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OFERTAS Y CUPONES DE DESCUENTO ADENTRO

Ethnic Studies added to Bay Area Curriculums Pg. 10

Photographs by Robert Eliason. Copyright 2014 by El Teatro Campesino.

Niners and Raiders’ ‘Battle of the Bay’ Pg. 19

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With his mother on the verge of losing her home, Jorge Sandoval needed to make money fast. He quit Santa Ana Community College and began to search for more work to supplement his job at Circuit City. A chance encounter with talent recruiters at a mall led to a two-year stint acting and modeling for independent films and brochures to pay the bills. (More on news.el-observador.com) Egg Freezing and the Indentured Woman Egg freezing is being marketed as the new and hip thing to do among New York and Silicon Valley socialites. Freezing one’s eggs is touted as a means of delaying motherhood for the sake of one’s career. Yet this is anything but empowering to the modern woman. ((More on news.el-observador.com) First ever Gaming App Awards Winners The glittering Gala App Awards lunch held in the heart of Belgravia Village at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in London on 8 December 2014 in support of charity and attended by the most innovative companies from the Gaming industry, celebrated the first ever gaming App Awards in style. (More on news.el-observador.com) Memorandum on Implementing Mobile Command Centers In September 2014, San José Police District Paul (which includes the Evergreen neighborhood) experienced a sharp increase in the number of reported burglaries. The increase in reported burglaries resulted in many residents expressing fear that their neighborhood was unsafe. (More on news. el-observador.com)

The Frightmare Before Christmas December 13th-14th Dead Time Dreams Haunted House 2501 Tully Road, San José, CA 95122 (408) 644-6534 deadtimedreams.com An Evening with Los Lobos Concert Saturday December 13th 9:00pm The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94116 (415) 346-6000 Tickets from $42 Not So Silent Night Saturday December 13th 5:30pm Oracle Arena, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland, CA 94601 Available on Ticketmaster A Merri-Achi Christmas w/ Mariachi Sol De Mexico &

Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles Sunday December 14th 8:00pm Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102 sfsymphony.org $15.00-80.00 TiVo Silicon Valley Santa Run 5K 2014 Sunday December 14th 3:00pm Plaza de Cesar Chavez 201 S. Market St., San José, CA 95113 Rex Navarrete December 13th-14th Improv Comedy Club 62 S. 2nd Street, San José, CA 95113 $18 Ages 18+ http://sanjose.improv.com/ Mythbusters: Behind The Myths Tour Thursday December 18th 8:00pm City National Civic 135 San Carlos St.,

San José, CA 95113 sanjosetheaters.org $55.00-65.00 Ozomatli & Bang Data Concert Saturday December 20th 9:00pm The Fillmore 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94115 $26.00

Wednesday Movie Night: Home Alone Wednesday December 17th 6:00pm Plaza de Cesar Chavez South Market Street, San José, CA 95113 (408) 535-3570

Cali Savage Apparel/ Patrons Car Club Holiday Toy Drive: Show and Shine Sunday December 14th 8:00am-3:00pm The Drying Shed 402 Toyon Ave, San José, CA 95127 You can bring toys and new pajamas for kids and the less fortunate

San José Gun Buyback Saturday December 13th 9:00am-1:00pm Pal Stadium 680 S. 34th Street, San José, CA Entrance by Emma Prusch Park SJDistrict5.com (408) 535-4947 $100 for handguns and rifles $200 for assault weapons

Downtown Ice Friday November 14thJanuary 11th Circle of Palms 127 S. Market St. San José, CA 95113

SantaCon 2014: City Wide Santa Pub Crawl Saturday December 13th All Day Union Square Park Geary and Powell, San Francisco, CA 94102

https://www.facebook.com/ events/361054407404337 Sunday Assembly Silicon Valley Friday December 14th 10:30am-12:20pm San José Women’s Club 75 S. 11th St, San José, CA http://www.sundayassemblysv. org/ Downtown Campbell Second Saturdays: Music, Art & Food Saturday December 13th 2:00pm-6:00pm Downtown Campbell E. Campbell Ave and Central Campbell, CA 95008 “Return of the Cypher” Hip Hop & Beatbox Jam Sunday December 14th 9:00pm Boom Boom Room 1601 Fillmore St., San Francisco, CA 94115

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Like many, I have witnessed the plight of the homeless from a distance. The current effort to ‘clean out THE JUNGLE by SCVWD, County and City of San Jose authorities is reasonably based upon a concern to minimize the pollution of Coyote Creek. I am aware that the prior homeless encampment in the Guadalupe Park, visible from the corporate offices in high rise buildings was also ‘relocated’ in the past. It is time to realize that our very accomplished community is trying to deal with a socio-economic situation which will always be with us. Any society and economy always possesses ‘the homeless poor’ who are down in their luck or simply do not want to live as the rest of us do.

As a current member of the Behavioral Health Board, County of Santa Clara, I have

Luisa Fernanda Montero PARA LA RED HISPANA No es de extrañarse que, luego de la acción ejecutiva en inmigración, empiecen a escucharse las denuncias por abusos e intentos de estafa.

Por eso es indispensable, que si usted –o alguien que conoce- es una de las personas que puede beneficiarse con el nuevo orden establecido por el presidente Barack Obama, en términos de inmigración piense muy bien, calcule y avance muy cuidadosamente.

Para eso es de vital importancia saber qué es exactamente lo que está sobre la mesa y entender, que aún ninguna de las iniciativas se ha empezado a implementar. Pero vamos por partes.

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become aware that many personal mental health challenges are mitigated by having ‘a home’ which provides warmth, security and a sense of belonging. Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs aptly describes the basic needs of a human being. It seems to me that our Silicon Valley community needs to address its ‘Homeless Individuals’ of which some 8,000+ exist in our population of 1.8 milliion.

This amounts to 0.44% of the residents of this community.

The Homeless are mobile, but have no place to go to......and that is the major challenge which must be resolved in order to enable reliable communication with these homeless individuals. There is the observation that some 1,500 are chronically homeless and desire to live at that level. The balance of 6,500 can be divided into two cohorts: 1) those that are temporarily down on their luck and wish to climb out, but need some assistance. And, 2) those who will never be employable because of a variety of personal issues (substance abuse; mental health challenges, being totally out of sync with their reality, etc.). It is these that may be successfully assisted

if ways can be devised to be able to reliably communicate with them for the purpose of: a) full personal assessment to determine skill levels, education levels, medical and mental health early detection and intervention assessments, etc.

But, basic to all is the need to feed, house, and provide a basic level of security and comfort.

Lo primero que tenemos que saber es qué fue lo que hizo el presidente.

La acción ejecutiva beneficia además a los padres de ciudadanos estadounidenses y de residentes permanentes legales que ya estaban en el país el 1 de enero de 2010 y amplía el uso de las exenciones provisionales por presencia ilegal para incluir a los cónyuges e hijos de los residentes permanentes legales y a los hijos de ciudadanos estadounidenses.

El 20 de noviembre de 2014, Obama anunció una serie de acciones, conocidas como acciones ejecutivas por venir de él, que incluyen: priorizar la deportación de criminales, permitir que ciertos inmigrantes sin antecedentes penales puedan permanecer y trabajar en Estados Unidos sin temor a ser deportados, ampliar la población elegible para el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés) que beneficia a jóvenes que llegaron a este país antes de cumplir los 16 años de edad y que ya estaban aquí el 1 de enero de 2010 o antes.

Let’s address the need to provide ‘a place the homeless can go to’.....The traditional approach is to provide shelters and permanent traditional affordable housing. Both are always in short supply because of the current economic market forces which eliminates any inventory of affordable housing or shelter. Several challenges exist in getting local jurisdictions to make their resources available and to suspend certain ‘man-made’ obstacles and attitudes such as NIMBY and zoning land use ordinances and building codes.

Let me suggst the following multi-jurisdictional effort: Would it be possible for the County of Santa Clara to designate certain county owned properites for development

Es en este último ítem donde se espera el gran grueso de beneficiados, pero, los programas se empezarán a aplicar escalonadamente. Aun no existen formularios ni solicitudes ni es posible que nadie se haya beneficiado aun con las medidas. A este momento el Servicio de Inmigración y Ciudadanía de Estados Unidos –USCIS- entidad encar-

as ‘homeless encampments’ wherein the traditional building and zoning codes are suspended for the present. A parcel of land can be identified, equiped with a source of potable water, a dempster dumpster (for waste disposal), porta-potties (or, better yet, toilet/shower facilities), and, most importantly, a battery of postal boxes (to provide a permanent address).

One such ‘endorsed encampment’ could be located in South County (Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and San Martin areas); in South San Jose, in Guadalupe River Park and in North County. An ‘reluctantly approved/endorsed homeless encampment’ with some permanent features would provide and enable a homeless person to know where to go. All agencies involved with counseling, medical and mental health care, social services, etc. would be able to make contact with their homeless clients on a regular basis. Let’s consider the use of ‘Disaster Shelters’ such as those used in Haiti to cope with their loss of shelters due to their severe earthquake. Each costs about $900 and are easily set up.... but these emergency shelters do not comply with many

gada de lidiar con su situación migratoria, no ha empezado a recibir peticiones.

