June 26. 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Organizacion de la Comunidad de Alviso. OCA, has unrelenting, worked to bring better living conditions for that small town. Alviso was lured to join San Jose by promises, many of which have still not been fulfilled. What did happen was that Alviso was absorbed by San Jose and …
THE TOXIC CLEAN UP IN ALVISO IS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD Read More »
June 7, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds PACT (People Acting Together in Community), a church-community federation representing over 25,000 families in San Jose, held an evening meeting with San Jose Mayor, Susan Hammer, Wednesday evening at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the city’s priorities as expressed in its …
MAYOR SUSAN HAMMER MEETS WITH PACT, SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN Read More »
May 10, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds In today’s issue of La Oferta Review our readers will find excerpts from an article prepared for Sunday’s issue of the San Jose Mercury News (MN). The article was written in celebration of Cinco de Mayo and was expected to appear in the “Perspective” section of that large and …
MAINLINE PRESS FAILS TO RECOGNIZE HISPANIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Read More »
May 10, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Jose Cinco de Mayo celebration, coordinated by the San Jose G.I. Forum this past weekend, was particularly special for a number of reasons. The celebration was possibly the largest gathering of people in downtown San Jose history, with an estimated 100,000 plus persons in attendance. Lt. Bruce Rey, …
CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION BRINGS THOUSANDS TO DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE Read More »
HOUSING, AND GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES May 3, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Last Friday, U.S. Congressman Norman Mineta served as chairman of a daylong conference in San Jose, the purpose of which was to review and discuss the economic future of California and, in particular that of Silicon Valley. The Conference was coordinated by the Columbia Institute, …
CALIFORNIA’S FUTURE IS DEPENDENT UPON EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, Read More »
REQUEST FOR HONOR ON NEW CONVENTION CENTER RENAMING April 19, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds On the night of April 16 at the San Jose City Council meeting, a small group of campaign contributors and supporters of a former mayor, Tom McEnery, were successful in their request that the city’s new convention center be renamed in …
THE SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL DENIED SAN JOSE VETERANS Read More »
COUNCIL MAY HONOR VETERANS, A WOMAN, FORMER MAYOR TOM McENERY OR LEAVE NAME AS IS, “SAN JOSE’ April 16, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds A local consortium of veterans groups, Action Lobby on Remembrance (Valor), requested that the City Council reschedule Tuesday night’s City Council meeting to determine renaming the Convention Center in order to provide …
S.J. CITY COUNCIL TO DECIDE ON RENAMING NEW CONVENTION CENTER Read More »
April 5, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds The Historic Landmarks Commission in a 6 to 3 vote decided to recommend that the City Council determine themselves among a number of different recommendations which are suggested by the Commission for naming the new San Jose Convention Center. One suggestion is to leave the name as is the …
McENERY NAME NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE NEW CONVENTION CENTER Read More »
SHARES HIS CONCERNS AND SEEKS THEIR ADVICE March 29, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds California Governor Pete Wilson met with members of the California Hispanic Publishers. Inc. at a meeting in Sacramento last Monday. There were thirty different publications and publishers present at that meeting. The Hispanic print media targets the Hispanic community with information frequently …
GOVERNOR PETE WILSON MEETS WITH HISPANIC PRINT MEDIA, Read More »
CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ‘FAMILY’ HONORS HIM March 22, 1991 By Yolanda Reynolds Dr. Anthony Soto, academic (philosophy, archaeology. sociology, history), community leader, religious leader, writer and community Volunteer, is retiring from serving on the Governing Board of the Center for Employment Training (CET). Soto helped found CET in 1967 and has long served on …
ANTONIO SOTO IS NAMED NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR CET Read More »