La Prensa San Diego

By Daniel Munoz  The buzz word for the first of the Year, 2009, was change. From an economic point of view, change was required the country could no longer travel down the road headed for a second economic depression. Change was inevitable and with the election of Barack Obama the first black President in American [...]

Editorial: In reviewing last year’s editorials it was interesting to see that our very first editorial of the year was succinct in pointing out that 2009 was going to be a tough year. It was more of an obvious statement in that the previous years had laid the groundwork for a disasterous year ahead. 2009 [...]

Commentary: By Fernando Suarez del Solar  As the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus Alberto Suarez del Solar, who died on March 27, 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, I consider it my moral duty to share my thoughts with you today. As you surely know, 929 brave young Americans have died so far in [...]

Commentary: By Earl Ofari Hutchinson New America Media  President Obama, every Democratic and Republican senator and House member, the private insurers, major pharmaceuticals, liberals, progressives and many conservatives are virtually unanimous in claiming that the big reason for waging the health care reform war is to insure all, most, or many of the estimated 50 [...]

Commentary: By Raoul Lowery Contreras  Only those intelligent people blinded by liberal ideology or partisanship or lack of political sophistication expected President Obama to really shine in foreign policy. He did, after all, get a majority of the vote of people with high school or less than McCain did. The rest of us knew that [...]

Comentario: Por Senador Robert Menéndez  Todo tema es  importante para los latinos, y ya es hora que los latinos tomen su muy merecida posición en el debate sobre el cambio climático. Con las negociaciones en Copen-hague comenzando esta semana, los latinos pueden ayudar que la respuesta global al cambio climático gane impulso y velocidad. Por [...]

Commentary: By Akilah Bolden-Monifa  Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration beginning on Dec. 26; but this time, the occasion is different than in past years. This Kwanzaa, we have a black man in the White House. Kwanzaa, which was first observed more than 40 years ago and is often mistakenly called the “Black Christmas,” is undeniably [...]

Questions asked, now waiting for the answers! For myself I am happy to see 2009 go. My hopes are high for 2010 – an improving economy with lots of jobs for all. My wishes on the local level are more mundane but are urgently felt. When is someone going to tell us the outcome of the [...]

Commentary: By Jon Coupal  Sacramento lawmakers are unhappy with their jobs. Recent complaints by members of the Legislature include: People don’t appreciate them; solving problems is hard work; they don’t have the power they think they deserve; their retirement is mandated by term limits; there is no lucrative pension; and their pay is being cut [...]

By Gustavo Arellano  SPECIAL YEAR-END EDICION  Dear Mexican: Why in the hell does everything have to be in English and Spanish? I ride the bus/train to work (not because I must, but because it’s more efficient) and every time someone requests to stop, you hear “Stop Requested,” then this parrar bullshit! Not to mention the [...]

By Steve Galindo III  As in the previous year, 2009 proved to be a challenging time for many families north, and South of the border. As the burden and rigors of everyday life overwhelmed us all, we spent the year in search of an escape, an outlet- anything that could help take our minds off [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz  Los organizadores de un evento donde se tratará de crear la rosca de Reyes más grande de la región quieren que los Tres Reyes Magos traigan un regalo muy especial a la ciudad de Tijuana: paz y tranquilidad. Los administradores y panaderos de Pastelería El Molino junto con el Centro Cultural [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Organizers of an event where they will try to bake the biggest Rosca de Reyes (Three Wise Men cake) in the region, want the Three Wise Men to bring a very special gift to the City of Tijuana: Peace and tranquility. Administrators and bakers from Pastelería El Molino are teaming up [...]

La basura de unos…..¡la riqueza de otros! Por: Paco Zavala   Finaliza un año más, este 2009, año que se despide dejando para el mundo un sabor ejemplar, el cual no debemos permitir que se repita, sin embargo, algunos no aprenderán la lección, por aquello de que: “el único animal que se equivoca dos veces, es [...]

Free or low-cost cervical cancer screenings offered at Planned Parenthood save lives Tara Brooke is a 25 year-old law student who plays by the rules. She eats right, exercises and doesn’t smoke. But her healthy lifestyle wasn’t enough to protect her from a precancerous growth forming on her cervix. What may very well have saved [...]

By the San Diego Immunization Coalition  Now, more than ever, one of the best ways to keep your preteen healthy is with a visit to the doctor at 11-12 years of age. Why? Well, one important reason is to make sure he or she is up to date on immunizations to protect against serious diseases [...]

LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos Por Viviana Ávila Lindo  Año Nuevo, vida nueva dice la canción, por eso, al iniciar esta nueva etapa lo mejor es dejar atrás el año que se va y pensar positivamente en el que comienza y la mejor forma de hacerlo es programando seriamente nuestros [...]