Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-09) received an award last week from the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women for her legislative efforts to combat HIV/AIDS both nationally and abroad. Congresswoman Lee was honored by the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women and the Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) during their Annual Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day event at the Newark Community Center in Newark, CA. The event was held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Black History Month Observance celebration that was sponsored by the Afro-American Cultural & Historical Society.
“I want to thank the Alameda County Commission on the Status of Women, along with members of BWOPA, for this award,” said Lee, who was unable to attend the award ceremony. “I am truly honored and humbled to receive this recognition. I thank members of both organizations for their commitment and diligence in the ongoing fi ght against HIV/AIDS.”
Giants Renew broadcasting at KIQI 1010 AM & KATD 990 AM for 2010 Season
The San Francisco Giants continue their rich, Hispanic heritage on the airwaves with Spanish radio partner, KIQI 1010 AM and KATD 990 AM. KIQI and KATD will carry a total of 69 broadcasts, including every weeknight home game and all weekend home series. The games will be simulcast on both stations covering the entire San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Stockton, Chico and Modesto.
KIQI 1010AM is one of the original Spanish talk radio stations in the Bay Area serving the Latino community for over 30 years. A complete list of games can be found on sfgigantes.com or sfgiants.com. The Giants broadcast team of Tito Fuentes and Erwin Higueros will call the games from the Giants’ Spanish language broadcast booth – Fuentes for his seventh straight season and Higueros for his 13th season.
More ethnic studies classes will be offered at SF high schools
The Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday night to implement an Ethnic Studies pilot program in SFUSD High Schools for the 2010-11 school year. There are currently five elective ethnic studies classes offered at three of its schools, and the board voted to add at least another ten sections at five schools in the 2010 – 2011 school year. More Ethnic Studies Classes will be Offered at SF High Schools The existing Ethnic Studies curriculum developed by SFUSD teachers encourages students to explore specific aspects of identity on personal, interpersonal and institutional levels and provides students with interdisciplinary reading, writing and analytical skills.
State Attorney warns homeowners to avoid forensic loan audits
The State Attorney and the Bar of California warned Californians to avoid forensic loan audits, the loan-modification industry’s latest “phony foreclosure-relief service,” in which homeowners pay up-front fees for a forensic review of their lender’s practices, but are provided no actual foreclosure relief. “Forensic loan audits are yet another phony foreclosure-relief service hawked by loan-modification consultants trying to cash in on the desperation of homeowners facing foreclosure,” State Attorney Edmund Brown said. “The foreclosure-relief industry continues to be long on promises, but short on results.”