Es decir que si alguien le sugiere que así es, está tratando de timarlo o de sacarle dinero. Esté alerta si no quiere convertirse en víctima de una estafa migratoria que además de dejarlo sin dinero puede afectar seriamente su proceso, cualquiera que ese sea.

Este atento a las noticias locales de su área y compruebe si puede recibir asesoría de parte de su consulado. Existen muchas organizaciones comunitarias que apoyan a los inmigrantes en todo el país, búsquelas. No tome decisiones apresuradas. Puede estar poniendo en riesgo mucho más de lo que cree.

building codes. Could we figure out a way to have a pilot trial of these disaster shelters?

Enough of them could become available within a year.

The greatest need is for the coordination, collaboration and effective communication between the various jurisdictions and agencies involved.

Most important is to stop passing ordinances which criminalize the homeless and give each of them another challenge to cope. Another challenge is for all of us to accept that the local homeless cohort is in continual change because some successfully are assisted and go on with becoming capable self-relaiant individuals while ‘new ones’ become homeless and become new members of that 8,000+ homeless cohort. All of us need to make an effort to view the homeless as a group of individuals who need to experience some human compassion and understanding which is accompanied with needed assistance. Many of the homeless do want to rise above their current social and economic situation. This is especially true of homeless mothers with kids.

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Those whose job is to assist the homeless would be more effective and successful if all jurisdictions made an concerted effort to create a number of ‘endorsed homeless encampments’ where all feel secure and welcome. The continual relocation of the homeless creates many challenges for those who want to help them. Let’s help them help themselves by providing a hand up rather than a ‘hand out’ and by realizing that some do not want to be helped...but our society needs to provide them the space in which to live. And all that is possible if we could bend a few rules and directly deal with their needs rather that the conflicting actions which adds to their collective plight. In this Silicon Valley society, with all its wealth and resources, a steady state equilibrium can be achieved, but know that the homeless will always be with us. Let’s try to establish a few permanent homeless encampments in the county. Let’s deal with our biased NIMBY approach directly so that we can deal with the homeless effectively and humanely.

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EDUCATION

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Compromisos públicos/privados sin precedentes respaldarán el desarrollo de alta calidad en la primera infancia HISPANIC PR WIRE En la Cumbre de la Casa Blanca sobre Educación Temprana celebrada el miércoles, el presidente Barack Obama apeló a líderes empresarios, filántropos, defensores, funcionarios electos y miembros del público para que inviertan en la expansión de oportunidades en la primera infancia para niños de todo el país, a través de Invest in US, una campaña de concienciación pública lanzada en sociedad con el First Five Years Fund (Fondo para los Primeros Cinco Años) y sus socios filantrópicos.

Docenas de corporaciones, fundaciones e individuos han acordado ya dedicar un mayor porcentaje permanente de su actividad filantrópica a ampliar programas e investigación para la primera infancia de alta calidad, como estrategia para alcanzar mejores resultados educativos, sanitarios, sociales y económicos, con compromisos que actualmente suman más de $333 millones. El presidente Obama además anunció más de $750 millones en fondos federales a través de Subsidios

para Desarrollo Preescolar y Asociaciones para Inicio Precoz-Atención Infantil (Early Head Start-Child Care, EHSCC), lo que hace un total de más de $1,000 millones en inversiones cruciales en educación para la primera infancia anunciadas hoy.

Neurocientíficos, educadores, economistas y expertos en salud pública concuerdan en que los cimientos para el éxito comienzan durante el embarazo y se construyen hasta los 5 años, antes de que muchos niños ingresen a la escolarización formal K-12. Quienes se comprometen en Invest in US están construyendo un país mejor al ayudar a crear programas que forman niños fuertes.

“Estos campeones de la educación de la primera infancia contribuyen a nuevos esfuerzos en todo el país que brindarán a más niños una oportunidad crucial para el éxito en la escuela y en la vida”, dice Kris Perry, directora ejecutiva del First Five Years Fund, socio fundador de la campaña. “Pero todavía hay demasiados niños en Estados Unidos que ingresan a la escuela sin estar preparados para aprender, lo que incluye más de la mitad de niños en situación desventajosa. Esa es la razón por la que el gobierno en todos los niveles, líderes empresarios, filantrópicos y la comunidad de la primera infancia deben unirse y seguir haciendo inversiones que les den a todos los niños un sólido comienzo. De eso se trata Invest in US.”

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(NAPSI) When it comes to assessing the institutional benefits derived from school voucher programs, opportunities for financial savings stand out.

That is one of the key findings of a recent study published by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. It found that school vouchers that help pay for private school tuition for students who transferred from their local public school saved states and districts more than $1.7 billion over a 20-year period.

The study covers the costs associated with 10 school voucher programs in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, D.C., Utah, Georgia and Louisiana from 1990-91, the first year of the historic Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, through 2010-11.

During that same time frame, participation in those school voucher programs grew from 300 students to nearly 70,000, an increase of over 230 times.

Relevant Relationships According to the study’s author, Jeff Spalding, the most relevant relationship to examine when calculating the fiscal impact of school choice is the difference between (1) the amount of financial assistance (the voucher amount) provided to participants and (2) the current cost of

educating those students in the public school system. Spalding finds that if the average voucher amount is less than the average per-student educational cost, a savings is realized for those students who use a voucher to leave a public school to enroll in a private school.

Part Of The Policy Toolkit “As policymakers consider ways to balance their state budgets in 2015, school vouchers absolutely must be a part of their toolkits,” said Robert Enlow, president and CEO of the Friedman Foundation. “Parents are already demanding school choice.

Taxpayers should be, too.”

“The benefit of school vouchers is that they create great savings, but we don’t always know what

happens to the money,” Enlow said. “Lawmakers need to devise systems to track the savings from school choice more closely to find out how the money is being used.”

Spalding’s report, “The School Voucher Audit: Do Publicly Funded Private School Choice Programs Save Money?,” can be downloaded at edchoice.org/ SchoolVoucherAudit.

The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice promotes school choice as the most effective and equitable way to improve the quality of K-12 education in America.

To learn more, visit www.edchoice.org.

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Israel Imru SPECIAL TO EL OBSERVADOR The American Dream is, at its core, about the opportunity for prosperity – it is the notion that anybody can work hard and set themselves up to follow their dreams. Recent economic woes have seen that dream fall off a cliff throughout most of the country. Here in the tech capital of the world, however, that dream remains. The Silicon Valley remains as a highly attractive epicenter for technology start-ups, accounting for one-third of all of the venture capital investment in the entire nation.

Looking back, many of the technology-giants that are housed within the Bay Area were small-team startups only a decade ago. It is a truly baffling thought: Facebook began a little over ten-yearsago. That same company that now commands 1.35 billion monthly active users.

In historical terms, this is practically overnight! This is the kind of concept that the American Dream is predicated on: that somebody can have an idea and have it turn into a (multi-billion dollar) reality. The Silicon Valley especially was founded by mavericks doing just that: seceding from the norm and

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starting their own technology companies.

I think it is an extremely rare and important culture that needs to be cultivated.

Small businesses are essential to leading the forefront of innovation because they can change and pivot at breakneck speeds. The Silicon Valley was built on the backs of small startups led by ambitious entrepreneurs and we need to ensure that they will continue to breakout onto the scene.

Enter: Facebook. This past month, the social-media giant hosted a myriad of small mobile-based startups at their headquarters in Menlo Park. The event held ~150 team members across different backgrounds on the premise of having us join their FbStart program.

Because many of the innovation-leading startups are trending towards mobile app development, Facebook wants to be there to help propel them upwards. The program aims to cultivate the community’s efforts by handing them the tools that will help them focus their team; it is an accelerator program, not unlike Y-Combinator and the Plug and Play Tech Center. One of the more helpful tools provided,

Parse, provides the back-end for mobile app developers through storing their data on the cloud, managing log-ins, and allowing for push notifications – ease-of-use was really what they were shooting for here, and it seems to have worked with flying colors.

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I could not help but love their reasoning for inviting us: if Facebook handles the leg-work of the back-end creation of apps, the community can then focus on what makes their app unique -the consumer-facing aspect of the app.

With Facebook reaching out to the community in such a big way, it will allow smallteam developers to hit the ground running. An idea can become an app very quickly with the help of the giant social media’s tools.

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The rest of the event was seminar-style, so they also had some useful information on how to grow a new app and how to potentially monetize it when it matured enough.

If the American Dream is losing its muster throughout the nation, I am glad that at least the Silicon Valley has maintained its identity as an entrepreneur-led, innovation-driven land of startups.

‣ FbStart is a new endeavor by Facebook which will help mobile developers to propel their startups foward with no cost to the small businesses.

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‣La salud de los inmigrantes puede ser afectada por la perdida de redes sociales y familia viniendo a los E.E.U.U. Dan Gordon UC NEWSROOM América es una nación de inmigrantes que provienen de todas partes del mundo atraídos por la promesa de libertad y de una buena vida.

