La Prensa San Diego has had the pleasure of celebrating 23 Christmas'. It has been our pleasure to bring you what we felt was the news of our community, our city, state and nation during these years.
We couldn't have done it without our loyal staff. They are the heart and soul of La Prensa San Diego. They are the strength of our organization. Their hearts and souls are entwined with their community. Together they are linked through the pages of La Prensa sharing their vision of a better world, a better life, and a better future.
As we move into the next century, we can only pray that God will give us the wisdom to collectively see his vision for the 2000 century. We pray that He will give us the ability to interpret our world and then let us pass it on to you.
We celebrate, together, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ and pray that in the future, La Prensa will still be here with you. We look forward to the new millennium and seek to join with you in successive anniversaries of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Un Minuto Con El Obispo Gilberto
Chavez
El Calor Divino de la Navidad
En unos pocos días celebramos con gran alegría
la Navidad del Niño Jesús, el penúltimo de
este segundo milenio. El viene a salvarnos cubriéndonos
con un calor divino para sacarnos de la indiferencia y frialdad.
El llega para transformar nuestra humanidad con su amor incondicional.
En esta Navidad celebramos el Año Santo, el Año
Jubilar.
The Christmas Spirit Shines Through With LULAC
Christmas Baskets
By Daniel Muñoz
For the LULAC membership, the Christmas season doesn't officially
begin until the annual Christmas brunch is underway.
Special
Report:
Panama Canal hand over prompts fears, hopes
and "independence"
By Franc Contreras
Panamanians had waited to hear the words for almost a century.
During the ceremonial transfer of the Panama Canal on December
14 former President Jimmy Carter said simply, "It's yours."
Venezuela Appeals for Help
Venezuela suffers today a serious emergency caused by the worst
torrential rains in 100 years. This catastrophe has so far left
100,000 people homeless, has caused more than 100 deaths, and
has produced more enormous material losses. In addition, countless
people are still missing.
President Clinton Appoints Two San Diegans
to Eight Member U.S.-Mexico
Border Health Commission
The President has announced the appointment of Dr. Rosemarie Marshall
Johnson and Blair Sadler both of San Diego as member of the U.S.,
section of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission.
Nueva Documentación de Casos de Discriminación
Contra Minorías por
Parte de Instituciones de Préstamos
Hipotecarios
Washington — De acuerdo con un nuevo informepreparado por
el Instituto Urbano del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo
Urbano, minorías tratando de comprar viviendas continúan
enfrentando prácticas discrminatorias por parte de las
instituciones de préstamos hipotecarios.
"Una Pesadilla"
Legisladores de California acordaron que pro-vida, pro-familia
causa grandes retrasos en 1999
Por Maria Elena Kennedy
La sesión legislativa de 1999 en California produjo
varias leyes que pasaron a pesar de la fuerte oposición
de grupos de pro-familia y pro-vida, incluyeron medidas que requerían
a los hospitales Católicos y a las escuelas a proveer anticonceptivos
a sus empleados, proveer apoyo estatal a asociaciones homosexuales,
y establecer clínicas en escuelas públicas que puedan
referir a muchachas menores de edad a clínicas de aborto
sin el conocimiento de sus padres o consentimiento.
Proposed Expansion of Brown Field Poses Threat
to Quality of Life
in South San Diego
Pardee Homes, one of San Diego's leading homebuild-ers with 75
years in the homebuilding business, has been joined by thousands
of South Bay residents and businesses in opposition to the proposed
expansion of Brown Field. The united opposition is based on a
thorough review of the Brown Field Environmental Impact Report
(EIR), which reveals the project poses an unmitigated threat to
the quality of life now being experienced in south San Diego.
Pardee's extensive review of the EIR has concluded that noise,
traffic and safety impacts from the project are neither adequately
evaluated nor mitigated in the EIR.
