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Silicon Valley Latino leader dies at 90

Alcario Castellano, the grocery-clerk-turned-lottery-winner who used his fortune to reignite Silicon Valley’s communities of color, died Saturday at his home in Saratoga. He was 90. What began as a $141 million California Lottery jackpot in 2001 became, in time, a modern parable. A wave of excitement that fateful day between Castellano and his wife, Carmen,...

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Chris Esparza in 2022. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.

San Jose cultural leader’s death shocks community

Chris Esparza always wanted to run a nightclub in his hometown of San Jose, friends and business partners told San José Spotlight — and not only did he make it happen, he went on to shape the city’s cultural image through decades of event organizing within the growing Mexican American community. Esparza, 57, died unexpectedly...

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San Jose City Hall sign on building side

San Jose Latino leaders criticize Biden for border policy

Latino leaders across San Jose are saying President Joe Biden’s recent executive order closing the border to migrants is a step in the wrong direction for the nation’s immigration policy and immigrant communities. Those who work with asylum seekers fleeing violence such as San Jose nonprofit Amigos de Guadalupe said migrants can’t wait years for...

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San Jose nonprofit boards lack Latino leadership

San Jose nonprofit boards lack Latino leadership

When it comes to sitting on a San Jose nonprofit board, Hispanics and Latinos are still being ignored—even though they are more than a third of the city’s population. Data collected by Latinos LEAD highlights this disparity, showing that Latinos make up only 12.5% of nonprofit board members in the San Jose metro area, which...

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