Pero un cuerpo de pruebas considerable sugiere que para los recién llegados, la vida en los Estados Unidos puede ser peligrosa para su bienestar.

Cuando llegan aquí, los inmigrantes están por término medio más sanos que sus homólogos americanos nacidos aquí. Pero cuanto más tiempo se quedan aquí, peor les va en cuanto a enfermedades cardíacas, hipertensión, diabetes y salud mental.

Docentes de la Fielding School of Public Health de la UCLA están intentando identificar los factores que contribuyen a que el estado de salud de los grupos inmigrantes esté en declive y ocurriendo a lo largo del tiempo y de las generaciones.

Una parte del problema tiene que ver con la falta de

conocimiento de la sociedad americana y su complejo sistema de asistencia médica.

A muchos inmigrantes les falta seguro médico. Pero Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, profesora en la Fielding School y que se centra en dar una asistencia médica que tenga en cuenta de forma adecuada la cultura del paciente, señala que es más que una cuestión de costo.

“Cuando hay problemas tanto en los conocimientos de la salud entre los pacientes como en la competencia cultural entre los médicos, el resultado es una ‘tormenta perfecta’ de gente que no podrá utilizar el sistema de asistencia médica incluso cuando se les ofrezca”, dijo Kagawa-Singer.

“Si una persona acaba de llegar a este país, no habla el idioma y tiene que aprender a moverse dentro de nuestro sistema, es como si nos dejaran caer en medio de Siberia y esperaran a que averiguáramos lo que necesitamos”, dijo.

A pesar de desventajas sociales y económicas, los inmigrantes latinos recién llegados, según muchos indicativos, están más sanos que otros grupos. A eso se le ha llamado la paradoja latina. Pero hay indicios que demuestran que cuanto más tiempo están estos inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos, y en las siguientes generaciones, la paradoja desaparece: Aumentan los riesgos de condiciones crónicas como la diabetes, el cáncer y enfermedades cardíacas.

Por ejemplo, muchos inmigrantes de toda la gama cultural y educativa mantienen creencias sobre enfermedades y sobre cómo funciona el cuerpo que difieren del modelo biomédico que se practica en los EUA, agregó Kagawa-Singer, y muchos médicos de asistencia médica no han estudiado esas diferencias.

La paradoja latina

“Se entiende que están adoptando estilos de vida americanos poco sanos”, dijo Alex Ortega, profesor de la Fielding School y cuyo tra-

bajo se centra en las necesidades físicas, médicas y mentales de los niños latinos y sus familias. Ortega también es director de investigación en el Centro de Salud de población y disparidades de la salud de UCLA, un proyecto de cinco años y $10 millones financiado por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud para estudiar y reducir los riesgos de enfermedades cardiovasculares en East Los Angeles.

Menos atención se ha dado a un fenómeno similar.

Ortega ha hallado que entre los niños latinos, cuanto más tiempo han vivido en los Estados Unidos y más generaciones han vivido aquí sus familias, más alto es el riesgo de una salud mental pobre.

Entre las posibles explicaciones: “A la vez que la gente inmigra y se acultura, en algunos casos pierden lazos familiares y sociales. Y sin esos sistemas de apoyo, les falta la red de seguridad para ayudar a protegerles de los efectos de una salud mental pobre”, dijo Ortega. Ha habido hallazgos similares para otros grupos inmigrantes.

Los efectos de la discriminación sobre la salud Mientras que la asimilación puede que sea un factor importante en el empeoramiento de la salud de los inmigrantes, otros factores, como la cultura, la genética y el estado socioeconómico, tienen un papel importante. “Pero no explican completamente las disparidades de salud que vemos”, señaló Gilbert Gee, profesor en la Fielding School y miembro del Centro de Kaiser Permanente para la Igualdad sanitaria de la UCLA. De hecho, Gee cree que algo de lo que se atribuye a la asimilación puede que realmente sea el resultado de como se les ve a los inmigrantes en su nuevo hogar.

“Otro aspecto de estar aquí mucho tiempo es que uno experimenta más discriminación”, dijo Gee, que procura medir el impacto de esa discriminación en la salud mental y física. Señala que los inmigrantes van de sentirse en casa en su país de origen a ser vistos como una minoría racial.

“De repente ya no eres esrilanqués, sino simplemente asiático”, dijo Gee. “Ya es bastante estresante venirse a una nueva sociedad y aprenderse un nuevo idioma, pero es el doble de estresante cuando también se ha de tratar con estos estereotipos negativos”.

En un estudio de inmigrantes asiático norteamericanos, el grupo de Gee descubrió que la depresión clínica se podría predecir más por las experiencias de discriminación que por aculturación.

Gee sugiere que esfuerzos recientes para pasar leyes de solo-inglés han creado un clima hostil para los grupos inmigrantes, potencialmente en detrimento de su salud.

Para Gee, esto subraya la noción de que las políticas de derechos civiles también son políticas de salud. “Cuando estamos cambiando la manera de definir a los inmigrantes, eso puede tener un impacto en la salud”, dijo.

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ESPAGUETI EN SALSA DE NUEZ Un día leí que la mezcla de los dulce con salado conduce a un sentimiento de confort y felicidad. Si ese es el caso prepárate para sentarte a disfrutar de una deliciosa pasta con los elementos necesarios para sorprender a todos en la cena de Navidad.

Christmas esta a la vuelta de la esquina y ya es hora de ir planeando el menú.

Para este año opte por un espagueti en crema de nuez y chipotle que es un infalible platillo para chicos y grandes.

Esta es la tercer receta que preparo para Barilla y me siento muy orgullosa de ser porta voz de esta marca que me permite crear pastas con sazón latino para llevar a la mesa una gran variedad de recetas creadas con una pasta de alta calidad que no se pega y mantiene un deliciosos sabor y consistencia.

La receta es sencilla y aquí te presento la opción light como en todas mis recetas y también la versión pecaminosa –cremosa- por si deseas pecar en esta fecha especial.

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ESPAGUETI LIGHT BARILLA Los ingredientes son sencillos y muy probablemente los tienes en casa: VERSIÓN LIGHT -1 paquete de espagueti Barilla -1 ½ tza de nuez pelada -1 ½ tza de yogurt natural -½ tza de leche descremada -6 chiles chipotles -1 tza de queso parmesano -1 diente de ajo -¼ tza de agua -2 pizcas de sal -1 cda de azúcar mascabado ó sustituto de azúcar -2 cdas de perejil picado VERSIÓN CREMOSA 1 paquete de espagueti Barilla -1 ½ tza de nuez pelada -1 ½ tza de crema -½ tza de leche descremada -½ tza de queso crema -6 chiles chipotles -1 tza de queso parmesano -1 diente de ajo -¼ tza de agua -2 pizcas de sal -1 cda de azúcar mascabado -2 cdas de perejil picado -½ cebolla picada en cuadritos

Vamos a comenzar poniendo nuestro espagueti Barilla en una olla con agua y sal. Lo importante es tener suficiente agua para que cubra la pasta y el secreto para una pasta al dente es fijarte en el frente de la caja de Barilla el tiempo de cocción y estar al pendiente de no dejar cociendo tiempo demás la pasta. Para este espagueti yo lo deje cocinando por 9 minutos y después lo pase por un cedazo para deshacerme del agua.

COCINEMOS PASTA Mientras la pasta se cocina vamos a preparar esta salsa que es en verdad muy cercana a la gloria. Vamos a colocar en la licuadora el yogurt, la leche, el ajo, el azúcar, el queso parmesano y la nuez. En su caso si estas preparando la versión cremosa en lugar del yogurt coloca la crema y el queso crema.

AJO Y AZÚCAR PARMESSANO BARILLA Una vez que lo licues todo muy bien ve agregando poco a poco el chile chipotle, yo utilice tres, pero tal vez a ti te guste menos picoso así que agrega un chile, prueba y después agrega otro hasta llegar al sabor deseado. chipotle barillamezclaUna vez que este lista

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la mezcla ponla en una olla a fuego bajo, procura que no hierva solo que se caliente poco a poco. Si consideras necesario coloca un poco de sal, yo no utilice. Una vez caliente agrega la pasta y mezcla bien. Mantén un rato a fuego bajo mientras preparas las cebolla con chipotle.

Corta media cebolla en cuadritos al igual que tres chiles chipotle y coloca en una sartén ¼ de tza de agua y en eso cocina la cebolla junto con el chipotle. Mueve hasta que las cebollas cambien de color y veas que están bien cocidas y mezcladas con el chipotle, agrega sal al gusto.chipotle con cebolla Una vez que tu pasta este bien mezclada con la salsa coloca en un recipiente y sobre este pon las cebollas salteadas en chipotle con un poco de perejil arriba y un poco mas de parmesano. Vas a ver que de solo ver este platillo dará hambre.

Ahora si a reunir a la familia en la mesa para dar gracias por otro año lleno de buenas vivencias y mucho aprendizaje. A disfrutar con el gran sabor de Barilla con esta #pastaatuestilo.

