An Interview With Film-maker Ricardo Arnaiz
La Voz Rochester had the opportunity to interview Ricardo Arnaiz a Mexican film director. Arnaiz came to Rochester recently to raise awareness of his upcoming animated film, El Americano, a film he is directing with a team involving Mexico and the United States.   read story

Winter Storm Boreas Threatens Thanksgiving Travelers
Winter Storm Boreas has been traveling from coast to coast causing power outages, accidents, cancelled flights and events and closed roads. So far, ten deaths have been reported as being caused by the moving storm.   read story

Equal Justice Fellow Fights for LGBT Equality
Rochester’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community is no stranger to discrimination and hate crime. In March of 2008, police said Lance Neve was attacked and beaten unconscious at a bar, leaving him with a fractured skull and a broken nose because he was gay. His attacker, Jesse Parsons, was sentenced to more than five years in prison for the assault.   read story

Lake-effect storms burying parts of upstate NY
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Cuomo announcing millions in job grants statewide
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Mayor of Colombia's capital ordered removed
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South Africa begins life without Mandela
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Puerto Rico bill targets street vendors, beggars
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NY uses radar to end wrong-way threat on Thruway
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Superintendent Vargas Sends Urgent Letter to Parents Asking for Help
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Former RCSD Employee Filing Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit against District, County
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Charges Dropped Against Three Teenagers Arrested While Waiting for Bus
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Mayor Richards Says No to Monroe County 2014 Budget Proposal
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Poverty Report Will Be Released for Greater Rochester Region
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Residents Vote on What Their Specific Neighborhood Needs to Be Safe
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Good riddance, chief Sheppard!
On Wednesday afternoon, Rochester Police Department Chief James Sheppard announced his retirement. This time, it was official. Sheppard had previously turned in his retirement papers in October. Then, after changing his mind, withdrew them.   read story

The Literary Café and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Analyzing a work by Betty Smith a century after its being written by a group of immigrants residing in New York State was a very enriching experience. So it was that the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn became like an experience in time in which we were able to compare the vision of immigrants in two different time periods, thus finding the following observations:   read story

Day of the Dead: Can the Republican Party Rebound?
Very fittingly, on the official Day of the Dead, County Executive Maggie Brooks put the final nail in the aspirations and hard work of the City Republican Committee and the good citizens of Rochester, NY who call themselves Republicans earlier this month when she endorsed Lovely Warren for Mayor.   read story

Tips for Protection from Identity Theft and Financial Vulnerability
All of us are exposed to the possibility of identity theft in one form or another. And, despite the fact that technology makes life easier, it also makes us more vulnerable to becoming victims of this crime.    read story

Attendance Matters
I haven’t met a parent or guardian yet that doesn’t want the best for their child. As parents, we all dream of our kids being the best they can be. And, most of us rely on the school system to educate our children, yet we don’t always do our best to ensure that our kids are in school every day.    read story

Dishonoring Craig Heard
In 2003, I produced a short film titled "R.P.D.: Badges of DISHONOR, CORRUPTION and MURDER!" in which I gave Craig Heard's mother, Tammy Westbrook, an opportunity to express her feelings over the tragic loss of her son.   read story