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Bilingual education has been absent from California public schools for almost 20 years. But that ...
By Jazmine Ulloa, LA Times ~ October 12, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-proposition-58-bilingual-education-20161012-snap-story.html Ricardo Lara was in college when California voters approved a law that required public school students to speak and learn only in English. ... -
In downtown Santa Ana, some Latino merchants try to surf wave of gentrification
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times ~ October 11, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-santa-ana-latinos-embrace-gentrification-20160922-snap-story.html Quinceañera dresses besieged with organza ruffles no longer take center stage at Genesis Bridal Boutique on downtown Santa Ana’s ... -
This City Is 78% Latino, and the Face of a New California
Santa Ana, in Orange County, has an all Latino City Council and stands in the vanguard of a California where Latinos have more influence in everyday life... [Image: A mural ... -
Unusual earthquake warning prompts action, anxiety in Southern California
By Rong-Gong Lin II and Brittny Mejia, LA Times ~ October 4th, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-san-andreas-20161003-snap-story.html Southern Californians learn to live with the risk of earthquakes. But over the last week, anxieties ... -
USGS: Sur de California permanece en alerta máxima por posible sismo
Nunca está de más estar preparados, y la Oficina de Servicios de Emergencia del Gobernador lo sugiere Por Redacción, La Opinión ~ October 3rd, 2016 http://www.laopinion.com/2016/10/03/usgs-sur-de-california-permanece-en-alerta-maxima-por-posible-sismo/?utm_source=La+Opinión+-+Última+Hora&utm_campaign=c7157bd830-La_Opinion_Ultima_Hora&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_175311d637-c7157bd830-106098005 Los residentes del sur ... -
How Latino voters and legislators are changing California politics
By Mindy Romero, Los Angeles Times ~ September 27, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-romero-latino-impact-on-california-democrats-20160927-snap-story.html California Latinos are helping to ensure a Democratic majority in the state’s Legislature, but they are hardly a politically monolithic ... -
En California “no construimos muros, los tumbamos”: Senador Kevin de León
http://www.almomento.mx/en-california-no-construimos-muros-los-tumbamos-senador-kevin-de-leon/ Al Momento Noticias ~ 15 de Septiembre 2016 CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 15 de septiembre (AlmomentoMX).- En reunión de trabajo con senadores mexicanos, el presidente Pro Tempore del Senado de California, ... -
California Governor Signs Bill to Develop High School Ethnic Studies Curriculum
by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, NBC News, September 14, 2016 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/california-governor-signs-bill-develop-high-school-ethnic-studies-curriculum-n648396 California Gov. Jerry Brown signed new legislation Tuesday to develop a model curriculum for ethnic studies in high schools, according ... -
Return to bilingual education in California
The L.A. Times Editorial Board, September 7, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-proposition-58-20160906-snap-story.html Proposition 227, the 1998 initiative that eliminated most bilingual education in California, was heavily tinged with resentment toward immigrants. But there ... -
Bilingual education could return to state’s schools under Prop. 58
By Stephen Wall, The Press-Enterprise, Sept. 5, 2016 http://www.presstelegram.com/social-affairs/20160903/bilingual-education-could-return-to-states-schools-under-prop-58 Hilliary Salley was teaching kindergarten students how to form sentences when a shy 5-year-old approached her with a question in Spanish. “Espera ...
