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La Mexicana restaurant: seventy years of tradition

Information: 29 March 2013 Ferron Salniker Print Email

Emma Frida is focused on continuing La Mexicana restaurant’s seventy-year tradition of home-style food.

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There isn’t much that’s changed at La Mexicana since the restaurant’s beginnings in 1932. The tables are key lime, the vinyl booths dull brown, and a framed portrait of the Kennedy brothers hangs over the cashier at this modest eatery on Oakland’s International Blvd. “I’ve ordered the same chorizo enchilada and rice and beans for forty years,” said diner Tom Borst of Oakland. “Although when I was younger I had three tortillas and a chile relleno on the side too.”

Recordando a Terry Alderete: Una persona auténtica, un auténtico modelo a seguir

Information: 29 March 2013 Elena Miramar Print Email

Nuestra comunidad ha perdido un auténtico modelo a seguir. Terry Alderete murió el 21 de marzo. Ella era demasiado modesta para pensar en ella misma como un modelo a seguir, pero así es como yo la veía y seguramente mucha gente también.

En los negocios,

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

Information: 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

Information: 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

Information: 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

Information: 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.

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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.