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EDITORIAL: Going Postal over the Post Office
Sarah Lippincott
(bw) Today, if I want to buy postage stamps, mail a letter or drop off a package – there is a post office offering all those services within 16 minutes from where I work. But soon, it could disappear, due to a $5.1 billion dollar deficit and tight new legislative restrictions imposed on the U.S. Postal Service. Continue reading
Day of the Dead Increases its Community Presence
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA — Members of the Mexican Heritage Center and Gallery in Stockton, CA, remembered their loved ones by elaborating on “ofrendas” (altars) in their memory; while communities in Mexico and other Latin American countries observed the memory of their loved ones in celebration of “Dia de Muertos” (Day of the Dead).
Festival seeks To Educate on the Corn Crisis in Mexico
www.bilingualweekly.com | “We are the children of the corn, [is] what represented the Aztecs, “said Jonathan Sanchez, instructor of the Aztec dance group Ocelotl, after performing at the Festival.
But the future for Mexican corn farmers and the meaningful crop is uncertain.
- Aztec Dancer at the Corn Festival by Mayra Barrios
by Mayra Barrios (bw) SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY – Cristina Gonzales spent her childhood learning about the native corn production alongside her father in Michoacán, Mexico.
Today, Gonzales is part of Los Hijos Migrantes del Maiz (Migrant Children of the Corn); a committee that has organized the Corn Festival in Stockton in the last four years — a festival which this year took place at Taft Park on Sunday August 28. Continue reading
American Jobs Act Released
Washington, D.C. – September 13, 2011 President Barak Obama released the 199 page American Jobs Act to Congress following the September 8 proposal in an adress to Congress
The full bill is available to view here: http://www.slideshare.net/whitehouse/american-jobs-actslides
You may join senior White House officials on Twitter next week for office hours if you have any questions on the Act.
EVENT: $500 in Vouchers and Free emission testing for up to 525 vehicals
epa testing :Image by The U.S. National Archives via Flickr
Saturday, September 10 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. San Joaquin Delta College, Shima 2 Parking lot will be hosting a free vehicle emissions test for u to 525 vehicals with San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and Valley CAN. Continue reading
An Interview with California’s Secretary of Natural Resources – John Laird
http://www.bilingualweekly.com Special to bw by Deanna Lynn Wulff
John Laird
CALIFORNIA- John Laird has a pivotal and powerful position. As the new California Secretary of Natural Resources, he is at the center of controversial issues such as Delta water management and park and wildlife protection. Continue reading
4th of July Pararde
STOCKTON, ca -The Miracle Mile Association will celebrate the 4th of July with a Parade along Pacific Avenue. Organizers plan to have entertainment, food, and lots of fun with an all American Sprit. The parade is scheduled on Monday, July 4, 2011 at starting at 10:00 AM at the corner of Harding way and Pacific Avenue and finish South of the University of Pacific Campus. For more information e-mail talicevSPAMFILTER@gmail.com or dial (209) 463-7982.
Mexican Consulate Opens Its Doors to Students
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By Mayra Barrios ( bw) — Sacramento, CA The Mexican Consul, Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez, met on Monday with university students in an open forum at the recently established Mexican Consulate site in Sacramento. Continue reading
Telephone Town Hall Covers Issues Such as Medicare
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) announced that he will hold a telephone town hall to discuss Medicare and other issues of importance to residents of the 11th Congressional District (parts of San Joaquin, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara counties). The telephone town hall will take place on Tuesday, June 21st from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
Residents from cities throughout the 11th Congressional District will be contacted by phone and, if they choose to participate, will join an hour-long telephone town hall meeting during which they will be able to ask questions of Rep. McNerney. Residents of the 11th Congressional District can also contact one of Rep. McNerney’s offices to sign up in advance for the telephone town hall.
Rep. McNerney’s Stockton office can be reached at 209-476-8552 and the Pleasanton office at 925-737-0727. Members of the press who are interested in joining the telephone town hall should contact Sarah Hersh via email at sarah.hersh@mail.house.gov.
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Information Provided by the Office of Congressman Jerry McNerney
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The Mexican Consulate opens its doors to Students
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Mayra Barrios (bw) — Sacramento, CA
The Mexican Consul, Carlos Gonzales Gutierrez, met on Monday with university students in an open forum at the recently established Mexican Consulate location in Sacramento. Continue reading
C.S. Lewis Evening at the Gallo
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MODESTO, CA – David Payne’s esteemed one-man show, “An Evening with C.S. Lewis,” will come to the Gallo Center for the Arts on Friday, April 29 at 7:00 p.m. Payne has performed for sold-out crowds throughout the U.S. and Europe, delivering a message of encouragement, hope and redemption. Continue reading
Court Protects Immigrants’ Right To Reopen Cases From Outside the U.S.
Special to Bilingual Weekly
April 14, 2011 Washington D.C. – A federal appellate court recently reversed a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) decision that would have prevented noncitizens from presenting new evidence in their removal cases – evidence that potentially could change the outcome – because they are outside the United States. Continue reading
Stockton Accepting Applications for Cultural Heritage Board Vacancy
STOCKTON, CA – The City of Stockton is accepting applications for one vacancy on the nine-member (9) Cultural Heritage Board, due to resignation of one of its members. Full terms are for four (4) years. Continue reading
Cinco De Mayo Parade and 1st Annual Menudo Cook-off
By Bilingual Weekly News
STOCKTON, CA —The traditional Cinco de Mayo Parade —scheduled for downtown Stockton on May 1, 2011— will kick-off with a Menudo Cook-off during the evening of Saturday, April 30, 2011. Continue reading
WorkNet to Hold its Annual Job Fair
SAN JOAQUIN, CA – San Joaquin County WorkNet will hold its ninth annual Job and Resource Fair on Thursday, April 22nd 21st, from 10:00am – 3:00pm at the Stockton Arena. Continue reading
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