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Santa Clara County to Explore Adding Temporary Housing for Homeless

Th e Board of Supervisors gave approval on Tuesday, De-cember 16, to explore immediate solutions to provide more shelter and services for the more than 7,000 people who on any given night are homeless in Santa Clara County. (More on news.el-observador.com)

3 Pescadores Rescatados en el Mar gracias a Dispositivo GPS

el uso efectivo del dispositivo GPS VehSmart probablemente salvó a tres pescadores de ecuador cuando su bote fue ataca-do por ladrones. los pescadores navegaban en su pequeño bote, el luis Miguel, al suroeste de la penísula de Santa elena cuando fueron alcanzados por atracadores que les robaron sus pertenencias (Mas en el sitio).

Sure, Let’s Pardon Mark Wahlberg for His Violent, Racist Past

Remember that time actor Mark wahlberg punched a man in the eye so hard, he partially blinded him forever? what about the time when he chased black schoolchildren, shouting racial slurs while throwing rocks? If you don’t, bett er read up on it now. (Read the rest of this article on our site)

The perspective presented here is “should certain par-ties get a gift from santa or a lump of coal? local His-panic citizens may think about whether santa should present them with a gift or a lump of coal this Christmas 2014. Those who did not vote last 11.04.14 deserve a lump of coal. santa’s blessings go to ‘Toys for Tots’ programs for fi lling one or more vTa bus-es with gifts for those kids of families who are unemployed or underemployed. sacred Heart Community services and second Harvest food Bank are doing their best to provide food for the hungry needy. This in a community where the need is growing in contrast to the wealth that is being harvested by very few. The ‘gift of satisfaction’ is provided by santa to all those who give support to organi-zations that focus upon the homeless, hungry & needy. let’s consider who should get a lump of coal.

a lump of coal to those Democrats who did not deal with the immigration reform back in 2009 when hav-ing a majority in Congress and President obama in the white House. remember that 2009 failure to act as an indication of ‘how signifi cant’ this latino issue is to elected offi cials.

The U.s. supreme Court merits its lump of coal for failure to anticipate the im-pact of its decision to defi ne corporations as ‘persons’ who talk with their money. They certainly did promote plu-tocracy rather than democ-racy.

a lump of coal to those who oppose the ownership transfer of o’Conner and st. louise Hospials to Prime Healthcare. is that union really looking after its mem-bers and 16,000 pensions? santa Claus is about giv-ing to those who need a job, hospital care and a hand-up. recall that the Hospital Cor-poration of america (HCa) closed san Jose Hospital a few years ago without con-sidering the health care needs of this community. HCa just picked up their marbles and abandoned this commu-nity. Prime Healthcare has a documented record of never closing down a hospital. Un-derstand that health care is your personal responsibil-ity. Do you deserve a lump of coal?

let’s hope santa delivers a gift to the Gardner family Health network (reymundo espinoza, President & Ceo) for its dependable delivery of health care services to the low income/no income folks in this community. The same for the County of santa Clara Health & Hospital systems which operates vMC and its many community clinics strategically located through-out this county.

another group which may deserve a lump of coal are those school administra-tors and educators who ap-ply outdated policies which end up expelling students from school. as educators they must know that a child out of school cannot be ex-pected to keep up with his peers in the learning process. let’s try ‘Behavior modifi ca-tion knowledge recently de-veloped. va Hospital (Palo alto) is developing and using behavior modifi cation suc-cessfully on our ‘wounded warriors’.

The obama administra-tion merits santa’s blessing for hanging tough when it

comes to economic recovery policies post 2008 reces-sion. available jobs are on the rise; unemployment is dropping; but deserves a lump of coal when it comes to dealing with wall street bailouts’, working towards ‘living wages’ and immigra-tion reform. That executive order deals with only a por-tion of the 11 million undoc-umented residents already residing here. santa would like an executive order deal-ing with those business own-ers who profi tably exploit the undocumented. Too many of these folks do not want to see comprehensive immigration reform legislation happen.

santa needs to give a gift to whoever fi gured out that lower crude oil prices re-sulted in lower gasoline at the pump; now consumers have more money to spend this 2014 Christmas season. Their consumer choices bol-ster sales of many products and services….and it is these consumer choices which de-termine which retailer have a profi table year.

we all need to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Ber-lin wall coming down. we now need to work on that wall between U.s.a. and Cuba. it is time to normal-ize diplomatic relations and commerce with Cuba. we could begin by allowing Cu-ban students and scholars to open up personal checking accounts so that they, as visi-tors here, feel more welcome and can conduct their per-sonal business with their own checking account. also, we need access to Cuban sugar cane which can yield alcohols which are excellent gasoline extenders. Brazil does this ef-fectively….why not us?

what about you? will san-ta leave you a blessing? or a lump of coal? Merry Christ-mas-feliz navidad 2014.

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what about black people stating that their lives mat-ter inspires you to reach for your fi rearm? is it our un-willingness to be irrelevant? our want and yearning to be free and heard? is it our newfound strength in lov-ing ourselves so threaten-ing that your only response is to threaten our lives and our education? Phillip, just the other day you stated that our sisters at Cal Berkeley should not speak up about their right to live like any other american due to pos-sible protests from tax pay-ing cops.

i guess when a human is taxed with having our skin complexion, one is only use-ful to you while we are on some sort of court or fi eld, playing a jester, or singing…our lives are just here for your convenience, is that correct?

sorry to disappoint you, white, but i for one do not have any desire to live to entertain you. My life does matter, and it is not in con-tingency with my appeas-ing you. or your racist cop friends. The simple fact that tweeting a worldwide threat to those who are fi ghting for their right to live seemed like a proper response tells me that i might fi nd a few civilian complaints on your record.

How many “thugs” have you roughed up in your day? Tell me, was the crime “walk-ing down the street while homeless”, or were there just too many black and brown people together at one time?

Believe it or not, i know cops like you. i’ve watched them patrol the streets, kick little kids off of the bus because they felt like it, stand baffl ed when someone is not afraid of them. we have to pass the attitude test, right? well, we’re sick of your attitude test. we’re sick of being tried after our murder. we’re sick of our lives being in jeopardy due to your lack of training, sociological stability, and dis-taste for our complexion.

only crooked, distasteful and morally robbed police offi cers feel as if this is a war on cops. Contrary to your guilt ridden beliefs, this is not about revenge.

This is about creating a saf-er environment, where you, Philip, will not be able to continue under the premise of protecting and serving our community while threaten-ing your citizens who pay your salary because you don’t like how they practice their

fi rst amendment. and be-fore you bring up looting and rioting, be sure to refl ect on the jokes you tweeted about a “disco inferno”; be sure to separate the peaceful pro-testers who are arrested and the looters who magically have not been arrested. Your comments are distasteful, disgraceful, and a hindrance to your brothers in blue. as naïve as i would like to be, i know there are many in your position who share your sen-timents; and they too should not be allowed to protect and serve with prejudice.

Phillip white, it stops now. You will be our poster child of all things that we fi ght to change. Police brutality will stop now. The selection of who to protect and serve and who to demonize will stop now. The revolution will continue. it has not been televised; but as you have learned today, Phillip, it will be tweeted.

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el esperar para empezar los benefi cios de jubilación del seguro social puede aumen-tar los benefi cios hasta en 76 por ciento, según el nuevo kit de herramientas “Cuándo tomar el seguro social: vale la pena esperar”, publicado por la no partidista national academy of social insurance (nasi).

el kit incluye un video de 3 minutos, una página de datos, y un informe de 16 páginas para educar a los tra-bajadores que se acercan a la edad de jubilación sobre las ventajas de posponer el to-mar los benefi cios del seguro social más allá de los 62 años de edad, si pueden hacerlo.

los mensajes importantes para los trabajadores de edad avanzada incluyen: (1) si necesita el seguro social para cubrir sus gastos básicos, pídalo -- se lo ha ganado. (2) Pero si puede esperar, incluso apenas uno o dos años, su benefi cio mensual será más

alto, por el resto de su vida. (3) si está casado, tiene que planear para dos. si usted es quien más gana, esperar para recibir los benefi cios del se-guro social signifi ca que su cónyuge recibirá un benefi cio de sobreviviente más alto si vive más que usted.

“Una de las decisiones fi -nancieras más importantes que tomamos es el cuándo comenzar a recibir los benefi -cios de jubilación del seguro social”, dijo william arnone, Presidente de la Junta de Di-rectores de nasi y socio jubi-lado de ernst & Young, llP. “las ganancias por esperar son mucho más grandes de lo que solían ser”. Un traba-jador que pueda esperar has-ta los 70 recibirá un benefi cio 76 por ciento más alto que si hubiera tomado el seguro social a los 62.

“Como el seguro social dura toda la vida y sus benefi cios se ajustan con la infl ación, puede que sea el activo más grande que tenga un traba-jador”, dijo virginia reno,

vicepresidente de nasi para seguridad de ingresos.

si ve al seguro social como un activo clave para su jubilación, quizá quiera

aumentarlo retrasando el momento en el que toma los benefi cios. Más infor-mación en www.nasi.org/whenToTakesocialsecurity.

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san francisco, Ca , el des-tino del City College of san francisco (City College de san francisco) está en las manos de un juez que está decidien-do si debe cerrar sus puertas, y sus ochenta mil estudiantes están a la expectativa. el juez de la Corte superior Curtis Carnow anunció que en ene-ro emitirá su fallo sobre si la escuela merece que su acredi-tación sea revocada, en cuyo caso no podrá seguir operan-do.

la estudiante y madre soltera, Bouchra simmons, dice que la escuela es la única opción para ella y para muchos otros estudiantes. “Y especialmen-te esto se trata de todos, todos los estudiantes. estamos vul-nerables. el City College tiene una educación de alta calidad, pero es pagable. no tenerla es trágico.”

la Ciudad de san francisco presento una demanda con-tra el dictamen de la comisión que determinó que la escuela

no cumple con los estándares y canceló su acreditación. la ciudad asegura que la evalua-ción del City College fue in-justa e ilegal. los argumentos finales fueron presentados la semana pasada y el Juez Kar-now esta evaluándolos para emitir su dictamen el próxi-mo mes.

el maestro del City College de san francisco, Tim Killikelly, dice que la incertidumbre ha provocado una crisis de ma-tricula con una reducción del 20 por ciento de estudiantes inscritos desde que la accre-diting Comission for Com-munity and Junior Colleges, aCCJC (Comisión acredi-tadora para Colegios Junior y Comunitarios), voto el año pasado a favor de retirar la certificación a la escuela -una decisión que el maestro consi-dera “indignante”.