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Only Center located in Northern California will allow immigrants to apply for license regardless of legal standing San Jose CALIFRONIA California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) opened their new San Jose Driver Licensing Processing Center on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 2222 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95112.

In 2013, Governor Brown signed AB 60 into law, directing the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an original driver’s license to any California resident who is eligible for a driver’s license, regardless of immigration status. San Jose was selected as the only Center in Northern California and one of four locations in the state of California to open a temporary Driver License Processing Center (DLPC).

Mayor Chuck Reed, Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, and

‣A new AB 60 processing center has opened in San José, one of 4 in the state constructed to help people sign up for the licenses starting this month. Photo courtesy: Michael Ocampo/Flickr. members of the City Council and have a valid social secusupported this decision. The rity number. Undocumented City of San Jose’s State Leg- applicants will be able to islative Advocate, Roxanne apply for a driver license on Miller, worked directly with January 2, 2015, when the the DMV, the Governor’s Of- new law goes into effect. fice, State Senator Jim Beall and other legislators for San Vice Mayor Madison NguyJose to be selected as the site en expressed, “This is a pivof the new DMV Driver Li- otal moment for mobility cense Processing Center, as and public safety in the City well as the augmentation of of San Jose. Families will be state funding to implement able to safely and legally drive the AB 60 program. On to work and drive their chilMonday, December 1, 2014, dren to schools. The opening the Center began processing of this Center and the impledriver licenses for applicants mentation of AB60 is transwho can verify legal presence formative for our City.”

approaching, I will take a moment to thank the colleagues of mine who will be leaving office, as well as welcome the newcomers!

San Jose CALIFRONIA The Office of Johnny Khamis, SJ Council member representing Disrict 10 (provided) the following statement…...

FAREWELL AND WELCOME: Election Day has come and gone, term limits are up, and the votes have been counted. With the New Year

First and foremost, I extend my deep thanks to Mayor Chuck Reed. It has truly been an honor to serve beside him. I respect his determination and wherewithal in making tough decisions in order to stop the city from spiraling into financial ruin. He is a dedicated public servant and I appreciate all he has done for our city!

Second, I thank Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen (District 7), Councilmember Pete Constant (District 1), Councilmember

Kansen Chu (District 4), and Councilmember Xavier Campos (District 5) for their service to the city. It has been a pleasure to work with them, and I wish them all the best in their future endeavors!

Additionally, I offer my congratulations to Mayor-Elect Sam Liccardo. I look forward to working with him in his new capacity! Finally, I extend a warm welcome to our newest Councilmembers-elect, Charles “Chappie” Jones in District 1, Raul Peralez in District 3, Magdalena Carrasco in District 5, and Tam Nguyen in District 7. (We all) I look forward to working with each of them in the coming years!

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‣Volunteers are pictured collecting various food items that will benefit those in need this holiday season .

Cathedral of Faith SAN JOSE, CA—The Reaching Out Food Center at the Cathedral of Faith will hold their annual ‘Celebration of Love’ Tuesday, December 23 from 10:00 a.m. until noon. Over 1,500 grocery carts full of food will be distributed that day.

During the entire month of December 3,850 grocery carts full of food will be distributed, including turkeys, fresh produce, vegetables, bread, and pastries, to needy families. The retail value of the distributed food is well over $960,000. San Francisco Giants left fielder Travis Ishikawa will be on hand for the event, volunteering with

his family and the over 500 other volunteers.

“This year, we’ve seen a much greater demand in our services,” said Jim Gallagher, Reaching Out’s director. The mostly-volunteer organization, which operates out of a debt-free, 16,000 square foot distribution center on the Cathedral of Faith campus, provides emergency food and basic life necessities for over 120,000 economically disadvantaged, $8.5 million dollars in food in 2014 alone.

The Celebration of Love Food Distribution event takes about two hours to pull off—with the help of hundreds of volunteers from the church congregation. More

than 3,500 vouchers are being distributed to recipients over the next month, and each will present their voucher to receive their food. “No one will be turned away,” Gallagher said. Reaching Out also provides monthly food distribution to 350 families with children attending the Rocketship Si Se Puede public charter elementary school in east San Jose. Over 90 percent of the school’s students live in poverty and need the vital groceries for nutrition.

For more information about Reaching Out, log onto www. cathedraloffaith.org, or contact Jim Gallagher, Director, at 408-979-3090 or jgallagher@cathedraloffaith.org.

San Jose CALIFORNIA Tuesday, December 9th, saw the San José City Council discussing a proposal to more aggressively implement SmartPole technologies and join other major cities in employing innovative and cost saving models. Specifically, Mayor-Elect Sam Liccardo is urging the Council to increase the number of authorized SmartPoles to 100 or more, and in exchange, require that Philips convert a greater number of LED streetlights than the current 15 per SmartPole that is proposed.

In 2007, the San José City Council unanimously ap-

proved Mayor Reed’s Green Vision, which included a goal of converting 100% of our city’s 62,000 streetlights, from low-pressure sodium to energy-efficient LED’s. According to the Department of Transportation, we have upgraded about 6% of our streetlights, or approximately 4,000, in the last 8 years.

Mayor-Elect Liccardo stated, “We have a consensus to improve the safety of our streets with higher-quality lights, and to save money and energy—now is the time to swiftly forge ahead and meet our declared energy goals.”

Over a year ago, MayorElect Liccardo and Councilmember Rose Herrera sub-

mitted a memorandum to urge the City to partner with Philips for the leveraging of City infrastructure lease rights for “small cell” capacity in exchange for a more comprehensive LED conversion effort. A year later, what has emerged from all of the discussions with Philips is largely a “dip the toe in the water” approach, without a promise of any substantial conversions of streetlights for many years.

Mayor-Elect Liccardo added, “Our residents deserve much better—improved lighting and wireless coverage. Our budget will reap the savings, and our planet will benefit by our willingness to push forward.”

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SFUSD San Francisco The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to provide every high school student with the opportunity to enroll in an Ethnic Studies class by the school year 2015-2016.

In addition to expanding the class offering to all high schools, the Board resolution encourages district middle schools to infuse multiethnic and multiculturalism throughout the 6-8 grade curriculum and to explore institutionalizing Ethnic Studies coursework as a requirement for graduation in the future.

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nounce the passage of this resolution to institutionalize Ethnic Studies into every SFUSD high school,” said San Francisco Board of Education president Sandra Lee Fewer. “By affording every high school student the opportunity to take the course, we are doing our share in creating a more cohesive, peaceful world while allowing students to develop a deeper understanding of the world around them.

“This course has been also approved by the University of California as eligible for entrance into our UC system. As the President of the Board of Education I am proud to represent the San Francisco Unified School District as it leads the nation in setting the example

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of how important it is for students to see their own ethnicity reflected in the real history of our country,” said Fewer.

“As a former Social Studies teacher in Arizona, I witnessed Mexican American studies being stripped from the curriculum though 95 percent of my students were Mexican American. I am so proud that the very books being banned in Arizona are being celebrated here,” said Superintendent Richard A. Carranza. “At some point in the near future we’re going to talk about how everyone’s culture is infused in every aspect of the curriculum -math, history, social studies, science, and art – because this is what is best for our students.”

Ayúdenos a planear el futuro de Clipper.

Estamos planeando la próxima generación de Clipper: la tarjeta recargable que puede usarse en muchos sistemas de transporte público del Área de la Bahía.

‣Students, educators and supporters of Ethnic Studies wore red on the 9th in support of the new measure which would bring Ethnic Studies curriculum to SFUSD beginning next year. Photo Courtesy: SFSU/Facebook

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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR The Daughters of Charity, since its establishment centuries ago, provides health care to any and all individuals who presented themselves despite their financial ability to pay costs incurred.

Prior to 1900, rich and poor received the same level of care. Today they operate several hospitals which are up for sale. Its ‘Open Door Policy’ in today’s health care market is very much ‘out of sync’ with the costs incurred by recent medical knowledge and its applied technology. Today, providing health care is a very complex business (18% of the GDP) in which their approach provides a certain path towards bankruptcy.

As owners and operators of O’Conner Hospital, San Jose and St. Louise Hospital, Gilroy, the Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), after several years of severe

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operational losses, decided to put up a ‘FOR SALE’ sign.

The current status of the lengthy process of transferring ownership of these two hospitals was the sole subject of a presentation to the Rotary Club of San Jose meeting Wednesday, December 3, 2014. A summary entitled ‘GET THE FACTS’(website: DCHSPRIME.com) was available to all present. The current agreement for this proposed transfer of ownership from DCHS to Prime Healthcare will need approval by the California’s Attorney General’s Office, which will

hold public hearings during January 2015.

The proposed sales agreement has taken months to reach its present standing.

