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CALENDAR EVENTS
May Day May 1st 3:00pm-Rally 4:00pm-March Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 2020 East San Antonio Street, San Jose, CA (408) 821-1394 Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam April 12th-May 11th Youth Speaks 1663 Mission St. #604 San Francisco, CA 94103 youthspeaks.org / Free Gran Festival Día Del Nino April 28th / 11:00am-4:00pm Mi Pueblo Food Center 1745 Story Road San Jose, CA 95122 / Free
MACLA Presents Grados Inefables April 26th-28th / 8:00pm
MACLA 510 First Street San Jose, CA 95113 www.maclaarte.org (408) 998-2783 Tickets $25 at the door/$20 advanced
Con Sabor Latino: 8th Annual Gala April 24th / 6:00pm The Fairmount San Francisco 950 Mason Street San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 733-8526 www.latinocf.org MACLA’s 15th Annual Art Auction May 18th / 6:00pm MACLA 510 S. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 998-ARTE
Teatro Campesino: 7. 8ight, 9… April 5th-May 5th Thurs-Sat / 8:00pm Sun 2:00pm
El Teatro Campesino 705 Fourth Street San Juan, Bautista, CA 95045 $15.00 brownpapertickets.comTeatro Campesino: Frida May 17-18 / 2:00pm El Teatro Campesino 705 Fourth Street San Juan Bautista, CA 95045 $15 brownpapertickets.com
Moveable Feast: Willow Glen Every Friday night / 5pm-8pm VTA Curtner Light Rail Station Canoas Garden Ave & Curtner Ave, San Jose, CA 95125
2 Dollar Tuesday Art Sales Every 3rd Tuesday of the month KALEID Gallery 88 S 4th Street, San Jose, CA 95113 http://www.kaleidgallery.com/ Free Admission
FREE BOXSan Jose Arts & Crafts Fair April 21st / 10:00am-4:00pm San Pedro Square Market Saint John & North San Pedro Street,San Jose, CA 95110 http://www.benjerry.com/scoop-shops/scoop-shop-locator
South First Fridays Art Walk May 3rd / 7:00pm-11:00pm SoFA District South First Street and William Street,San Jose, CA http://www.southfirstfridays.com/
Free Dental Fair May 18th- 19th / 5:00am San Jose Convention Center, South Hall 150 W. San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95113 http://www.healthyfamilyfund.org/ First come, first serve basis
Electronics recycling collection 200 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA 95109 (916) 617-2664
Free Sunday Yoga in the park Every Sunday / 11:00am Dolores Park Dolores St. & 19th St. San Francisco, CA 94114 Free Piedmont Avenue Art Walk 3rd Thursday of every month 6:00pm-9:00pm Piedmont Avenue Oakland, CA Free Heart Screening for Children By appointment Valley Medical Center or family’s home www.infant-heart.com (408) 885-4415
Tattoo Removal the city helps youth remove tattoo, between 14 and 25 years of age 1694 Adrian Way San Jose, CA 95122 (408) 794-1660
Closed Bank Transformed Into Crowd funding Headquarters
A bank in Oakland that was once a clashing zone by police and protestors during the Occupy movement in 2011 has been occupied by kickstarters who are trying to transform the now closed bank into a hub for entrepreneurship. This crowd-funded project will try to revitalize the area and provide support for new startups who cannot always afford the education or office space to innovate.
Clientes del DMV de California ahora pueden recibir recordatorios por correo electrónico para renovar la matrícula
El nuevo programa por Internet fue lanzado el pasado mes de octubre de 2012 y ya cuenta con 122,886 clientes inscritos. Los clientes recibirán un recor-datorio por correo electrónico 30 días antes de la fecha de vencimiento de la matrícula de su vehículo(s) y posteriormente recibirán otro correo electrónico siete días antes del vencimiento. Debido a las restricciones legales, los clientes continuarán recibiendo por correo el aviso escrito de renovación.
Cesar Chavez Foundation and National Parks Group Defend theAntiquities ActDefending the President’s use of the Antiquities Act to strengthen our Nation-al Park System, the National Parks Conservation Association and Cesar Chavez Foundation expressed their support for recent designations, and concern for bills that stand to weaken the law. “The Chavez family, the Cesar Chavez Foun-dation and the farm worker movement are deeply concerned over legislation to limit the President’s ability to create new national monuments,” said Paul Chavez, President of the Cesar Chavez Foundation.
California Abre Oficina de Comercio e Inversión en China
La Oficina de California y China de Comercio e Inversión servirá como un centro para las empresas de California interesadas en entrar o expandirse en China que es la segunda economía más grande del mundo, y las empresas chinas que buscan oportunidades de inversión en California quien es la no-vena economía más grande del mundo por el GDP.”California es la puerta de entrada al Pacífico y esta oficina en China ayudará a las empresas grandes y pequeñas expandir el comercio y el empleo”, dijo el gobernador Jerry Brown.
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Este fin de semana me di una vuelta a la ciudad en un coche eléctrico, para ser más específica, el Chevy Volt. ¡Oh, Dios mío! Es el coche más chido que he conocido.
Tengo que ser honesta con ustedes, en la escuela secun-daria realmente no presté atención en la física, la clase principal que explica qué es la electricidad. Quería enten-der algo tan básico como para apreciar lo que significa en la actualidad el coche eléctrico.
En este caso, aprendí mu-cho y seré breve y simple. En
primer lugar usted necesita entender que a pesar de que ellos en su época no lo com-prendían plenamente, un filósofo griego pudo haber sido el primero en estudiar la electricidad. Todos estamos familiarizados con “Benjamin Franklin” y su famoso expe-rimento de la cometa, pero no fue hasta finales del siglo XIX, cuando la energía eléc-trica se fue abriendo camino en los hogares.
La electricidad es el flujo de energía eléctrica. Se considera una parte básica de la natura-leza y una de las formas más utilizadas de la energía. Tene-mos electricidad a partir de la conversión de otras fuentes de energía, como el carbón, la energía nuclear o solar.
Ahora que estamos todos en la misma página, puedo decir cómodamente que los coches eléctricos son propulsados por un motor eléctrico alimentado por paquetes de baterías recar-gables con varias ventajas.
Los coches eléctricos son energéticamente eficientes, proporcionan un funciona-miento silencioso y suave, ace-leración más fuerte y requie-ren menos mantenimiento.
Los coches eléctricos sig-nifican un ahorro en galones de gasolina y crean una dife-rencia benéfica en la conser-vación del medio ambiente. “Una de mis ventajas favoritas junto con la reducción de la dependencia energética”.
Las emisiones de escape son inexistentes, lo que signi-fica que no hay contaminan-tes que provoquen la polución ambiental, humo y otros tóxi-cos. Además, la electricidad nuclear, la hidroeléctrica y las plantas de energía solar o energía eólica no causan con-taminantes al aire.
La electricidad es una fuente de energía interna. No tendríamos que depender de otros países para recar-gar. Podemos invertir en las
fuentes primarias de energía y realmente adoptar la energía solar. También existen literal-mente miles de millones de enchufes en todo el país que se pueden utilizar para recar-gar las baterías.
Los coches eléctricos po-drán aumentar sus creden-ciales medioambientales (en comparación con los coches “convencionales”), si más de ellos están siendo fabricados y utilizados, lo que impulsaría la innovación de una tecno-logía más rápida y profunda, relacionada a las baterías, la eficiencia de producción y el aprovechamiento del recicla-je.
Es un poco injusto compa-rarlos a los coches convencio-nales en la actualidad, ya que son una nueva tecnología quizá aún inmadura, pero la oportu-nidad de aumentar la eficiencia en todo su ciclo de vida resulta-rá verdaderamente significan-te, si estos coches llegan a con-vertirse en los más populares.
Los “automóviles eléctri-cos” también son y serán más respetuosos a la hora de pre-servar el medio ambiente.
Si el dinero no fuera un problema yo sería dueña de uno de estos “coches eléctri-
cos”. Así que si usted tiene uno extra y quiere donarlo, me puede encontrar en mi ofici-na. ;)
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1) SILICON VALLEY FACES: Silicon Valley Faces is a nonprofit community based organization which has oper-ated for 48 years. Its 2012 an-nual budget of $2,289,128 re-ports only $207,032 (9.05%) is from ‘Government Grants & Fees’. Annual expenses include $2,380,885 (83%) for supporting its programs; Fund Development cost $238,130 (8%); and Man-agement & General opera-tions expenses were $254,537 (9%). Total fiscal transpar-ency is practiced, which un-derscores that this organiza-tion has excellent executive management and planning along with the effective use of its volunteers.
What makes Silicon Valley
Faces a unique CBO/NGO (community based organiza-tion/non-government orga-nization) are the following educational programs:
CAMP EVERYTOWN is a four-day residential camp specifically designed for high school youth. Prejudice is re-placed with understanding and appreciation of differ-ences. It helps build respect, empathy, trust and leadership skills among participants in order to make a positive dif-ference on the school campus. Exercises focus on stereotypes regarding ethnicity, gender, LGBT and cultural customs. Student participants, as “del-egates”, are selected because they are leaders and ‘influ-encers’, and are expected to bring their new appreciation for diversity back to their schools and home communi-ties. A modified version called ‘Leadership Today’ is offered for college students.
COMMON GROUND is a week-long daytime enrich-ment and leadership program focused on incoming middle schoolers or incoming high school freshman. Participants look at their biases and stereo-types in order to make new friends and embrace their fel-low students. Students learn skills to thrive, enjoy school and successfully integrate into campus life. Common Ground is available as an ele-ment of freshman orientation or middle school orientation for any school.
EXTREMES OF HATE:
Genocide studies and criti-cal thinking is an interac-tive, multimedia program presented in four modules: Eugenics, propaganda, hate groups, and everyday heroes. This critical thinking program uses the lens of the Holocaust, and present day genocides, to explore what happens when hate is coupled with insti-tutional power. Extremes of Hate can be presented as in-
dependent modules or as a unit to any audience and is particularly suited to the high school classroom.
VICTIM WITNESS PRO-
GRAM: The Victim Witness Assistance Program strives to reduce the trauma of a violent crime by empowering and as-sisting crime victims, witness-es, and significant others in reconstruction of their lives. This uses the California Vic-tim Compensation Program for victims of all ages.