“no han manejado el caso del City College con el proceso debido. Han tomado deci-siones arbitrarias con las que parece no importarles lo que le importa a la mayoría de la comunidad.”

el Presidente de la California federation of Teachers (fe-deración de Maestros de Ca-lifornia), Joshua Pechthalt, dice que ahora el juez tiene la oportunidad de hacerle saber a la comisión que no esta por encima de la ley.

“esta comisión realmente atropelló al sistema univer-sitario entero de California. Han hecho rehenes de sus dictados a los colegios co-munitarios. Y si bien esta es una parte importante del conflicto, queremos ver una reforma profunda al proceso de acreditación.”

la ciudad también asegura que el City Collage no tuvo una evaluación justa porque hay un conflicto de intereses, ya que un miembro del equi-po evaluador esta casado con quien preside la comisión. el abogado de la comisión rechaza estas reclamaciones calificándolas de “absurdas” y dice que al colegio se le dio una oportunidad equitativa para resolver las deficiencias.

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El Sistema Educativo AVID, con sede en

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san Diego- aviD (ad-vancement via individual Determination), un sistema de preparación universitaria

probado y sin fines de lucro con sede en san Diego reci-entemente divulgó datos que representan una prueba clara del impacto que ha tenido aviD en el cierre de la bre-cha de rendimiento académi-co y en la preparación para la universidad de estudiantes típicamente menos atendi-dos. los datos iniciales pro-porcionan comparaciones de graduados de secundaria en 2010 y 2011 que emplearon

el sistema aviD y muestran que estos graduados aviD superaron al resto de sus co-legas a escala nacional en la renovación de la matrícula en el primer y el segundo año de universidad. el Centro aviD contrató a la national stu-dent Clearinghouse (nsC) para adquirir información de matrícula postsecundaria correspondiente al período estudiado.

si bien los datos del primer año son significativos, aún más lo son los porcentajes en general de graduados aviD que se mantuvieron matricu-lados en el segundo año de universidad cuando se les compara con el resto de sus colegas a escala nacional. los graduados aviD—mayori-tariamente procedentes de poblaciones con insuficiente representación histórica—renovaron la matrícula en el segundo año de universidad a índices muy similares en todos los grupos de estudi-antes.

el Ceo del Centro aviD, el Dr. sandy Husk, anunció los resultados del estudio in-vestigativo, y declaró: “el in-forme es verdaderamente ex-traordinario. Considerando que más de dos tercios de los graduados aviD provienen de sectores socioeconómicos bajos y de grupos minoritar-ios, que los graduados aviD hayan superado a sus colegas nacionales en la renovación

de la matrícula es testimonio tanto de la perseverancia de los estudiantes y maestros, como de las estrategias y destrezas del sistema aviD que fueron empleadas y aprendidas durante la se-cundaria”.

el informe, divulgado en un documento titulado “aviD secondary students’ Col-lege enrollment and Persis-tence: what equity Gaps?” (“la matrícula y su reno-vación en los estudiantes de secundaria aviD: ¿existen brechas de equidad?”) of-rece un resumen general de los graduados de secundaria aviD en los cursos universi-tarios 2010 y 2011, su índice de matrícula universitaria, su índice de renovación de la matrícula en el segundo año, y una breve ilustración de los índices de matrícula y renovación de la matrícula desglosados según carac-terísticas comúnmente aso-ciadas con las brechas de rendimiento académico y de

equidad. se puede solicitar una copia íntegra de este in-forme por intermedio del Dr. Dennis Johnston, director sénior e investigador princi-pal del Centro aviD de san Diego, escribiéndole a su di-rección de correo electrónico: [email protected].

el Dr. Johnston comentó: “las brechas de equidad, que habitualmente se observan y hasta se anticipan en materia de rendimiento educativo, to-davía no han aparecido para los estudiantes aviD que en la actualidad están ma-triculados en la universidad. las señales de renovación de matrícula equitativa en diver-sos grupos de estudiantes uni-versitarios, conforme quedan ejemplificadas en las conclu-siones del estudio investiga-tivo, son una prueba del éxito de nuestros esfuerzos por cer-rar las brechas de rendimien-to académico preparando a todos los estudiantes para que estén listos y alcancen el éxito en la universidad”.

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en los próximos años, las mujeres y sus prestadores de servicios de salud pueden esperar una información más útil y actualizada sobre los efectos de las medicinas durante el embarazo y la lac-tancia.

las mejoras reemplazarán el sistema de etiquetado que ha estado en vigor desde hace décadas e impondrán nuevos requisitos de la ad-ministración de alimentos y Medicamentos (fDa, por sus siglas en inglés) en cuan-to a la información de la eti-queta para los medicamentos por prescripción médica y los productos biológicos. los cambios incluirán correccio-nes importantes a las subsec-ciones sobre el embarazo y la lactancia.

Por qué está actuando la fDa al respecto

“la fDa quiere que las mujeres embarazadas y las que estén amamantando, así como sus prestadores de ser-vicios de salud, se benefi cien con información más útil y actualizada sobre sus medici-nas de prescripción médica”, explica la Dra. sandra Kwed-er, M.D., subdirectora de la ofi cina de nuevos Medica-mentos de la fDa.

la Dra. Kweder afi rma que las mujeres embarazadas y los prestadores de servicios de salud necesitan esta infor-mación porque:

las mujeres toman un pro-medio de entre tres y cinco medicamentos durante el embarazo.

Muchas mujeres embaraza-

das tienen padecimientos crónicos —tales como asma, hipertensión arterial, depre-sión y diabetes— que les exi-gen seguir tomando los med-icamentos que tenían pre-scritos antes del embarazo.

Durante el embarazo pu-eden surgir nuevos prob-lemas de salud o los que ya tenían pueden empeorar, exigiendo tratamiento.

el cuerpo de la mujer cam-bia durante todo el trans-curso de su embarazo, lo cual puede afectar la dosis de la medicación que necesita.

las etiquetas actualizadas incluirán más información sobre si la medicación pasa o no a la leche materna y —dependiendo de cuánta haya presente— cómo podría afec-tar al bebé.

además de las modifi cacio-nes a las subsecciones sobre el embarazo y la lactancia, la etiqueta también incluirá un apartado llamado “Mujeres y varones de potencial re-productivo”. esta subsección proporcionará un lugar per-manente para encontrar la información que concierne a las pruebas de embarazo, los métodos anticonceptivos y el efecto de un medicamento sobre la fertilidad.

“Para los medicamentos que pueden causar infertilidad o presentar riesgos durante el embarazo, la etiqueta actu-alizada incluirá información a tener en consideración al momento de decidir cues-tiones tales como elegir un método anticonceptivo o pla-near un embarazo”, abunda la Dra. Kweder.

Trasfondo del etiquetado

Hasta ahora, la fDa cat-egorizaba el riesgo de usar medicamentos o productos biológicos durante el em-barazo mediante un sistema de cinco letras (a, B, C, D y X), dependiendo de lo que se sabía acerca de ese producto. Pero los comentarios recibi-dos por la fDa demostraron

que el sistema de letras era a menudo confuso, por ser demasiado simplista, y no refl ejaba la información dis-ponible. este sistema podía llevar a hacer falsos supuestos acerca de los medicamentos en función de su categoría.

“la etiqueta actualizada cambiará eso”, afi rma la Dra. Kweder. “ahora los médicos tendrá información actu-alizada y bien organizada sobre el embarazo y la lac-tancia. estarán en una me-jor posición de ayudar a sus pacientes a tomar decisiones clave”.

la imagen de la etiqueta actualizada

la etiqueta actualizada también reemplazará el an-tiguo sistema de cinco letras con información más útil so-bre los riesgos de un medica-mento para la futura madre, para el feto en desarrollo y para el lactante.además, la etiqueta incluirá información de contacto para acceder a los registros sobre la exposición durante el embarazo, los cu-ales compilan y mantienen datos sobre los efectos de los medicamentos que toman las mujeres embarazadas. a

las mujeres embarazadas se les invita a inscribirse en es-tos estudios si están usando medicamentos o productos biológicos para los cuales ex-iste un registro.

las empresas tendrán que eliminar las categorías de le-tras para el embarazo de la etiqueta de todos los medi-camentos por prescripción médica y los productos bi-ológicos, y, para muchos de ellos, tendrán que actualizar la etiqueta para incluir in-formación al día. Ésta es una tarea enorme, que llevará varios años.Decidir qué me-dicamento tomar es una de-cisión personal y compleja que debe hablarse con el médico, pero la nueva norma de la fDa ayuda a eliminar algunas de las incertidum-bres.

“el benefi cio más grande para los pacientes es que es-tos cambios resultarán en prescripciones mejor funda-das, con sustento en la infor-mación científi ca más reci-ente, para miles de produc-tos médicos”, añade la Dra. Kweder. “nuestro objetivo es facultar a los profesionales de la salud y a los pacientes para que las mujeres puedan confi ar en las decisiones de tratamiento para ellas y para sus familias”.

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Rosana UbanellnaM

Gov. angel aguirre on Thursday asked for a leave of absence to put the focus back on solving the case of the missing students. argentine forensic specialists have con-fi rmed that human remains found in southern Mexico are those of one of the stu-dents who disappeared in late september in the city of iguala, ayotzinapa rural normal school students said.

The remains are those of al-exander Mora venancio, one of the 43 education students who disappeared in iguala, a city in the southern state of Guerrero, on sept. 26. ofi -cials are also expected to re-lease information on the tests conducted by the specialists in austria on sunday.

The attorney General’s of-fi ce said it would hold a press

conference at noon on sun-day to release “relevant infor-mation” about the case. at-torney General Jesus Murillo Karam said on nov. 7, citing statements from three sus-pects in custody, that the 43 teacher trainees were dead.

Patricio reyes, Jhonatan osorio and agustin Garcia confessed to having killed the students and burned their bodies, the attorney general told a press conference.

