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Ace Tomato workers continue to fight for a fair contract
MANTECA, CA- Dozens of farm workers and community supporters gathered across from ACE Tomato company’s headquarters in Manteca on Tuesday, August 21st, to demanding the company to implement a fair contract. Continue reading
Supreme Court Rules on Arizona’s Immigration Law; SB 1070
Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit came to conclusion that Arizona’s controversial immigration legislation, Senate Bill (S.B.) 1070, was determined to be mostly unlawful following a 5 to 3 vote —which excluded Justice Kagen out of the 9 members— ruled in the case Arizona v. United States.
Protesters March against Stockton Police Brutality
Stockton, CA- Family and friends of James Rivera Jr. and Luther Brown, a man shot by Stockton police officers on Friday, April 6th, came together with members of the Occupy Oakland Movement in a protest on Tuesday, April 10 across the street from the Stockton Police Department headquarters in a demand for justice and a stop to police violence. Continue reading
Five ways California is helping the immigrant community
Pablo Rodriguez former Director of Dolores Huerta Foundation Community Organizing Institute
SACRAMENTO, CA – There’s no doubt immigration reform has a long way to go to ensure family reunification and a path to citizenship for the undocumented community. We must continue to fight for a federal DREAM Act and demand an end to Secure Communities and 287(g) programs that allow state and local law enforcement agencies to partner with ICE. But I remain hopeful because California had major victories last year that prove just how powerful uniting with dignity as our moral compass can be.
If you missed it: The State of the Union Address
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address
United States Capitol Washington, D.C. 9:10 P.M. ET
Carrying Forward the Vision of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream
By Mayra Barrios
(bw) STOCKTON, CA – Carrying forward the vision of Martin Luther King`s dream, diverse members of the community and outreach agencies came together to improve Stockton, gathering in the Gymnasium of St. Mary of the Assumption Church on Saturday, January 14th.
2012 New Laws Favor Immigrants
SACRAMENTO CA —As of the 1st of January, hundreds of new laws were enacted. Among the new laws are some that directly affect the daily lives of immigrant workers. Some of the laws favor those persons who are not here legally. “We are human being[s] and most of us believe in God; He gave us a common dignity as He did not provide political or borders laws,” noted Dean McFalls, Saint Mary’s Church Priest, as he believes the updates to the California Law are needed.
Marshall Plan Scheduled
City of Stockton’s Marshall Plan to host first Stakeholder meeting: 7 months post announcement.
“We will be having a council study session on the Marshall Plan on January 31st,” clarified city of Stockton’s Mayor, Ann Johnston, during the first city council meeting of 2012.
Pacific Appoints New Dean for McGeorge School of Law
SACRAMENTO, CA – On January 5, 2011, University of the Pacific Provost Maria Pallavicini announced that Francis “Jay” Mootz has been appointed the next dean of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. Mootz is currently the William S. Boyd Professor of Law and associate dean for academic affairs and faculty development at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He will assume his new duties July 1.
The 2011 Top 10 Stories Most Read
As we begin 2012, Bilingual Weekly’s newsroom extracted the top 10 most read stories during the last 352 days. Please note that the top 10 stories were not selected by the Bilingual Weekly’s staff, our team ran the http://www.bilingualweekly.com English website’s analytics’ report which evaluates the hits received daily and it ranked each story from the highest number of hits to the lowest ranking in local news coverage. The following stories are briefs of the top 10 stories you, our readers clicked on.
New Funding for Police
Washington, D.C. –”The citizens of Stockton deserve to have the best safety and security we can provide,” commented Congressman Jerry McNerney in an announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented policing Services (COPS Office) will be granting Stockton nearly 8 Million dollars in funding for law enforcement and San Joaquin County nearly 5 million.
The $7,817,161 to Stockton, and $4,595,360 to San Joaquin County Sheriffs office will be allocated to law enforcement agencies to hire, preserve, and/or rehire law enforcement officer positions.
Throughout the State of California, 190 new police officers will be created and a total of more than $71 million. “I am pleased that this funding will put more police officers on the streets to protect our families and communities,” said California Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA).
The grants provide all of the approved salary and benefits for entry-level officer positions for three years and require police departments to retain the grant funded positions for a fourth year.
The grants will support 190 police officers across California, including 25 each in Oakland, Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Specifically, the funds will be allocated as follows:
Crescent City Police Department $238,737
Fairfield Police Department$1,809,475
Indio Police Department$1,235,928
Lompoc Police Department$932,844
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department$8,535,100
Madera Police Department$531,896
City of Maywood$428,788
Monterey County$2,369,759
Norwalk Department of Public Safety$810,950
Novato Police Department$1,095,873
City of Oakland$10,739,575
Parlier Police Department$244,057
Perris Police Department$835,833
Placer County Sheriff’s Department$2,587,904
City of Redlands$1,711,616
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department$11,306,450
Sacramento Police Department$8,102,450
City of Salinas$2,832,472
San Joaquin County Sheriff$4,595,360
City of San Jose$1,703,664
City of Stockton$7,817,161
City of Tulare$1,230,792
Williams Police Department$245,450
Stockton Joins Nation in September 11th Ceremony
“Some of our best and brightest military and civilians… they ar who we celebrate today.”
by Mayra Barrios
STOCKTON, CA – Stockton joined the ceremonies held across the nation in memory of the 10th anniversary of the attacks of September, 11.
Secure Communities
(bw news) STOCKTON- On January 17, the car on which the 20 year old Jonathan Sanchez was a passenger, was stopped by police for failing to do a complete stop. The police continue and checked the four passengers in the car. Continue reading
The Fight Continues: Farm workers walk asking better working conditions
By Mayra Barrios
ACE Tomato Regional Wokers
(bw) San Joaquin Valley — In 1962 1966 Carolina Holguin marched along the leader Cesar Chavez through the streets of San Joaquin County. Every step of a long journey was to demand better working conditions for farm workers. Today, 30 45-years later, Holguin steps` are slower but move with the same objective towards the State’s Capitol in Sacramento. Continue reading
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