Exposing Official`s Sexual Harassment

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Report:
Border Patrol
Abuses on the
Rise
By Valeria Fernández
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Exposing Official’s Sexual Harassment
By Marty Rosenbluth
Xiomara Benitez Blanco was 19
years old with little formal education
when she came by herself to the U.S.
from El Salvador to find work. She
made her way to Durham, and by
2009 had worked in a series of service jobs that gave her hope for a
better life. She led a peaceful and
quiet existence for four years. That
was until she met Bedri Kulla.
They met through on an on-line
social networking site. In his on-line
profile he said he was a flight attendant. After exchanging a few messages, she agreed to meet him for
coffee. He quickly manipulated
Xiomara into talking about her background, and also made it clear he was
interested in way more than just coffee. When she refused, he showed
her his badge and informed Xiomara
that he had the power to deport her.
The next day, he showed up at her
workplace with a bouquet of roses
and a copy of a deportation order that
had been issued against her a few
years earlier.
Kulla worked as an Immigration
Services Officer for the Durham
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The number of
apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border
has dropped, but reports of abuses
against immigrants are on the rise.
Those are the findings of a new
report released by the Arizona humanitarian aid organization No More
Deaths.
The report, “A Culture of Cruelty,”
documents 30,000 incidents of human
rights abuses against undocumented
immigrants in short-term detention
between fall 2008 and spring 2011.
Nearly 13,000 people were interviewed in the Mexican border towns
of Naco, Nogales and Agua Prieta.
Allegations range from Border
Patrol agents denying food and water to adults and children in detention
for several days, to purposely separating families during deportation or
forcing people to sign removal orders.
They also include concerns that
detainees were not provided the right
to due process.
“We didn’t go out looking for these
stories. They came to us and they
were inescapable,” said Hannah
Hafter, a co-author of the report who
works as a volunteer for No More
Deaths helping deported immigrants.
“Many of the grassroots services
we provide wouldn’t need to exist if
the Border Patrol was doing the right
thing,” she said.
The report contends that the alleged physical and verbal abuse
suffered by immigrants fits the
international definition of torture.
According to the United Nations
Convention Against Torture, physiological abuse can be defined as “an
act committed by a person acting
under the color of law specifically
intended to inflict severe physical or
mental pain or suffering […] upon
another person within his custody or
physical control.”
Allegations of torture include
threatening detainees with death
while in custody, and verbal and physical abuse.
“That is a pretty serious allegation,
and any allegation we are going to
take very seriously and we’re going
to look into it,” said Colleen Agle, a
spokesperson from the Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol.
Agle said the Border Patrol
couldn’t provide statistics on the number of complaints referred to the
agency. But she said they would seriously consider the findings in this
report and investigate if there are
credible allegations.
“This has nothing to do with how
you or I feel about immigration policies,” said Reverend Peter Morales,
president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, which represents over
1,000 congregations with JewishChristian roots. “The majority of
Americans don’t want to see this kind
of treatment of innocent people,
women and children, in their name,”
said Morales, who has been involved
in acts of civil disobedience in Phoenix against the anti-immigration law
SB 1070.
Hafter said that part of the problem is a culture of abuse within the
agency.
“Above all, Border Patrol’s steadfast denial of abuse in the face of
overwhelming evidence to the contrary is indicative of an institution vehemently resistant to any measure of
accountability,” the report claims.
But an even more significant
issue for Hafter is the lack of an
adequate process for immigrants in
detention to file complaints without fearing retaliation or being held
To learn about the nesting habits
of sea turtles, scientists often travel
thousands of miles to remote, tropical beaches where they spend countless hours observing the turtles and
learning about their habitats. At Montgomery Middle School, 7th grade science students got a firsthand insight
into this scientific journey.
Working in partnership with the
Ocean Connectors Program of the
Ocean Foundation, Bridge the Borders is a virtual scientific exploration
program that links students with research interns from San Diego State
University (SDSU).
On a weekly basis, the Montgomery Middle students have been learning everything there is to know about
sea turtles and especially their nesting habits. Through the Bridge the
Borders Program, the Montgomery
students are virtually linked via Skype
to interns in Mexico and Costa Rica
who are gathering data and observing real-life nesting practices.
Students in Sara Chai’s and Abra
Thomas’ class also created a simulated nest of their own, compete with
sand, ping pong balls to simulate eggs
and an internal data device known as
a hobo. The students gathered data
that included sand temperature, air
temperature and humidity.
(see Border, page 3)
(see Middle School, page 4)
branch of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a federal agency
under the Department of Homeland
Security that works with people who
want to legally immigrate to the U.S.
He did not, however, work for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Agency, which has the authority to
deport. But having little knowledge of
U.S. immigrations systems, Xiomara
was petrified.
There was, indeed, a deportation
order previously issued for Xiomara
as she had come close to being deported in 2008. But police had released her after ICE issued an Order
of Supervision that allowed her to
temporarily stay in the U.S. and work
legally while being treated for a serious kidney ailment.
During this time, Kulla sent her a
barrage of alternately cajoling and
threatening texts. She refused his
sexual advances, despite the potentially devastating consequences. And
he did not take “no” for an answer.
Xiomara was so fearful that she
thought she would be arrested if she
went into the hospital for the surgery
(see Freedom, page 4)
Xiomara Benitez Blanco
Mexico’s Supreme Court grapples with the question of ‘right to life’
By Mariana Martinez
Mexico is in turmoil this week over
the start of deliberations on the constitutionality of reforms made to 18
state constitutions regarding the right
to life from conception. The rejection
of such reforms is seen as success
for human and reproductive rights of
women.
