TO BE THE MODEL FOR SIMILAR PROGRAMS HERE AND ABROAD Read More »
November 14, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds As the City’s residents struggle harder every day to provide for themselves and their families, the San Jose officials of the largest City in the Santa Clara Valley continue to proceed with expensive and controversial capital (building) projects and city policies. Early Tuesday afternoon, the City Council of San …
November 3, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds Workers at the electronic company, Versatronex, held a demonstration last Thursday in front of the Sunnyvale company to protest working conditions there. They have been picketing the company for over a week. The workers have been on strike since the 16th of October. The electronic chip assembly workers, most …
HIGH TECH WORKERS STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS Read More »
October 28,1992 By Yolanda Reynolds Adelante Con Clinton, with offices in the historic east side of San Jose, held, a rally on Saturday morning at Roosevelt Park morning to “Get Out the Vote” for November 3. The tally was organized to highlight the reasons many Latino leaders strongly recommend the Democratic candidate for U.S. President, …
MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS HOLD A RALLY FOR CLINTON/GORE CAMPAIGN Read More »