2) LEVERAGING IN-
FLUENCES IN NEIGH-BORING COMMUNITIES (LINC): Formed four years ago, LINC is an all-volun-teer organization convened by Elias Chamorro, retired ESUHD educator. Its mis-sion is to leverage and maxi-mize the group’s leadership and resources to benefit our communities by working on specific concrete efforts. This group adopted Adelante Dual Language Immersion
Academy (ARUSD char-ter school). It implemented a pilot program, costing $80,000, which provided one electronic tablet for each Adelante student. Each stu-dent was oriented, instructed, and then asked to demon-strate it to parents. The Ad-elante teachers, students and parents were exposed, oriented, and trained to use digital technology assisted education. After one year, API scores improved significantly enough to advance Adelante’s ranking from the bottom ten to the top ten elementary schools. The very positive out-come of this first pilot project has demonstrated that digital technology can be used to en-hance the traditional educa-tion processes which are simi-lar to, but not the same as, the education programs used by Rocketship Charter Schools. At the present time LINC is selecting a new demonstra-tion pilot project.
3) ALEARN: After 5 years of operation, during 2013 its
focus is building a sustainable organization, through people, programs and expanded in-frastructure. On the people side, they have added Board members John Porter, Super-intendent, Franklin McKin-ley School District and Nancy Bush, CFO, Fortinet. Alearn is working with the districts they serve as real partners. Alearn serves students over multiple years from 6th through 9th grades by add-ing before and after school programs to sustain the stu-dents’ learning momentum. Adjusted programs include curricula using the Common Core Standards; Added Ge-ometry to the pre-Algebra and Algebra curricula; and buil and enhanced college readiness focus.
Alearn’s Annual Giving Program has been initiated to achieve a sustainable organi-zation. Interested parties can contact Ms. Kathryn S. Han-son, Ph.D. [email protected] or (408) 260-7545.
LATINOS MUST KNOW THIS ABOUT THREE GROUPSOPINION
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MOUNTAIN VIEW
Following some significant strides in 2012 to stop preda-tory payday lending, Silicon Valley Community Founda-tion (SVCF) has awarded more than $500,000 to or-ganizations working to pass local ordinances curtailing payday loans and raise public awareness about their dan-gers.
With the approval of its
board of directors, SVCF has awarded a total of $581,000 in grants to five organiza-tions to raise public aware-ness about predatory lending practices and promote regu-lations that curb their growth. Grant amounts range from $26,000 to $250,000.
The awards were made as
part of SVCF’s grantmaking strategy aimed at increas-ing economic security for low-income residents of San Mateo and Santa Clara coun-ties. Since awarding its first anti-payday-lending grants in 2009, SVCF has provided about $2 million in funding
related to this issue.Last year, SVCF’s grantees successfully advocated for passage of a tough new ordinance in San Jose to cap the number of payday loan storefronts in the city and prohibit new stores in very-low-income neighbor-hoods. And Los Altos, Menlo Park and the counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara also adopted anti-payday-lending moratoria or ordinances in 2012.
Work made pos-sible by this year’s
grants include:
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley received $250,000 for the 10-member Coalition Against Payday Predators, which over the past three years been working to build com-munity support for municipal ordinances to limit payday lending. CAPP will work to pass land-use ordinances in additional South Bay munici-palities and encourage devel-opment of responsible alterna-tives to payday loans at local credit unions.
A $125,000 grant to Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) will add the powerful voice of youth to anti-payday-lending advocacy efforts. With the support of its partner agency, Mission SF, YLI will adapt training curricula for use in preparing youth advocates in rural communities on the San Mateo County coastside for anti-payday lending advocacy locally and around the state. Additionally, YLI will contin-ue to carry out advocacy ac-tivities to help secure passage of an anti-payday-lending or-dinance in Daly City.
Center for Responsible Lending ($130,000) will expand its statewide anti-payday- lending coalition and help enact state policy reforms to reduce the harm-ful impacts of payday lending on Californians. Particularly, it will create a new Latino-focused economic justice coalition, as well as conduct polling to expand on what the organization learned about Californians’ attitudes toward payday lending from a 2012 poll.
Community Foundation awards more than
$500,000 to curtail predatory payday lending
San Francisco CALIFORNIA
Este abril, durante el mes de excavaciones segu-ras, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) le recuer-da a sus clientes que llamen al 811 antes de iniciar un pro-yecto de excavación grande o pequeño. Los daños causa-dos durante una excavación constituyen una de las causas principales de accidentes en la red de tuberías en los Estados Unidos. En el 2012, PG&E experimentó más de 1.000 incidentes en los cuales un tercero excavó en la tubería de gas natural o en las líneas de suministro eléctrico sin lla-mar al 811.
Las tuberías de servicios públicos subterráneas pueden estar a tan sólo unos cuantos pies bajo la superficie debido a la erosión o inclinación del suelo. Ya sea que estén plan-
tando un árbol, instalando un sistema de irrigación o cons-truyendo un cerco, los dueños de vivienda y los excavadores profesionales necesitan saber dónde se encuentran estas líneas subterráneas antes de excavar para prevenir lesio-nes, daños a la propiedad y apagones.
Golpear o dañar las tube-rías de gas y de suministro eléctrico subterráneas oca-siona un serio problema de seguridad tanto para el exca-vador como para el público. Esto también puede causar un impacto en el servicio de gas y de electricidad de los ho-gares, escuelas y hospitales de la comunidad. Por otro lado, los gastos de reparación fac-turados a los excavadores por daños causados en las líneas de distribución pueden costar miles de dólares, y decenas o cientos de miles de dólares cuando el daño ocurre a líneas de distribución más grandes.
Estos accidentes pueden prevenirse con una simple llamada al 811, un servicio gratuito que proporciona información importante de la ubicación subterránea de los servicios públicos bajo las áreas de excavación.
Llamar al 811 pone a los clientes en contacto direc-to con el Servicio de Alerta Subterránea (Underground Service Alert o USA), el cual notifica a las compañías de servicios públicos de futuras excavaciones con el fin de que marquen la ubicación aproxi-mada de sus instalaciones subterráneas, alrededor del sitio de la excavación pro-puesta, permitiendo así que los clientes y contratistas las eviten impactarlas.
Se puede llamar a USA de lunes a viernes, a partir de las 6 de la mañana y has-ta las 7 de la noche, excepto en días feriados. Las leyes
de California requieren que cualquier persona que realice un trabajo de excavación no-tifique a los servicios públicos por lo menos dos días hábiles antes de iniciar la excavación.
Este servicio de alertas sub-terráneas recibirá solicitudes hasta 14 días previos a la ex-cavación, y una vez recibida la petición, el cliente o contra-tista recibirá una lista de com-pañías de servicios públicos que han sido notificadas que pudieran tener tuberías sub-terráneas en el área a excavar.
Excavando cerca de las líneas de servicio publico
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Jason AldermanPRACTICAL MONEY
Tal vez sea un estudiante universitario que busca alqui-lar su primer departamento; o un propietario que debe achicar gastos y vuelve a in-gresar en el mercado de los alquileres después de mucho tiempo. Cualquiera sea la si-tuación, hay varias precau-ciones que debe tomar antes de alquilar una propiedad. Lo último que quisiera es tener que cargar con un alquiler por 12 meses que no puede pagar o estar en un vecindario que ahora detesta.
Como yo ya he pasado por eso, permítame com-partir algunos consejos para alquilar una casa:
Antes de comenzar a bus-car, sepa cuánto puede pagar. El gasto de la vivienda es el más importante para la ma-yoría de las personas; por eso, si hace mal los cálculos, su presupuesto se verá afectado desde el vamos. Además del alquiler, no se olvide de contar los gastos adicionales, como el depósito, los servicios, la TV por cable o satelital, el acceso a Internet, el seguro de inqui-lino, la cochera y el lavadero, y los gastos que suele haber cuando uno se muda por pri-mera vez, como el tratamien-to de ventanas, los electrodo-mésticos o las alfombras.
Eche un vistazo al vecinda-rio para ver si se siente seguro caminando por allí, especial-mente si dejará su automóvil estacionado en la calle. Re-grese para ver si el vecindario cambia por la noche o los fi-nes de semana. Observe tam-bién si hay parques, escuelas, despensas, transporte público y rutas muy transitadas en las cercanías.
Inspeccione cuidadosa-mente cada vivienda que pueda llegar a alquilar:
Observe cuánto espacio utilizable tiene –a veces una unidad más pequeña pero con buena distribución es me-jor que una más grande con mala distribución.
Utilice una cinta métrica para medir cada habitación y ver si entrarán sus muebles. Asegúrese de que tenga su-ficientes placares y espacios para guardar cosas.
Observe las cuestiones de seguridad, como cerrojos y mirillas en las puertas exterio-res, corredores bien ilumina-dos, las estructuras del hueco de la escalera y la cochera, detectores de incendio, extin-guidores de incendio y rejas u otras medidas de seguridad en las ventanas del primer piso.
En los edificios de muchas unidades, observe el estado en que están las áreas comu-nes. Eso le dará una pista de la importancia que el dueño/gerente le da a la limpieza y mantenimiento.
Observe el estado de todo lo que esté instalado, las ca-ñerías y griferías, los pisos/al-fombras, los enchufes y teclas eléctricas, las luces, las paredes y las ventanas. Si detecta algo dañado o gastado, pregunte si van a cambiarlo. Si no, asegú-rese de que quede asentado en el contrato de alquiler.
Verifique la presión del agua y la calidad del agua ca-liente.
Verifique los burletes de las puertas, ventanas y ventila-ciones; si no están en buenas condiciones, las cuentas de los servicios pueden aumentar.
Observe si no hay rastros de alguna pérdida de agua y moho.
Verifique el aislamiento acústico, especialmente si hay departamentos contiguos.
Cuando haya encontrado el lugar adecuado, lea deteni-damente el contrato de alqui-ler. No dude en pedirle a un abogado o a algún amigo más experimentado que lo revise. Si no está especificado en el contrato, sería conveniente preguntarle al propietario lo siguiente:
¿Cuál es el depósito que debe dejar y cuáles son los requisitos para su devolución completa?
¿Cómo se determinan los aumentos del alquiler?
¿Qué ocurre cuando vence el plazo del alquiler? Gene-ralmente, el contrato se con-vierte en un contrato mensual donde usted puede irse en cualquier momento, con un preaviso (que suele ser de 30 días).
¿Cuántos inquilinos se per-miten?
¿Cuál es la política del edi-ficio con respecto a los invita-dos, las mascotas, los horarios en que no se puede hacer rui-do, los trabajos de manteni-miento y reparación, la fumi-gación, si se puede fumar o no, y qué ocurre si se pierden las llaves?
¿Puede sub-alquilar la uni-dad antes del vencimiento de su contrato de alquiler?
Y, por último, tenga en cuenta que muchos propie-tarios verifican el historial crediticio de los potenciales inquilinos. Antes de comen-zar a buscar, verifique su pro-pio historial crediticio para que no haya sorpresas. Puede solicitar un informe gratuito por año a cada una de las tres agencias de informes crediti-cios más importantes –Equi-fax, Experian y TransUnion. (Solicítelo a través de www.annualcreditreport.com; de lo contrario, deberá pagar un cargo pequeño.)
