The year 2012 reached San Francisco with promising film novelties, but it was festivals, galleries and independent screens that again offered the freshest and most original proposals coming from Latin America and Latino U.S.
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A year of rhythm and sound
Another year of great events and great music in Spanish in a tiny world that, despite dates and calendars, seems to avoid packing up and turning off the lights.
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City College says thank you
Dear Editor: We faculty at City College of San Francisco want to say thank you San Francisco! Thank you for your show of support for City College by approving Measure “A” by a resounding 72 percent! Your vote of confidence shows us that City College is valued, vital and essential to our city. Thank you […]
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Affordable housing project reaches Excelsior
Following a community-led effort to redevelop the underutilized Upper Yard of the Balboa Park BART Station, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency passed a resolution on Nov. 6 releasing the land for sale to the Mayor’s Office of Housing–an important step in the development of a proposed affordable housing project on the currently empty lot.
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Anger against Egypt’s President Morsi
A couple dozen protesters spoke out in anger at Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Dec. 8.
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After a year of changes collective now thriving
Day laborers and domestic workers of San Francisco celebrated the end of the year with a Christmas dinner on Dec.18 at Saint Anthony’s Church. The San Francisco Day Labor Program (SFDLP) and La Colectiva de Mujeres (LCM) is a Mission-based program with two types of memberships that share space on César Chavez Street. Emiliano Bourgois-Chacon, […]
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Neighbors raise funds for funeral
Yaremi Chuc, 17, received a text message at her Yucátan, Mexico home, from her adoring father on a mid-October evening just after he finished his shift preparing appetizers and salads at a trendy Dogpatch eatery.
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Bilingual interpreters graduate from new program
Graduates from the newly established Spanish Medical Interpreter Program at Berkeley City College rejoiced as they received their certificates of achievement.
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Diana Gameros (vocals and guitar) and Patrick Wolff on (clarinet/sax)
Roosevelt Tamale Parlor, 2817 24th St. (between Bryant and York streets).
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Gran concierto navideño en beneficio de los damnificados en Cuba por el Huracán Sandy
$12 / $20 para 2 personas Amenizarán los cantantes Rafael Manríquez, “Dua Muxa” y Marci Valdivieso, y el invitado especial Fernando Torres; quienes interpretarán bellas canciones latinoamericanas acompañados de guitarras, cuatro, charango, quena, zampoña, bombo y cajón peruano. Habrá venta de bebidas y comida. • ANSWER Coalition, 2969 Mission St. • (415) 821-6545.