La propuesta de ampliación para Brown
Field amenaza la calidad
de vida en el sur de San Diego
Miles de residentes y negocios de South Bay se han unido
a Pardee Homes, uno de los principales consuctores de hogares
de San Diego, con 75 años en el negocio de construcción
de viviendas, para oponerse a la ampliación propuesta en
Brown Field. La oposición combinada está basada
en una revisión concienzuda del Informe de Impacto Ambiental
de Brown Field (EIR), el cual revela que el proyecto presenta
una amenaza no mitigada a la calidad de vida que se experimenta
en la actualidad en el sur de San Diego. La vasta revisión
del EIR por parte de Pardee ha llegado a la conclusión
de que los impactos de ruido, tránsito y seguridad provenientes
del proyecto no están siendo debidamente evaluados ni mitigados
en el EIR.
San Diego County Awarded Federal Funds for Emergency
Food
and Shelter Programs
San Diego County has been chosen to receive $869,094 in federal
funds to supplement local emergency food and shelter programs.
This is the tenth largest Emergency Food and Shelter (EFS) program
in the United States and will include all 18 incorporated cities
and the county. San Diego County has received EFS funding each
year since 1983.
Hispanic
Radio Network/La Red Hispana
Por Yhamel Catacora
Cuando un vientre bueno da frutos malos
La revista TIME optó esta semana por desempañará
los hechos de la tragedia que vivieron padres y alumnos de la
escuela Columbine en Littleton, Colorado, tras el ataque armado
protagonizado por dos jóvenes, Dylan Klebob y Eric Harris,
que se suicidaron después de matar a 13 otras personas.
La revista publicó extractos de una de las cinco cintas
grabadas por los jóvenes que explícitamente revelan
sus planes de vengarse, y de "ser la chispa que despierte
una revolución de los desposeídos".
Hispanic
Radio Network/La Red Hispana
Por Consuelo Luz
Encontrando la Navidad
Aunque la Navidad se observa en el mes de diciembre, es
importante que en ese día especial abramos los ojos a los
milagros que ocurren todos los días, en distintos lugares
del mundo. He aquí los testimonios breves, que fundamentalmente
en esta época del año, nos recuerdan que siempre
existe una esperanza.
Harbor Police Deliver a Special Holiday Season
for
Logan Elementary School Students
Rather than walk home from school, 100 Logan Elementary
School students got to ride shiny new bikes home, for keeps —compliments
of the Port of San Diego Harbor Police Department.
Tradiciones Mexicanas para La Navidad
La Navidad es una festvidad religiosa entre as familias
tradicionales y en las zonas rurales.
Christmas In Mexico
Mexican Traditions for Christmas
Christmas for Mexicans, in traditional homes and rural
areas, is a religious holiday.
Recetas Tradicionales Mexicanas Para Navidad
Holiday Classics Made Easy
This year's holiday menu should be extra special after
all, it's the twentieth century finale. Serve a menu of classics
in tribute to the past, but give it a contemporary update to welcome
the new millennium.
Intercession Classes Start January 3 &
4
Applications are being accepted for early January intercession
classes at Cuyamaca and Grossmont colleges. Students attend class
daily and can complete a general education course in only three
weeks. Grossmont College offers intercession classes from January
3-21. Cuyamaca College offers intercession from January 4-21.
Sam Walton Community Scholarship Applications
Available at Local High Schools
The nine San Diego County Wal-Mart stores are helping
local high school seniors to realize a college education by making
applications available for a $1,000 Sam Walton Community Scholarship.
Poets Corner
Y2K Story
By Ramon Borunda
T'was the night before Y2K, and all through the nation,
We awaited The Bug, the millennium sensation.
Calendar
of Events:
By Berenice Cisneros
All About My Mother a Film by Almodóvar
A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes
with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for
Man-uela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried
until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the
present and the future become mixed up in darkness.
A Decade To Remember: The NFL In The `90s
The Gulf War…Beanie Babies… the Internet.
All are symbolic of life in the 1990s, the last decade of the
millennium.
NFL fans will remember the '90s for "Wide right"…
"The Triplets"…2,000 yards… and "This
one's for John."
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