More than 70 people, in-cluding police and public of-fi cials, have been arrested in connection with the events that took place in iguala on the night of sept. 26, when municipal police fi red gun-shots at students from the ayotzinapa rural normal school, a nearby teacher-training facility. Protesters collect money at tolls to fi nd the missing Mexican college students.Masked student oc-

cupy a toll booth as students block a main highway to protest the disappearance of 43 missing college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, wednesday, oct. 14, 2014. Mexican police expanded their search for the missing students wednesday after in-vestigators determined that 28 sets of human remains recovered from a mass grave were not those of any of the youths. (aP Photo/eduardo verdugo)

six people died that night, 25 were wounded and 43 ayotzinapa students were detained and then handed over to members of the Guer-reros Unidos drug cartel.

The cops were allegedly act-ing on orders from iguala’s then-mayor, Jose luis abar-ca, and his wife, Maria de los angeles Pineda, who are un-der arrest.

for the purposes of the in-vestigation, the students will continue to be classifi ed as missing until the remains are defi nitively identifi ed by specialists at the University of innsbruck in austria, the aG said.

reyes, osorio and Garcia told investigators they took the 43 students to the Cocula dump and set them on fi re, Murillo said. after watching the bonfi re burn for more than 14 hours, the killers col-lected the ashes and bones in eight garbage bags and then tossed the bags into a nearby river, the attorney general said. authorities managed to recover one of the bags intact, the aG said.

The students’ disappear-ance has sparked a wave of protests across Mexico and sent shockwaves through the political system.

‣Demonstrators march in protest for the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college, in Mexico City, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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san Jose, Calif. – for high

school english teacher Judd-son Taube, California’s shift to the Common Core has meant that he no longer feels like a “salesman” in his class.

“selling kids on whole

novels is tough, it’s actually hard to get kids to engage in the content and read whole books,” said Taube, 33. “at best, 50 percent of the kids were reading the whole nov-el.”

in the past, Taube instruct-

ed his class – most of whom don’t speak english as a first language – with classic works like fahrenheit 451, the Great Gatsby or Catcher in the rye, to name a few. The last two tended to be more popular with the students, but since the move to Common Core many of these have been re-

placed with non-fiction es-says and even on-line clips from news and social media sites.

since then, however, Taube

says he’s seen a dramatic in-crease in the number of stu-dents engaging with the ma-terial and even in the number of students turning in their homework.

Taube teaches at latino

College Prep academy, a charter school in east san Jose and part of the east side Union High school District. The school opened in 2001 and caters to the area’s siz-able spanish-speaking im-migrant community. The school enrolled 450 students this year – 95 percent low income, and 70 percent eng-lish language learners.

latino academic achieve-

ment rates in California have traditionally lagged behind those of other communities. That is especially the case for english learners, who now make up a quarter of the state’s public school popula-tion.

But the approach at lCPa

– which includes a staff that

is predominantly bilingual – has led to some impres-sive results. according to the school’s website, over 90 percent of graduating seniors went on to a two or four-year college of their choice.

on a recent afternoon, stu-

dents in one of Taube’s senior english classes sit analyzing multiple articles for an es-

say they have to write about their stance on social media, something the students use everyday. Taube says the les-son is an example of how Common Core allows teach-ers to bring the lives of the students into the classroom, connecting their everyday ex-periences with their studies.

California adopted the

Common Core in 2010. Dis-tricts across the state have since been working to imple-ment the new standards, a heavy lift involving every-thing from teacher training

to developing new curricu-lar materials and enhancing school’s tech capacity ahead of the new Common Core-aligned standardized tests this spring.

The standards place more

emphasis on critical thinking and analysis than the previ-ous California state stan-dards and require students to not only get the answer but be able to explain the process. for english learn-ers that means more use of the language and a more so-phisticated vocabulary.

But students at lCPa seem

to welcome the challenge. ruben Martinez, 17, is a

senior there. He says he spent years being frustrated at how teachers in elemen-tary school tried to get him to learn english. “it got me ir-ritated because you’re expect-ing me to learn a language by repeating the same lessons over and over again that i’ve already learned.”

His classmate sergio More-

no,17, agrees. He says before coming to lCPa he grew so bored in class that he often ended up getting in trouble. “i could mess around, do anything, the teachers would probably give me detention but i would continue to do it.”

Both say that since com-

ing to lCPa their grades have steadily improved, something they credit to the school’s educational ap-proach.

according to a recent study

by the education advocacy group education Trust-west, California schools such as lCPa that have been proac-tive in implementing Com-mon Core have shown dra-matic improvements in edu-cating their english learner populations.

The study surveyed nearly

300 schools around the state with 100 or more eng-lish learners and while its authors did acknowledge the new standards do pose challenges for this group, they also noted that schools that showed the best results were those that held english learners to the same high standards as other students.

David Devia, 17, emigrated

from Columbia at age eight. now a senior at lCPa he says he’s been able to transition out of the english learner track and is “more comfort-able” with high school level english.

“Before i didn’t really have

the potential to keep up with other students … now i can keep up, and sometimes i can actually be the leader.”

In San Jose, Using Common Core to Turn English Learners Into Leaders

‣Seniors in Taube’s classroom use electronic media and classroom discussion to finish up their final assignment for the semester. Photo Courtesy: Veronica T. Avendaño

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in richmond, Calif., a city long equated with high rates of crime and poverty, the lo-cal police have taken steps in recent years to improve relations with the commu-nities they serve. Highlight-ing those efforts, richmond Chief of Police Chris Magnus turned out at a recent local rally against police brutality. The rally was one of many protests being staged in cit-ies across the country in the wake of grand jury acquit-tals of white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men. He was interviewed by richmond Pulse editor Mal-colm Marshall.

it’s interesting to see a police chief in the middle of a pro-test against police brutality. what is your reason for being here today?

The police and the commu-nity share a common goal. we want peaceful protests to be something that people feel comfortable participating in and to understand that the police are guardians, because we should be protecting peo-ple’s constitutional rights.

But we also want to send a message that we care about everyone in the community. This needs to be a partner-ship between police and per-sons of color, black, brown, whatever. we need to be working together.

Does the department have a

history of being a part of pro-tests in richmond?

we’ve been stewards of pub-lic safety, when there’ve been protests related to Chevron, protests around environ-mental issues, protests about political issues. it’s our job to make sure that every-one’s voice can be heard and that people feel safe exercis-ing their first amendment rights.

a few weeks ago, you spoke at the peace rally in honor of rodney frazier, the 16-year-old who was murdered in front of his home in unincor-porated north richmond, which isn’t technically in your jurisdiction. why did you choose to lend your pres-ence and words to the com-munity at that event?

He was a young man who was very much tied into our greater richmond commu-nity. This was less about ju-risdictional lines and more about finding common ground and working together to prevent future homicides, whether they’re in unincor-porated richmond or in the City of richmond. we need to be joining together, and i think that was an important opportunity to do that.

Your department first tried out using body cameras on four officers out on patrol in october 2013 and now has a plan to have all officers wear-ing body cameras by the end of January. what got you in-terested in the idea of body

cameras? i think the cam-eras provide an opportunity to show the community that we really are committed to professional policing, that we’re transparent in what we do, that we understand the importance of accountabil-ity, and i think they’re going to protect not only the pub-lic but police officers as well because sometimes there are complaints against officers that really are baseless. But if there are actually issues and times where officers do behave inappropriately, we want a record of that as well, so we can address it and make things better.

what are some of the chal-lenges of having police use cameras?

The challenges involve pri-vacy. People are concerned about how long we keep that kind of video evidence, especially if we’re wearing it into their homes, on calls for service or circumstances like that. so that’s one issue. i think police officers are con-cerned about how and when they’re used. They don’t want every private conversation that they have recorded, and i can understand that.

The other challenge, of course, as we’ve seen even in the news lately, is even when you’re wearing a camera, it may not show everything. it doesn’t necessarily show the totality of the circumstance.

so these are all things we’re going to have to work through, but i think there’s still a net benefit, and i think that’s one of the reasons why even police unions in most places have come around to support body cameras. Be-cause they see that this is go-ing to be a net benefit for not only the police department but the community as well.

‣Chief of Police Chris Magnus believes in finding common ground with the community and avoiding violence.

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We welcome you for worship at a Catholic Church near you.For updates, visit www.dsj.org/christmas

SANTA CLARA (CONT.)

St. Clare941 Lexington St. • 408.248.7786

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass• 6pm Spanish• 8pm Chinese• 10pm Portuguese

Christmas Day• 9am English

St. Justin2655 Homestead Rd. • 408.296.1193

Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 11pm English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 10:30am English• 12:15pm English

St. Lawrence the Martyr1971 St. Lawrence Dr. • 408.296.3000

Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 9am English• 11am English

San Jose Chinese Catholic MissionSt. Clare (941 Lexington St.) • 408.983.0211

Christmas Eve• 8pm Mandarin

Christmas Day• 1:30pm Cantonese• 3pm Mandarin

SARATOGAChurch of the Ascension12033 Miller Ave. • 408.725.3939

Christmas Eve• 6pm English Family Mass• 11:30pm English Midnight

Mass

Christmas Day• 7am English• 9am English• 11am English

Sacred Heart13716 Saratoga Ave. • 408.867.3634


Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 10am English

SUNNYVALEChurch of the Resurrection

725 Cascade Dr. • 408.245.5554Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am English

St. Cyprian195 Leota Ave. • 408.739.8506

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am Spanish

St. Martin593 Central Ave. • 408.736.3725

Christmas Eve• 6:30pm English• 8pm Spanish• 10pm Vietnamese

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am English• Noon Spanish• 5pm Vietnamese

For updates, visitWWW.DSJ .ORG/CHRISTMAS

MILPITAS (CONT.)

St. John the Baptist279 S. Main St. • 408.262.2546

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass

with Christmas Pageant• 7pm English• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English


MORGAN HILLSt. Catherine of Alexandria

17400 Peak Ave. • 408.779.3959Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church

& Parish Center)• 6pm English (Church)• 8pm Spanish• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 8:45am English• 10:30am English• 12:15pm Spanish

MOUNTAIN VIEWSt. Athanasius

160 N. Rengstorff Ave. • 650.961.8600Christmas Eve• 4:30pm English• 6:30pm Spanish• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am Spanish• 11:15am English

St. Joseph582 Hope St. • 650.967.3831

Christmas Eve• 4:30pm Carols• 5pm English Family Liturgy• 7pm Tamil• 9pm Spanish• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am English• 1pm Spanish

PALO ALTOCatholic Community at StanfordStanford Memorial Church • 650.725.0080

Christmas Eve• Midnight English

Christmas Day• Noon English

St. Thomas Aquinas751 Waverley St. • 650.494.2496

Christmas Eve• 6pm English• Midnight Gregorian/Latin

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 10:30am English• Noon Gregorian/

LatinOur Lady of the Rosary • 3233 Cowper St.