Antes de alquilar, haga los deberes SACRAMENTO
The California Employ-ment Development Depart-ment (EDD) has successfully launched its newly redesigned CalJOBS website, and more than 438,000 Californians are signed on and taking advan-tage of the site’s new features.
CalJOBS is the state’s on-
line job resource center where Californians can find local and statewide employment and la-bor market information while employers can post job listings.
Services for Job Seekers
· Quickly build a profes-sional, formatted résumé that reflects their skills sets and experience, and that can be viewed by employers online;
· Create and upload mul-tiple versions of their résumé, tailored to specific career paths;
· Access a wide variety of unduplicated job openings from across the Internet, rang-ing from entry level to execu-tive;
· Customize their job searches, and receive notifica-tions by text and email when job openings of interest to them are posted online;
· Use career tools to ef-fectively find jobs that match their skills, values and inter-ests; and
· Access comprehensive in-formation on their local labor market, educational and train-ing programs, and financial aid.
Services for Employers
· Post job listings, and search for qualified employ-ees;
· Keep their employee searches organized;
· Expand their searches as necessary to find qualified ap-
plicants for job openings;· Analyze labor market in-
formation; and· Locate business services. With the redesign, more
than 4,500 new employers have joined the online com-munity of CalJOBS, adding to the nearly 15,000 returning employers who are now using the revamped website to post job openings and look for em-ployees.
Since the redesigned web-
site came online earlier this month, employers have posted 13,000 new jobs and edited more than 11,000 job post-ings.
To access the new
CalJOBS, visit: www.caljobs.ca.gov. For
more information on EDD’s programs and services, go to
www.edd.ca.gov.
State of California’s newly redesigned CalJOBS
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para el año escolar 2013-2014 de Marzo 21 a Mayo 2 de 20132013
El secreto de San José
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Palo Alto CALIFORNIA
Palo Alto High School (Santa Clara County) and Churchill Middle School (Sacramento County) took first place in their divisions at the Northern California Sci-ence Olympiad State Finals held Saturday, April 13, 2013 at Mission Oak High School in Tulare.
Twenty-four high school teams and 24 middle school teams competed in this year’s event, which was hosted by the Tulare County Office of Education in coordination with the California Science-League.
Both schools will represent Northern California as they advance to the National Sci-ence Olympiad competition, slated for May 17-18, 2013 at
Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio.
The National Science Olympiad is an international, nonprofit organizationde-voted to improving the qual-ity of science education and increasing student interest in science.
These innovations in-clude an emphasis on high academic standards; dem-onstration of skills through performance testing; learning through hands-on, minds-on
activities; cooperative learn-ing through events which require teamwork; improved self-concept through success in achieving high standards; mastery learning of core cur-riculum goals and objectives;
making applications and connections to the real world; and integrating not only the disciplines of science but the entire spectrum of learning.
The Science Olympiad owes much of its success to the fact that it was developed by teachers for teachers and their students, and because it embodies the best of all edu-cational research and innova-tion.
Palo Alto High School headed to National Science
Olympiad
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There are many activities students can participate in while in school, from being involved in the math club, theater or even preparing for a spelling bee.
Adelante Dual Language Academy has embraced that extra curricular activity in a very interesting way. They recently hosted their second annual Spanish spelling bee with 30 student participants ranging from fourth to eight grade.
“This is a big deal. It’s a formal use of Spanish, which is not something we get a lot in California,” said Assis-tant Superintendent Linda Latasa, Alum Rock School District. “I’m very happy, very pleased that they’re continu-ing their education in both Spanish and English. They’re going to have a good advan-tage in life.”
The school’s cafeteria was the main stage where dozens of proud parents and rela-tives sat patiently waiting for their child to be titled the champion.
A very important event for Adelante, the Spanish spell-ing bee represents the goal on campus for the students to be
truly bilingual and bi-literate. It’s a chance to use Spanish in a way other than in a class-room setting.
“I’m really proud of their perseverance. Many of the students that are here in the finals, Spanish is their second language, so for them to be in a final of the spelling bee among native Spanish speak-ers is a great accomplish-ment,” said principal, Sandra Garcia.
Last year parents and teachers decided to organize the spelling bee because they were familiar with the Eng-lish spelling bees all across the district. The Spanish spelling bee is not very well known in San Jose, or even California. They also thought it was im-portant to encourage their students to continue learning in Spanish, specifically more difficult, academic words.
Each student wore a num-ber from 1-30. Once it was their turn to spell a word they comfortably walked up to a microphone, with marker in hand, to write the word be-fore blurting out letters.
No student wanted to hear a little bell ring. That meant they had misspelled the word and were out of the spelling bee. Instead, they wanted to hear the word “correct”,
sometimes followed by a quick applause from the au-dience.
“It’s a joy to see all the hard work thety put in. I’m truly impressed,” said Carlos Ponce Martinez, Consulate of Mexico in San Jose. “They’re teaching us how we should act in life. If at first it wasn’t clear, try again.”
The dual language school had individual classroom contests by each grade level ,and sent their top three win-ners to the finals. Some of the students, dressed in dresses and ties weren’t afraid to ask for the definition and for the word to be used in a sentence.
Some words included alphabet, boy, language, acupuncture, diabolic, slow, astigmatism, Brahmanism all in Spanish of course. They had to mention whether a letter had an accent, take a deep breath and repeat their given word.
After more than two hours, sixth grader Pamela Veronica faced seventh grad-er Valeria Rodriguez. Eight grader Camila Gaitan came in third place.
In mid July, Valeria Rodri-
guez will represent, Adelante, San Jose, and California in New Mexico.
Can you use that in a sentence, please?
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De conformidad con la Ley para los Estadounidenses con Discapacidades Físicas (Americans with Disability Act o ADA) y con el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, VTA hará los arreglos razonables para brindar acceso relevante a sus reuniones a las personas con discapacidades y a las personas con conocimientos limitados del idioma inglés que requieran servicios de traducción e interpretación. Las personas que requieran los arreglos estipulados por ADA o ayuda con el idioma deberán notificar a VTA por lo menos 5 días antes de la reunión.
Notificación de Reuniones Públicas: del 1 al 7 de mayo de 2013
Presupuesto bienal preliminar para los años fiscales 2014 y 2015
Reuniones de la Comunidad:
Miércoles, 1 de mayo de 2013, a las 6:00 p.m.Centro Gubernamental del Condado de Santa ClaraSala de conferencias 157 (a un lado del salón de la Junta de Supervisores)70 West Hedding St., San Jose, CA 95110A este lugar se puede llegar utilizando el tranvía y las Líneas de Autobuses 61, 62, 66 y 181 de VTA.
Lunes, 6 de mayo de 2013, a las 6:00 p.m.Salón del Concejo (Council Chambers) del Ayuntamiento de Mountain View500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041A este lugar se puede llegar utilizando el tranvía y las Líneas de Autobuses 22, 35 y 522 de VTA.
Martes, 7 de mayo de 2013, a las 6:00 p.m.Centro Comunitario y Cultural de Morgan Hill (Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center)Sala Madrone1700 Monterey Rd., Morgan Hill, CA 95037A este lugar se puede llegar utilizando la Línea de Autobuses 68 de VTA.
www.vta.org(408)321-2300TTY: (408) 321-2330
Del 1 al 7 de mayo de 2013, VTA realizará tres reuniones públicas para presentar el Presupuesto bienal preliminar para los años fiscales 2014 y 2015. El objetivo de estas reuniones públicas es el de obtener la opinión del público y de incorporar cualquier recomendación hecha por el público para mejorar el Presupuesto bienal.
Si es aprobado, este presupuesto sería implementado para el periodo de dos años que inicia el 1 de julio de 2013.
Tenga en cuenta que este presupues-to propone lo siguiente:• No incrementar las tarifas• Un incremento leve en el servicio• No modificar el servicio de paratransporte
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In partnership with Cal-trans, our allied law en-forcement agencies, and other public and private en-tities around the Bay Area, the CHP has been getting the message out about the dangers of distracted driv-ing. Start Smart Programs, Electronic Billboards, pre-sentations at schools, Public Service Announcements, Twitter messages, and any other reminder or educa-tional tool we can use to get people to understand, we’re trying.
Yes we can make traffic enforcement stops and we do. In the Bay Area the CHP
has made over 2,000 traffic enforcement stops for dis-tracted driving since April 1, 2013. Yes we can issue cita-tions that make it financially unappealing to get caught and we do. In the Bay Area the CHP has issued over 1,700 citations related to dis-tracted driving since April 1, 2013.
Our education and en-forcement works well, but what we need is you, the community. Do you believe it is dangerous and you could harm yourself or someone else if you aren’t being at-tentive when you’re driving? You know the answer. You
have solutions (turn off your phone and/or put it out of reach while driving, don’t call or text anyone at a time when you think they may be driving, adjust controls to your heater and air condi-tioner, plug in information to your GPS prior to your trip, and set your song playlist be-fore you set out on the road.
It’s time to put the distrac-tions away. It’s time we stop injuring and killing ourselves and others in traffic colli-sions. It’s time we make the Bay Area a safer place to live. Buckle up, drive sober, and be attentive while driving.
April is Distracted Driving Awareness
Month
SAN JOSE
YMCA of Silicon Valley in-vites the entire community to participate in YMCA Healthy Kids Day, with free events at all 11 Silicon Valley locations on April 27. Healthy Kids Day is the nation’s largest cel-ebration of health for children and families.
Each year Healthy Kids Day is celebrated across the country at nearly 1,900 Ys to kick-start healthier behaviors now and throughout the sum-mer, a critical out-of-school time for children’s health. With more than 800,000 at-tendees, these events are open to everyone and include fun, engaging and creative activi-ties to get kids moving and learning, and families living healthier.
“At the Y, we want to help kids live healthier lifestyles and excel in school,” said
Kathy Riggins, President and CEO of the YMCA of Silicon Valley. “We know parents struggle to keep their kids physically and intellectually active every day, and we’re here to help. YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day will get kids moving and learning while helping families prepare for an active summer and lifetime healthy habits.”
Many U.S. children do not get the daily recommended amounts of physical activ-ity, healthy foods or reading time. According to the lat-est findings of the YMCA’s Family Health Snapshot – a survey of parents that gauges their children’s activity levels during the school year – only 19 percent of children get 60 minutes of physical activity, only 17 percent read books for fun, and only 12 percent eat at least eight fruits and veg-etables daily.
