Frontera NorteSur
When young women and girls began vanishing in Ciudad Juarez about two decades ago, Esmeralda Castillo was not even born. But in 2009, the 14-year-old middle school student joined the ranks of the disappeared.
“She was a normal girl, just like the rest,” Jose Luis Castillo, Esmeralda’s father, said in an interview.
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<p> —Pssst. ¡Eh, tú! Sí, tu. ¿Te has preguntado alguna vez si Dios te llama al sacerdocio o a la vida consagrada?</p>
<p> —¿A quién, a mí?</p>
<p> — Sí, a ti.</p>
<p> —No, eso no es para mí.</p>
<p> —Tienes, razón. Ser sacerdote o religiosa no es para uno mismo, es vivir para los demás.</p>
Vega to look into billing by communications consultant
The Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees voted 4-1 Monday to hire former United States Attorney Greg Vega to conduct an independent review into the billing statements of communications consultant Scott Alevy. Board Member Bertha Lopez voted against the motion.
The board took the action in closed session Monday evening and reported out to the public during the regular meeting later in the evening.
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<p> In California, the teen pregnancy rate has declined, but it is still four-to-twelve times higher than France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. The United States teen birth rate is eight times higher than other industrialized countries. </p>
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<p> Un corto documental que retrata la vida de la familia de un inmigrante asesinado a golpes por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza en la garita de San Ysidro el año pasado será presentado este viernes por un grupo comunitario.</p>
UC San Diego presenta el innovador mosaico Chicano Legacy 40 Años
Un proyecto de arte internacional que celebra la cultura chicana durante el 50 aniversario de UC San Diego
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
Como la vida nos entretiene con su rutina diaria y sus pequeños altibajos cotidianos, mientras todo marcha bien, es muy difícil que pensemos en que, de repente, todo puede cambiar. Así que no planificamos el modo o la forma en que tendríamos que reaccionar a un momento de crisis.
County Launches Five Garden Education Centers
Centers Offer Free Gardening Classes as Part of the Healthy Works Initiative
Want to learn how to plant and maintain a garden? County officials and community partners announced five Regional Garden Education Center locations today at Olivewood Gardens in National City. Olivewood is one of five sites where residents can take free classes to help them to start or maintain school gardens as well as teach residents how to convert lawns, yards and small spaces into fruit and vegetable gardens.