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 10:30am English

St. Albert the Great • 1095 Channing Ave.Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass


SAN JOSECathedral Basilica of St. Joseph

80 S. Market St. • 408.283.8100Christmas Eve• 4:30pm English• 7pm Spanish• 11pm Lessons & Carols• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am Spanish

Christ the King5284 Monterey Rd. • 408.362.9958

Christmas Eve• 6:30pm English• 8:30pm Vietnamese• 10:30pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 8:30am Vietnamese• 10:30am English• 12:30pm Spanish

Church of the Transfiguration4325 Jarvis Ave. • 408.264.3600

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 9pm English

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am English

LOS ALTOS (CONT.)

St. Simon1860 Grant Ave. • 650.967.8311

Christmas Eve• 3pm English

Children’s Liturgies• 5pm English

Children’s Liturgies• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am English• Noon English

St. William611 S. El Monte Ave. • 650.559.2080


Children’s Mass• 6pm English Family Mass• 8pm English Christmas

Vigil


LOS GATOSSt. Mary of the

Immaculate Conception219 Bean Ave. • 408.354.3726

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church

& Howley Hall)• 6pm English• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 11:15am English

MILPITASSt. Elizabeth

750 Sequoia Dr. • 408.262.8100Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 8pm Vietnamese• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English• 12:30pm Spanish• 3:30pm

Vietnamese

ALVISOOur Lady Star Of The Sea

1385 Michigan Ave. • 408.263.2121Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 6:30pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 9am Spanish• 10:30am English

CAMPBELLSt. Lucy

2350 Winchester Blvd. • 408.378.2464Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 9am English• 11am English• 1pm Spanish

CUPERTINOSt. Joseph of Cupertino

10110 N. DeAnza Blvd. • 408.252.7653Christmas Eve• 5pm English (Church

& Hall)• 8pm English• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English

GILROYSt. Mary

11 First St. • 408.847.5151Christmas Eve• 4pm English with pageant• 6:30pm English• 8pm Spanish with pageant• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am Spanish• Noon English• 1:30pm Spanish

LOS ALTOSSt. Nicholas

473 Lincoln Ave. • 650.948.2158Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English


SAN JOSE (CONT.)

Five Wounds PortugueseNational Church

1375 E. Santa Clara St. • 408.292.2123Christmas Eve• 6pm English Family Mass

with Pageant• Midnight Portuguese

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 10:30am

Portuguese

Holy Cross580 E. Jackson St. • 408.294.2440

Christmas Eve• 6pm Children’s Mass• Midnight Trilingual

Christmas Day• 9am English• 11am Spanish• 1pm Italian

Holy Family4848 Pearl Ave. • 408.265.4040

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm English• 9:30pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11:15am English

Holy Korean Martyrs1523 McLaughlin Ave. • 408.564.4947

Christmas Eve• 9pm Korean

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11am Korean

Holy Spirit1200 Redmond Ave. • 408.997.5100

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Del Biaggio

Gym with pageant)• 4pm English (Church)• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30 English• 11:30 English

Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory(Five Wounds) 1375 E. Santa Clara St.

Christmas Eve• 9pm Latin Extraordinary

Form Sung Mass (Mass of Midnight: Dominus dixit)

Christmas Day• 12:30pm Latin

Extraordinary Form Sung Mass (Mass of the Day: Puer Natus Est)

Most Holy Trinity2940 Nassau Dr. • 408.729.0101

Christmas Eve• 4pm Vietnamese• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish Misa de

Las Posadas• 10pm Vietnamese• Midnight English/Tagalog

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 12:30pm Tagalog/

English• 3:45pm

Vietnamese

Our Lady of Guadalupe2020 E. San Antonio St. • 408.258.7057

Christmas Eve• 8pm English• 10pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 10am English• Noon Spanish

Our Lady of La Vang389 E. Santa Clara St. • 408.294.8120

Christmas Eve• St. Patrick School Chapel: 4pm English/Spanish

Family Mass, 6pm Vietnamese, 8pm Vietnamese, 10pm Vietnamese

• Silver Creek High School Gym: 3:30pm Caroling, 4pm Vietnamese, 6pm Vietnamese

• St. Frances Cabrini: 7:30pm Vietnamese• St. Victor: 7:30pm Vietnamese• St. John the Baptist: 9pm Vietnamese

Christmas Day• St. Patrick School Chapel: 7:30am Vietnamese,

9am Vietnamese, 11am English, 12:30pm Spanish• Silver Creek High School Gym: 10am Vietnamese• St. John the Baptist: 4:45pm Vietnamese• Holy Family: 5pm Vietnamese

SAN JOSE (CONT.)

Our Lady of Refuge2165 Lucretia Ave. • 408.715.2278

Christmas Eve• 4:45pm Spanish & English• 6:30pm Vietnamese• 8:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight Multilingual

Christmas Day• 8am Vietnamese• 10am Spanish• Noon English

Queen of Apostles4911 Moorpark Ave. • 408.253.7560

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Children’s

Mass• 8pm English• 11pm English Choir


Sacred Heart of Jesus325 Willow St. • 408.292.0146

Christmas Eve• 6pm English• 9pm Spanish• Midnight Spanish


St. Anthony20101 McKean Rd. • 408.997.4800

Little Church – 21800 Bertram Rd.Christmas Eve• 4pm English (McKean)• 6pm English (Little)• 11pm English (McKean)


(McKean)• 10:30am English

(McKean)

St. Brother AlbertChmielowski Polish Mission

10250 Clayton Rd. • 408.251.8490Christmas Eve• 9pm Polish/English• Midnight Polish

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am Polish

St. Christopher1576 Curtner Ave. • 408.269.2226

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church)• 4pm English Children’s

Mass (Presentation HS)• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English• 12:30pm English

St. Frances Cabrini15333 Woodard Rd. • 408.879.1120


Children’s Mass• 7:30pm Vietnamese Vigil• 10pm English Christmas

Midnight Mass

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11:30am English• 1pm Assyrian

St. Francis of Assisi5111 San Felipe Rd. • 408.223.1562


Children’s Mass (Chapel & Gathering Hall)

• 5pm English (Villages)• 6pm English (Chapel

& Gathering Hall)• 9pm English (Chapel

& Gathering Hall)• Midnight English (Chapel)


(Chapel)• 10:30am English

(Chapel & Gathering Hall)

• 12:30pm English (Chapel & Gathering Hall)

St. John Vianney4600 Hyland Ave. • 408.258.7832

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm Spanish• 11pm Christmas Carols• 11:30pm English Midnight

Mass

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am English• Noon Spanish

SAN JOSE (CONT.)

St. Julie Billiart366 St. Julie Dr. • 408.629.3030

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass• 5:30pm Spanish

Family Mass• 8pm English• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11:30am Spanish

St. Leo the Great88 Race St. • 408.293.3503

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• Midnight Bilingual

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11am Spanish

St. Maria Goretti2980 Senter Rd. • 408.363.2300

Christmas Eve• 5:30pm English• 7:30pm Spanish• 9:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am Vietnamese• 10am English• 12:30pm Spanish• 3pm Vietnamese

St. Martin of Tours200 O’Connor Dr. • 408.294.8953

Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English


St. Mary of The AssumptionCroatian Mission

901 Lincoln Ave. • 408.279.0279Christmas Eve• 8pm English• Midnight Croatian

Christmas Day• 9am English• 11am Croatian

St. Thomas of Canterbury1522 McCoy Ave. • 408.378.1595

Christmas Eve• 5:15pm English with

Children’s Choir & Pageant• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 9am English with

Men’s Choir

St. Victor3108 Sierra Rd. • 408.251.7055

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 7:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8am English• 9:15am English• 10:45am English• 12:15pm English• 5pm Vietnamese

Santa Teresa794 Calero Ave. • 408.629.7777


Children’s Mass• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9:30am English• 11:30am English

SANTA CLARAMission Santa Clara de Asis500 El Camino Real • 408.554.4023



Our Lady of Peace2800 Mission College Blvd. • 408.988.4585

Christmas Eve• 5:15pm English• 7:30 pm English• 11pm Caroling• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 10:30am English• Noon English• 2pm English• 5pm English• 6:30pm Spanish• 8pm English

A savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. Luke 2:11

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Merry Christmasfrom the Diocese of San Jose!

We welcome you for worship at a Catholic Church near you.For updates, visit www.dsj.org/christmas

SANTA CLARA (CONT.)

St. Clare941 Lexington St. • 408.248.7786

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass• 6pm Spanish• 8pm Chinese• 10pm Portuguese


St. Justin2655 Homestead Rd. • 408.296.1193



St. Lawrence the Martyr1971 St. Lawrence Dr. • 408.296.3000

Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish• Midnight English


San Jose Chinese Catholic MissionSt. Clare (941 Lexington St.) • 408.983.0211

Christmas Eve• 8pm Mandarin

Christmas Day• 1:30pm Cantonese• 3pm Mandarin

SARATOGAChurch of the Ascension12033 Miller Ave. • 408.725.3939

Christmas Eve• 6pm English Family Mass• 11:30pm English Midnight

Mass


Sacred Heart13716 Saratoga Ave. • 408.867.3634



SUNNYVALEChurch of the Resurrection

725 Cascade Dr. • 408.245.5554Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am English

St. Cyprian195 Leota Ave. • 408.739.8506

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am Spanish

St. Martin593 Central Ave. • 408.736.3725

Christmas Eve• 6:30pm English• 8pm Spanish• 10pm Vietnamese

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am English• Noon Spanish• 5pm Vietnamese

For updates, visitWWW.DSJ .ORG/CHRISTMAS

MILPITAS (CONT.)

