By Galo Legarda, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Chivas USA beat the Portland Timbers on Saturday night for the third time this season, this time by the final score of 0-1. The game started very well for the Timbers. They created several opportunities to score from the beginning, but it was not [...]
By Galo Legarda, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — In a wild game on Saturday night, the Portland Timbers could not contain the game of the reigning champs, ending the game with an amazing score of 5-3 in favor of the L.A. Galaxy. Gavin Wilkinson’s first match as the interim head coach of [...]
By Ivonne Rivero, El Hispanic News Guest Writer In Portland, and throughout Oregon, there is a growing interest in food — real and slow food — and this trend has not gone unnoticed by audiences hungry for new recipes or by Latino entrepreneurs. Last Saturday, El Hispanic News attended María García’s first offering [...]
By Julie Cortez, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The theme of this year’s Portland Latino Gay Pride (PLGP) is ¡Carnaval!, but take a close look at the graphic livening up the celebration’s posters and advertisements and you might notice that under the carnaval headdress hides an enduring symbol of PLGP: a masked [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Just when the presidential race began getting dull, President Barack Obama lit a pre-Fourth of July firecracker that seemed to catch presumed Republican nominee-to-be Mitt Romney unprepared. In the White House Rose Garden on June 15, Obama introduced a limited immigration reform program allowing [...]
By Galo Legarda, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — In a very competitive game on Tuesday night, the Portland Timbers were able to sustain a two-goal lead to defeat the current MLS leaders in the western conference, the San Jose Earthquakes, by a final score of 2 to 1. “I thought that every single player [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — On a clear morning on the last Monday in June a squadron of broadcast and print journalists came together in northeast Portland to learn details about an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States released a few hours earlier in Washington, D.C. [...]
Portland, OR — Richard Luccetti, long-time community advocate, passed away on May 30, 2012. Born 70 years ago in Italy, Richard Luccetti lived in several European and South American countries prior to settling in the United States. He spoke six languages, including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and fluent English. Luccetti was a humble and dedicated [...]
By Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA, Multnomah County Health Department Director Portland, OR — When Rand Wallace looked through the refrigerator stuffed with flavorful ingredients for tamales, he knew there was a problem. He checked his thermometer and made a note. Wallace was in the catering kitchen of the Baltazar Ortiz Community Center in Northeast [...]