The process used, which was approved by the DCHS Board of Directors per its fiduciary responsibility, was to ask any and all interested parties to present evidence of competency and qualifications. Over 100 preliminary statements of interest were vetted carefully with the result that a short list resulted. Blue Wolf Partners, an investment firm sup-

ported by SEIU and UNAC, offered a management contract, which was not a ‘sales agreement’. The County of Santa Clara’s Health & Hospital Systems proposal was deemed not to be in the best interests of DCHS. The very best proposal was made by Prime Healthcare which has current operations in Los Angeles.

Prime Healthcare was chosen because it was far and away the best offer for DCHS. It has a history of turning around stressed hospitals. PrimeHC did not offer the most money, but it met or exceeded all the criteria for sale previously approved by the DCHS Board of Directors. These criteria included: a) keeping these two hospital open as acute care (hospital) facilities, including all trauma centers and emergency rooms. b) maintain DCHS mission of charity care.; c) fund pastoral care programs;

d) honor existing union labor contracts; e) invest $150 million in capital improvements over the next three years; f) assume and fund all pension responsibilities.

PrimeHC was the only bidder to assume 100% responsibility for the pensions of all 16,000 union and non-union workers, past and present.

PrimeHC agreed to take full responsibility for all pension obligations including full compliance with ERISA. This PrimeHC proposal will transiton the curent Church Plan into an ERISA plan ultimately with the full backing of the (federal) Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation. Furthermore, PrimeHC agreed to put their entire company’s financial strength behind their support of the DCHS pension plans.

A consideration was that PrimeHC has never closed one of its hospitals nor filed

for bankruptcy which would have an adverse effect on PrimeHC’s good will status.

PrimeHC is the right choice for DCHS. It has a documented track record of providing more than $2 billion in charity and uncompensated health care in California since 2010.

Of great interest is the assertion that PrimeHC has more hospitals than any other health system in California and is recognized by federal regulators for serving a significantly disproportionate share of Medi-Cal and indigent patients. Prime Health Care can do this because of its competence, experience and size which enables it to purchase supplies and services at reasonable discounts.

Only the Prime Healthcare proposal met all criteria set forth by DCHS Board of Directors. Interested individuals can visit <dchsprime.org> for more factual details.

Muchas felicidades

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV274078 Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Michelle Senner.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Michelle Senner, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kelsey Joy Lee to Kelsey Joy Senner b. Madeline Grace Lee to Madeline Grace Senner.

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 name should not be granted on 04/21/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., 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.

December 5, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV271761 Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Natashia Deniece Zant. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Natashia Deniece Zant, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Natashia Deniece Zant to Natashia Deniece Harris-Zant. 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 name should not be granted on 02/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of

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Occupational Therapist OTR/L (San Jose, CA and client sites) Use treatments to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of her geriatric patients. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and 5 years of experience required.

Valid State of California license to practice as an Occupational Therapist and NBCOT certification required. Mail resume to: United Health Care Staffing, Inc., attn.: HR, 1172 Murphy Avenue Suite #227, San Jose, CA 95131

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.

October 10, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name NO. 598823 The following person/ entity has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Mainstreet 1 Marketing, 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124.

James Viola 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124.

This business was conducted by an individual and was filed in Santa Clara County on 09/03/2009 under file no. 528590 Maria Adrianna Mercado December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/01/2015 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599110 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Joshley Modeling School, 618 San Tuisito Way Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara Co. Perla A. Robledo, 618 San Tuisito Way Sunnyvale, CA 94085. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/09/2014 “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.)

Perla A. Robledo December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598907 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Lakkar, 3983 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara CA, 95051, Santa Clara Co. Michelle Nguyen 3191 Acorn Way San Jose, CA 95117. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “I declare that all information

Judge of the Superior Court December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014 Order for Publication or Posting of Summons and First Amended Petition to Establish a Parental Relationship

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.)

Michelle Nguyen December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/02/14.

Brandon Rose (269196) 586 N. First St. #217 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: 408-520-1185 Facsimile: 408-786-0179 Email:Brandon@lobrlaw. com Attorney for Petitioner, Ana Garcia

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599126 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Pacific Associates 708 Charcot Ave San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara Co. Glenday Inc. 3729 Acpulco Dr Campbell, CA 95008.

This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/18/2002 “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.)

Alan Glenday President/CEO December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14

STREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113 MAILING ADDRESS: 191 North First Street CITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273906 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Young Yoon Jang to Jessica Youngyoon Jang b. Won Seok Jang to Justin Wonseok Jang 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 name should not be granted on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., 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.

December 2, 2014 Aaron Persky

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(form FL-120 or FL 123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web Site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DIAS CORRIDOS después de haber recibido la entrega legal Petitioner: Ana Garcia de esta Citación y Petición Respondent: Antonio Var- para presentar una Respugas esta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y ORDER FOR PUBLICAefectuar la entrega legal de TION OR POSTING una copia al demandante.

Case No. 113CP021191 Una carta o llamada tele fónica NO basta para proPublication Granted: tegerlo.

The Court finds that the Si no presenta su RespuRespondent cannot be esta a tiempo, la corte puserved in any other manner ede dar órdenes que afecspecified in the California ten su matrimonio o pareja Code of Civil Procedure. de hecho, sus bienes y la The Court orders that the custodia de sus hijos. La Summons and Petition be corte también le puede served by publication in the ordenar que pague manewspaper listed below. nutención y honorarios y Publication must occur at costos legales. Si no puede least once a week for four pagar la cuota de presentsuccessive weeks. ación, pida al secretario un

formulario de exención de EL OBSERVADOR cuotas.

Si desea obtener asesoraIf during the time of Publi- miento legal, pónganse cation or Posting you locate en contacto de inmediato the Respondent’s address con un abogado. Puede you must have someone obtener información para 18 years or older mail the encontrar a un abogado en Summons, Petition and el Centro de ayuda de las Order for Publication to the Cortes de California (www.

Respondent. The server sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio must complete and file with Web de los Servicios Lethe Court a Proof of Service gales de California (www. or Mail, FL-335. lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en contacto Date: November 19, 2014 con el colegio de abogados Philip H. Pennypacker de su condado.

NOTICE; The restraining Judicial Officer orders on Page 2 are effective against both spouses Published: December 5, or domestic partners until 12, 19, 26, 2014 the petition is dismissed, a SUMMONS judgment is entered, or the (Family Law) court makes further orders.

NOTICE TO RESPON- These orders are enforceDENT (Name): Antonio able anywhere in California Vargas by any law enforcement AVISO AL DEMANDADO officer who has received or (Nombre): Antonio Vargas seen a copy of them.

AVISO; Las órdenes de You are being sued. A restricción que figuran en usted lo están demandado. la página 2 valen para amPetitioner’s name is: Ana bos cónyuges o pareja de Garcia hecho hasta que se desNombre del demandante: pida la petición, se emita Ana Garcia un fallo o la corte dé otras

órdenes. Cualquier autoriCase Number (Número de dad de la ley que haya recaso): cibido o visto una copia de

estas órdenes puede hac113CP021191 erlas acatar en cualquier You have 30 CALENDER lugar de California.

DAYS after this Summons NOTE: If a judgment or and Petition are served support order is entered, on you to file a Response the court may order you to

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pay all or part of the fees Starting immediately, you and costs that the court and your spouse or domeswaived for yourself or for tic partner are restrained the other party. If this hap- from pens, the party ordered 1.Removing the minor child to pay fees shall be given or children of the parties, if notice and an opportunity any, from the state without to request a hearing to set the prior written consent of aside the order to pay the other party or an order waived court fees. of the court.

AVISO: Si se emite un fallo 2.Cashing, borrowing u orden de manutención, la against, canceling, transcorte puede ordenar que ferring, disposing of, or usted pague parte de, o changing the beneficiaries todas las cuotas y costos of any insurance or other de la corte previamente coverage, including life, exentas a petición de usted health, automobile and diso de la otra parte. Si esto ability, held for the benefit of ocurre, la parte ordenada the parties and their minor a pagar estas cuotas debe child or children: recibir aviso y la oportuni- 3.Transferring, encumberdad de solicitar una audien- ing, hypothecating, concia para anular la orden de cealing, or in any way dispagar las cuotas exentas. posing of any property, real 1. The name and address or personal, whether comof the court are (el nombre munity, quasi-community, y dirección de la corte son): or separate, without the Superior Court of California written consent of the other 170 Park Center Plaza party or an order of the 191 North 1st Street court, except in the usual San Jose, CA 95113 course of business or for

the necessities of life; and 2. The name, address, 4.Creating a nonprobate and telephone number of transfer or modifying a petitioner’s attorney, or the nonprobate transfer in a petitioner without an attor- manner that affects the disney, are: position of property subject (El nombre, dirección, to the transfer, without the y número de teléfono del written consent of the other abogado del demandante, party or an order of the o del demandante si no court. Before revocation of tiene abogado, son): a nonprobate transfer can Brandon Rose (269196) take effect or a right of sur586 N. First St. #217 vivorship to property can San Jose, CA 95112 be eliminated, notice of the Telephone: 408-520-1185 change must be filed and

served on the other party.