St. John the Baptist279 S. Main St. • 408.262.2546

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass

with Christmas Pageant• 7pm English• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English


MORGAN HILLSt. Catherine of Alexandria

17400 Peak Ave. • 408.779.3959Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church

& Parish Center)• 6pm English (Church)• 8pm Spanish• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 8:45am English• 10:30am English• 12:15pm Spanish

MOUNTAIN VIEWSt. Athanasius

160 N. Rengstorff Ave. • 650.961.8600Christmas Eve• 4:30pm English• 6:30pm Spanish• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am Spanish• 11:15am English

St. Joseph582 Hope St. • 650.967.3831

Christmas Eve• 4:30pm Carols• 5pm English Family Liturgy• 7pm Tamil• 9pm Spanish• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8:30am English• 10am English• 11:30am English• 1pm Spanish

PALO ALTOCatholic Community at StanfordStanford Memorial Church • 650.725.0080

Christmas Eve• Midnight English

Christmas Day• Noon English

St. Thomas Aquinas751 Waverley St. • 650.494.2496

Christmas Eve• 6pm English• Midnight Gregorian/Latin

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 10:30am English• Noon Gregorian/

LatinOur Lady of the Rosary • 3233 Cowper St.

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm Spanish


St. Albert the Great • 1095 Channing Ave.Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass


SAN JOSECathedral Basilica of St. Joseph

80 S. Market St. • 408.283.8100Christmas Eve• 4:30pm English• 7pm Spanish• 11pm Lessons & Carols• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am Spanish

Christ the King5284 Monterey Rd. • 408.362.9958

Christmas Eve• 6:30pm English• 8:30pm Vietnamese• 10:30pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 8:30am Vietnamese• 10:30am English• 12:30pm Spanish

Church of the Transfiguration4325 Jarvis Ave. • 408.264.3600



LOS ALTOS (CONT.)

St. Simon1860 Grant Ave. • 650.967.8311


Children’s Liturgies• 5pm English

Children’s Liturgies• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am English• Noon English

St. William611 S. El Monte Ave. • 650.559.2080


Children’s Mass• 6pm English Family Mass• 8pm English Christmas

Vigil


LOS GATOSSt. Mary of the

Immaculate Conception219 Bean Ave. • 408.354.3726

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church

& Howley Hall)• 6pm English• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 11:15am English

MILPITASSt. Elizabeth

750 Sequoia Dr. • 408.262.8100Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 8pm Vietnamese• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English• 12:30pm Spanish• 3:30pm

Vietnamese

ALVISOOur Lady Star Of The Sea

1385 Michigan Ave. • 408.263.2121Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 6:30pm Spanish

Christmas Day• 9am Spanish• 10:30am English

CAMPBELLSt. Lucy

2350 Winchester Blvd. • 408.378.2464Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 9am English• 11am English• 1pm Spanish

CUPERTINOSt. Joseph of Cupertino

10110 N. DeAnza Blvd. • 408.252.7653Christmas Eve• 5pm English (Church

& Hall)• 8pm English• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English

GILROYSt. Mary

11 First St. • 408.847.5151Christmas Eve• 4pm English with pageant• 6:30pm English• 8pm Spanish with pageant• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 8am English• 10am Spanish• Noon English• 1:30pm Spanish

LOS ALTOSSt. Nicholas

473 Lincoln Ave. • 650.948.2158Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English


SAN JOSE (CONT.)

Five Wounds PortugueseNational Church

1375 E. Santa Clara St. • 408.292.2123Christmas Eve• 6pm English Family Mass

with Pageant• Midnight Portuguese

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 10:30am

Portuguese

Holy Cross580 E. Jackson St. • 408.294.2440

Christmas Eve• 6pm Children’s Mass• Midnight Trilingual

Christmas Day• 9am English• 11am Spanish• 1pm Italian

Holy Family4848 Pearl Ave. • 408.265.4040

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm English• 9:30pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11:15am English

Holy Korean Martyrs1523 McLaughlin Ave. • 408.564.4947

Christmas Eve• 9pm Korean

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11am Korean

Holy Spirit1200 Redmond Ave. • 408.997.5100

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Del Biaggio

Gym with pageant)• 4pm English (Church)• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30 English• 11:30 English

Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory(Five Wounds) 1375 E. Santa Clara St.

Christmas Eve• 9pm Latin Extraordinary

Form Sung Mass (Mass of Midnight: Dominus dixit)

Christmas Day• 12:30pm Latin

Extraordinary Form Sung Mass (Mass of the Day: Puer Natus Est)

Most Holy Trinity2940 Nassau Dr. • 408.729.0101

Christmas Eve• 4pm Vietnamese• 6pm English• 8pm Spanish Misa de

Las Posadas• 10pm Vietnamese• Midnight English/Tagalog

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 12:30pm Tagalog/

English• 3:45pm

Vietnamese

Our Lady of Guadalupe2020 E. San Antonio St. • 408.258.7057

Christmas Eve• 8pm English• 10pm Spanish


Our Lady of La Vang389 E. Santa Clara St. • 408.294.8120

Christmas Eve• St. Patrick School Chapel: 4pm English/Spanish

Family Mass, 6pm Vietnamese, 8pm Vietnamese, 10pm Vietnamese

• Silver Creek High School Gym: 3:30pm Caroling, 4pm Vietnamese, 6pm Vietnamese

• St. Frances Cabrini: 7:30pm Vietnamese• St. Victor: 7:30pm Vietnamese• St. John the Baptist: 9pm Vietnamese

Christmas Day• St. Patrick School Chapel: 7:30am Vietnamese,

9am Vietnamese, 11am English, 12:30pm Spanish• Silver Creek High School Gym: 10am Vietnamese• St. John the Baptist: 4:45pm Vietnamese• Holy Family: 5pm Vietnamese

SAN JOSE (CONT.)

Our Lady of Refuge2165 Lucretia Ave. • 408.715.2278

Christmas Eve• 4:45pm Spanish & English• 6:30pm Vietnamese• 8:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight Multilingual

Christmas Day• 8am Vietnamese• 10am Spanish• Noon English

Queen of Apostles4911 Moorpark Ave. • 408.253.7560

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Children’s

Mass• 8pm English• 11pm English Choir


Sacred Heart of Jesus325 Willow St. • 408.292.0146

Christmas Eve• 6pm English• 9pm Spanish• Midnight Spanish


St. Anthony20101 McKean Rd. • 408.997.4800

Little Church – 21800 Bertram Rd.Christmas Eve• 4pm English (McKean)• 6pm English (Little)• 11pm English (McKean)


(McKean)• 10:30am English

(McKean)

St. Brother AlbertChmielowski Polish Mission

10250 Clayton Rd. • 408.251.8490Christmas Eve• 9pm Polish/English• Midnight Polish

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am Polish

St. Christopher1576 Curtner Ave. • 408.269.2226

Christmas Eve• 4pm English (Church)• 4pm English Children’s

Mass (Presentation HS)• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11am English• 12:30pm English

St. Frances Cabrini15333 Woodard Rd. • 408.879.1120


Children’s Mass• 7:30pm Vietnamese Vigil• 10pm English Christmas

Midnight Mass

Christmas Day• 8am English• 9:30am English• 11:30am English• 1pm Assyrian

St. Francis of Assisi5111 San Felipe Rd. • 408.223.1562


Children’s Mass (Chapel & Gathering Hall)

• 5pm English (Villages)• 6pm English (Chapel

& Gathering Hall)• 9pm English (Chapel

& Gathering Hall)• Midnight English (Chapel)


(Chapel)• 10:30am English

(Chapel & Gathering Hall)

• 12:30pm English (Chapel & Gathering Hall)

St. John Vianney4600 Hyland Ave. • 408.258.7832

Christmas Eve• 5pm English Family Mass• 7pm Spanish• 11pm Christmas Carols• 11:30pm English Midnight

Mass

Christmas Day• 9am English• 10:30am English• Noon Spanish

SAN JOSE (CONT.)

St. Julie Billiart366 St. Julie Dr. • 408.629.3030

Christmas Eve• 4pm English Family Mass• 5:30pm Spanish

Family Mass• 8pm English• Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11:30am Spanish

St. Leo the Great88 Race St. • 408.293.3503

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• Midnight Bilingual

Christmas Day• 9:30am English• 11am Spanish

St. Maria Goretti2980 Senter Rd. • 408.363.2300

Christmas Eve• 5:30pm English• 7:30pm Spanish• 9:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 8am Vietnamese• 10am English• 12:30pm Spanish• 3pm Vietnamese

St. Martin of Tours200 O’Connor Dr. • 408.294.8953

Christmas Eve• 4pm English• 6pm English• 11:30pm Carols• Midnight English


St. Mary of The AssumptionCroatian Mission

901 Lincoln Ave. • 408.279.0279Christmas Eve• 8pm English• Midnight Croatian

Christmas Day• 9am English• 11am Croatian

St. Thomas of Canterbury1522 McCoy Ave. • 408.378.1595

Christmas Eve• 5:15pm English with

Children’s Choir & Pageant• 10pm English

Christmas Day• 9am English with

Men’s Choir

St. Victor3108 Sierra Rd. • 408.251.7055

Christmas Eve• 5pm English• 7:30pm Vietnamese• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7am English• 8am English• 9:15am English• 10:45am English• 12:15pm English• 5pm Vietnamese

Santa Teresa794 Calero Ave. • 408.629.7777


Children’s Mass• 6pm English• 9pm English• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9:30am English• 11:30am English

SANTA CLARAMission Santa Clara de Asis500 El Camino Real • 408.554.4023



Our Lady of Peace2800 Mission College Blvd. • 408.988.4585

Christmas Eve• 5:15pm English• 7:30 pm English• 11pm Caroling• Midnight English

Christmas Day• 7:30am English• 9am English• 10:30am English• Noon English• 2pm English• 5pm English• 6:30pm Spanish• 8pm English

A savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. Luke 2:11

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com12 LEGAL CLASSIFIEDS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV274399Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Johannes Andebrhan Weldegiorgis. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court fi nds that petitioner, Johannes Andebrhan Weldegiorgis, has fi led a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Johannes An-debrhan Weldegiorgis to Johannes Andebrhan Welde Giorgis. 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 pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 03/3/2015 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 suc-cessive 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 12, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014

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FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV274575Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Seyed Mohammad Ali-Paya. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: The court fi nds that petitioner, Seyed Mohammad Ali-Paya, has fi led a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Seyed Mohammad Ali-Paya to Ali-Paya. 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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. August 29, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV270076Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alejandra Mejia. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court fi nds that petitioner, Alejandra Mejia, has fi led a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows: a. Alejandra Mejia to Alexa Mejia. 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 pe-tition for change of name should not be granted on 01/13/2015 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 suc-cessive 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. August 29, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

NO. 599285The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Vilchis House Cleaning and Janitor 542 Groth Place San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara Co. Luis Vilchis 542 Groth Place San Jose, CA 95111. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual; registrant has be-gun business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/12/2014 “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be

false is guilty of a crime.)Luis VilchisDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/12/2014.


