Guest Editorial:
By Rolando Rodriguez

Question for the media: If Brisenia Flores looked like the photo on the left, versus her real self on the right, would have you done justice by her story? Would it have been newsworthy enough?
 I wonder what nine-year old Brisenia Flores would have thought of Sonia Sotomayor. I wonder if she would [...]

By Patrick Osio

 In 1994, Barbara Coe from Orange County, California got her 15 minutes of national attention as the founder of California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR). She was a co writer and promoter of the now infamous California Prop.187. According to Coe, “We are suffering robbery, rape and murder of law-abiding citizens at the [...]

Por José R. Uzal

 En el 2007  la  Reserva Federal  comenzó a bajar las tasas de interés y el gobierno estableció una política para convertirnos a todos en propietarios de vivienda. Se eliminaron o ignoraron las regulaciones que estaban vigentes para otorgar hipotecas. Esto estimuló la demanda de viviendas. Los constructores no se daban a basto, [...]

By Raoul Lowery Contreras
 I have never watched the movie “Grapes of Wrath” from beginning to end. I ran across it this afternoon and watched some of it.
 Not having lived through the 1930s most of us have no idea what it was like for the “Joads” (the family portrayed in the movie) to be displaced from [...]

Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox
City Council Members
Mayor Cox:
 This correspondence is on behalf of some of your Chula Vista constituents, and residents concerning “police brutality” and yours and the city councils’ nationwide search and interviews for the appointment of a new police chief. After 18 years of the bankrupt administration of retired Chief of Police Rick [...]

 By Gustavo Arellano

SPECIAL SOCCER EDITION
 Dear Mexican: Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S. men’s national soccer team kicks their ass? They won’t even shake hands or exchange jerseys after the game and they always act like the U.S. got lucky with the win, even though the Americans have destroyed Mexico on [...]

 Breaking a bad streak: Last week it was reported that Congressman Bob Filner’s chief of staff Humberto Peraza had left the Congressman to go and work for SD city councilman Ben Hueso. Hombre, Humberto is trying to break the bad luck that all of Filner’s staffers have met when running for office – they all [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz
 En las décadas de los 70 y 80, Joe Serrano organizaba los festivales de fiestas patrias cada septiembre en San Ysidro.
 En ese entonces, dice, la fiesta era en grande, toda la comunidad participaba en el evento, que incluía música en vivo y hasta un desfile de carros alegóricos.
 En ese entonces Serrano era [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
 In the 70s and 80s, Joe Serrano used to organize the Mexican Independence Day celebrations each September in San Ysidro.
 Back then, he said, the fiesta was big, with all the community participating in the event, that included live music and a parade.
 At the time, Serrano was leader of El Combo Latino, a [...]

  Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 6:30 p.m. is the next Poetry & Art with 3 for $300 Slam in the Museum of the Living Artist. Ola Hadi will read from her book The Moon and Metaphor, and local artists/writers will compete for cash in quarterly Poetry & Art slam.
 Hadi, an immigrant of Iraqi descent born in [...]

First Person:
By Al Carlos Hernandez
Ruth Livier is not just another alluring Hollywood beauty. She has substance, style and is an in-demand working actress of stage, screen, and film. Ruth is probably most remembered for her continuing role in the ground breaking Showtime TV series “Resurrection Blvd.” She is continuing to break new artistic ground in [...]

Por: Paco Zavala
  Han surgido algunos comentarios sobre la problemática existente en el Centro Cultural Tijuana, relacionados con la nueva administración, pero pese a todos estos diversos puntos de vista, este centro de cultura continúa con sus labores cotidianas, esperando que mejoren en todo lo que cabe para que terminen todas estas charlas que no benefician [...]

Por Martin del Palacio
 La comida y el cine siempre se han llevado de la mano. Bien valen como ejemplos grandes éxitos como la mexicana Como agua para chocolate, aquel filme de Alfonso Arau que durante un buen tiempo mantuvo el record de película extranjera más taquillera de la historia en Estados Unidos y que dejó [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz
 La Dra. Bahghi Keflezighi decidió practicar medicina por una razón muy noble: servir a las familias de escasos recursos de San Diego.
 Al haber emigrado de la nación africana de Eritrea a la edad de 10 años, dice que sabe lo importante que es el acceso al cuidado médico para la gente pobre.
 “Siempre [...]