Research shows that without access to out-of-school physical and learning activities, kids fall behind ac-ademically and gain weight twice as fast during summer than the school year. YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day will help parents begin planning a healthy summer for their kids.
YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day is supported by national media partners Sprout and Lazy Town, who are com-mitted to encouraging kids to lead a healthy lifestyle.
YMCA of Silicon Valley is hosting a variety of events at Ys from Morgan Hill to Redwood City.
For locations and details, go to
ymcasv.org.
YMCA Healthy Kids Day Encourages Healthy Lifestyles
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Santa Clara County CALIFORNIA
In recognition of Na-tional STD Awareness Month (April), the Santa Clara County Public Health Department’s STD/HIV Prevention and Control has launched a Get Yourself Test-ed (GYT) social marketing campaign and “Viral Video” Contest for high school stu-dents.
According to the CDC, 20
million new STDs occur each year in the United States. Half of all new infections are among youth, though they make up only 27% of the sexually active population. In the wake of such statis-tics, STD Awareness Month highlights the need for STD prevention and education. “There’s a continuing epi-demic of STDs among youth, with half of all sexually active young people getting a sexu-ally transmitted infection by age 25. It’s imperative that we reach out to our youth to increase awareness, encour-age testing, and to help them to have a safe and healthy sex life,” said Jim McPherson, the STD/HIV Prevention and Control Program Manager.
The national GYT cam-paign was started in 2009 by MTV and the Kaiser Fam-ily Foundation in order to create a youth driven social movement focused on STD testing. GYT encourages testing as an act of pride and promotes an open dialogue about STDs by encourag-ing youth to get themselves tested and spread the word. The local Santa Clara County GYT campaign includes:
•Outdoor advertising on buses, bus shelters, and bill-boards
•Pre-movie video screen-ings at Camera Cinemas Theaters until April 26th
•Radio announcements on local stations and adver-tisements on Pandora
•Print materials such as, posters, flyers, postcards, palm cards, and buttons
•Digital materials such as web banners and social me-dia usage
“We’ve seen a great re-
sponse to GYT in the Coun-ty during the first week of the campaign - from high click-through rates on our
Pandora banner ads to posi-tive feedback from youth, parents, and community partners,” reports Jennie Anderson from John Snow, Inc., a public health research and consulting organization working with STD/HIV Pre-vention and Control. “One community partner told us how excited he was to have these materials to get teens talking about their health.”
To further encourage con-
versation and normalize STD & HIV testing among young people, STD/HIV Preven-tion and Control is also host-ing the “Viral Video” Contest for Santa Clara County high school students. The contest ends April 30th, and winners will be announced mid-May. Visit STD/HIV Prevention and Control’s Facebook to view current entries.
For more information on
the national GYT campaign, please visit: www.gytnow.
org.
For more information on STD/HIV Prevention and Control’s STD Awareness
Month activities please visit: www.facebook.com/scc.
preventionmatters or www.sccphd.org.
Get Yourself Tested
AMERICAN COUNSEL-ING ASSOCIATION
“I hate school...” “I don’t have any
friends...” “Nobody likes me...”
Many parents have heard those words or something similar. During the pre- and early adolescent years it’s a common experience for chil-dren to sometimes feel left out and isolated in the school en-vironment.
The reasons for such feel-ings are simple to under-stand. For many children, the age of puberty and early
adolescence brings significant issues in the development of the child’s self-concept. This is when children begin to de-velop an identity of their own, one apart from their parents. Peers become more impor-tant and their opinions often carry more weight than what Mom or Dad has to say.
Then, if your child isn’t part of one of the more popular groups of students, the feeling of insecurity can often mani-fest itself in that feeling that “nobody likes me.” While such insecurities are a normal part of growing up, they really can affect academic performance and the child’s level of happi-
ness. It’s important to contin-ue to give positive, reassuring feedback. Listen to what your child is saying without being critical or judgmental.
Situations like this are a good time to talk with your child’s school. School coun-selors are trained not to tell a child what to think, but to assist him or her in learning how to think. The counselor can also help you better un-derstand what your child is going through and assist your child in seeing that not be-ing popular with a particular group of students is not the same as “nobody likes me.”
What To Do When Your Child Feels “Nobody Likes Me”
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(FAMILY FEATURES)
Happy Hour. Se trata de un famoso momento del día en el mundo para descansar justo antes de la cena con bocadillos y tragos. Para crear su propio happy hour en casa para su familia y amigos, pruebe este menú de bocadillos que equipare platos livianos y sabrosos con vinos acompañados con la comida, por ejemplo, el nuevo vino tinto Sunset Red de Mirassou Winery. Este vino tinto Pinot Noir combina sabores frescos y de fruta fresca de cerezo negro y moras con notas de caramelo y azúcar negra. El color rojo intenso del vino refleja tonos del atardecer brillante de California y proporciona una experiencia perfecta de bebida a medida que se va el día y comienza el happy hour.
Budín de pan de cereza Se combinan con Mirassou Sunset Red
Porciones: 8 a 10Tiempo de preparación: 20 minutos
Tiempo de reposo: 2 a 8 horasTiempo de cocción: 30 a 35 minutos
3 1/3 tazas de mezcla de leche y crema 1 taza de azúcar 1 cucharadita de extracto de vainilla 1cucharadita de extracto de almendras 4 huevos 8 tazas (cubos de 1 pulgada) de jalá o cualquier otro pan dulce al huevo ligeramente tostado 1 taza (15 onzas) de cerezas dulces sin carozo, bien escurridas 3 a 4 cucharadas de azúcar granulada
Bata la leche y crema, el azúcar, los extractos y los huevos hasta que estén bien mezclados. Coloque en una placa para horno de 13 x 9 pulgadas y agregue los cubos de pan. Combine con cuidado y empuje los cubos hacia abajo para cubrirlos completamente con la mezcla; cubra y lleve a la heladera de 2 a 8 horas. Precaliente el horno a 325 °F y enmanteque 8 a 10 moldes pequeños (aproximadamente 1 taza).
Envuelva las cerezas en la mezcla de pan y coloque en los moldes con una cuchara, rocíe con el azúcar. Coloque en una placa para horno y cocine durante 30 a 35 minutos o hasta que estén esponjosas y doradas.
Using your hands, mix beef, mush-rooms, shallots, wine, rosemary, Dijon, salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Shape into 8 very flat patties. Grill, broil or pan fry for 3 minutes. Turn and top with cheese; cook for 2 min-utes more. Serve on lightly toasted rolls with tomato, bacon and arugula. Recipe Tip: Dress arugula with a bit of olive oil and balsamic for extra flavor.
A Simple, Sunset Happy Hour(FAMILY FEATURES)
Happy Hour. A time of day renowned the world over for relaxing just before dinner with small bites and small pours. To create your own happy hour at home for family and friends, try a bite-sized menu that pairs light, flavorful dishes with food-friendly wines, such as Mirassou Winery’s new red blend, Sunset Red. This Pinot Noir-based red blend features fresh, dark fruit flavors of black cherry and blackberry with notes of caramel and brown sugar. The wine’s deep red color reflects shades of a bright California sunset and provides a perfect sipping experience as the day winds down and your happy hour begins.
To explore more wine pairing options, visit www.mirassou.com.
Sunset Sliders Pairs with Mirassou Sunset Red
Servings: 8Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 6 to 8 minutes 1 pound lean ground beef (preferably grass fed) 1/2 cup finely chopped baby portabella mushrooms 1/4 cup minced shallots or red onion 1/4 cup Mirassou Sunset Red 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon sea saltFreshly ground pepper to taste 1/2 cup shredded aged Gouda cheese 8 brioche, ciabatta, or other small slider rolls 8 thin Roma tomato slices 4 strips cooked cherry wood or apple wood 5 to 6 baby arugula leaves
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EARTHTALK
Americans care more about the environment than ever before, and the overwhelm-ing majority of us acknowl-edges that climate change is real and human-induced. But still we continue to con-sume many more resources per capita than any other na-tion, and refuse to take strong policy action to stave off glob-al warming—even though we have the power to do so. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions can be achieved in a top down manner—via legis-lation mandating reductions in fossil fuel emissions—or in a bottom-up fashion with individuals and businesses doing their part by driving and flying less, conserving more, and embracing green-er forms of energy. Environ-mental leaders would like to see Americans take both paths to cut greenhouse gas emissions as fast as possible. The Natural Resources De-fense Council (NRDC), a leading green group, has proposed a five-step plan for Americans to follow to cut greenhouse gas emis-sions by 80 percent by mid-century. Step One is to cut
global warming pollution via “strong legislation that caps carbon emissions, and makes polluters pay for the global warming gases they produce.” Step Two involves investing more in green jobs and clean energy. Producing more fuel efficient cars constitutes Step Three. Creating green homes and buildings is Step Four. Step Five: Build more sus-tainable communities and transportation networks. Individuals need to play a role too, by altering our be-haviors to reduce our individ-ual carbon footprints. NRDC has several suggestions along these lines as well. Walking, biking or using public transit instead of driving is one. If you must drive, make sure, for best gas mileage, that your car is tuned and your tires are properly inflated. If in need of a new car, look into a hybrid or electric that consumes less or no gasoline. On the home front, weather-ization can go a long way to lower heating and air con-ditioning needs, thus saving significant amounts of ener-gy. Also, upgrading old appli-ances to more energy efficient models and switching out old lightbulbs with new compact fluorescents (CFL) or LEDs will keep carbon footprints down. If your utility has a
green energy option—with power from wind, solar or other renewables—choose it, even if it costs more than the coal-based electricity. And for things you can’t change, there are carbon offsets you can buy that support renew-able energy projects that will offset your carbon emissions. But perhaps the most im-portant tool we have as in-dividuals for battling global warming is our voice. “Send a message to your elected offi-cials, letting them know that you will hold them account-able for what they do—or fail to do—about global warm-ing,” instructs NRDC. On the group’s website you can cus-tomize a letter to President Obama urging him to final-ize a carbon pollution stan-dard for new power plants, and direct the Environmen-tal Protection Agency to set tough new standards for ex-isting plants.
Environmentalists are opti-mistic that President Obama will take strong action to fight global warming during his second term. But even if he convinces Congress to pass binding legislation limiting carbon outputs, each of us will continue to play an im-portant role through how we lead our own day-to-day lives.
Important steps we need to take as a nation to counter
the impacts of climate change
COALICIÓN DE ENER-GÍA LIMPIA Y SEGURA
Lo que comenzó como un día nacional de concien-cia ambiental en 1970 se ha convertido en un mes entero de resoluciones para ser más sostenibles, más respetuosos del medio ambiente, y más enfocados en la protección de nuestro planeta. El Día de la Tierra, celebrado cada año el 22 de abril, y el Mes de la Tie-rra, corriendo el mes entero de abril, unen a casi 200 países en iniciativas para educar a todas las personas acerca de asuntos ambientales que amenazan el bienestar global.
