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Rita Moreno accepts lifetime achievement award from Screen Actors Guild

Tweet LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Rita Moreno did a little of everything in accepting the lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild. She sang, she danced, she dropped the F-bomb. The 82-year-old entertainer was clearly delighted with being singled out at the SAG Awards on Saturday night. The crowd of actors at the Shrine […]

CPLC Insurance will be conducting community outreach to educate individuals regarding the Affordable Care Act Enrollment.

Tweet 01/08/2014 – 01/09/2014 CPLC Insurance – Community Outreach 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM CPLC Insurance will be conducting community outreach to educate individuals regarding the Affordable Care Act Enrollment. For more info, please call: 602-282-8520. January 11, 2014 CPLC Insurance – Community Outreach 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Cover Arizona “BEYOND” Enrollment Event BEYOND […]

Obama Nominates Calif. Businesswoman to Lead SBA

Tweet Putting a finishing touch on his second term Cabinet, President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Maria Contreras-Sweet, the founder of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles and a former California Cabinet secretary, to be head of the Small Business Administration. Obama praised Contreras-Sweet, who immigrated to the United States when she was 5 […]

El Rio Coalition II updates – (Tucson, Az ) Is your Barrio next?

Tweet October 22, 2013, is one day shy of the anniversary of the October 23, 2012, resolution that was passed unanimously by the Mayor and Council to immediately develop a plan to transform El Rio to a family golf-park facility and put it under the Parks and Recreation Department and the general fund. To date, […]

The El Rio Coalition II is having a Press Conference on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 (Tucson, Arizona)

Tweet October 22, 2013, is one day shy of the anniversary of the October 23, 2012, resolution that was passed unanimously by the Mayor and Council to immediately develop a plan to transform El Rio to a family golf-park facility and put it under the Parks and Recreation Department and the general fund. To date, […]

Operation Streamline Detainees Deported Without Jail Time After Protest (UPDATED)

Tweet   The roughly 70 immigrant detainees traveling in the two buses blocked by immigration activists in Tucson on Friday have been deported, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Citing attorney Margo Cowan, who also represents the DREAM 9 for their asylum cases, the paper reports that the detainees were deported through Calexico, Calif. and Del […]

The 2013 ALMA Awards on NBC

Tweet EVA LONGORIA AND MARIO LOPEZ TO CO-HOST THE “2013 NCLR ALMA AWARDS®” Robert Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Carlos Santana to receive special tributes Tony Plana and Wilmer Valderrama among honorees Jessica Alba, Alexa Vega, Gina Rodriguez, Rico Rodriguez, the cast of Devious Maids and more to present One-hour prime-time special to air LIVE on […]

Latin American Festival 2013 Long Beach, California

Tweet Latin American Festival 2013 Saturday, September 7th North Pine at 7th Downtown Long Beach 5pm- 10pm The Downtown Long Beach Associates’ 5th Annual Latin American Festival returns to the streets of Downtown Long Beach on September 7th. In partnership with Vice Mayor Robert Garcia, this year the event will take place in Historic North […]

Linda Ronstadt Says She Has Parkinson’s Disease

Tweet (CBS SF/AP) – Linda Ronstadt says she suffers from Parkinson’s disease, which has robbed her ability to sing. The 67-year-old music legend and San Francisco resident tells AARP Magazine, in an article posted online Friday, that she was diagnosed eight months ago and “can’t sing a note.” Ronstadt says she began to show symptoms […]

Que Viva Sal Castro!

Tweet Board President Mónica García NEWS FROM THE CRADLE OF REFORM Leading Change in Los Angeles Thank you Sal Castro, on behalf of all the hundreds of thousands of students who benefited from your life’s work. You taught students to stand up for their rights and that it was beautiful to be Chicano. Words from […]