January 17, 1990 By Yolanda Reynolds Though the San Jose City Council unanimously approved a General Plan change which will allow continued use of a landfill site (dump) in Alviso, the community has not given up in its opposition to the dump. Owen’s Corning Fiberglass, owner of the dumpsite, has been dumping waste on its …
December 13, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds Friday, December 15, San Jose State’s Círculo Hispánico is sponsoring a Fiesta de Navidad. The Círculo is raising funds in order to purchase gifts and toys for the Watsonville children who lost their homes to the earthquake. The Círculo Hispánico, a San Jose State University student organization “circle” membership …
December 20, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds Stanford University’s Youth Opportunity (YOP) last week celebrated its twentieth anniversary. Stanford University established YOP in the late 1960’s as a way to “help increase the economic base of the poor and underrepresented ethnic groups” and to implement a proactive affirmative action program within its own personnel department. Its …
The YOP Program serves youth expanding a vision of themselves Read More »
November 29, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds National attention to the ENLACE Program at Evergreen Valley College (EVC) is growing. Program/Mentor Coordinator, Margarita Maestas-Flores and her colleagues will be featured in the November 29 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. This publication is a highly respected newspaper that covers educational issues of national and international …
Hispanic Community College Program receives National Attention Read More »
November 22, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds N.A.S.A. scientist Ellen Ochoa, Chief of Intelligent Systems Technology Branch, N.A.S.A. Ames Research Center in Mountain View, was recently honored at the First Annual Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award in the category of the “Most Promising Engineer.” Dr. Ochoa came to N.A.S.A., Ames from Sandia Laboratories in Livermore. She …
Ellen Ochoa, N.A.S.A. Scientist Conducting Research in the Forefront of Computer Science Read More »
November 1, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds César Chávez, President of the UFW is the scheduled guest speaker at the La Raza Lawyers Association Benefit Dinner, November 3, 1989. The purpose of the benefit dinner-dance is to raise scholarship funds for Santa Clara County Raza graduating high school seniors who plan a career in law. La …
October 25, 1989 By Yolanda Reynolds Walk into the East San Jose Carnegie Library at 1102 E. Santa Clara and you will find information in Cambodian, Vietnamese, Spanish, Portuguese and English. There are whole shelves devoted to books written in Spanish only, some books are bilingual (Spanish/English) other shelves have books written in Portuguese, Cambodian, …
East San Jose Carnegie opens new horizons to its library patrons Read More »
San José Development Corporation: Gear for promoting economic development in the community October 4, 1989 Story by Yolanda Reynolds Community development is the purpose of the San Jose Development Corporation. Its primary focus is to promote and improve socioeconomic conditions for Santa Clara County’s minorities and low income residents by developing employment and business opportunities …
Story by Yolanda Reynolds Photos by Mary J. Andrade September 27, 1989 “I was hungry and you gave to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you covered me… Amen, I say to you as long as you did …
In San Jose History, under the Local section of La Oferta will start publishing again some of the articles that for several years wrote Mrs. Yolanda Reynolds. They focused on the different aspects of the City, and they represent the political, social and educational development of our community. This articles are part of the history …