Riding Low: From the Old School to the New

23. July 2010

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Riding Low: From the Old School to the New

By Sherehe Hollins
Part III

Lowriding has evolved so much that nowadays the explanation of what makes a car a lowrider cannot be simplified or limited to one definition. Those from the old school who favor cars made prior to the 1950’s tend to have stricter guidelines when it comes to defining a lowrider. Rigo Reyes of Amigos Car Club believes there are four vehicles which epitomize the essence of a lowrider car: A 1964 Super Sport/convertible Chevy Impala; a 1954 Chevy Bel Air; a 1948 Fleetline; and a 1939 Chevy. In addition to the cars are its features. For Rigo hydraulics, the paint job, and 5.20’s Premium Sportway tires are some of the features that define a true lowrider because they are very original.

One of the realities of lowriding that makes the new generation different from the old school is the number of options that are available to them…

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28. July 2010

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Judge Blocks Key Sections of Arizona’s Immigration Law

PHOENIX — A federal judge, ruling on a clash between the federal government and a state over immigration policy, has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law from going into effect.  The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents — including sections that required [...]

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22. July 2010

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The Beauty Bloggers Who Blew MAC and Rodarte’s Juarez Cover

by Julianne Hing Last week the makeup company MAC released its new “Juarez” collection in collaboration with the high-fashion label Rodarte, with lipglosses named “del Norte,” bloodstreaked eyeshadows in a shade of “Bordertown” and a pale nail polish called “Factory.” The Rodarte designers said they were inspired by Juarez and the lines of women workers [...]

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Latest From Featured

23. July 2010

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California Shrinks School Calendar Amid Budget Crisis

By Louis Freedberg California Watch     Just as education experts are encouraging more classroom time to improve student grades and test scores, many California districts are moving in the opposite direction by shortening their school year amid a sustained and draining budget crisis.     Of the state’s 30 largest school districts, 16 are reducing the [...]

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23. July 2010

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Study looks at the bilingual brain

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     A UCSD study is trying to find out how the brain works in the learning of a second language, and researchers are currently recruiting for Spanish-dominant bilingual persons to participate.     Matt Leonard, a Ph.D Candidate at the Department of Cognitive Science and lead researcher in the study, said that, [...]

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23. July 2010

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Estudio da un vistazo al cerebro bilingüe

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Un estudio de UCSD está tratando de conocer cómo funciona el cerebro en el aprendizaje de un segundo idioma, y los investigadores están reclutando personas bilingües que hablan muy bien español para participar.     Matt Leonard, un candidato a doctorado por el Departamento de Ciencia Cognitiva e investigador principal en [...]

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16. July 2010

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Health center celebrates 40 years of serving el barrio

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz       If community clinics like the Family Health Center of San Diego in Logan Heights didn’t exist, Jose Guzman said that most likely he would have to take his three young daughters to receive health care in Tijuana.     Since he doesn’t have health insurance and he can’t afford to pay [...]

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16. July 2010

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Centro de salud cumple 40 años de servir al barrio

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Si no existieran clínicas comunitarias como el Centro de Salud Familiar de Logan Heights, José Guzmán dice que lo más probable es que tuviera que llevar a sus tres hijas pequeñas a Tijuana para recibir atención médica.     Ya que no tiene seguro médico ni podría pagar los altos costos [...]

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16. July 2010

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Soccer, The World Cup and the Meaning of La Vida

By Andres T. Tapia New America Media     It’s not the game of soccer that means so much to people around the world. It’s the way soccer connects them.     The homemade ball 10 centimeters in diameter, made of plastic bags, rags, and socks held together by twine, rolls off toughened black soles and lands [...]

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Latest From Stories

23. July 2010

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Remembering those gone and bracing for what’s ahead

By Mariana Martínez Esténs Video: Ceremonia TKT     Activists, rescuers and reporters caravanned under the piercing sun as it heated the air, making it difficult to move or breathe comfortably. Alongside the group a few state police men guarded the area, for fear of attacks by criminals praying on those who enter the paths used [...]

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23. July 2010

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Recordando a los que se han ido y apoyando lo que viene adelante

Por Mariana Martínez Esténs Video: Ceremonia TKT La caravana de activistas, rescatistas y reporteros avanza bajo los intensos rayos del sol que calientan el aire hasta que se hace difícil incluso respirar. A una distancia se apostan elementos de la policía estatal, a quienes se les pidió resguardo por miedo a asaltantes en esta transitada [...]

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23. July 2010

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Violence, Tensions Boil

Frontera NorteSur     Around-the-clock executions, routine kidnappings, burnings of rural homes, hangings of murder victims from overpasses, scatterings of body parts on public streets, a car bomb, and threats of more violence have all put Ciudad Juarez and the state of Chihuahua on extreme edge.     The violence boils as the administration of Chihuahua Governor [...]

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23. July 2010

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Arizona En Una Semana

México del Norte Por Jorge Mújica Murias     En una semana, días más o menos, Arizona estará estrenando la ley SB 1070, a menos que alguna de las varias demandas contra de la torpeza anti-inmigrante del estado logre que la Corte declare su suspensión. O puede ser que ninguna funcione y las Cortes decidan que [...]

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23. July 2010

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Hispanic-owned businesses on the rise, Census Bureau finds

By Alejandra Matos Scripps Howard Foundation Wire     Hispanic-owned businesses are booming across the United States, specifically in the South.      Arkansas had a 160 percent increase in Hispanic-owned business, growing from 2,094 businesses in 2002 to 5,457 in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.     “Our Hispanic community [...]

