Q&A with founder of Latinas Contra Cancer

Latinas Contra Cancer holds its major annual fund raising event, the Walk Against Cancer, to raise awareness in the Latino community around issues of cancer. Photo courtesy LCC. Diminishing the risk of cancer by eating healthy, exercise, and screenings Cinthia...

Raising Money for the Arts

MACLA’s 14th Annual Art Auction will be on May 19 at 7:30pm. Osvaldo Castillo El Observador Over 50 artists have generously donated paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture available for purchase as part of the 14th annual Movimiento de Arte y Cultura...

150th Anniversary of Cinco de Mayo

Created a few months after the Battle of May 5, 1862, a series of lithographs chronicles the war. These documents add to the commemorations of the 150th anniversary of that feat. During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican...

Ohlone College Helps Latino Students Chart Their Future And Pursue Higher Education

RAZA Day included entertainment by Aztec Dancers. Fremont, CA Nearly 200 Latino students from local high schools attended Ohlone College’s 7th Annual RAZA Day to learn the importance of pursuing their future through education. Raza Day works with underrepresented...

Deborah A. Santiago to Deliver The National Hispanic University’s Commencement Address

San José, Ca Deborah A. Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy and research at Excelencia in Education, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization advocating for Latino success in higher education, will deliver the keynote address at...

May Day draws a crowd in downtown San Jose

Veronica Taylor-Ramirez El Observador On May 1st, the San Jose City Hall Plaza filled with demonstrators of all ages marching for immigration reform and the labor movement. May Day is also known as International Workers Day- a day to celebrate the international...

BEALL CONGRATULATES MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENT DOLORES HUERTA

Assemblymember Jim Beall commended the selection of civil rights activist Dolores Huerta for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s most illustrious civilian award. “It is with great pleasure that I wish to congratulate you on the announcement...

City lays green pavement to further delineate bike lanes

April 30, 2012 – - The City of Santa Clara is installing new green colored bicycle lanes on the eastbound and westbound sides of Stevens Creek Boulevard between Lawrence Expressway and Southbound Interstate 280 off-ramp/Calvert Drive.  This project...

West Nile Virus and Mosquito Control Awareness Week

Asian Tiger Mosquito has very dinstintive black and white markings. County of Santa Clara Vector Control District Launches Expanded Mosquito Surveillance SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA The California State Legislature has declared the week of April 22nd as “West...

State of the Air 2012

The Bay Area Air Basin is home to about 19% of California’s population and represents 15% of California’s criteria pollution emissions. The coastal Bay Area’s cooler climate and air flow patterns allow for better overall air quality than many inland...