NO. 599149The following person(s) is(are) doing business, T&D Co, LLP 7246 Sha-ron Dr, Suite O San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara Co. Wen Ting Xie 12301 Lido Way Saratoga CA 95070 and Debra Julie Chan 1110 Lillick Ave San Jose, CA 94087. This business is conducted by a limited liability part-nership; registrants have begun business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/26/2014 “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Wen Ting Xie, PartnerDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/10/2014.


NO. 598752The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Frontier Education Plan-ning 4491 Jan Way San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara Co. Yin Hang and Wei Ruan 4491 Jan Way San Jose, CA 95124. This business is conducted by a married couple; regis-trants have begun busi-ness under the fi ctitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/03/2014 “I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Yin Hang and Wei RuanDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 11/25/2014.


NO. 599332The following person(s) is(are) doing business, 1. ConXion to Community 2. ConXion 749 Story Road, Suite 10 San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Center for Training and Careers, Inc. 749 Story Road, Suite 10 San Jose, CA 95122. This business is conducted by a cor-poration; registrant has begun business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed hereon,

12/01/2014 “I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)Rose AmadorChief Executive Offi cerDecember 19, 26; Janu-ary 2, 9, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/15/2014.

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NO. 114CV274078Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Michelle Senner. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court fi nds that petitioner, Michelle Senner, has fi led a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows: a. Kelsey Joy Lee to Kelsey Joy Senner b. Mad-eline Grace Lee to Mad-eline 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV271761Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Natashia Deniece Zant. TO ALL IN-TERESTED PERSONS: The court fi nds that peti-tioner, Natashia Deniece Zant, has fi led 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 pe-

tition 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 the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014

Statement of Abandon-mentof Use of Fictitious Business NameNO. 598823The following person/entity has abandoned the use of the fi ctitious business name: Main-street 1 Marketing, 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124. James Viola 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124. This business was conducted by an in-dividual and was fi led in Santa Clara County on 09/03/2009 under fi le no. 528590Maria Adrianna MercadoDecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/01/2015


NO. 599110The 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 busi-ness is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/09/2014 “I declare that all information in this state-ment 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. RobledoDecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTNO. 598907The 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 fi ctitious busi-ness name or names list-ed hereon. “I declare that all information in this state-ment 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 NguyenDecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/02/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTNO. 599126The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Pacifi c 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 corpora-tion; registrant has begun business under the fi cti-tious business name or names listed hereon, 12/18/2002 “I declare that all information in this state-ment 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 GlendayPresident/CEODecember 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014This statement was fi led with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14

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FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV273906Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang. TO ALL INTER-ESTED PERSONS: The court fi nds that petition-ers, Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang, have fi led a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Young Yoon Jang to Jes-sica Youngyoon Jang b. Won Seok Jang to Jus-tin 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 pe-tition 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 suc-

cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtDecember 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014

Order for Publication or Posting of

Summons and First Amended Petition to Establish a Parental

Relationship

Brandon Rose (269196)586 N. First St. #217San Jose, CA 95112Telephone: 408-520-1185Facsimile: 408-786-0179Email:[email protected] for Petitioner, Ana Garcia

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY

OF SANTA CLARA

STREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San

Jose, CA 95113MAILING ADDRESS:

191 North First StreetCITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113

Petitioner: Ana Garcia Respondent: Antonio Var-gas

ORDER FOR PUBLICA-TION OR POSTING Case No. 113CP021191

Publication Granted: The Court fi nds that the Respondent cannot be served in any other man-ner specifi ed in the Cali-fornia Code of Civil Pro-cedure. The Court orders that the Summons and Petition be served by pub-lication in the newspaper listed below. Publication must occur at least once a week for four successive weeks.

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If during the time of Pub-lication or Posting you locate the Respondent’s address you must have someone 18 years or old-er mail the Summons, Pe-tition and Order for Publi-cation to the Respondent. The server must complete and fi le with the Court a Proof of Service or Mail, FL-335.

Date: November 19, 2014 Philip H. Pennypacker

Judicial Offi cer

Published: December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014SUMMONS(Family Law)NOTICE TO RESPON-

DENT (Name): Antonio VargasAVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): Antonio Vargas You are being sued. A ust-ed lo están demandado.Petitioner’s name is: Ana Garcia Nombre del demandante: Ana Garcia Case Number (Número de caso): 113CP021191You have 30 CALENDER DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to fi le a Response (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 fi le your Re-sponse on time, the court may make orders affect-ing your marriage or do-mestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay sup-port and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the fi ling fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immedi-ately. You can get informa-tion about fi nding 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 COR-RIDOS después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formu-lario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una co-pia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica NO basta para protegerlo.Si no presenta su Respu-esta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bi-enes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también le puede ordenar que pague manutención y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al sec-retario un formulario de exención de cuotas.Si desea obtener asesora-miento legal, pónganse en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servi-cios Legales de California (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndose en

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 13LEGAL CLASSIFIEDScontacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.NOTICE; The restrain-ing orders on Page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judg-ment is entered, or the court makes further or-ders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law en-forcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.AVISO; Las órdenes de restricción que figuran en la página 2 valen para ambos cónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas órdenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de Califor-nia.NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this hap-pens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden de manu-tención, la corte puede ordenar que usted pague parte de, o todas las cuo-tas y costos de la corte previamente exentas a petición de usted o de la otra parte. Si esto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagar estas cuotas debe recibir aviso y la oportunidad de solicitar una audiencia para anular la orden de pagar las cuotas exentas.1. The name and address of the court are (el nombre y dirección de la corte son): Superior Court of Califor-nia170 Park Center Plaza191 North 1st StreetSan Jose, CA 95113 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attor-ney, are: (El nombre, dirección, y número de teléfono del abogado del deman-dante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son):Brandon Rose (269196)586 N. First St. #217San Jose, CA 95112Telephone: 408-520-1185 David H Yamasaki, Chief Executive Officer/Clerk

Date (Fecha) November 18, 2013 Clerk, by (Secretario, por) S. Angulo, Deputy (Asis-

tente)NOTICE TO THE PER-SON SERVED: You are served AVISO A LA PERSONA QUE RECIBIÓ LA EN-TREGA: Esta entrega se realiza a. as an individual. (a usted como individuo) WARNING – IMPOR-TANT INFORMATIONWARNING: California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property ac-quired by the parties dur-ing marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be com-munity property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divide, the language in the deed that character-izes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be control-ling, and not the commu-nity property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property pre-sumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING OR-DERSStarting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are re-strained from1.Removing the minor child or children of the par-ties, if any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court.2.Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, trans-ferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile and disability, held for the ben-efit of the parties and their minor child or children:3.Transferring, encum-bering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-com-munity, or separate, with-out the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and4.Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of prop-erty subject to the transfer, without the written con-sent of the other party or an order of the court. Be-

fore revocation of a non-probate transfer can take effect or a right of survivor-ship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.You must notify each other of any proposed ex-traordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expendi-tures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However you may use community property, quasi-commu-nity property, or you own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

ADVERTENCIA – IN-FORMACION IMPOR-

TANTEADVERTENCIA:

De acuerdo a la ley de California, las propie-dades adquiridas por las partes durante su matri-monio o pareja de hecho en forma conjunta se consideran propiedad co-munitaria para los fines de la división de bienes que ocurre cuando se produce una disolución o separa-ción legal del matrimonio o pareja de hecho. Si cu-alquiera de las partes de este caso llega a fallecer antes de que se divida la propiedad comunitaria de tenencia conjunta, el des-tino de la misma quedará determinado por las cláu-sulas de la escritura corre-spondiente que describen su tenencia (por ej. te-nencia conjunta, tenencia en común o propiedad comunitaria) y no por la presunción de propiedad comunitaria. Si quiere que la presunción comu-nitaria que registrada en la escritura de la propie-dad, debería consultar con un abogado.

ORDENES DE RE-STRICCION NOR-

MALES 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 consen-timiento previo por escrito de la otra parte o una or-den de la corte.2.Cobrar, pedir prestado, cancelar, transferir, de-shacerse o cambiar el nombre de los beneficia-rios de cualquier seguro u otro tipo de cobertura, tal como de vida, salud, vehículo y discapa-cidad, que tenga como beneficiario(s) a las partes y su(s) hijo(s) menor(es);3.Transferir, gravar, hipo-tecar, ocultar o deshac-erse 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 operacio-nes realizadas en el curso normal de actividades o para satisfacer las necesi-dades de la vida; y4.Crear o modificar una transferencia no tes-tamentaria de manera que afecte el destino de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el con-sentimiento por escrito de la otra parte o una or-den de la corte. Antes de que se pueda eliminar la revocación de una trans-ferencia 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 no-tificar a la otra sobre cual-quier gasto extraordinario propuesto, por lo menos cinco días laborales an-tes 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 comu-nitaria 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. #217San Jose, CA 95112Telephone: 408-520-1185Facsimile: 408-786-0179Email:[email protected] for Petitioner, Ana Garcia

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARASTREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113MAILING ADDRESS: 191 North First StreetCITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113BRANCH NAME: Family Law DivisionPetitioner: Ana Garcia Respondent: Antonio Var-gas

PETITION toEstablish Parental Rela-tionship CASE Number 113CP021191

1. Petitioner is a. The mother.

2. The Children area. Childs Name Date of birth Age Sex Davana Vargas 08/30/2004 10 F

3. The court has jurisdic-tion over the respondent because the respondentb. has sexual intercourse in this state, which re-sulted 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 father6. A completed Declara-tion Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement at (UC-CJEA))(form FL-105) is attached

Petitioner request the court to make the determi-nations indicated below,7. PARENT- Child RELA-TIONSHIPa. Respondent b . Petitioner

8. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION Petitioner Respondent Joint Other a. Legal Custody of chil-dren to Xb. Physical custody of chil-dren to Xc. 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 SUPPORTThe 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 OR-DERS ON THE BACK OF THE SUMMONS (FL-210) AND I UNDER-STAND 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. 114CV273587Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Phuoc Doan. TO ALL INTER-ESTED 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 fol-lows: 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV273620Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad. TO ALL INTERESTED PER-SONS: 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV273622Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Ma-hahn Shoukoofeh Bam-dad, 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV273737Superior Court of Cali-fornia, 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 peti-tion 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 114CV273744Superior Court of Cali-fornia, 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 pe-tition 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 suc-cessive 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, 2014Aaron PerskyJudge of the Superior CourtNovember 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 598754The 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 corpora-tion; registrant has be-gun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon; 11/25/2014 “I declare that all information in this state-ment 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, OfficerNovember 28; Decem-ber 5, 12, 19, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/25/2014.


EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com14 COMMUNITY DECEMBER 19-25, 2014

Adoption Vote Set at December 16 Meeting

sanTa Clara CoUnTY

responding to the widening economic gap in santa Clara County, the Board of super-visors on December 9, took a major step forward to creat-ing a living wage ordinance to help lift low-wage earners out of poverty. The Board approved a draft living wage ordinance that would set pay at $19.06 an hour for the workers of for-profit employers who con-tract with the County. The living wage would apply to contracts with employers ini-tiated on or after July 1, 2015. Proposed by supervisors Dave Cortese and Ken Yea-ger, the ordinance is aimed at helping individuals and fam-

ilies who struggle to live and work in santa Clara County. “with this ordinance, we’re addressing the growing eco-nomic gap for low-wage earners,” Cortese said. “not only will the ordinance raise the standard of living, but reduce the demand for safety net services that the County provides.” Contracts with community-based nonprofits would be exempt from the require-ment until a living wage policy unique to nonprofits can be created with input from stakeholders.

“as the primary provider of safety net services, the Coun-ty has both a moral and a fi-nancial incentive to do what we can to promote fair pay for hard work,” said supervi-sor Yeager.

in the next six months, County administrators will review contracts and assess the costs of implementation and to enforce the living wage ordinance and make recommendations as part of the mid-year budget process. The ordinance also will allow an employer to contribute up to $4 of the $19.06 hourly wage to health coverage or retirement benefit. The ordinance also requires employers to give workers at least one hour of sick leave per 20 hours worked, up to 12 days a year, for themselves or to care for a family mem-ber and to receive up to 5 paid days off for jury duty. approximately $2.5 billion in County contracts will be affected.

sHCs

This week sacred Heart Community service will provide a Christmas holiday meal to over 3,300 low-in-come families and next week toys to 5,800 children, all who signed up for the event last month and await our help to celebrate the holi-days. overwhelming. over-whelming is the numbers of people who continue to come to sacred Heart seeking help. overwhelming is how the holidays can feel, and more particularly so for the fami-lies we help.

The issues they confront every day–poverty, home-lessness, injustice–can feel overwhelming, and the numbers of people coming to our doors seeking help can feel overwhelming too. But

sacred Heart is also a place of overwhelming generos-ity, kindness, resilience, and hope – thanks to people who are willing to invest in our community.

for the past 50 years, sacred Heart has had the privilege of helping people who are fac-ing their own overwhelming circumstances. Poncho Gue-vara, executive Director at sacred Heart, said “The high cost of living in silicon val-ley is a huge challenge for so many people who work hard just to make ends meet–even more so during the holidays when they want to provide their kids with gifts and bountiful meals.

we all want our children to be healthy and happy, and that’s what we strive to achieve with our holiday pro-

gram. we provide nutritious holiday meal along with toys for each child.”

The homelessness crisis in our community and the widening economic disparity that threatens the health of the Bay area are undeniable. in santa Clara County alone, there are over 7,500 indi-viduals who are homeless. of these, 75% are unshel-tered, which means that they have no vehicle or homes of friends in which to seek ref-uge. This is the highest rate in the entire nation.

People interested in help-ing can visit our website at www.sacredheartcs.org/holi-days to donate online, vol-unteer, or arrange a toy drive through their faith commu-nity, company or service or-ganization.

Hilbert Morales el oBservaDor

san Jose Police Department successfully conducted its second gun buyback event on saturday, 12.13.14.. Two hun-dred eighteen (218) weapons were surrendered. The range was from small caliber hand-guns not much bigger than a business card to eight (8) military style assault weap-ons with fixed bayonets. last year’s gun buyback total of 463 was not exceeded.

“This event really goes to show not only the number of dangerous weapons that are sitting in our community,” commented Councilmem-

ber Xavier Campos. “it also shows what happens when politics gets set aside and we work together to make our community a safer place for everyone.”

individuals surrendering weapons were given $100 gift cards for handguns, ri-fles, and shotguns; $200 gift cards were issued for each assault weapon. These ‘gift cards’ were purchased with funds raised through indi-vidual donations. asset for-feitures, and grants by com-munity groups and unions.

The weapons will be searched for stolen status, and returned to rightful owners. all other weapons

will be permanently removed from circulation.

The san Jose Police Depart-ment, City Council member Xavier Campos (District 5), and District attorney Jeff rosen, many elected officials and city staff helped organize this event. Xavier Campos said this gun buyback process

reduces the number of weap-ons in the community.“This is something i am very proud to have started last year, and given the success of both events something i am proud will continue for years to come,” added Campos.an-other buyback is tentatively scheduled for December 2015

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Hilbert Morales el oBservaDor

The Juvenile Justice Com-mission (JJC), during its an-nual review of Juvenile Hall (JH) facilities and monitor-ing of JH operations, learned that about the six month pilot projects authorized to use pepper spray to break up riots (an altercation of more than 5 detainees), fights,, re-sisting removal from room, or displaying aggressive be-havior. a JJC committee was formed to examine this mat-ter.

The pilot projects had been included in a union contract being negotiated as a way to reduce the incidents of staff injuries (or detainee injury). from July 2011 to June 2014 (44 months) a total of 102 in-cidences had happened with 44% not occuring within JH. The authorization for the use of oleum capsicum (pepper spray) had been included in a union contract while being negotiated. no public hear-ing was mentioned whereby the public would have been informed and provided an

opportunity to review and comment.

This JJC report did not present essential informa-tion such as: a) the average detainee daily census; b) the size of the JH staff (total full time employees (fTe’s); and a listing of types of injuries experienced by either staff or detainees.

fortunately the JJC recom-mendation, signed off by Ms. Penelope Blake, clearly stated that the authorization to use of oleum Capsicum (pepper spray) be withdrawn immediately. The public, es-pecially parents, guardians, family members and oth-ers may want to inform the Board of supervisors that pepper spray is never to be

authorized for use on their children while in custody as JH detainees. The JCC study included a review of the existing literature which was extensive and supports the recommendation not to use pepper spray on juvenile detainees because its use was contra-indicated if an objec-tive is to begin rehabilitation of any detainee using behav-ioral modification knowl-edge presently available.

This report is accessible on-line and is entitled “Use of oleoresin Capsicum (oC) spray in Juvenile Hall” (12 pages). eo recommends reading this report in its en-tirety. eo also recommends that as an informed constitu-ent, communicate your sup-port or non-support of the

use of pepper spray on juve-niles detained at JH. Most of those detained juveniles are disproportionately Hispan-ics.....they are our children.

note that the Juvenile Jus-tice Commission properly provided to this community the overview monitoring of authorized policy, current operations, and proposed modifications. eo thanks Ms. Penelope Blake, JCC Chairperson and raul Col-unga, JCC member for their cooperation and assistance. Juvenile Hall staff need not provide an ‘encarceration atmosphere’ to its detainees who are our children, many of whom may be redirected constructively by using the latest humane behavioral modification knowledge and techniques.

Provide your opinion by phone to your district’s elected supervisor at 408-299-5001 (receptionist, Clerk of the Board). ask the receptionist to transfer you to the office of your supervisor District).

The 2nd annual gun buyback reduced the number of weapons in the community by 218.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com16 RECIPE DECEMBER 19-25, 2014

Oh She GlOwS

Classic Snickerdoodles made vegan and gluten-free! These cookies are crispy around the edge, chewy in the middle, and coated in a cinnamon sugar. I KNOw. For a non-gf version, try my other Snick-erdoodle recipe made with whole wheat pastry flour.

Yield10-12 cookies

Prep Time15 MinutesCook time10 MinutesIngredients:

Wet ingredients:1/2 tablespoon ground flax seed + 1 1/2 tablespoons water1/3 cup cane sugar1/4 cup virgin coconut oil, melted1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1/2 tablespoon almond milk (optional, see directions)

Dry ingredients:1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon gluten-free oat flour*1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons almond flour (not almond meal)1/4 cup sorghum flour2 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot powder1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea saltPinch of cinnamon

Cinnamon sugar topping:

1 tablespoon cane sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl or mug, mix the flax and water to make the flax egg. Set aside.

In a medium sized bowl stir together the sugar, melted coconut oil, and vanilla until incorporated. Add in the flax egg and stir until combined.

In another bowl, whisk the dry ingredi-ents together (oat flour, almond flour, sorghum flour, arrowroot powder, bak-ing soda, cream of tartar, salt, and pinch of cinnamon). Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir well. The dough will be very dry at first, but it will come to-gether if you get in there with your hands

and knead it a few times. Add the option-al almond milk if your dough is too dry. You need to be able to form balls of the dough without it cracking, but you don’t want it super wet either (or it will spread out too much when baking).

Mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Take about 1.5 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Roll in cin-namon sugar and place on baking sheet at least a couple inches apart. Repeat for the rest.

Bake for 10-11 minutes. (I baked for 10 minutes and the edges were slightly crispy after cooling.) For a soft cookie, bake less time. For a crispy cookie bake longer. Cool for about 3 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cool-ing rack until completely cool.

Tip: If you don’t have store-bought oat flour you can make it at home. Simply add rolled oats into a high speed blender and blend on the highest speed until a fine flour forms.

