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South Bay Latino Students Cheer Executive Order
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Latino students around the Bay Area are expressing encouragement over an executive order signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The White House Initiative on Educational...
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Latinos, Asians Fuel California’s Population Growth
LOS ANGELES (CBS) – New census data shows Latinos and Asians accounted for virtually all of California’s population growth over the last decade. Data from the 2010 U.S. Census released Tuesday shows...
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Wine Industry Aims To Attract More Latinos
SQUAW VALLEY (CBS / AP) — Every night at dinnertime, Jose Placencia clinks a glass of wine with his wife or friends. He loves the taste, the socializing that unfurls and how wine brings out or calms...
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Latinos To Soon Surpass Whites In California
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — Hispanics will become the largest ethnic group in the nation’s most populous state early next year, the California Department of Finance said Thursday, marking a big milestone...
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Jefferson Award Winner Mentors Next Generation Of Scientists
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Latinos, African Americans, and Native Americans make up less than 10-percent of the college graduates working in the fields of science and technology. This week’s Jefferson...
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Latinos, Whites Hit Population Parity In California
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — State demographers estimate that whites and Latinos are now an equal share of California’s population, with Latinos poised to become a plurality by early next year. Latino leaders...
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Outspoken Conservative Assemblyman To Challenge Gov. Brown In 2014
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly on Tuesday announced his 2014 bid for California governor, wading into a race against Gov. Jerry Brown despite the incumbent’s seemingly...
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Health Insurance Enrollment Through Covered California Lagging For Latinos
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Even though hundreds of thousands of Californians have signed up for health coverage through the state’s insurance exchange, officials with Covered California are concerned that...
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More Latino Than White Students Admitted To University Of California Schools
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — More Latino than white students in California have been offered admission to the state’s premier public universities for the first time, officials said Friday, a milestone...
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San Francisco Looks At Preserving Character Of Mission District
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — An influx of new people may permanently change the face of San Francisco’s Mission District. One city leader is looking at creating a cultural district to preserve the area’s...
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State Of The Union Spanish Translators Have Some Explaining To Do
(CBS SF) — You don’t have to speak Spanish to realize the subtitles for President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night went horribly wrong. Bloggers at Latino Rebels immediately noticed the...
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Blacks, Latinos Detained In Disproportionate Numbers By San Jose Police
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — The City of San Jose’s Independent Police auditor believes new data on police detentions and arrests shows that racial bias exists in the department. The San Jose Mercury News...
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San Jose Mayor Liccardo Calls For Police Accountability After Data Shows...
SAN JOSE (KCBS)— San Jose’s Mayor Sam Liccardo is calling for increased police accountability in the wake of data that shows the department routinely stops or detains blacks and Latinos at...
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Trump: ‘If I Get The Nomination, I Will Win The Hispanic Vote!’
LAS VEGAS (CBS) — Trump was on the stump Saturday, campaigning in Las Vegas and Phoenix. The real estate mogul is still getting a lot of heat for linking undocumented immigrants to rapists and...
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Former Police Chief Guilty In Monterey County Bribery, Auto Seizure Scheme...
SALINAS (CBS SF) — A former acting King City police chief pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges in an alleged bribery scheme that targeted Mexican nationals, according to the Monterey County...
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Former NorCal Police Chief Sentenced In Car-Towing Scheme Targeting Mexicans
SALINAS (CBS SF) — A former acting King City police chief was sentenced Tuesday for his role in a car-towing scheme that targeted Mexican nationals, Monterey County prosecutors said. Bruce Miller, 50,...
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Police Sergeant Faces Prison In Car Towing Scheme Targeting Poor Latinos
SALINAS (CBS SF) — A former King City police sergeant pleaded no contest Thursday to charges in a car towing scheme he led that largely victimized low-income Hispanics, according to the Monterey County...
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Police Reassure Fearful Vallejo Latinos After Trump’s Election
VALLEJO (KPIX 5) – Some Bay Area Latinos told us that after what they’ve seen and heard since Trump was elected, they’re afraid of what’s going to happen next. Mina Diaz says she had no choice. She had...
View ArticleSan Francisco Public Defender Seeks To Recuse Judge Over Alleged Bias Against...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi Tuesday filed a motion to recuse a judge from a murder trial, alleging the judge is biased against Latino defendants. Carlos Argueta,...
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