LA PÓBLACION HISPA-NA Y EL MEDIO AMBIEN-
TE MUNDIAL
Reconocida como la mino-ría étnica más grande en los Estados Unidos, la población hispana está trabajando fuer-temente para contribuir a su Madre Tierra. Una encuesta de investigación de 2012 por el Sierra Club, en colaboración con el Consejo Nacional de La Raza, reportó que casi el 92 por ciento de los latinos sien-ten tener una “responsabilidad moral de cuidar las creaciones de Dios en la Tierra - el desier-to y los bosques, los océanos, lagos y ríos.” Otro 92 por ciento de hispanos creen que el cam-bio climático ya está ocurrien-
do o empezará en el futuro, y el 94 por ciento expresan que las actividades al aire libre son importantes para ellos y para sus familias.
Como la fuerza laboral más creciente del país, los hispanos también están contribuyendo al medio ambiente median-te los empleos ecológicos. En promedio, los empleos verdes tienden a pagar un 13 por cien-to más que otras ocupaciones, y debido a que no siempre re-quieren educación universita-ria, presentan oportunidades profesionales ampliamente accesibles para los latinos.
Una industria no usual-mente considerada como pro-fesión ecológica es la del pai-sajismo y jardinería. De acuer-do a un estudio reciente por la Cámara Hispana de Comercio de los Estados Unidos, los his-panos representan 34 por cien-to de la fuerza labor y el 16 por ciento de los propietarios de negocios dentro de la industria de jardinería y paisajismo, casi el doble del promedio nacional en todas las demás industrias. Más que cortar el pasto, los paisajistas contribuyen al me-dio ambiente, ya que su labor asegura la mayor producción de oxígeno, secuestración de carbono dañino, y el beneficio físico y psicológico que nos brinda la naturaleza.
SENDEROS HACIA LA SOSTENIBILIDAD
Afortunadamente, el ser sostenible no requiere una profesión sostenible, una licen-ciatura en ciencias ambienta-les, ni un esfuerzo exagerado. Estos cinco pasos simples pue-den ayudarle en su camino a convertirse en un protector del planeta.
•Controlar el flujo de la lla-ve de agua ¿Sabía usted que una llave de agua puede dis-pensar dos a tres galones por minuto? ¡Cerrando la llave mientras se cepilla los dientes o se afeita puede ahorrar más de 200 galones de agua por mes! Este simple acto le ahorrará dinero, y al mismo tiempo per-mitirá que más agua perma-nezca en las reservas naturales, manteniendo un equilibrio sano para el medio ambiente. ¡Y no se olvide de revisar que
no haya fugas! Según la Agen-cia de Protección Ambiental de los Estados Unidos, en una casa corriente, la cantidad de agua que se fuga por año es su-ficiente para llenar una piscina de patio.
•Reducir el consumo de energía La energía no sólo es costosa, pero su producción es conocida por tener consecuen-cias adversas sobre el medio ambiente. Alrededor del 54 por ciento de la factura de servicios públicos en una casa típica se consume en gastos de calefac-ción y refrigeración. Una estra-tegia efectiva es programar el termostato lo más bajo que le sea cómodo en el invierno y lo más alto que le sea cómodo en el verano, asegurándose de op-timizar el uso de las ventanas para dejar entrar el sol caliente o la brisa fresca. También trate de activar los modos de “sueño” e “hibernación” en los equipos
de computadora, lo que les permitirá utilizar mucho me-nos energía durante períodos de inactividad. ¡Y siempre ase-gúrese de apagar la luz al salir de una habitación!
•Utilice menos papel Alre-dedor del 40 por ciento de to-dos los residuos destinados al basurero es el papel. Por ejem-plo, al promedio, el estadouni-dense consume alrededor de 6 servilletas por día, o aproxi-madamente 2.200 al año. Si cada persona en los estados unidos utilizara una serville-ta menos por día, podríamos mantener más de mil millones de libras de desechos fuera de los basureros cada año. Con el papel siendo tan esencial, trate de imprimir en ambas caras, y sólo imprima cuando sea abso-lutamente necesario. Los estu-dios encuentran que el reciclar sólo los periódicos de domingo es equivalente salvar a más de
un medio millón de árboles cada semana.
•El correcto cuidado de céspedes y jardín Céspedes y jardines ayudan a reducir el impacto negativo al medioam-biente causado por el humo y el polvo que cargan bacterias de las enfermedades y los virus. Un césped bien mantenido de 50 por 50 pies proporciona suficiente oxígeno para una fa-milia de cuatro, y también se-cuestra carbono en cantidades cuatro veces más grandes que la cantidad producida por las máquinas que lo mantienen. No sobre-use el rastrillo. Hojas y recortes de césped a menudo pueden servir como abono, lo que hace que su césped se mantenga saludable. El cui-dado apropiado de su jardín o patio sumará al valor de su hogar, mientras que aumenta su huella sostenible.
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EL MES DE LA TIERRA Y UNA VIDA SOSTENIBLE
NUEVA YORK
La artista chicana residen-te de San Antonio, Adriana García, fue nombrada la ga-nadora del “José Cuervo Tradi-cional Mural Project” y de los $15,000.
“El José Cuervo Tradicional Mural Project ha descubierto a algunos de los artistas latinos más talentosos del país”, dijo Ami-Lynn Bakshi, Vicepre-sidente de Marketing de José Cuervo. “El mural de Adriana retrata bellamente la impor-tancia de la cultura y la heren-cia latina y su influencia en el perfil de la nueva América”.
El mural de García, rea-lizado en acrílico sobre tela y titulado “Todo Tiene su Efecto”, utiliza imágenes de mujeres que representan la herencia latina. Cada imagen refleja el importante papel de la herencia y sus tradiciones y
cómo contribuyen a la cultura contemporánea. Una de las estructuras subyacentes de la pieza es un árbol que simboliza la historia de la evolución hu-mana y la interconexión de la vida. Para García, las personas se acercan más a sus antepa-
sados al transmitir su cultura ancestral para construir la próxima generación.
“Mi principal objetivo mientras creaba el mural era celebrar la importancia y la in-fluencia de nuestra herencia”,
dijo García. “Más que un con-curso, el José Cuervo Tradicio-nal Mural Project me dio la oportunidad de expresar y ce-lebrar la cultura latina y al mis-mo tiempo, utilizar mi mural a beneficio de mi comunidad”.
Además de la gratificación
de $15,000 otorgada a Gar-cía, el José Cuervo Tradicional Mural Project también hará una donación de $15,000 al Centro Cultural Aztlán. Fun-dado en 1977, el Centro Cultu-ral Aztlán sirve a la comunidad local de San Antonio con múl-tiples programas culturales, que van desde las artes visuales y literarias, hasta la música y la danza. La organización sin fines de lucro con enfoque cul-tural atiende a su comunidad con el objetivo de promover y celebrar las artes y la cultura latina.
“El Centro Cultural Aztlán coincide con la visión del José Cuervo Tradicional Mural Project y también celebra la riqueza y diversidad cultural que traemos a nuestra comu-nidad”, dijo Malena Gonzá-lez-Cid, Directora Ejecutiva del Centro Cultural Aztlán. Lanzado en agosto de 2012, el José Cuervo Tradicional Mu-
ral Project hizo un llamado a los artistas de todo el país para que pintaran un mural origi-nal inspirado en su herencia latina.
Los diez murales selec-cionados, que representan a Nueva York, el Sur y el Norte de California, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Washington, Georgia, Arizona y Texas, se exhibie-ron en la página de Facebook de José Cuervo desde el 15 de enero hasta el 28 de febrero de 2013. Los consumidores ma-yores de 21 años votaron en la página por el mural que según ellos mejor retrataba su heren-cia latina.
El José Cuervo Tradicional Mural Project también trabajó con la Asociación Nacional de las Artes y Culturas Latinas (NALAC), para atraer la par-ticipación de artistas, comuni-dades latinas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro.
EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com12 ARTS & CULTURE APRIL19 - APRIL 25, 2013
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Continuando su larga tradición de colaboraciones ricas y creativas, ABSOLUT VODKA hoy anuncia su muy esperado diseño de botellas de edición limitada, ABSO-LUT MEXICO, disponible por primera vez en los Esta-dos Unidos después de su de-but en México el año pasado. El lanzamiento de ABSO-LUT MEXICO es la última edición limitada ofrecida por la marca de vodka más icóni-ca del mundo y rinde home-naje a la cultura y herencia multicultural mexicana.
ABSOLUT tiene una lar-ga historia de colaboracio-nes creativas, y esta edición limitada fue desarrollada en asociación con Dr. Lakra, uno de los artistas y tatuado-res contemporáneos mexi-canos más reconocidos, de Oaxaca, México. El trabajo de Dr. Lakra, también cono-cido como Jerónimo López Ramírez, se ha presentado
en exposiciones y museos en todo el mundo, incluyendo el Museo de Arte Moderno, el Museo Hammer y el Centro de Arte Walker.
ABSOLUT MEXICO presenta el vodka original ABSOLUT en una botella especialmente diseñada que
celebra el espíritu de Méxi-co. Dr. Lakra combina tres estandartes legendarios de la antigua cultura maya – Hu-rakan (Huracán), Kukulkan (Serpiente) y Balam (Jaguar) – dándoles vida en la botella ABSOLUT a través de un lente artístico moderno que representa al México de hoy.
“Para ABSOLUT VODKA, no había nadie mejor que Dr. Lakra para nuestra colabo-ración, con su técnica de en-tretejer el diseño en objetos existentes, y en este caso, una botella de ABSOLUT VO-DKA”, dijo Maxime Kouch-nir, vicepresidente, Vodkas, Pernod Ricard USA.
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La celebración de la he-rencia mexicana nunca ha sido tan fácil. Los colores de la botella – tonos de naranja, verde, azul y amarillo – son espectaculares para el en-tretenimiento, no solo como una bebida deliciosa, sino también como un objeto de arte para los coleccionistas.
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Twenty-one young artists in grades 1-8 recently received scholarships for summer study at the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA). Recipients come from the 21 schools throughout Silicon Valley where CSMA provides Art4Schools, a weekly, hands-on, skill-building program that reaches thousands of chil-dren annually at public and private schools. Art teachers nominated students based on talent, dedication and focus in their weekly art classes.