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Mario Jiménez Castilloel oBservaDor

el término retrógrado li-teralmente se refiere al mo-vimiento a la inversa de los planetas por un periodo es-pecífico. la retrogradación planetaria excluye al sol y a la luna. este movimiento a la inversa no sucede, lo que ocurre es que durante perio-dos determinados de tiempo los planetas transitan en su órbita alrededor del sol en un ciclo más lento. el plane-ta que entra en retrograda-ción con más frecuencia es Mercurio, cada cuatro meses transita retrógrado por un ciclo de duración de aproxi-madamente tres semanas. Durante ese lapso ocurren todo tipo de retrasos, pérdi-da de tiempo, inconvenien-tes, olvidos, pequeños acci-dentes, discusiones y malos entendidos; el comercio, la comunicación y el transporte se verán afectados durante la

retrogradación de Mercurio. es un periodo de reorgani-zación y muchas veces se ten-drán que realizar las mismas tareas dos o tres veces pues el primer intento puede fallar con relativa facilidad.

venus entra en retrograda-ción cada dieciocho meses, durante este ciclo las relacio-nes amorosas, de amistad y comerciales atraviesan por un periodo de tensión, los nego-cios no presentan ganancias, el romance y la pasión de las parejas tiende a debilitarse, los matrimonios sufren altibajos, la gente se siente insegura en sus empleos y suelen suceder muchos retrasos con el dine-ro. Durante el transcurso en el que venus entra retrógrado es el momento menos indicado para realizarse cirugías esté-ticas, tratamientos dentales y cualquier tipo de tratamien-tos de belleza extremos ya que se corre el riesgo que el resul-tado no sea satisfactorio en absoluto.

el planeta Marte se mantie-ne retrógrado durante once semanas y permanece direc-to durante nueve meses, en el ciclo de retrogradación de Marte suceden todo tipo de desavenencias, se siente en el ambiente la falta de tac-to y diplomacia y cualquier comentario subido de tono puede convertirse en un pro-blema mayúsculo. no es el tiempo adecuado para enta-blar demandas o querellas judiciales pues el pronóstico es desalentador. las amista-des y las relaciones sociales tienden a padecer en este ci-clo, y de pronto pueden sur-gir enemistades gratuitas. la tolerancia, la serenidad y la cortesía son acciones primor-diales a practicar durante este periodo. Júpiter al igual que saturno permanece re-trógrado durante cuatro me-ses y transita directo durante nueve. este lapso es el menos apropiado para inaugurar negocios o campañas comer-ciales mucho menos para po-

ner en riesgo el patrimonio o sumas considerables de dine-ro porque el resultado puede resultar incierto. saturno retrógrado suele traer con-sigo altibajos emocionales y puede ocasionar en algunas personas una disminución de la autoestima, el ejercicio físico, la buena salud espiri-tual y la buena alimentación son mayormente indicados durante este tiempo de re-trogradación. Urano, nep-tuno y Plutón se mantienen retrógrados alrededor de seis y siete meses durante cada año, en este tiempo suelen suceder anomalías que afec-tan a las masas, inclemencias del tiempo y eventos poco afortunados pueden ocurrir. Para tener una información más detallada de los eventos que suelen ocasionar las re-trogradaciones planetarias se deben observar los aspectos esenciales regidos por cada planeta.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com18 MOVIES DECEMBER 19-25, 2014

Release date: December 19, 2014A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy Annie.

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards.

Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.

Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.

Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

A Jim Bennett (el nominado al Premio de la Academia Mark Wahlberg) le gusta correr riesgos. Un profesor de inglés y a la vez un jugador de alto vuelo, Bennett lo apuesta todo cuando le pide un préstamo a un gángster (Michael Kenneth Williams) y ofrece su propia vida como garantía.

Siempre un paso por delante, Bennett enfrenta a su acreedor con el operador de una banda dedicada al juego (Alvin Ing) y deja su relación disfuncional con su adinerada madre (la ganadora del Premio de la Academia Jessica Lange) en su camino.

Juega a dos puntas, sumergiéndose en un mundo subterraneo e ilegal mientras captura la atención de Frank (John Goodman), un usurero con un interés paternal en el futuro de Bennett. Pero cuando su relación con una estudiante (Brie Larson) se profundiza Bennett deberá correr el riesgo más grande de todos para tener una segunda oportunidad…

The Gambler opens in Los Angeles and New York on December 19th and wide on December 25th.

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com 19TECHNOLOGYDECEMBER 19-25, 2014

Sandip RoynaM

a friend got an iPhone because she could not call Uber cabs on her Blackberry. That solved a pressing problem -- how to call a cab if she’s out for drinks and it’s rather late. Unfortu-nately now she is terrifi ed she will leave her über-expensive golden phone in the cab in a tipsy haze. so she has to plan her social life very carefully. if there is any prospect of drinks on the horizon, she leaves her iPhone safely at home thereby defeating the whole point of getting it in the fi rst place. smart-phone, indeed.

i don’t have an iPhone and have never had one but it does not mean i will never get one. i have not avoided the iPhone because i disapprove of apple’s labour practices in China or any such high-minded reason. i do own a Mac and love it. and i have a Blackberry which i have no particular love for, and is not cheap either, but i stick with out of sheer inertia.

i am just a bit of a status symbol luddite. By the time i fi nal-ly get something cool it’s already well past its coolness expiry date. some people are just not early adopters. oh, the iPhone is on version 6? where has the time fl own!

it goes without saying that the iPhone is a status symbol. But it’s a revolutionary status symbol. Unlike that Birkin bag, it’s a status symbol with really cool whiz bang upgrade-able features. That makes it a status symbol that actually does something instead of just sitting there, being a status symbol. and while we might have to bluff as we pretend to appreciate the fi ner points of 15-year-old single malts versus 18-year-old single malts, everyone can actually enjoy an iPhone, if not for its features, then just for its sheer aesthetics. “it’s not a status symbol to me,” says a friend who wants one. “it’s just quite

nice-looking like the iPad. and it takes slow motion videos.” in fact, apple has made aesthetics a status symbol in itself.

“a Blackberry is far easier for offi ce work,” admits a new iPhone user a bit sheepishly. But the iPhone is way prettier. “You fl aunt an iPhone, but you don’t fl aunt an android,” the vP of a digital media company wisely told Bloomberg explain-ing why apple could get away with pushing its older models in india counting on our appetite for brand “cachet at affordable prices”. “affordable” of course being a relative term here.

Best of all, this is a status symbol you can carry everywhere. You do not have to awkwardly try to insert it into a conversa-tion -- like the name of the club you belong to or the american business school your child attends or the car you drive. You can just fi sh it out of your pocket and look at the time. or like my friend, the new iPhone user, post a picture on facebook and coyly say “Because i can now take selfi es.” That is classy.

That’s what makes it a godsend for a status-obsessed society like india. it fuses what has become the ordinary indian ne-cessity aka a mobile phone with high-end luxury and in a way, strips it of any consumer vanity guilt in a country where as stories constantly remind us that two-thirds of the population lives on less than $2 a day. if you routinely post photos of your-self on facebook fl ying fi rst-class on international fl ights you are an insufferable show-off. But if you post photos with your new iPhone you are just on the cutting edge. it’s a status sym-bol that you can always justify -- ineed that Uber app, i want to shoot Hyperlapse videos, i have to take instagram photos.

of course, now you can take selfi es and instagram photos on other smartphones too (except my rotten Blackberry). But the iPhone gives you that discreet extra stamp of authentica-tion that smugly sets you apart. no wonder in China, after the iPhone skyrocketed as a status symbol, a lucrative new side

business emerged according to Minyanville.com: the selling of fake “has logged in via iPhone” signatures for users of the massively popular instant messaging program Tencent QQ.

in China, writes Josh wolonick, an iPhone transcends mere luxury becoming “symbol of wealth, but also of ability and of a kind of western independence that is taking hold, along with capitalism, in the People’s republic of China.” and those fake iPhone signatures “allow China’s working class to share, how-ever minutely, in the prestige of China’s new american status symbol.”

all this is happening in a society where i actually use the phone far less as a phone. Most people who need to get a hold of me email, text, whatsapp or BBM messenger. eight out of 10 times when my phone actually rings, it’s someone trying to sell me life insurance. and i ignore it. soon we might come to an age where we wonder why an iPhone is even called a phone -- just as some once wondered why a fl oppy disk was called fl oppy.

Technology was supposed to be in the service of man. But when in a world of Google Glass and apple’s watch, technol-ogy becomes a status symbol and it quickly turns into an ex-tension of our egos. The ‘i’ in iPhone is now the operative letter. and soon we will have the cool new watch with its dizzying ar-ray of icons and ability to tap-communicate with your watch-ed loved one across the room. as comedian ellen DeGeneres quipped: “so excited for the apple watch. for centuries, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.”

There’s irony somewhere in this but until apple comes up with a product called irony, and livestreams its launch we won’t get it.

‣Technology was supposed to be in the service of man. But when in a world of Google Glass and Apple’s Watch, technol-ogy becomes a status symbol and it quickly turns into an extension of our egos.

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The san Jose sharks host-ed the Minnesota wild on Thursday December, 11 for its annual latino Heritage night. latino Heritage night is one of the many special event nights put on by the sharks organization to help celebrate fans that share a common interest. The at-tendees of the game received a free commemorative fl eece blanket; a few special guests even had the opportunity to meet sharks forward Matt nieto after the game!

The sharks stood by their proud latino fans with a great win over the wild. with this win, the sharks have now won 6 of the past 7 of their games (with 4 straight at home), improving their overall record to 16-11-4, leading them to the better

half of the Pacifi c Division. a big part of the win was the sharks holding the wild to a mere 10 shots despite miss-ing their all-star defenseman Marco-eduard vlasic. with injuries riddled throughout the roster, the sharks have had many of their younger players step-up and fi ll that void in a big way -- Matt Ten-nyson and Melker Karlsson, and Barclay Goodrow in particular played an excel-lent game, proving they can contribute.

Brent Burns struck fi rst on a sharks power-play in the last half of the 2nd period for this ninth of the season after a score-less 1st in the saP Center. The sharks power-play looked good – especially when compared the wild’s anemic special teams play. after going 0-2, the wild has recorded a league-low 1-44 road power-play.

The wild’s Christian folin recorded his fi rst nHl goal one-minute into the 3rd period. not to be outdone, Pavelski came right back and scored a beautiful one-timer off of Thornton’s assist (2nd of the night) for his 15th goal of the season – a team-high.

stalock recorded another great start with niemi sit-ting out due to a minor in-jury recorded in team prac-tice. The team’s defense did a good job of propping him up, but he made a lot of key saves when he needed to, in-cluding a great chance when the wild came biting back with a 6-on-5 to close out the match.

it seems as though the sharks have found their groove despite numerous key-injuries and look to im-prove their record going for-ward.

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