Hollenbeck Station To Be Renamed for First Latino Commanding Officer
By EGP News Service
The L.A. City Council voted Wednesday to rename the police substation in Boyle Heights for its first Latino commanding officer, also the first in Los Angeles Police Department history.
The council approved dedicating the Hollenbeck Station in honor of the late Capt. Rudy De Leon, who served as its commanding officer in the 1970s.
“Capt. Rudy de Leon was a man who, through sheer determination, rose above the limitations of his time and had the goodness of heart and strength of character to carry a whole lot of people with him,” Councilman Jose Huizar said.
“Commanding an LAPD Area Station is a remarkable accomplishment at any time in the department’s history,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said. “Rudy de Leon did it at a time and in a way that blazed a trail for many others who have followed in his footsteps.”
De Leon, who died in 2009, becomes the first Latino to have an LAPD police station named in his honor.
Showing posts with label Famous Latinos. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
One of the most powerful Latinos in Hollywood
Dan Guerrero: A Renaissance man & the son of a legend
By Al Carlos Hernandez, Herald de Paris
HOLLYWOOD – The eclectic producer/director Dan Guerrero has been twice honored by the distinguished Imagen Foundation for his positive portrayal of the Latino culture in his work. Hispanic Magazine recognized him as, “One of the 25 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood.”
Dan began his entertainment career in New York. He was a successful theatrical agent with clients in the original casts of countless Broadway musicals in the years from A Chorus Line to Cats. He returned home to Los Angeles for an equally successful time as a casting director for stage and television before turning his talents to producing and directing. More.
By Al Carlos Hernandez, Herald de Paris
HOLLYWOOD – The eclectic producer/director Dan Guerrero has been twice honored by the distinguished Imagen Foundation for his positive portrayal of the Latino culture in his work. Hispanic Magazine recognized him as, “One of the 25 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood.”
Dan began his entertainment career in New York. He was a successful theatrical agent with clients in the original casts of countless Broadway musicals in the years from A Chorus Line to Cats. He returned home to Los Angeles for an equally successful time as a casting director for stage and television before turning his talents to producing and directing. More.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Famed Latino teacher ill
Legendary East L.A. teacher Jaime Escalante battles cancer
LA Times, March 1, 2010
Jaime Escalante, the legendary Garfield High School math teacher immortalized in the film "Stand and Deliver," is battling cancer.
The news about Escalante, 79, was posted on the Web page of actor Edward James Olmos, who portrayed the educator in the critically acclaimed 1988 movie. Jaime Escalante
Olmos said Escalante was in serious condition and that his family had run out of money to pay the medical bills.
"The treatment he needs has depleted all the funds his family can raise," Olmos said in the announcement on his website. The family "did not want to ask for help, but we took it upon ourselves to get the word out to all the country and around the world, to make his final days as comfortable as possible -- and maybe even give him a chance to beat the cancer that has afflicted him."
Olmos could not be reached Monday night for comment.
Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia. His father and mother were both teachers.
He arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1960s and later landed the job at Garfield High in East Los Angeles. He was able to transform the school's calculus program into one of the top public school programs in the country.
In 1999, Escalante returned to Bolivia to teach math.
"I wanted to do something for my country, like I did something in East L.A. for the barrio," he told The Times in a 1999 interview in Bolivia.
- Robert J. Lopez
LA Times, March 1, 2010
Jaime Escalante, the legendary Garfield High School math teacher immortalized in the film "Stand and Deliver," is battling cancer.
The news about Escalante, 79, was posted on the Web page of actor Edward James Olmos, who portrayed the educator in the critically acclaimed 1988 movie. Jaime Escalante
Olmos said Escalante was in serious condition and that his family had run out of money to pay the medical bills.
"The treatment he needs has depleted all the funds his family can raise," Olmos said in the announcement on his website. The family "did not want to ask for help, but we took it upon ourselves to get the word out to all the country and around the world, to make his final days as comfortable as possible -- and maybe even give him a chance to beat the cancer that has afflicted him."
Olmos could not be reached Monday night for comment.
Escalante was born in La Paz, Bolivia. His father and mother were both teachers.
He arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1960s and later landed the job at Garfield High in East Los Angeles. He was able to transform the school's calculus program into one of the top public school programs in the country.
In 1999, Escalante returned to Bolivia to teach math.
"I wanted to do something for my country, like I did something in East L.A. for the barrio," he told The Times in a 1999 interview in Bolivia.
- Robert J. Lopez
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