“These scholarships al-low children to continue their arts education by choosing a class or art camp to attend at CSMA during the summer or next school year,” said CSMA Art School Director, Linda Covello. “Children build on
what they have been learning throughout the year in their art class at their local school and continue to develop skills and express their creativ-ity while having a wonderful summer art camp experience.”
Founded in 1968, CSMA is Northern California’s larg-est non-profit provider of arts education programs and, with a $4.9 million budget and 160-member staff and faculty. Located in one of the global capitals of creativity, CSMA is dedicated to instilling, train-ing and nurturing creativity for all stages of life. Headquar-tered in the award-winning Finn Center in the City of Mountain View, CSMA di-rectly serves over 22,660 peo-ple of all ages, skill levels and economic means each year, including 10,660 students in more than 600 classrooms at 32 schools in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.
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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 13FASHION & BEAUTYAPRIL19 - APRIL 25, 2013
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High-heeled shoes can make a woman feel beautiful, confident, sexy and power-ful. They can also cause pain, deformities and a lifetime of damage to the feet.
Doctors with the Ameri-can College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons realize that most women won’t chuck their Jimmy Choos for sensible sneakers. But surgeons say women can reduce their risks for foot problems, including surgery, by following three recommendations: Avoid shoes with pointed toes, avoid heels taller than two inches and recognize foot pain as a warning sign.
High-heeled shoes crowd toes, force the body’s weight onto the ball of the foot and disrupt body alignment. Po-tential consequences:
- Bunions. High heels do not cause bunions. Most women who develop bun-ions can blame their ances-tors for passing down a faulty foot structure. But over time, wearing pointed-toe high heels can make bunions worse. Only surgery can cor-rect this often painful defor-mity.
- Hammertoes. High-heeled shoes that crowd the toes together can contribute to hammertoes. This defor-mity occurs when smaller toes become bent, like a claw. This can cause constant shoe fric-tion, leading to painful corns. Severe hammertoes may re-quire surgery to relieve pain.
- Corns. Corns usually form from repeated pressure on the skin. Women with foot deformities, such as hammer-toes, often suffer from corns because the tops of the bent
toes rub against shoes.
- Haglund’s deformity, or “pump bump.” Pump-style shoes often cause significant pain by irritating a bony de-formity some women have on the back of their heel, called a “pump bump.” This problem is common in young women who wear high heels almost every day. In many cases, it can lead to blisters, bursitis or Achilles tendonitis.
- Neuromas. Pointed-toe and high-heeled shoes are the leading causes of painful neuromas in women. High-heeled shoes may force toes into the toe box, which can compress and swell nerves in the foot. Without treatment, a neuroma can lead to perma-nent nerve damage, making it difficult to walk without se-vere, shooting pain.
- Back pain. That old song,
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Successful non-surgical treat-ments can include changes in shoe wear, padding, orthotics and pain medications.
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One of the simplest things you can do for your health is to get enough sleep, say ex-perts. Unfortunately, many Americans have difficulty sleeping, making this seem like a simple task, but it can be anything but simple.
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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com14 CLASSIFIEDS / LEGAL CLASSIFIEDS APRIL19 - APRIL 25, 2013FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT NO. 577373
The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Andreas’s Jumper, 1893 Dandini Cir., San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara Co. Miguel Gonzalez, 1893 Dandini Cir., San Jose, CA 95128. This business is conducted by an individual reg-istrant began business under the fictitious business name or names listed here in 04/16/13. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Miguel GonzalezApril 19, 26; May 03, 10, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/16/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 577160The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Norcal Flavor, Emporium5, 88 S 3rd Street # 309, San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara Co. Plastic Spoon Inc., 88 S 3rd Street #309, San Jose, CA 95113. This business is conducted by a corporation registrants have not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Plastic Spoon Inc.Gurprett Saran/CEOApril 19, 26; May 03, 10, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/10/13.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV244626Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Abdollah Mirzaei Ghaleh, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Abdollah Mirzaei Ghaleh filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Abdollah Mirzaei Ghal-ceh to Andy Galeh THE COURT ORDERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter appear be-fore this court at the hearing in-dicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 07/16/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.April 15, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtApril 19, 26; May 03, 10, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV244087Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Telya Veronica Melendez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Telya Veronica Melendez filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names
as follows: a. Jocelyn Gabri-ela Terraza Melendez to Jocelyn Gabriela Galdamez-Melendez THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 07/02/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.April 04, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtApril 19, 26; May 03, 10, 2013.
Application for Order for Publication of Citation
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA
Petitioner: Juan Jose LLamasIn re: Stepparent adoption peti-tion. Case No. 1-12-AD 00874 Application is hereby, made for an order directing service of the above-captioned summons or citation on defendant, respon-dent, or citee Salvador Alvares Flores by publication of said summons or citation in the El Observador which newspaper is adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in Cali-fornia and most likely to give notice to defendant, respon-dent, or cite because location of presumed father cannot be located.
The petition complaint or peti-tion, which is for step-parent, was filed herein on 4/02/2013.
A copy of the summons or cita-tion and the complaint or peti-tion could not be served by any of the following methods for the reasons shown:
1. Handing copies to the per-son to be served. – cannot be located.2. Leaving during usual office hours copies in the office of the person to be served with the person who apparently was in charge and by thereafter mail-ing copies (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the person to be served at the place where the copies were left. – unknown place of employment. 3. Leaving copies at the dwell-ing house, usual place of abode, or usual place of busi-ness of the person to be served in the presence of a competent member of the household or a person apparently in charge of his office or place of business, at least 18 years of age, who shall be informed of the gen-eral nature of the papers and by thereafter mailing copies (by first class mail, postage pre-paid) to the person to be served at place where the copies were left. – unknown.4. Sending (by first class mail or airmail) copies to the person to be served, together with two copies of required form of no-tice and acknowledgment and a return envelope, postage pre-paid, addressed to the sender. – unknown last address.5. Sending (by registered of
certified airmail with return re-ceipt requested) copies to the person to be served. ( Service by mail outside the State of Cal-ifornia). – unknown address.6. Any other method (other) – whereabouts unknown.
If the service could not be made because the dwelling house, normal place of abode, or the usual place of business of the defendant is unknown, state below the efforts made to determine these locations. If necessary, attach declara-tions of search, declarations by investigators etc., to this declaration: I have filed a stepparent adop-tion and we have attempted to locate the father of the minor child, he is Salvador Alvarez Flores. My wife does not know where Mr. Alvarez Flores is and she has not seen him for more than 6 years. The last time she saw him was when Justin, the minor child was 3 months or so old. My attorney has run a mylife, people search and his whereabouts are unknown. We do not have any past contact persons to locate him either by friends or relatives.
Executed 4/02/13 at San Jose, California.
I declare under penalty of per-jury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. - Signed by; Juan Jose Llamas.
Published: April 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013.
AMENDED PETITION FORTERMINATION FORPARENTAL RIGHTS
In re: The Step Parent Adoption petition of Juan Jose LlamasPetitioner:
On behalf of Jus-tin Salvador Alvarez Ibarra for Termination of Parental Rights of Presumed Father.
Case No. 1-12 –AD 00874
Petitioner, Juan Jose Llamas petitions for an Order of this Court Terminating the pre-sumed father’s parental rights and declaring the minor child, Justin Salvador Alvarez Ibarra, is free from Salvador Alvarez Flores, the presumed father of the minor child. And dispens-ing with notice to the presumed father, Salvador Alvarez Flores, allege as follows:
1. The Petitioner has filed a Step-parent adoption petition for the minor child. The moth-er, consents to her husband, the petitioner adopting her son and is informed and believes that the father Salvador Alvarez Florez, is a presumed father of the minor child. His name ap-pears on the birth certificate.2. The Petitioner and the mother, Beatriz Llamas have been married since December 8, 2008.3. Petitioner alleges that the presumed father has not any contact with the minor child for a period of six months or more. In fact the minor child and the presumed father have had no contact whatsoever. The pre-sumed father and mother never lived together.4. Therefore , the Petitioners allege that the presumed fa-ther has abandoned the minor child pursuant to Family Code section 7822(a) (2) and fur-thermore allege that this no
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contact whatsoever between the presumed father and minor child that this is presumptive evidence of intent by the pre-sumed father to abandon said minor child pursuant to Family code section 7822 (b).5. Petitioners have made an ef-fort to locate and discover the whereabouts of the presumed father and they have not been able to locate him, nor his whereabouts. The various persons, including the minor’s mother, they have contacted who may have known where the presumed father may have been, have not seen him and his whereabouts continues to be unknown. Our attorney’s office has ran a People Search and they were not able to lo-cate him. Petitioners request that the court enter an order to terminate the father’s parental rights.6. Petitioner further desire this court to enter its order terminating the parental rights of Salvador Alvarez Flores and declaring the minor child free from parental custody and con-trol pursuant to Family code sections 7822 (a) (2) and 7822 (b), that the child has been presumptively abandoned by his father.
Signed by: Juan Jose Llamas
Verification
I the undersigned certify and declare that I have read the preceding document and know its contents. We are a party to this action. The matters stated in the document are true of my own knowledge and belief ex-cept as to those matters specif-ically stated on information and believe, and as to those mat-ters, I believe then to be true.
Executed this April 02, 2013 at San Jose California.
I declare the preceding is true and correct under penalty of perjury under the State of Cali-fornia.
