Senator Jim Battin at the 12th Annual Outstanding senior of the Year Scholarships with Diana Garcia his Administrative Assistant and Niko Garcia in charge of relevant details.

The event was held last week. A total of $98,000 have been given out to date by Senator Jim Battin.Full coverage was included in last weeks La Prensa Hispana.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman John J. Benoit (R-Palm Desert) today announced that the State Auditor has released the results of the childcare safety audit he requested in August 2005. The Assemblyman personally reviewed the findings with the Auditor’s staff this morning.

Assemblyman Benoit said, “This report tragically points out that many of our children are at risk. The state is unable to adequately inspect and certify the safety of these facilities. Worse, when complaints lead to confirmed serious violations, we fail to adequately inform parents. I hope that the…

SACRAMENTO – At a ceremony held today at the State Capitol, Myra Smith was honored as the 64th Assembly District “Woman of the Year” by John J. Benoit (R-Riverside), and singled out for a special mention in a speech before the legislature by Maria Shriver, wife of Governor Schwarzenegger. (“History needs to record the name of Myra Smith…” and read information in next paragraph).

Following a 34-year career as a school teacher, Myra Smith and her husband, Robert, “retired” to the Coachella Valley where she soon began working to feed the poor. Self-funded, her…

(Cl) — For soccer fanatics, the sport is more than just a game, it is a way of life. For many Hispanic families, soccer — or futbol, as it’s known to the rest of the world — is the popular pastime. Presently, Hispanics represent about 12 percent of the world’s soccer aficionados. While American children grow up with a football in their hands, children from Latin cultures can often be found dribbling, passing and scoring with soccer balls in their backyards, local parks or at the beach. And parents know: soccer doesn’t discriminate by age, race or gender. Girls in pigtails are just as…

Indio – Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia (R-Cathedral City) will speak and eat with students at the Dr. Reynaldo J. Carreon Jr. Academy School in Indio on Monday, March 27 at 7:45 A.M. about the importance of eating a healthy breakfast to improve academic performance and lifelong health. This visit is in conjunction with her introduction of AB 1916, the Breakfast the Building Blocks of Learning Act, that will be heard before the Assembly Education Committee on April 5, 2006.

Assemblywoman Garcia recognizes that “hungry children cannot learn.” This fact led her to introduce AB…

“Dialogues in Abstraction” Dezart One Gallery presents the work of three abstract painters communicating in a language of their own. The visual verbalizations may depend on the viewer’s ability to assimilate shape, color, and movement by giving voice to it. This show investigates visually, the balance and counterbalances that result from dialogues in abstraction. Kathryn Abernathy: “I love the array of emotions that just a few pigments can bring to a painting. The colors, textures, and techniques that I use in my paintings most often come about as my curiosity runs loose. I would like…

EDITOR’S NOTE: A young undocumented Mexican immigrant says not having a piece of paper can change your whole life and put dreams on hold. Diego Ramirez, 21, works for the Youth Communications Team of New America Media. His name has been changed. Third in a series of articles on growing up undocumented.

SAN JOSE, Calif.–I fall into the category of being an undocumented human. It’s a concept I can’t grasp. I don’t understand why holding a piece of paper would change who I am. But not holding it changes everything about what I can do now that I’ve hit adulthood.

I…

¿Sabías que podrían cobrarte hasta un 400% de interés?

Tristemente, muchas personas sienten que no tienen otra opción que acudir a este tipo de préstamos pese a lo costoso de los intereses y lo difícil que puede resultarles salirse de este tipo de acuerdos. Lo que muchos no saben es que estos préstamos también atentan contra su privacidad…

Según la página de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (Federal Trade Comission – FTC), el organismo encargado de velar por los derechos de los consumidores en Estados Unidos, los préstamos “hasta el día de pago”,…

Si eres uno de los millones de inmigrantes indocumentados que pagan impuestos a través del ITIN, o número de contribuyente, toma apunte de los ligeros cambios que entraron en vigencia para estar al día con el IRS.

El ”salvador” ITIN

Cuando faltan pocos meses para el 17 de abril, fecha límite para pagar los impuestos, millones de trabajadores ya se están preparando para rendir cuentas al Tío Sam. Los inmigrantes indocumentados no son la excepción. A través del Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) pueden estar al día con el Servicio de Rentas…

Assembly bill 784 a tough Bonnie Garcia (Republican) Bill related to protecting children from sexual predators was thrown into the assembly “suspense” file essentially killing the bill! AB 784 would fund Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Teams. This funding is critical to tracking sexually violent predators and protecting the welfare and safety of Californians. Local agencies lack the personnel, training and access to the data that will help them to cross jurisdictional lines to track predators not in compliance. With the assistance of the Dept. of Justice, a regional approach…