by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 21, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
Tim Palomera grew up in a San Antonio neighborhood near San Pedro Springs. He attended Fox Tech High School in the early 1960s where he developed an interest in architectural drafting and design. Following his graduation from high school, he served three years in the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 14, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
In April 2001, the Union Stock Yards, which had operated continuously in San Antonio’s Westside for 112 years, shut its doors. At the height of its operation, more than a million head of cattle moved through the yard annually. Bert Reyes, an auctionioneer at the yards...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 14, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
The faithful sit in silence before a Spanish colonial crucifix. They have come to pray, and many are there because they believe in miracles. The Chapel of Miracles, on the Westside of San Antonio, can only accommodate eight to ten people at a time. With December the...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 7, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
On December 7, 1941, United States naval forces at Pearl Harbor awoke to exploding sounds of bombs and gunfire. On that Sunday morning at 7:55 a.m.,350 Japanese aircraft bombed “Battleship Row” on Hawaii’s largest Island. The Imperial Japanese Navy, which had...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Dec 7, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
Juan Hernandez: Far Left Juan Hernandez, an artist employed by the Community Cultural Arts Organization (CCAO) at the Cassiano Homes in the Westside of San Antonio, painted the cover art mural in 1985. Hernandez, a Lanier High School graduate, most often worked with a...
by Dr. Ricardo Romo | Nov 30, 2018 | La Prensa Texas
Written by Dr. Ricardo Romo The midterm elections of November 2018 demon-strated that our democracy works. One key element of American democracy is the active participation of citi-zens in the selection of their elected representatives. This selection or voting...
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