México del Norte
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
 En el supuesto “debate” sobre la cacareada reforma migratoria, que se ha mantenido en casi absoluto secreto, falta el ingrediente más importante: los detalles. Y como dice el dicho y dice bien, “El Diablo Está en Los Detalles”.
 Las organizaciones que hacen “lobby”, cabildeo, a favor de la reforma, no tienen [...]

By Mariana Martinez
 Millions of people all over the world are facing downsizing, massive layoffs and the fear of losing their income soon; some might now be the sole providers for their families and are having a hard time paying mortgages, car loans or their children’s education.
 But the border and those Latinos leaving alongside it might [...]

Education leads to prevention
By Vivian Moon
 Domestic violence crosses all ethnic, social, and economic borders. Dr. Waheeda Samady, a medical resident at UC San Diego, has embarked on a project to fight the on-set of family violence and explore ways to better educate the public on its prevention, focusing on Muslim communities in San Diego. By [...]

LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
 Los Estados Unidos ostentan las más altas tasas de embarazos no planeados entre jóvenes adolescentes, un dato que debe preocuparnos especialmente, porque la comunidad hispana es la más afectada.
 Una de cada tres adolescentes va a quedar embarazada al menos una vez antes de cumplir [...]

Por Jason Alderman
 Al igual que muchas personas, recientemente tuve un encuentro desagradable con una agencia de cobranza.
 Alguien había robado mi número de tarjeta de crédito y lo utilizó para pagar una estancia en un hotel. Gracias a la política de cero responsabilidad de mi tarjeta, los cargos fueron rápidamente revocados y no tuve que pagar [...]

Student leader tasked with keeping state board attuned
 EL CAJON – Marc Valenzuela, Grossmont College’s new student body president, has a busy year ahead, with his latest appointment as a student liaison to the California Community Colleges’ Board of Governors.
 Valenzuela, who also represents the nine community colleges in San Diego and Imperial counties on the Student [...]

Education and the Community
 Chula Vista’s Northwest Civic Association’s Town Hall meeting for August is Education and the Community.  Monday, August 10th at the community room at Seniors on Broadway, 845 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910 at 6 p.m.  Presenters include representatives from the Chula Vista Elementary School District & Sweetwater Union High School District.  Discussion [...]

“Bomberos de San Diego” organizes a Gala to raise money allowing this organization to continue creating educational programs and helping people in need
By America Barceló Feldman
 With great expectations and excitement, Hispanic firefighters of San Diego are preparing to celebrate two decades of continuous community service.
 With an elegant party planned, members of the non-profit volunteer organization [...]

Bomberos de San Diego organiza una Gala para recaudar fondos que les permitan seguir contribuyendo con programas educativos y ayudando a personas necesitadas
Por America Barceló Feldman
 Con grandes expectativas y entusiasmo los Bomberos de San Diego preparan celebración por sus dos décadas de constante servicio a la comunidad.
 Con una fiesta de gala los miembros de la [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
 Dr. Bahghi Keflezighi wanted to practice medicine for a very noble reason: To serve low-income families in inner-city San Diego.
 Having emigrated from the African nation of Eretria at the age of 10, she said that she knows how important access to health care is for poor people.
 “I always wanted to become a [...]

By Manu Raju
POLITICO
  The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic and third female justice, reshaping the highest court in the land.
 With nine Republicans joining a united Democratic caucus, President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee was easily confirmed on a 68-31 vote, allowing her [...]

By Jennie Rodríguez
Vida en el Valle
 Several Central Valley farm-workers have filed a lawsuit against the state of California and its Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) for allegedly failing to adequately protect farm-workers from heat illness.
 As a result, they said, laborers are afraid to report violations, continue falling ill and more than 11 have [...]

Por Enrique Davis Mazlum
 El 5 de julio del 2009 se realizó el proceso electoral intermedio en el que se eligieron diputados federales, 6 gober-nadores, así como alcaldes y diputados locales en 14 elecciones. El nivel de abstencionismo fue alto; votó el 44.34 por ciento de la lista nominal federal, lo que suma alrededor de 34 [...]