Bilingual Weekly News
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Bilingual Weekly is a Spanish
and English language newspaper covering San Joaquin
and Stanislaus Counties
in the California Central Valley
. Originally centered on the need of original, local and useful information for the area’s growing Latino
community, Bilingual Weekly now covers a spectrum of activities relevant to parents, families and local organizations. Its content is not limited to Latinos; as it includes others, regardless of ethnicity and race.
— mainstream newspapers on the Central Valley ventured into several professional Spanish or bilingual weekly publications. Among the publications were the Fresno Bee’s Vida en el Valle; Modesto Bee’s El Sol 2000 ; Sacramento Bee’s La Voz
; and, the Stockton Record’s El Tiempo
.
In 2011 Grafica Design LLP desentegrated and Gene Acevedo became the sole proprieter of Bilingual Weekly incorporating the publication in the State of California as a Limited liability Corporation.
, events
, education
, health
, culture
, art
, faith
and opinions in both English
and Spanish
at a level of 90% or more weekly.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and English language newspaper covering San Joaquin
San Joaquin County, California
San Joaquin County is a county located in Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, just east of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 685,306. The county seat is Stockton.-History:...
and Stanislaus Counties
Stanislaus County, California
Stanislaus County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. As the price of housing has increased in the San Francisco Bay Area, many people who work in the southern reaches of the Bay Area have opted for the longer commute and moved to Stanislaus County for the...
in the California Central Valley
California Central Valley
California's Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of California. It is home to California's most productive agricultural efforts. The valley stretches approximately from northwest to southeast inland and parallel to the Pacific Ocean coast. Its northern half is...
. Originally centered on the need of original, local and useful information for the area’s growing Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
community, Bilingual Weekly now covers a spectrum of activities relevant to parents, families and local organizations. Its content is not limited to Latinos; as it includes others, regardless of ethnicity and race.
History
Prior to the mid 1990s, Spanish printed news in the North Central Valley was limited. The few serious newspapers in the area were independently owned, Stockton’s Portavoz and Modesto’s El Sol. Both publications disappeared without ever receiving the needed economic support of the Latino community. The Modesto Bee, a McClatchy Corporation publication, acquired El Sol in 1997, converting the publication to El Sol 2000 . By the late 1990s, in response to the growing Spanish speaking population in California —and its consequent purchasing powerPurchasing power
Purchasing power is the number of goods/services that can be purchased with a unit of currency. For example, if you had taken one dollar to a store in the 1950s, you would have been able to buy a greater number of items than you would today, indicating that you would have had a greater purchasing...
— mainstream newspapers on the Central Valley ventured into several professional Spanish or bilingual weekly publications. Among the publications were the Fresno Bee’s Vida en el Valle; Modesto Bee’s El Sol 2000 ; Sacramento Bee’s La Voz
La Voz
Many media outlets use the name La Voz , including:;Argentina*La Voz del Interior ;Dominican Republic*La Voz Dominicana ;Mexico*La Voz de Michoacán ;Spain...
; and, the Stockton Record’s El Tiempo
El Tiempo
El Tiempo is a daily newspaper in Colombia, a non-tabloid daily with national distribution. , it had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average weekday circulation of 314,000, rising to 453,000 for the Sunday edition...
.
Spanish & Bilingualism Controversies
In November 1998 voters approved California’s Proposition 227 . Proposition 227 was approved by voters, effectively ending bilingual education programs in the state —with some exceptions— and replacing them with the structured English-immersion model. Coincidentally, The Sacramento Bee and The Record ended their Spanish publication ventures. By 2005 El Sol 2000 was discontinued, following a merger with Vida en el Valle . However, the area’s Latino community had already tasted serious Spanish-oriented journalism and —after a few failed, individual, attempts to fill the gap— Stockton based Council for the Spanish-Speaking (El Concilio) published La Voz – a weekly Spanish newspaper. In September 2002, El Concilio hired The Record’s columnist and former El Tiempo’s Associate Editor Roberto Radrigán.Ownership
In March 2006, businessman Gene Acevedo partnered with editor Roberto Radrigán to continue the publication. Along with the publication’s business status transfer, from El Concilio’s not-for-profit to an independent newspaper under the auspices of a Stockton based Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) titled Gráfica Design ; the name became the present Bilingual Weekly.In 2011 Grafica Design LLP desentegrated and Gene Acevedo became the sole proprieter of Bilingual Weekly incorporating the publication in the State of California as a Limited liability Corporation.
Content
Bilingual Weekly is the only San Joaquin County newspaper with reporters and photographers covering local newsNews
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, events
Media Event
A media event, as loosely defined by evolving modern usage, is an occasion or happening, spontaneous or planned, that attracts prominent coverage by mass media organizations, particularly television news and newspapers in both print and Internet editions....
, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, faith
Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...
and opinions in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
at a level of 90% or more weekly.