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Studies Explore Reasons For Latino Health Care Disparities (Medical News Today)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:08:21 GMT]

According to a pair of recent studies Limited English Proficiency (LEP) is a key barrier to accessing primary health care services for U.S. Hispanics, while new data show a growing discrepancy in mental health services delivered to the Latino community. Both are presented in the November issue of Medical Care, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

The immigration debate: 70 percent of Mexicans in California are U.S. citizens
(San Jose Mercury News)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:51:58 GMT]

Ceremony for 450 new U.S. citizens For the first time in the most current wave of immigration, U.S. Census Bureau figures show that 70 percent of California's Mexican population are U.S. citizens, blunting widespread belief the state is overrun by illegal immigrants.

Census figures show 70 percent of California's Mexican population are U.S. citizens
(San Jose Mercury News)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:41:30 GMT]
See video of a ceremony for 450 new U.S. citizens For the first time in the most current wave of immigration, U.S. Census figures show that 70 percent of California's Mexican population are U.S. citizens, blunting widespread belief the state is overrun by illegal immigrants.
Petition drive launched to ban some race, gender preferences (The Arizona Republic)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:30:16 GMT]
Some experts believe the measure, filed by the California-based Arizona Civil Rights Initiative, could limit university control of minority-based scholarships and recruiting efforts.
Top Classifieds (San Jose Mercury News)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:53:42 GMT]

For the first time in the most current wave of immigration, U.S. Census Bureau figures show that 70 percent of California's Mexican population are U.S. citizens, blunting widespread belief the state is overrun by illegal immigrants.

Luis Valdez Honored at Latino Film Festival (MetroActive)
[Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:01:18 GMT]
Northern California playwright and director Luis Valdez will be honored Nov. 8 at the Latino Film Festival's "Noche Chicano" event at Camera 12 in San Jose. Valdez will be on hand along with a short documentary and a film by the next generation of the Valdez family.
Legislators decry health care gap (The Sacramento Bee)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:17:17 GMT]

Members of the Legislature's African American, Latino and Asian caucuses convened a town hall meeting in a show of solidarity on the eve of last week's hearing into Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's universal health care plan.

70% of state's Mexicans are citizens, census says (Contra Costa Times)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:19:01 GMT]

For the first time in the most current wave of immigration, U.S. Census figures show that 70 percent of California's Mexican population are U.S. citizens, blunting widespread belief the state is overrun by illegal immigrants.

S.F. mayor rides wave of popularity into election (USA Today)
[Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:24:33 GMT]
If San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is a second-term shoo-in, can he rise above personal issues and morph into an attractive Democratic candidate for statewide office in 2012 after he's filled the term limits as mayor?
AT&T Announces Campaign to Support PADRES Contra El Cancer in Fight against Childhood Disease (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
[Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT]
LOS ANGELES----AT&T Inc. today announced the launch of the second annual Answer Hopes Call campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancer and collect donations to support PADRES Contra El Cancer , a nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life for Latino children who are battling the disease.