David H Yamasaki, Chief You must notify each other Executive Officer/Clerk of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least Date (Fecha) November five business days prior 18, 2013 to incurring these extraorClerk, by (Secretario, por) dinary expenditures and S. Angulo, Deputy (Asis- account to the court for all tente) extraordinary expenditures NOTICE TO THE PER- made after these restrainSON SERVED: You are ing orders are effective. served However you may use

community property, quasiAVISO A LA PERSONA community property, or you QUE RECIBIÓ LA EN- own separate property to TREGA: Esta entrega se pay an attorney to help you realiza or to pay court costs.

ADVERTENCIA – INFORa. as an individual. (a usted MACION IMPORTANTE como individuo) ADVERTENCIA:

De acuerdo a la ley de WARNING – IMPORTANT California, las propiedades INFORMATION adquiridas por las partes WARNING: California law durante su matrimonio o provides that, for purposes pareja de hecho en forma of division of property upon conjunta se consideran dissolution of a marriage propiedad comunitaria or domestic partnership para los fines de la división or upon legal separation, de bienes que ocurre cuproperty acquired by the ando se produce una disoparties during marriage or lución o separación legal domestic partnership in del matrimonio o pareja joint form is presumed to de hecho. Si cualquiera be community property. If de las partes de este caso either party to this action llega a fallecer antes de should die before the jointly que se divida la propiedad held community property is comunitaria de tenencia divide, the language in the conjunta, el destino de la deed that characterizes misma quedará determinahow title is held (i.e. joint do por las cláusulas de la tenancy, tenants in com- escritura correspondiente mon, or community prop- que describen su tenencia erty) will be controlling, and (por ej. tenencia conjunta, not the community property tenencia en común o presumption. You should propiedad comunitaria) y consult your attorney if you no por la presunción de want the community prop- propiedad comunitaria. Si erty presumption to be writ- quiere que la presunción ten into the recorded title to comunitaria que registrada the property. en la escritura de la propiedad, debería consultar con STANDARD FAMILY LAW un abogado.

RESTRAINING ORDERS ORDENES DE RESTRIC-

CION NORMALES DE DERECHO FAMILIAR En forma inmediata, usted y su cónyuge o pareja de hecho tienen prohibido: 1.Llevarse de estado de California a los hijos menores de las partes, si los hubiera, sin el consentimiento previo por escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte.

2.Cobrar, pedir prestado, cancelar, transferir, deshacerse o cambiar el nombre de los beneficiarios de cualquier seguro u otro tipo de cobertura, tal como de vida, salud, vehículo y discapacidad, que tenga como beneficiario(s) a las partes y su(s) hijo(s) menor(es); 3.Transferir, gravar, hipotecar, ocultar o deshacerse de cualquier manera de cualquier propiedad, inmueble o personal, ya sea comunitaria, cuasi comunitaria o separada, sin el consentimiento escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte, con excepción las operaciones realizadas en el curso normal de actividades o para satisfacer las necesidades de la vida; y 4.Crear o modificar una transferencia no testamentaria de manera que afecte el destino de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el consentimiento por escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte. Antes de que se pueda eliminar la revocación de una transferencia no testamentaria, se debe presentar ante la corte un aviso del cambio y hacer una entrega legal de dicho aviso a la otra parte.

Cada parte tiene que notificar a la otra sobre cualquier gasto extraordinario propuesto, por lo menos cinco días laborales antes de realizarlo, y rendir cuenta a la corte de todos los gastos extraordinarios realizados después de que estas órdenes de restricción hayan entrado en vigencia. No obstante, puede usar propiedad comunitaria, cuasi comunitaria o suya separada para pagar a un abogado o para ayudarle a pagar los costos de la corte.

Published: December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014 PETITION to Establish Parental Relationship Brandon Rose (269196) 586 N. First St. #217 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: 408-520-1185 Facsimile: 408-786-0179 Email:Brandon@lobrlaw. com Attorney for Petitioner, Ana Garcia SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA STREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113 MAILING ADDRESS: 191 North First Street CITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113 BRANCH NAME:

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DECEMBER 12 -18, 2014 Family Law Division Petitioner: Ana Garcia Respondent: Antonio Vargas PETITION to Establish Parental Relationship

CASE Number 113CP021191 1. Petitioner is a. The mother.

2. The Children are a. Childs Name Date of birth Age Sex Davana Vargas 08/30/2004 10 F 3. The court has jurisdiction over the respondent because the respondent b. has sexual intercourse in this state, which resulted in conception of the children listed in item 2.

4. The action s brought in this county because (you must check one or more to file in this county): a. the child resides or is found in the county 5.Petitioner claims (check all that apply): b. respondent is the child’s father 6. A completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement at (UCCJEA)) (form FL-105) is attached Petitioner request the court to make the determinations indicated below, 7. PARENT- Child RELATIONSHIP a. Respondent b.

Petitioner 8. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION Petitioner Respondent Joint Other a. Legal Custody of children to X b. Physical custody of children to X c. Visitation of children (2) Reasonable visitation d. Facts in support of the requested custody and visitation orders are (specify):

X. Contained in the attached declaration 12. CHILD SUPPORT The court may make orders for support of the children and issue and earnings assignment without further notice to either party.

13. I HAVE READ THE RESTRAINING ORDERS ON THE BACK OF THE SUMMONS (FL-210) AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY APPLY TO ME WHEN THIS PETITION IS FILED. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATE: 09/25/2014.

Ana Garcia Published: December 5,

12,19, 26, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273587 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Phuoc Doan.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Phuoc Doan, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Phuoc Doan to Henry Doan. 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 name should not be granted on 04/07/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 20, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273620 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad to Mandana Panadkhah Panad. 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 name should not be granted on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 21, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273622 Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad to Mahahn Massy. 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 name should not be granted on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 21, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273737 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joy Sarkar.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Joy Sarkar has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Joy Sarkar to Jay Sarkar. 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 name should not be granted on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 25, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273744 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a

decree changing names as follows: a. Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin to Alexey Serbin. 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 name should not be granted on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 25, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598754 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, SJC Cars Inc 478 E. Santa Clara St San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Cars Inc 478 E. Santa Clara St San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon; 11/25/2014 “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.)

Surinder Sinug, Officer November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/25/2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV272814 Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Marcos Ivan Castañeda. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Marcos Ivan Castaneda, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Marcos Ivan Castañeda to Marcos Ivan Diaz Castañeda. 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 name should not be granted on 03/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 5, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273178 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yun-Shan Shao. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Yun-Shan Shao, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. YunShan Shao to Marta YunShan Shao. 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 name should not be granted on 04/07/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 13, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273481 Superior Court of California, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Abeer Beshara Suliman. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Abeer Beshara Suliman, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Abeer Beshara Suliman to Flower Solomon. 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 name should not be granted on 04/07/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 19, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273428 Superior Court of Califor-

nia, County of Santa ClaraIn the matter of the application of: Maharite Embaye Ghebremzchael. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Maharite Embaye Ghebremzchael, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Maharite Embaye Ghebremzchael to Lidya Embaye Ghebremzchael.

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 name should not be granted on 04/07/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, 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.

November 18, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598301 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Dolphin Towing, 1680 Almaden Expressway Unit G San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara Co. Simon Guerrero 269 E. Saint John St. Apt. E San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 10/15/2009. “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.)

Simon Guerrero November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/12/2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598612 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, RMB. Janitorial 2637 Puccini Ave. San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Rosa Ma Barragan 2637 Puccini Ave. San Jose, CA 95122. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 11/19/2014 who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Rosa Ma Barragan November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/19/2014.

LEGAL CLASSIFIEDS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598400 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, California Production Plumbing 14610 Pacheco Pass Highway Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara Co. Karen Ciraulo 14610 Pacheco Pass Highway Gilroy, CA 95020.

This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 1/12/2014. “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.)

Karen Ciraulo November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/14/2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598299 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Atlantis Glass 495 E. Brokaw Unit E San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Sepandar Danesh 5890 Garces Ave San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 11/12/2014. “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.)

Sepandar Danesh November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/12/2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598302 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Munoz Building Maintenance 12965 Sycamore Ave San Martin, CA 95046, Santa Clara Co. Aurora Munoz 12965 Sycamore Ave San Martin, CA 95046. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, as of 11/12/2014. “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.)

Aurora Munoz November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/12/2014.

Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name NO. 596007 The following person/entity has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: ifotosphere 2291 Via Maderos Los Alto, CA

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94024, Santa Clara Co. Michelle Suet Wah Lam 6456 C Buena Vista Dr. Newark, CA 94560. This business was conducted by an individual and was filed in Santa Clara County on 04/25/2013 under file no. 57774 Michelle Suet Wah Lam November 21, 28; December 5, 12, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 9/02/2014 Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Vera Ardyne Greer, aka Vera A. Greer and Vera Greer No.114PR175010 A Petition for Probate has been filed by Dyann Gagne in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. The petition requests that Dyann Gagne be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent, Vera Ardyne Greer, aka Vera A. Greer and Vera Greer. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 21, 2015 at 9:30am, Dept. 12, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Lawrence M. Brenner, ESQ. 133 Mission Street, Ste 290 Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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GREEN LIVING

Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EARTHTALK

There’s no time like the present to teach kids to respect their environment and be willing to stand up to protect it. Of course, any good environmental education starts at home: parents should always keep in mind that they are role models for their kids, and should act responsibly.

