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Remembering Terry Alderete: A real person, a real role model

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29 March 2013 Elena Miramar Print Email

Terry Alderete, a real person, a real role model.

Our community has lost a true role model. Terry Alderete passed away on March 21. She was too modest to think of herself as a role model, but that is how I and many people saw her.

In business, Terry was a marketer, an event planner, the driving force behind big community events such as Oakland’s Cinco de Mayo festival. She was a connecter, a volunteer, an achiever - she wanted to see things happen for other people and for the community.

Local kids walk and bike to school to compete for award

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09 March 2013 Visión Hispana Print Email
Local contest motivates families to start walking or biking to school in a fun, community building way. Photo: Rig Galvez.

Students in more than 60 schools across Alameda County are walking, biking, and carpooling this month, competing in the "Pollution Solution Golden Sneaker Contest" as part of the Alameda County Safe Routes to Schools Program. The two-week contest started March 4, and encourages families to get active while reducing pollution.
 
"This contest motivates families to start walking or biking to school in a fun, community building way," said Alameda CTC Chair Supervisor Scott Haggerty. "It supports our efforts to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, while promoting safe access to schools."

20,000 niños caminarán y andarán en su bicicleta rumbo a la escuela para ganar trofeo

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09 March 2013 Visión Hispana Print Email

Concurso en el Condado de Alameda anima a las familias a mantenerse activos al mismo tiempo que ayuda a reducir la contaminación. Foto: Rig Galvez.

Los estudiantes de más de sesenta escuelas en todo el Condado de Alameda, están caminando, andando en bicicleta y compartiendo autos este mes, ya que están compitiendo en el "Pollution Solution Golden Sneaker Contest" como parte del Programa de Rutas Seguras a las Escuelas del Condado de Alameda. El concurso de dos semanas inició el 4 de marzo y anima a las familias a mantenerse activos al mismo tiempo que ayudan a reducir la contaminación.

Mexican food made local, fresh and from the heart: Q & A with Dominica Rice

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10 March 2013 Ferron Salniker Print Email
New, old, traditional or modern, Hispanic restaurants are spicing up the East Bay’s food scene. Dominica Rice of Cosecha restaurant in Oakland is honoring Mexican cooking in new ways.

Sabor del Barrio: An article series exploring the Latino food scene in the East Bay ---  

Late on a Wednesday afternoon, I’m sitting in Cosecha restaurant in Oakland watching a man in a navy blue jacket try to order pozole. The chef, Dominica Rice, comes to the counter and politely tells him that there’s no pozole today. She suggests something else, they chat about the specials next weekend, and he sits down to await his tacos. Later Rice tells me about his work schedule, and laments that he can’t make it in on certain days.

Comida mexicana preparada de manera fresca, local, y con amor: P & R con Dominica Rice

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10 March 2013 Ferron Salniker Print Email
Nuevos, antiguos, tradicionales o modernos, los restaurantes hispanos están sazonando la escena culinaria en el Este de la Bahía. Dominica Rice, chef del restaurante Cosecha en Oakland homenajea a la cocina mexicana de nuevas maneras.

Sabor del Barrio: Serie de artículos que exploran la escena de la comida latina en el Este de la Bahía ---

Es miércoles por la tarde, estoy sentada en el restaurante Cosecha en Oakland y veo a un hombre de saco azul pedir un pozole. La chef, Dominica Rice, sale a la barra para explicarle cortésmente que ‘el día de hoy no hay pozole’. Ella sugiere algo más, hablan un poco sobre los especiales del fin de semana, y él se sienta y espera por sus tacos. Momentos después Rice me comenta sobre los horarios del hombre, y lamenta que no pueda comer en el restaurante ciertos días.

Oakland introduces identification card with debit card features

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09 February 2013 Visión Hispana Print Email

”We are expecting about thirty thousand people to apply for the card in the first year,” said Arturo Sanchez, Deputy City Administrator for the City of Oakland.

Oakland is the first city in the country offering municipal ID cards with prepaid debit card features. Launched last week, the Oakland City ID Prepaid MasterCard program makes the city the first municipality in the country to issue a city ID prepaid debit card to provide a government ID for its residents now lacking an official form of identification; and to provide optional, secure financial services and products to those who cannot otherwise secure them. All city residents able to provide proof of identity and residency in Oakland are eligible for the card.