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23. July 2010

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550 L.A. union members from 32 unions will pledge to help boost Arizona’s Latino vote

L.A. labor travels to Phoenix ‘without papers’ on July 29     More than 550 union members from 32 different unions in the Los Angeles along with several leaders from L.A.’s community and faith organizations will travel to Phoenix on July 29. They will travel “without papers” or identification the day SB 1070, Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, [...]

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23. July 2010

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The San Diego Foundation Announces the Adrian Gonzalez Scholarship Recipients

Padres’ First Basemen Personally Fielded the Interviews     Adrian Gonzalez has awarded six scholarships from his fund at The San Diego Foundation. Awardees will receive $8,000 over four years providing they maintain a 3.0 GPA and a record of good citizenship. Adrian and his wife, Betsy, participated in the candidate interviews between game days. Personal [...]

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23. July 2010

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San Diego and Imperial County Community College Association Elects New Leadership

Southwestern College Superintendent/President Chopra Elected Vice President CHULA VISTA, CA – The San Diego and Imperial County Community Colleges Association (SDICCCA), representing six community college districts and hundreds of thousands of students, has elected new leadership, including Southwestern College Superintendent/President Dr. Raj K. Chopra, who will serve as Vice President.     “California’s community colleges educate [...]

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23. July 2010

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UCSD Students and Staff Offer Free Healthcare

    Dozens of people swarmed the hallways, most of them homeless army veterans, at Pacific Beach’s Methodist Church to receive primary care. Here men, women, and children of all ages can get the healthcare that over 25% of San Diego’s  population do not have access to because they lack health insurance.     With 2/3 of [...]

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23. July 2010

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It’s About the Science

Scholarships for Young Scientists Seeking a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease: Deadline Aug. 1     The Alzheimers Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter is pleased to announce the request for submissions for our 2010 Young Scholar Awards a program of financial scholarships for deserving young scientists.     “The program is for undergraduates, postgraduates and post doctoral students in [...]

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Latest From Editorial and Commentary

23. July 2010

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Hispanic community will not be silenced!

Editorial: The rhetoric surrounding Arizona’s SB1070 has escalated the comparisons to Nazi Germany and the imagery of Hitler. The comparisons and imagery from the Chicano/Hispanic perspective are justified. Anti-Chicano/Hispanic propaganda and the profiling of the Mexican worker, the immigrant, and the Hispanic in the United States is dehumanizing.    To some “persons of good will,” [...]

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23. July 2010

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Scopes trial anniversary occasion to analyze recent Arizona law

Commentary: By Miranda Joseph and Sandra K. Soto    Eighty-five years ago on July 24, John Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution in Tennessee. He had violated the recently passed Butler Act, making it illegal “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and [...]

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23. July 2010

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Bridging the Educational Gap

Commentary: By Ray Suarez    Latino families have the highest workplace participation rates in the country. In most recent years, they have worked more hours per week than other Americans. Their median family income is higher than that of Black families, but only because they tend to have more adults working in each household. The [...]

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23. July 2010

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The GOP Chairman Was Right about Afghanistan

Commentary: By Sheldon Richman    They used to say the truth shall set you free. These days it might get you fired. Apparently, stumbling onto the truth is a grave offense in the Republican Party. Ask Michael Steele, its chairman.    Steele provoked the wrath of Republican neoconservatives William Kristol, Liz Cheney (the former vice [...]

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23. July 2010

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Comcast’s Contract With Latinos: A Step in the Right Direction, Not a Solution to Media Consolidation

Commentary: By Alex Nogales President & CEO, National Hispanic Media Coalition      When Comcast announced last fall that it planned to merge with NBC Universal, few were more skeptical of the deal than I was.    As I stated in my testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on June 7th, if this deal is approved, [...]

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23. July 2010

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Importancia de las remesas

Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D.    Después de una dosis de fútbol, de sueño y felicidad, la gente vuelve a la realidad. Para mala suerte, esa realidad todavía está empañada por una economía débil que se resiste a recuperarse, no quiere retomar la vía de la estabilidad y está empecinada a caminar a pasos minúsculos. [...]

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16. July 2010

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Urgency needed on unemployment benefits

Guest Editorial: By Alejandro Reuss With unemployment at 9.5 percent, and benefits already having run out for more than 1 million people, there’s less excuse now than ever for inaction.    Today, more than 14 million workers — nearly 10 percent of the U.S. labor force — are officially unemployed. The long-term unemployed represent a [...]

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16. July 2010

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Pass the Suntan Lotion

Commentary: By Jon Coupal    While many Californians are taking a summer vacation, few would do so if it meant leaving a mission critical task undone or, worse, violated the law. But that is what California legislators are doing right now. The Legislature is on its summer break — although in an effort to improve [...]

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16. July 2010

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A Spouses View on Furloughs and Minimum Wage

Perspective: By Sally Clark Governor Schwarzenegger:    I am writing as just one face of the State of California married to a State worker.  I would like to share my story with you. I follow the budgets talks and negotiations through the Sacramento Bee’s coverage and analysis; I am saddened your employees, your most competitive [...]

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16. July 2010

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Nuevos beneficios para la gran familia Latina

Por Hilda L. Solís Secretaria de Trabajo de los EE. UU.    El respeto y la unión familiar están entre las cosas más importantes para nuestra comunidad. La cultura Latina se mantiene viva a través de nuestras tradiciones y costumbres, algo que pueden apreciar claramente nuestros hijos. Pero las familias de hoy son distintas a [...]

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