By Galo Legarda, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The Portland Timbers defeated their Cascadia Cup rivals, the Vancouver Whitecaps, Saturday night by the final score of 2-1 at Jeld-Wen Field. The Portland Timbers dominated most of the game and had more chances to score than Vancouver. At the 27th minute, the Timbers had a [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Cornelius, OR — On the west side of Cornelius a substantial new building is in the final weeks of construction. The new Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center will offer a wider option of services under one enormous roof. This health center is the culmination of 37 years of [...]
By Julie Cortez, El Hispanic News Ashland, OR — They may be living under the heel of their newly-arrived U.S. occupiers in the aftermath of the Mexican-American War, but the wealthy Montagues and Capulets are still clinging to their “ancient grudge” and carrying on a war of their own in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s [...]
By Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA, Multnomah County Health Department Director It seems like summer just arrived here in Oregon, yet another school year is right around the corner. As summer winds down and families make back-to-school plans, the Multnomah County Health Department and other community organizations are gearing up to support children, [...]
Beaverton, OR — Los Lobos have recorded 17 albums and won multiple Grammy Awards in their nearly 40 years of making music together, but one thing you can be pretty sure they’ve never done is perform a free outdoor concert in Beaverton. The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (THPRD) will help remedy that missing [...]
By Julie Cortez, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Have you found yourself spending many an evening mesmerized by the athleticism, strength, grace, and determination of the athletes competing in the London Olympics since the games officially opened on July 27? They may seem super-human, but here’s a glimpse at a few of the [...]
By Alberto Moreno, Executive Director of the Oregon Latino Health Coalition We are greater than this. As a people. As a city. Portland. And yet every year thousands of children sit in classrooms, unable to concentrate. Unable to learn. Their mouths filled with aching, rotting teeth. Children. Our children. They are the quiet ones. [...]
Reviewed by Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Book Worm Written by Gaby Rodríguez with Jenna Glatzer, c.2012, Simon & Schuster; $17.99/ $19.99 Canada; 218 pages You weren’t really sick at all. You felt fine, in fact, but you said you had a headache, your stomach hurt, and you weren’t up to going to school. The truth [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Portland, OR — What if, on your next vacation to Bucharest, you become sick and the local doctor could not speak English and you spoke no Romanian? What if you had lethal allergic reactions to several drugs? What, then, would be your chance of surviving your trip? Every [...]