Signed by: Juan Jose LlamasPublished: April 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 576889The following person(s) is(are) doing business, “UCSC Exten-sion Silicon Valley” University of California Santa Cruz Exten-sion, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara Co. The Regents of the University of California, 1111 Franklin St, 8th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607. This business is conducted by a corporation registrants began business under the fictitious business name or names listed here in 06/01/2011. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true informa-tion which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)The Regents of the University of CaliforniaSean Si/CFOApril 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/04/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 576545The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Chavinda Trucking LLC., 3362 San Mar-
do Ave., San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara Co. Chavinda Trucking LLC., 3362 San Mar-do Ave., San Jose, CA 95127. This business is conducted by a limited liability company registrants have not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all infor-mation in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Chavinda Trucking LLCAlfonso R Garcia Jr.April 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/26/13.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV244415Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Nagaraj Kesavan & Sudha Nagaraj TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Nagaraj Kesavan & Sudha Nagaraj, filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Yadviga Nagaraj to Rithvika Nagaraj THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 07/09/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.April 10, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtApril 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV244337Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tran Hai & Tran Minh Dang TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioners, Tran Hai & Tran Minh Dang, filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tran Phuc T. to Tran John Phuc THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 07/02/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.April 09, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtApril 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV244294Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the
matter of the application of: Jennifer Koga & Samuel Grove TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court finds that petitioners, Jennifer Koga & Samuel Grove, filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Alexis Aya Koga Grove to Alexis Lucero GroveTHE COURT OR-DERS that all persons inter-ested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 07/09/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara.April 08, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtApril 12, 19, 26; May 03, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
NO. 576751The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Garcia’s Fruit, 758 Remo St., San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara Co. Noemi Garcia, 758 Remo St., San Jose, CA 95116, Sandra Garcia 758 Remo St, San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by a general partnership registrants began business under the fictitious business name or names listed here in 04/02/13. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Noemi GarciaApril 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013.This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 04/02/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
NO. 576653The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Sal Tac Ar-mory, 80 Oak Grove Ave., Los Gatos, CA 95030, Santa Clara Co. Cody S. & Associates Inc., 3131 S. Bacom Ave., 120, Campbell, CA 95008. This business is conducted by a corporation registrants have not began business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I de-clare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Cody S. & Associates IncCody Bryan Kensit Salfen/PresidentApril 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013.This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/29/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT
NO. 576389The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Cesar B Me-chanic, 1600 Stokes St., San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. Cesar Bravo, 1600 Stokes St @12, San Jose, CA 95126. This business is conducted by an individual registrant began business under the fictitious
business name or names listed here in 03/22/13. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Cesar BravoApril 5, 12, 19, 26, 2013.This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/22/13.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243856Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Maria Elizabeth Gomez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Maria Elizabeth Gomez filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jose Andres Gasca Padilla to Guillermo Adrian Gomez b. Sasha Nayeli Gasca Padilla to Sasha Maria Go-mez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/25/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 29, 2013.Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtApril 05, 12, 19, 26, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243552Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ashley Bolton TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Ashley Bolton filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ashley Nicole Bonnie Bolton to Ashley Bonita Rae. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons in-terested in this matter appear before this court at the hear-ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/18/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be pub-lished at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circula-tion, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 25, 2013.Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtApril 05, 12, 19, 26, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243445Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Charles Alan Knoth TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Charles Alan Knoth filed a petition for Change of Name
with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Charles Alan Knoth to Charles Alan DeFilippis. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this mat-ter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/18/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 21, 2013.Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtApril 05, 12, 19, 26, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243388Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: James Eric Coulter TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, James Eric Coulter filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. James Eric Coulter to James Eric Bonnette. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/11/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 21, 2013.Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtApril 05, 12, 19, 26, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 576293The following person(s) is(are) doing business, XL Vehicle Graphics & Digital Prints, 979 W. San Carlos St. Ste C, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara Co. O & J Inc. 979 W. San Carlos St. Suite C., San Jose, CA 95126. This business is conducted by a corporation registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)O & J Inc.Omar LaraMarch 29; April 5, 12, 19, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/20/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 575900The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Eres Makeup Academy, 2229 Paragon Dr., San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara Co. Lizbeth Rivas,
421 Oakland Ave., San Jose, CA 95116. This business is conducted by an individual registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Lizbeth RivasMarch 29; April 5, 12, 19, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/11/13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
NO. 575882The following person(s) is(are) doing business, A & L Auto Connection, 288 E Virginia St., San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. John Vo, 2600 Corde Terra Cir., Apt # 5407, San Jose, CA 95111, Ly La, 2066 Sierra Rd., San Jose, CA 95131. This business is conducted by a general partnership registrant has not yet begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)John VoMarch 29; April 5, 12, 19, 2013. This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 03/11/13.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV240926Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Laurent Joseph Dias-Sanchez, Leonce Julian Sanchez-Dias, Lucien Jason Sanchez-Dias & Kathryn Ann Sanchez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Laurent Joseph Dias-Sanchez, Leonce Julian Sanchez-Dias, Lucien Jason Sanchez-Dias & Kathryn Ann Sanchez filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Laurent Joseph Dias-Sanchez to Laurent Joseph Dias b. Leonce Julian Sanchez-Dias to Leonce Julian Dias c. Lucien Jason Sanchez-Dias to Lucien Jason Dias d. Kathryn Ann Sanchez to Kathryn Ann Sanchez-Dias. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 05/07/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 26, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243474Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: James Myron Merdler TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, James Myron Merdler filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. James Myron Merdler to James Wallace Nomoto . THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/18/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 22, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243391Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Juan Villa Aguila TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Juan Villa Aguila filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Juan Villa Aguila aka Juan Villa to Johnathan Villa . THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/18/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 21, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243312Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Matin Moslem TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Matin Moslem filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Matin Moslem to Matin Mosley . THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 06/11/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at
least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 20, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NO. 113CV243132Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Cesar Gutierrez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Cesar Gutierrez filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Cesar Gutierrez aka Cesar Sandoval to (first) Cesar (last) Gutierrez Sandoval . THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of names should not be granted on 05/28/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.March 18, 2013. Thomas Wm. Cain Judge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME AND
GENDERNO. 113CV241855
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alejandro Rodriguez Flores TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Alejandro Rodriguez Flores filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioners name to: Judy Rodriguez Flores petitioner has also filed a petition for a decree changing petitioner’s gender from male to female and for the issuance of a new birth certificate reflecting the gender and name changes. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted on 05/21/13 at 8:45 am, Room 107: located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95133. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.February 26, 2013Thomas Wm. CainJudge of the Superior CourtMarch 29; April 05, 12, 19, 2013.
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Throw open those doors and windows -- there is no better cure for months of winter than some fresh spring air.
But with spring, comes spring cleaning. And if the thought of pulling out mops, buckets and brooms brings on more stress than serenity, remember that a few tricks and some great tunes can make cleaning easier and perhaps even fun.
Set the MoodThere are work playlists,
workout playlists -- why not a cleaning playlist? Put to-gether some of your favorite, preferably upbeat tunes to motivate you while you’re working and keep that music playing when you’re mov-
ing from room to room.Give your nose some sensory mo-tivation too. Spray a fresh clean scent to remind you of what’s to come when the work is done.
SimplifyThe soups, stews and
heavy cooking of winter earn kitchen appliances every-where a little tender loving care. While the task of clean-ing accumulated splatters and stuck-on food residue from of heavy winter cook-ing can sound overwhelm-ing, there are cleansers that can make the sprucing pro-cess a lot less labor-intensive.
You can clear the clutter of your cabinet by opting for a cleanser that works on a variety of surfaces and appli-ances. For example, a kitch-en & appliance cleaner and
Stainless steel cleaner can be used on refrigerators, micro-waves and countertops, and won’t be too abrasive on fin-ishes. And unlike ammonia or bleach-based cleaners, you can simply spray and wipe down without rinsing.
Renew the Refrigerator
It’s easier to clean the fridge with less in it, so prior to starting, throw out what’s old, pull out what stays and roll up your sleeves.
Clean door gaskets, racks and drawers with warm wa-ter and mild dish detergent. Don’t forget to clean under-neath the refrigerator and the vent of the appliance. Proper air flow provides bet-ter performance and opti-mum efficiency.
Once it’s all sparkly clean, admire your handiwork. Then put your food back in-side before it spoils.
MaintainThe dishwasher cleans
dishes. What cleans the dish-washer? Don’t stress! Clean-ing the dishwasher may be one of the easiest tasks on your checklist. Just run a
normal wash cycle and add an easy-to-use tablet, to the bottom of the tub to help clean and remove residue.
Likewise, you can clean your washing machine by running a normal cycle with hot water and a washer cleaner tablet. A formulated tablet designed to penetrate, dissolve and help remove odor-causing residue from
the inside of the machine will give your washer and your clothes a fresh scent.
Don’t forget to check washer and dryer drains and pipes for blockages -- such as lint or the infamous missing sock -- to improve optimum water and air flow. Clean the dryer’s outside exhaust to help shorten drying time and decrease energy use.
Take the Stress out of Spring Cleaning
Mario Jiménez CastilloEL OBSERVADOR
Un paquete de barajas del tarot contiene 78 cartas con figuras, símbolos y números. Están divididas en un grupo de 56 cartas, llamado “arcano menor”, que a su vez se divide en cuatro polos: bastos, copas, espadas y oros. Estos man-jares son semejantes a los de la baraja española. Los cuatro polos del arcano menor corre-sponden a los cuatro elemen-tos químicos primarios: aire, tierra, fuego y agua. Las figu-ras representativas del arcano menor son: los reyes, reinas, caballeros y princesas.
Las 22 cartas restantes son los llamados triunfos o “arca-no mayor”. La figura simbóli-ca de cada triunfo representa alguna cualidad humana. El arcano mayor está numerado del 1 al 21, y una carta 0 que corresponde al bufón. En al-gunos paquetes de barajas la carta del bufón es la número 78 o la número 22.
Las cartas del tarot son muy antiguas, en Europa se pueden trazar hasta el año 1392, cuando el Rey Carlos VI de Francia contrató al pintor Jacquemin Grigoneur para que diseñara tres paquetes de barajas especiales que le sirvi-
eran de entretenimiento. Las 17 cartas que aún prevalecen de estos paquetes se encuen-tran actualmente en la bib-lioteca nacional de París. Hay quienes aseguran que Grigo-neur inventó las barajas, pero otros afirman que las copió de paquetes provenientes de China. Otra teoría sostiene que fueron los gitanos quienes las trajeron a Europa desde la India, y que el simbolismo del arcano mayor tiene su origen en las enseñanzas budistas. Una teoría más argumenta que los gitanos llevaron las barajas a Europa desde Egip-to.
El escritor rosacruz Eli-phas Levi, quien inspiró el renacimiento del interés por el tarot en el siglo XIX, descubrió una relación en-tre las 22 cartas del alfabeto hebreo y el arcano mayor. Estas teorías son llamadas cabalísticas porque se refieren a la tradición mística judía de transmisión oral.
En el siglo XIV el tarot era usado tanto para juegos como para adivinar el futuro, con el desarrollo de las 52 barajas modernas en el siglo XV, el tarot se convirtió en instru-mento exclusivamente para la adivinación. Después que el rey Eduardo IV prohibió en tarot en Inglaterra, las barajas no se volvieron a utilizar en Europa hasta la época de la Revolución francesa.
En cuanto al origen de la palabra tarot, también hay controversia. Algunos estu-diosos del tema creen que se remonta a la palabra “tar” usada por los gitanos para designar cualquier paquete de barajas. Esta palabra a su vez se deriva del sánscrito taru. Los lexicógrafos también sos-tienen que tarocchi, el vocablo italiano del siglo XIV designa-do para las barajas es el origen de la palabra tarot. En todo caso el verdadero origen aún se mantiene en el misterio.
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Everyone’s favorite stoner duo are back - and animated - in CHEECH & CHONG’S ANIMATED MOVIE, roll-ing its way into Blu-ray and DVD April 23 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertain-ment.