And most schools today incorporate issues of sustainability into their curricula.

But kids who want to do more can sync up with one of any number of nonprofits focused on getting young people involved with volunteering and advocacy on behalf of the environment.

One of the best places to start is Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!), a nonprofit that runs a national speakers’ and workshop tour around the U.S. and beyond

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backyard wildlife sanctuary, encouraging teachers and schools to undertake projects that help local wildlife, and spreading the word via social media.

as well as summer camps devoted to teaching kids how to take action on behalf of the environment. The group also runs JAMs, bringing together “young changemakers” from local communities to brainstorm ideas for solutions to local, national and international environmental problems. The YES! website features information on a wide range of environmental topics as well as videos focusing on organizing and coali-

tion building around shared environmental goals.

Another great resource is the Center for Biological Diversity’s Generation Wild program, designed to help kids learn about and help protect local wildlife.

The program’s website offers kids tips on things like how to write an effective and compelling “letter to the editor” for publication in a local newspaper, creating a

Meanwhile, Earthforce, Inc. helps kids ages 10-14 develop citizenship skills and address both local and national environmental problems.

Participants get hands-on, real-world opportunities to learn about the issues and develop skills that can help them become lifelong leaders in addressing them. Another leading youth environmental group is Tree Musketeers, which empowers kids to use innovative approaches in launching their own environmental campaigns where they live. Through its Young Executive program, the group provides resources to help kids learn the practical, logistical and personal skills to lead environmental actions and spread the word about the need to live more sustainable lifestyles.

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Yet another nonprofit vehicle that helps kids get active is SustainUS, which focuses on sustainable development. Its Agents of Change program sends youth delegations to United Nations conferences on climate change, sustainable development, women’s issues and biological diversity—and its Lead Now Fellowship trains and supports young people in becoming leaders in advancing sustainable development.

Last but not least, TakingItGlobal is an international network of young people working to tackle global environmental challenges. Its Digital Youth Engagement, Global Education and Social Innovation programs focus on creating the next generation of environmental leaders around the world.

Young people can also get involved in environmental protection efforts right in their own backyards even

without the support of a nonprofit. Examples include organizing a local e-waste recycling drive, asking schools and businesses in the area to refrain from using noxious chemicals for landscaping, and coordinating carpools to reduce traffic-related greenhouse gas emissions. Likewise, kids can learn a lot by finding a local green group and volunteering to help canvass for funds, clean-up a beach or waterway, or lobby local officials to take sustainability into account. Indeed, our common future may well depend on it.

CONTACTS: YES! www.yesworld.org; Generation Wild, www. biologicaldiversity. org/youth; Earthforce, www.earthforce.org; Tree Musketeers, www. treemusketeers.org; SustainUS, www.sustainus. org; TakingItGlobal, www. tigweb.org.

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ARTS & CULTURE

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Noé Montoya Reflects on Playing Juan Diego in Play Honoring the Virgen de Guadalupe

‣Actor Noé Yaocoatl Montoya plays the indigenous man Juan Diego, while actress Stephanie Garcia Candelaria plays the Virgen de Guadalupe in Teatro Campesinos ‘La Virgen del Tepeyac’ at Mission San Juan Bautista.

Photographs by Robert Eliason. Copyright 2014 by El Teatro Campesino.

Arturo Hilario EL OBSERVADOR Through the Teatro Campesino, Noé Montoya has portrayed the indigenous man Juan Diego, whose story is crucial to the history of the Virgen de Guadalupe.

The play was first performed in the early 1970’s. It is a story about the milagro, (the miracle) of the apparition of the Virgen to the indian Juan Diego. The original script was written by Doug Gomez, and then was revised by Luis Valdez, of which the current incarnation is based on.

Montoya says that his exposure to the play and the environment surrounding it caught his interest. “I’ve been involved with the Teatro since I was a Junior in high school.

I grew up in Hollister and the Teatro Campesino was in my backyard in San Juan Ba-

tista. So I was really intrigued with the Teatro Campesino and really Involved with the United Farm Workers Union.” After volunteering with the Teatro, he was approached by Luis Valdez for the role of Juan Diego. “Of course I was honored, and wound up playing that role for the next few years. ” After that initial run as Juan Diego in his 20’s, Montoya moved on from the play, moving to San José and working with other groups. Yet he played the role in 2002, and every other year from 2004, 2006 and 2008. In 2008 he retired from the role, attributing this to the weathering from being 100% involved with the character and the play. “I decided that was it, I couldn’t do it anymore. It was exhausting, physically and emotionally.”

At first he stayed away from

the production completely out of respect to the new actor. He felt that people who were devoted to the play and his version of Juan Diego would not give the new actor a proper chance if he was around. Yet he did come back to the play as a musician for next production, adding what he describes as “an element that I felt lacked, providing indigenous instruments to the play. I was playing turtle shells, rattles, and the clay flutes, to give it the other side of the sound.

We had the beautiful strings, violins, cellos, guitars and drums but it needed more indigenous flavors, which I dropped in. ” More than anything Montoya’s reflections on his time with the Teatro and the play itself, (now nearing 40 years since he first began volunteering with them), are that

of joy, sacrifice and ultimately positivity. “I realized how important the story is. It has nothing to do with religion.

Its not a religious play. Its a story about faith, faith has no religion. You can have faith in whatever you wish. (The story is) Not about the church or whether you believe in the catholic church, its whether you believe in respect, love, compassion, for your fellow man”. He says that because of these beliefs he can portray Juan Diego with such passion and depth.

At the time period when the unveiling of the discovery of the Virgen de Guadalupe took place, it was dangerous to believe in any deity or icon that wasn’t part of the Spanish Catholic Church.

The fact that an indigenous man, (who then were seen as a serving class, even non-human), was the chosen vessel

for the appearance made the whole situation one of danger and hope for the Mexican people.

“When I portrayed the role of Juan Diego I tried to play him as a human being, as a real person with humor with anger, with cynicism, all the elements that I believe a normal person would get when somebody has to do a mission of this type, to risk his life to get this message across.”

It’s this reality and the historical context that pushes Montoya to perform with every fiber of his being, for both the religious and those that are curious about the art form.“It accompanies a lot of emotional, cultural, and historical feelings. Thats why I really enjoy doing the role. I want to make sure the story is told in a way that’s real. But its not this cute story, I want to show the dark

side, and the beautiful side of life.”

With his final performances set for this upcoming week, Noé Montoya knows that he will devote his efforts to delivering the best representation of his Juan Diego. “Thats why its very exhausting. It’s not just a role that I’m playing. I have abuelitas coming up to me with their rosarys in their hands, touching me, praying to me, my goodness, to them I’m not an actor, to them I really am Juan Diego, and I can’t let them down. That’s their faith.”

La Virgen del Tepeyac, with Noé Montoya, will take place at the Old Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, CA through the 21st of December. Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com/ event/891076.

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MOVIES

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Several researchers have suggested that North Korea – or at least North Korean sympathizers – were behind the attack as retaliation for Sony’s upcoming movie, The Interview. The comedy film depicts a CIA plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jung Un. Clues like similarities with previous attacks pointed to the country’s involvement. As recently as yesterday, the hackers demanded Sony, “Stop immediately showing the movie of terrorism which can break the regional peace and cause the War[sic]!”

‣James Franco and Seth Rogen star in a new movie that has apparently attracted the attention of North Korea.

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couple of weeks, the FBI’s first public statement on the matter suggests otherwise.

Just when you start to think North Korea might have actually been involved in the devastating Sony hacks the past

At a cybersecurity panel earlier today, Joe Demarest, assistant director of the FBI’s cyber di-

The young Peruvian bear Paddington, star of the upcoming film by the same name, made a special visit to the Bay Area today. He began his travels in Oakland at The Unity Council’s De Colores Headstart School where he met with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Councilman Noel Gallo.

Both Mayor Quan and Councilman Gallo read Paddington adventure stories to the 100 + children present. They also presented the bear with an official City of Oakland Proclamation recognizing him for his artistry in “Lost and Found” and wished him well on his continued travels.

In the afternoon, Paddington continued his adventure at the Peruvian Consulate in San Francisco where he applied to get his Peruvian passport.

After filling out the appropriate paperwork, Paddington met with the Consul General of Peru, Candy Chavez, who

vision, told attendees, “There is no attribution to North Korea at this point” according to Reuters. An FBI spokesman said the agency is still searching for the hackers, but wouldn’t provide additional information.

North Korea, for its part, has publicly denied any involvement.

Still, the true culprits remain unknown.

‣The Peruvian Bear Paddington visited schoolchildren with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan this week.

reviewed his application and issued him his passport.

Keep a look out for Paddington in your city as his travels continue through the holidays and the new year.

