Week # 26-97, Air Date 6/22/1997 - 6/28/1997

Segment #1: Taylor Ranch Stand-Off. Adam Saytanides reports from the San Luis Valley on a stand-off over the issue of logging between Chicano activists and environmentalists and the owners of a stretch of land known as the Taylor Ranch. 2:58

Subject Types: Environment

Locations: u.S. Regions - West; States - California

Segment #2: Mexico TV Novelas. Latino USA's Franc Contreras reports on a Mexican 'telenovela', or television soap opera, which combines traditional soap-style elements with the controversial issue of undocumented immigration to the United States. 4:55

Subject Types: Immigration; Media

Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Mexico

Segment #3: Centro De La Raza 25th Anniversary. Student journalists Chris Rodriguez and Myrna Membrila report from Seattle, Washington on the community center, which is this year commemorating 25 years of service to Seattle's Latinos. 5:59

Subject Types: Other - Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - Northwest; States - Washington

Segment #4: My Father Commentary. Latino USA Commentator John Guardo has some thoughts on losing and finding his father. 4:29

Subject Types: Cultural - Personal