SJ History

February 12, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds Gangs, delinquency, school, boredom, college jobs, are choices facing youth. Currently, much attention is on teen age gang participation. According to some, the gangs are not only social clubs but, frequently, function as business clubs involved in drug trafficking, burglary and other illegal behavior. Law enforcement authorities attribute much …

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT NEEDED TO PREVENT UNJUSTIFIED ACTIONS FOR THE “WAR ON DRUGS” Read More »

January 25, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds Santa Clara County Board Chairperson, Supervisor Zoe Lofgren, in a speech Tuesday to an overflow crowd in the County Chambers reviewed the Board’s previous achievements and announced the need for increased attention to a number of serious problems facing county residents. The crowd responded to her speech with a …

WILL THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN BECOME THE TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL SAN JOSE LEADERS? Read More »

January 22,1992 By Yolanda Reynolds A Mexican Heritage Garden and Cultural Center is planned for the corner of King and Alum Rock avenue, an area surrounded by a high concentration of Mexican American families. The Council approved the plan in concept, provided that the Mexican Heritage Corporation is able to raise the needed $3 million …

MEXICAN HERITAGE GARDENS CENTER IN SAN JOSE IS CLOSER TO REALITY Read More »

January 11, 1992 By Yolanda Reynolds Chanting “What we want… is housing now!”, homeless and housing advocates marched from the steps of the San Jose City hall to the Isaac New Center chambers in the County building, to testify before the Housing Commission for the City of San Jose. The Commission was holding a public …

HOMELESSNESS BRINGS PAIN TO THE HEART OF SAN JOSE Read More »

December 18, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The increasing numbers of jobless Americans will mean a bleak Holiday season and New Year to many families in 1992. Economists don’t predict an early nor a strong economic recovery to occur. The problems facing the United States are severe and complex. Hardest hit will be children, whose lives …

COUNTY SUPERVISOR LOFGREN ASKS FOR INCREASED ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN Read More »

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 …

AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING Read More »

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 »

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 …

LOCAL DAILY APOLOGIZES TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY FOR “GANG” ARTICLE Read More »

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 …

ANOTHER FARMWORKER ENCAMPMENT IS UNDER SCRUTINY Read More »