CHEECH & CHONG’S ANIMATED MOVIE show-cases the legendary toker jok-ers like you’ve never seen them before – in animation. Catch the buzz as their most outra-geous routines and laugh-out-loud lines from their ground breaking Grammy Award-winning albums come to life, including the original Ode recordings of “Dave’s not here,” “Let’s make a dope deal” and more. With help from a bud-lovin’ body crab named Buster, Cheech & Chong “the masters of the smokin’ word” deliver the ultimate comedy high and give you the munch-ies for more.
Filly Brown
Majo Tonorio, a.k.a. “Filly Brown,” is a raw, young Los An-geles hiphop artist who spits rhymes from the heart. With an incarcerated mother, and a father struggling to provide for his daughters, a record con-tract could be the ticket out for her family. But when a record producer offers Majo a crack at stardom, she is suddenly faced with losing who she is as an art-ist and the friends who helped her reach the cusp of success. FILLY BROWN is an inspiring and gritty portrait of a young art-ist’s striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without com-promise that celebrates the pow-er of music and family. Directed by Youssef Delara and Michael Olmos and fused with a fierce hip-hop score, and propelled by an exceptional cast that features Golden Globe nominee Lou Dia-mond Phillips, Academy Awardâ nominee Edward James Olmos, legendary Latin music sensation Jenni Rivera in her final perfor-mance, FILLY BROWN heralds the arrival of Gina Rodriguez in the electrifying title role.
Freedom is Possible Base-ball all-star Cory Brand knows what it takes to win in the big leagues. But off the field, with memories of his past haunting him, his life is spiraling out of control. Hoping to save her client’s career and reputation after a DUI and a team sus-pension, Cory’s agent sends him back to the small town where he grew up. Forced to coach the local youth baseball team and spend eight weeks in the only recovery program in town, Cory can’t wait to re-turn to his old life as quickly as possible.
As his young players help him experience the joy of the game, Cory discovers his need to find freedom from his past and hope for his future … and win back the love he left behind. With this unexpected second chance, Cory finds himself on a powerful journey of transformation and redemption. Based on thousands of true stories, HOME RUN is a powerful reminder that with God, it’s never too late … because freedom is possible.
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Rating: 4/5 Standout tracks: “I’m Missing Informa-tion”, “Move It”, “Oh Mama!” Colmbian duo Palenke Soul-tribe recently released their new full-length album Mar, a 12-track cultivation of en-ergetic dance rhythms using music styles from around the world. This album marks the duo’s first new music since 2009’s critically acclaimed Oro.
The Los Angeles-based duo’s new album looks through the vast library of dance music to create a fun-damentally experimental take on the electronica genre. Dubstep, Afro-Colombian, Latin music, and Electronic Dance Music (EDM) are just some of the genres that are blended into the soni-
cally fresh style of Palenke Soultribe’s Mar. Some of the tracks, such as their single “Move It”, feature pulsating electronic drums that high-light the dance aspect of the album. It’s fearlessness comes in the guest vocalist, Naada, who is expecting people to “move it” in regards to danc-ing. 8-bit sounding blips and boops here and there bring the song to a more vibrant life.
The overall shape of the sound is eclectic and vibrant, offering up various genres mixed with calculation and soul all at once. Part of the allure is the tracks are heavy on the dubstep and 90’s elec-tronica music styles. They are pulse-pounding affairs that conjure up images of laser lights and dark club moods. Songs like “Oh Mama!” have a very earthy Peruvian sound embedded, with a steady bass
and drum line, along with the digital pings here and there.
Then there are tracks like “I’m Missing Information”, which are steady and slow on a reggae backbeat. Their mood is distinct, as it is just as vibrant and energetic as the quicker paced music on the album, yet it does not strug-gle to make one feel relaxed and energized all at once. This endearing mix of styles, and most importantly its Latin influence, gears this as a new type of electronic music that exemplifies the virtues of classic South American sounds, and engrains them into a new generation of elec-tronic “feel good” music.
Mar is available on digital music stores as well as a phys-ical album in retail stores now.
Mar: A Sonically Infectious Electronic Experience
MéxicoNOTIMEX
Debido a que como artista tiene mil inquietudes, entre ellas, mostrarse al nivel de los grandes como Frank Sinatra, el cantautor español Pau Do-nés, decidió presentar “A pia-no y voz”, un espectáculo con sus canciones de amor.
“Siempre pensé: ?me en-cantaría estar al nivel de los grandes?, solo interpretar mis canciones con un instrumen-to, pensé en Sinatra, quien es uno de los mejores del mun-do”, detalló Donés en entre-vista.
También la idea de pre-sentar ese espectáculo surgió cuando Nacho Cano, ex in-tegrante de Mecano, le llamó para pedirle una canción y le dijo: “tú tienes muchas, Jara-be de Palo ha escrito muchas que llegan al corazón”.
Pau Donés señaló que es un espectáculo especial, por-que no lo había realizado an-tes, “solo son mis canciones de amor mas conocidas, 16 en total, con piano, de Jaime Burgos, y voz, con una esce-nografía bien cuidada. Nada rockero, sino mucho más ín-timo”.
Por ello, dijo que le dio pá-nico la respuesta de sus segui-dores, “la verdad lo probamos antes en Barcelona, antes de llegar a América, porque po-dría haber la sorpresa de que se aburrieran, pero no, nos fue muy bien”.
Detalló que los temas “Agua”, “Completo-incom-pleto”, “La flaca”, “Adiós”, “Te miro y tiemblo”, “Realidad o sueño”, “Déjame vivir”, “El lado oscuro”, “Me gusta cómo eres” y “Palabras que se escon-den”, entre otras, son en el es-tado más puro.
“Las canciones se interpre-tan y se tocan como fueron concebidas, pero con piano y arreglos súper bonitos, lo cual provocó que la gente llorara, pero es conectarnos de una forma más poderosa, el nivel de profundidad es mayor”.
Dijo que debido a este es-pectáculo se salen del giro ha-bitual de lo que hacen, “no es el estereotipo del negocio, solo se compartirá en vivo, no sal-drá álbum, por el momento es lo que puedo decir, no sé qué pasara en un futuro”.
Pau Donés está grabando un nuevo disco, con temas in-éditos, que saldrá a la venta en octubre próximo.
“Son 12 canciones nuevas, seguimos con nuestra faceta rockera, con la colaboración de una artista mexicana, que por el momento no puedo re-velar”, concluyó.
Se muestra Pau Donés como “uno de los grandes” en “A
piano y voz” MéxicoNOTIMEX
En una fusión del fla-menco con el pop y toques de música hindú o árabe, la cantante española India Martínez comparte con el público mexicano su más reciente álbum “Otras ver-dades”, una selección de “co-vers” a los que imprime su peculiar estilo vocal.
La intérprete que acom-pañará a Ricardo Montaner en el concierto que ofrecerá mañana en el Auditorio Na-cional, aseguró que espera conquistar al público mexi-cano con temas que han hecho famosos artistas a los que admira como Camila, Alejandro Fernández o Ro-sana.
“Soy muy respetuosa de la música y de los autores, siempre he tenido muy claro que debemos ser fieles a lo que sentimos, creo que mi música no tiene fronteras”, apuntó la cantante, quien
por primera vez visita la Ciu-dad de México.
Destacó que aunque la actual situación para los cantantes de su país no es fácil, ella ha sido muy bien recibida por el público espa-ñol y confía en que ocurra lo mismo en México, “en dos años de carrera he grabado cuatro discos y diversas pre-sentaciones, obtuve un Disco
de Oro, me siento muy afor-tunada”.
Sobre su propuesta mu-sical, la cantante nacida en Córdoba comentó que le gusta tomar un tema de fla-menco y agregarle una estro-fa de música hindú o árabe, “la música es libre pero hay que respetarla y yo lo intento hacer”.
Comparte India Martínez “Otras verdades”
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SAN FRANCISCO
Bernardo Meza y David Henson de Anheuser-Busch entregan US$20,000 a Claudia Quezada del Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Bud Light, patrocinador oficial de la selección nacional masculina de futbol de México, está donando US$20,000 al Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) para celebrar la gira estadounidense del equipo y el partido contra Perú en el Candlestick Park de San Francisco.
Bud Light dona US$20,000 al Hispanic Scholarship
Fund
Arturo Hilario EL OBSERVADOR
On Wednesday night San Francisco’s Candlestick Park was home to a meet up of soc-cer titans. Mexico and Peru both displayed their skills at the home of the 49’ers, as they played a friendly match that had fans of both teams at the edge of their seats. At the commencement flags were at half mast for mourning of the Boston Marathon attack ear-lier in the week. It was a chilly afternoon at Candlestick, but the fans came pouring in with B.B.Q’s and beers through-out. Tail gaiting for Latinos means families celebrat-ing and communing with others to have a great time before the game. With that in mind, the general mood of the place was of glee and excitement. 46, 288 people packed the stadium to watch players such as Jesus Corona, Francisco Rodriguez, Jose Carvallo, and Luis Advincula dominate the field.
Before the match Bud Light presented a check to
the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which commemorated the Mexican soccer leagues tour. The $20,000 check was part of 5 other equal checks, which in total make up a $100,000 donation to the Hispanic Scholarship fund. These 5 checks represent the 5 states which the Mexican soccer league will be traveling through in the next couple weeks. Tuesday night’s game in Phoenix was the first to have one of these donation checks presented. Many fans cheered as it was presented on the stage and over the jumbotron screens that were present in the stadium.
In total, Mexico had 5 shots to the goal while Peru managed 7 shots. There was 6 saves by the goalkeeper on Mexico’s side and 1 on Peru’s, which showed their strength at defense. Offense wise Mexico had the upper hand throughout the game as they used this to push for-ward. Halfway through the match there was a penalty called on Peru which led to the most exciting moment of
the game. The moment was tense as some fans chanted “Mexico, Mexico” while oth-ers sat quiet in anticipation, their gazes fixed on the re-sults of the shot. Unfortu-nately it was blocked once by the keeper, and although caught by a Mexican player and shot again it missed the goalpost and flew over into the back of the field. In the end the game ended in a 0-0 draw, but the fans recounted how excited they were to see their respective teams play so close to the whole Bay Area.
The passion that is soc-cer definitely was present at that game, with fans of both teams taking photographs of each other in their red, white and green or red and white national colors. The mood was vibrant, busy and most importantly, friendly. Peruvi-ans and Mexicans sat togeth-er cheerfully joking with each other and managing to keep a peace that is rarely afforded when any passionate soccer fans unite. That is the game though.
SOCCER TITANS BATTLE IT OUT AT
CANDLE STICK PARK
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