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When Ruben Navarrette was growing up in the San Joaquin Valley, he thought very little about life’s possibilities beyond the city limits of Sanger.
As far as he was concerned, there were few choices among careers.
But as...
Posted by LisaW
- Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:20:01 PDT
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My trip with my mother to Oaxaca, Mexico this past July was supposed to be an ideal vacation for two gringas looking for an experience off the usual tourist track.
I had read so much and heard from so many other travelers about Oaxaca...
Posted by admin
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 08:48:18 PDT
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Getting ready for this back-to-school season takes some time and some necessary adjustments for families with children in school and for the community as well.
We asked three local experts to share with MÁS their top tips for...
Posted by LisaW
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:07:21 PDT
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If you bring the kids, we will clothe them.
That’s basically what staff members at Shafter Healthy Start were told by officials with Operation School Bell, a nationwide program designed to serve underprivileged children.
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Posted by LisaW
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 09:02:02 PDT
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Fidel Castro’s recent health problems — resulting in a transfer of power to his more pragmatic brother, Raul Castro — is now a media storm for writers, politicians, exiled Cubans and people, in general, to...
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 17, 2006 13:02:13 PDT
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U.S. Rep. Jim Costa, D-California, held a luncheon Aug. 9 at The Manhattan in downtown Bakersfield to update local Latino leaders on the status of immigration legislation and the upcoming congressional session, which begins in September....
Posted by admin
- Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:54:47 PDT
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Lake Chapala (Lago de Chapala) is the largest natural lake in Mexico, the second highest in altitude in North America and the third in size in all of Latin America.It is located about 45 kilometers southeast of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and...
Posted by admin
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:24:45 PDT
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"Los Voladores" (the Flyers) is a 1500-year-old rite sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the Morning Star.From its origins on the Gulf Coast of Mexico, the ritual spread throughout Mesoamerica. A special square was reserved for it in...
Posted by admin
- Thu Jul 20, 2006 09:49:39 PDT
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Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales was an iconic leader in the movement for justice and equality for Mexican-Americans in the Southwest and he is credited with raising the nation's awareness of the plight of urban Chicanos. Gonzales...
Posted by admin
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:19:03 PDT
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Drummer Gabriel Rodriguez’s passion for music started at a very tender age.Beginning with piano lessons at the age of six, the young talent continued his music study throughout his formative years and into adolescence as a...
Posted by admin
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:04:47 PDT
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Skokiaan Rocha’s parents never had the opportunity to pursue their education. They were too busy working in the fields and making sure they earned enough to support their two children and cover bills from their two-bedroom mobile...
Posted by gabe
- Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:41:58 PDT
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By LEONEL MARTINEZSpecial to MásFoothill High School graduate Edward Ramirez always soared in the classroom. In a few years, he may take to the skies for real. Ramirez, 17, is one of a handful of Kern County graduates that were...
Posted by olivia
- Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:40:20 PDT
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Teresa Martinez says she doesn’t have the natural smarts that some people do.To make sure she made the grade in her advanced placement classes, Martinez had to work hard and at times, stay up until 4 a.m.“For me, getting good...
Posted by gabe
- Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:35:17 PDT
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Whenever Phoebe Hernandez found herself in a tough spot, she’d turn to God.The Liberty High School graduate found strength in religion to help her make the right choices and stay away from bad influences, such as drugs and...
Posted by gabe
- Fri Jun 9, 2006 10:34:38 PDT
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Daniel Sotelo, a Vietnam War Veteran , made a self-proclamation:“I’m the proudest father right now in all of Bakersfield.”Sotelo, a disabled war veteran, has not been able to do everything he wanted.But, as a father, he...
Posted by admin
- Thu Jun 1, 2006 12:25:06 PDT
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