From the beloved novels by Michael Bond and producer David Heyman (HARRY POTTER), PADDINGTON

tells the story of the comic misadventures of a young Peruvian bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) who travels to the city in search of a home.

Finding himself lost and alone, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined - until he meets the kindly Brown family who read the label around his neck that

says “Please look after this bear. Thank you.” and offer him a temporary haven. It looks as though his luck has changed until this rarest of bears catches the eye of a museum taxidermist.

PADDINGTON will be released in theaters on January 16, 2015.

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WTDWTK The holiday season is about family, overpriced gifts, crazy relatives,psychotic shoppers, mall parking lots that resemble a scene from Mad Max and of course the one thing that truly brings families together watching TV. Every couple of years, we ask people what their favorite Christmas or holiday movies or TV shows are that the whole family can watch. Our first poll was in 2011 and our latest was last year. Early next season, we’ll be asking people again and although some traditional family favorites move in and out of the top 10 list, there are always a few that remain in our hearts.

What To Do With The Kids presents the Top 10 Christmas or Holiday Movies and Television Shows 1. ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ (1966, Animated) 2. ‘The Polar Express’ (2004, Animated) 3. ‘It’s A Wonderful Life, (1946) 4. ‘Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeerî (1964, Animated) 5. ‘Elf’ (2004) 6. ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ (1965, Animated) 7. ‘The Grinch’ (2000) 8. ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ (1947) 9. ‘National Lampoonís Christmas Vacation’ (1989) 10. ‘A Muppet Christmas Carol’ (1992) Runner ups: ‘The Santa Clause’ (1994), and Frosty the Snowman’ (1969, Animated) To find out how these and other movies ranked in our last poll, visit us at www.whattodowiththekids. com.What To Do With The Kids is the website that adults go to when they want to know what to do with their kids.

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‣Pictured are some of the best holiday films, Teh Grinch (2000) and The Polar Express (2004).

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en la vida de los fieles que le invocan.

Piadosa Virgen María de Guadalupe, dales clemencia, amor y comprensión a todos los fieles que te veneran y vuelan en busca de tu noble protección.Que tu intercesión, al igual que la fragancia dulce de las rosas,ascienda a tu divino hijo, nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Que él pueda oír nuestras oraciones, escuchar nuestras súplicas,secar nuestras lágrimas, y darnos sagrada ayuda y asistencia.Amén.

En México el 12 de diciembre, día de La Virgen de Guadalupe, se conmemora un acontecimiento religioso que rebasa las fronteras nacionales, ya que feligreses de otros países llegan a la Basílica de Guadalupe, haciendo largas travesías en las tan célebres y concurridas “Peregrinaciones Guadalupanas.” La Virgen de Guadalupe es una de las advocaciones más veneradas de la Virgen María en el mundo entero. Iglesias, basílicas, altares y capillas han sido construidos en su honor en diversos países en cinco continentes. La Virgen de Guadalupe

La fe y veneración que se profesa a la Madre de Dios, es la luz de esperanza maravillosa que se hace presente

fue coronada canónicamente el 12 de octubre de 1895 por el Papa León XIII. La Virgen Morena, La Sagrada Virgen de Guadalupe, es la Reina de México y Emperatriz de las Américas y las Islas Filipinas.

Del mismo modo que se venera a la Virgen de Guadalupe en México, la mayoría de naciones mayormente católicas venera a una advocación mariana dependiendo de las apariciones que han sido acreditadas por el Vaticano y más aún, debido al fervor religioso de los creyentes.

A continuación se presenta una lista con los rostros más venerados de la Virgen María en las naciones de América.

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Colombia

Argentina

Nuestra Señora de Luján 8 de mayo

Belice

Virgen de la Medalla Milagrosa 27 de Noviembre

Bolivia

Virgen de Copacabana 5 de agosto

Brasil

Nuestra Señora Aparecida 12 de octubre

Canadá

Virgen del Sagrado Corazón 1 de Julio

Chile

Virgen del Carmen 16 de julio

Guatemala

Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá 9 de julio

Virgen de la Asunción 15 de agosto

Costa Rica

Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro 27 de junio

Cuba

Nuestra Señora de Suyapa 3 de febrero

Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles 2 de agosto Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre 8 de septiembre

Ecuador

Virgen de las Mercedes 24 de septiembre

El Salvador

Nuestra Señora de la Paz 21 de Noviembre

Estados Unidos

Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción 8 de diciembre

Haití

Honduras México

Virgen de Guadalupe 12 de diciembre

Nicaragua

Virgen de la Purísima Concepción 8 de diciembre

Panamá

Virgen del Carmen 16 de julio

Paraguay

Nuestra Señora de los Milagros de Caacupé ---8 de diciembre

Perú

Virgen de Belén 25 de Diciembre

Puerto Rico

Virgen de la Providencia 19 de noviembre

República Dominicana Nuestra Señora de Altagracia 21 de enero

Uruguay

Virgen de los 33 Orientales 19 de abril

Venezuela

Virgen de Coromoto de los Cospes 8 de septiembre

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Israel Imru SPECIAL TO EL OBSERVADOR The matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders occurs once every four years. The teams themselves do not hold any animosity towards each other, but the fans hatred of one another is legendary; the NFL even went as far as to stop the yearly (sold-out) pre-season matches because of the violence.

The last couple of times these teams met, they were awful. Both teams went into their head-to-heads with losing records and were not showing any promise.

Though of course, the fan bases of these storied franchises remained as loyal as ever.

With their matchup finally set once again, this one seemed like a wash – why even bother playing at this point. The Raiders have been in free fall for two straight seasons, and the 49ers had gone in the opposite direction – they had been to threestraight NFC championship games – and one Super Bowl – under new head coach Jim Harbaugh.

As the match drew near, the Oakland Raiders looked a bit better than their 1-11 record, as they had kept many of their losses competitive and respectable (the Raiders command the toughest schedule in the entire NFL), and the Niners did not seem quite as good as their 7-5 record seemed to indicate.

The Niners had built their identity as a hard-nosed defensive team and that was not going away. Their defense remained as tough as ever, remaining in the top 5 for yards allowed despite numerous key injuries (including all-pro linebackers

Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman). Their offense, however, continued to sputter out-of-control with bleak performances by Vernon Davis, Michael Crabtree, the entire offensive-line, and Kaepernick.

The game prior to the Battle of the Bay was rough for both teams. The Oakland Raiders had just come out of a scathing blowout loss to the St. Louis Rams which ended with a final score of 52-0.

Meanwhile the 49ers had just lost to their divisional rival, the Seattle Seahawks on Thanksgiving night. Not many fans had much to be thankful for that night.

All of this went into play Sunday afternoon as they geared up to play in Oakland. Fans from both sides were there cheering on their teams. The 49ers fighting for a playoff spot against a team fighting for their pride. Winner takes the bay.

On paper, the 49ers should have decimated the Raiders.

This is a playoff-caliber team that has tons of talent on both sides of the ball. The defense played well enough, though it seemed as though they could not create substantial pressure on the rookie QB, even with all-pro Aldon Smith back. Unfortunately, a lot of what the fans were worried about reared its ugly head that day. The entire offensive unit looks embarrassing.

Every drive was met with ridiculous delay-of-game penalties, bad play-calling and terrible execution.

Kaepernick made some key mistakes (two interceptions), but often times his receiving corps could not get open for long enough. The entire right side of the o-line was getting beat, leading to tons of pressure. And of course, the one part of the game that was working, Frank Gore, was

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underutilized yet again. He was averaging 5.3 ypc and still Greg Roman opted for more pass-plays when the pressure was overwhelming.

It seems as though the entire organization is collapsing on itself over in San Francisco and it is getting out of hand.

For many, the rumors that coach Jim Harbaugh is leaving after this season seems to be coming to fruition with four-straight weeks of lackluster performances.

On the other side, the Oakland Raiders were fired up from their huge loss and seemed to play exceptionally well against a “better” team.

Throughout the game Carr looked poised and in-command and had the best game of his young career throwing for 78.6% (22/28) and 3 touchdowns. The o-line did their part and bought him enough time to complete the necessary passes. The Oakland running game appeared to find new legs under running back Latavius Murray, and their 2nd year tight-end, Mychael Rivera, had a huge game, catching over 100 yards and 1 touchdown.

The NFL prides itself on its immense parity and this game was a prime example of that -- any given Sunday any team can beat anybody.

Playing smart and with heart granted the Oakland Raiders their 2nd victory of the season, with a final score of 24-13.

The Oakland Raiders look to repeat against their division rival the Chiefs this upcoming Sunday for their second straight. The 49ers are still viable for a playoff spot if they can manage to eke out the next few weeks, though they must play the red-hot Seahawks in Seattle this upcoming Sunday. We will see what happens when the immovable object meets the extremely stoppable force in Seattle soon (hint: it won’t be pretty).

‣The legendary ‘Battle of the Bay’ offered up some exceptional shock and awe this past weekend as the San Francisco 49ers battled their peninsula neighbor, the Oakland Raiders. Photo Courtesy: San Francisco 49ers

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