The discussion is centered on two
legislations in particular, the reforms
made in Baja California and San Luis
Potosí state constitutions, but the supreme court ruling could affect all the
other16 states that have made similar reforms.
In the case of Baja California, the
7th amendment to the state constitution was changed December 2008 to
protect the right to life “from the moment of conception to natural death”.
Not long ago, federal law in Mexico
allowed the voluntary termination of
pregnancy in case of rape, incest,
malformation and even poverty (in
some states). But ever since Mexico
City approved legislation to allow the
termination of any pregnancy before
the 12th week, states raced to change
their state legislation as to prevent this
from happening nationwide.
The arguments against the constitutionality of this local constitutions
changing are basically two:
1. The reforms give legal personality to those who are not born. Something unprecedented in modern law
and contrary to scientific evidence
backed by the World Health Organization, which supports the termination of pregnancy before week 12,
before the nervous system of the fetus is yet formed.
2. The reforms go against the principle of equality for women and the
right to decide to have or not to have
children; how many and how far
apart. This is stated in the constitution and in all of the international accords signed by Mexico.
The consequences of the law
changing in Baja California has been
dozens of women taken to court to
explain the circumstances of their loss
(many of them miscarriages) with
some of them under investigation and
even jailed.
In a very public case, a teenager
from Mexicali was found guilty of
manslaughter, aggravated by family
relationship and sentenced to 23
years in prison.
Leslie, she was 8 months pregnant
when she says she woke up covered
in blood and in horrible pain because
of losing the baby.
“I wasn’t sure what was happening I could not even see from the pain,
but I crawled to the bathroom” she
told reporters from prison.
She was only 19 years old –already the mother of a 2 year old—
living at home as a single mother,
when she had the miscarriage. Her
family took her to the hospital where
she was treated for loss of blood and
arrested.
The baby’s body had some bruising and Leslie claims it was from the
miscarriage when it fell into the floor.
“People at the hospital just told me
I might have a slight legal problem…”
she remembers.
She was found guilty of manslaughter and spent the next two years in a
Mexicali prison. She was later released because prosecutors were not
able to prove Leslie’s intent or desire
to kill her child.
“This case is a clear example of a
violation of the right to due process,
presumption of innocence and adequate defense” says Leslie’s lawyer and ex-judge Arnoldo Castillo, “intent was never proven and yet they
sentenced her very harshly”.
Baja California has a dark past on
the issue. In 2000 a 13 year old was
raped and pregnant, she and her family invoked on her right to an abortion
but state officials with the help of religious organizations, prevented this
from happening until the law no longer
allowed it.
The case was taken to International Court and won against Mexican State that was ordered to guarantee the free access to contraception and termination of pregnancy for
women who are victims of rape.
This is far from happening, in fact
it has gotten worse, because current
laws “protecting life from conception” have implications against assisted reproduction and even the use
of some birth control methods as the
IUD (Intra Uterine Device) or emergency contraception because they in
fact don’t allow the fertilized egg to
be implanted in the uterine wall.
Academic, activist Lucía Meglar,
cofunder of a non-profit against violence against women called “Ni una
Mas” considers the discussion should
be in regards not to religious beliefs or
(see Question, page 5)
Middle School Science Class Makes Real Connection with Marine Life
Montgomery Middle students work with nonprofit group to study sea turtles
Montgomery Middle students gather data from their simulated sea turtle nest.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
MÉXICO DEL NORTE
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
Los Dueños
del Boicot
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Dispatch From Mexico—Reynosa, a City Under Siege
By José Luis Sierra
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
big sign on the wall of one of
the city’s most famous restaurant of decades ago. The restaurant is closed. Even small
taquerias are closed, the dust
on their tables and kitchen
equipment visible through
stained windows.
Even on a bright day, there
is a strange density to the
place—as though the town is
governed by secrets. Most
people turn away from the visitor who is asking too many
questions. The few who talk
warn the visitor that long
stretches of highway, outside
of town, are “extremely dangerous.” The roads, in any
case, are of no use after dark.
People say that the town’s
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas,
Mexico—It takes 30 minutes
to reach Reynosa, Mexico,
Por varias razones,
argumentan, el boicot contra from McAllen, Texas. But it
only takes 30 seconds to realel estado de Arizona ya se
acabó. O más bien se acabó ize that it’s a town under siege.
It’s a regular business day
para el Consejo Nacional de
but
most of the businesses are
La Raza (NCLR), esa
closed
or empty. “For Sale”
dinosáurica organización al
signs
are
everywhere. Most
servicio del Partido
buildings—many
showing arDemócrata en Washington, el
chitectural
details
in
vogue durejército de Estados Unidos y
ing
the
town’s
heyday,
just aflas compañías que quieren
ter
World
War
II—stand
unvenderle productos a los
painted,
windows
broken,
some
latino en el país.
Por sus pantalones, NCLR shops burned out. Many look
like they were burned recently.
declaró que levantaba el
“Open since 1936,’’ reads a
boicot declarado contra
Arizona por causa de la
nefasta ley SB1070. Así
nomás. En explicación
posterior, la Directora
Por: Paco Zavala
y Letras, con Maestrías en
Ejecutiva de La Raza Janet
Educación y en un futuro
Murguía aclaró, después de
Dentro de tantas actividades próximo adquirirá su título de
una tonelada de críticas, que artísticas y culturales que se Doctora en Educación, Myrna
no era que “levantaran el
realizan en Tijuana, incluimos en Isabel Rodríguez. También se
boicot”, sino que “dejaban de esta nota una Exhibición en contará con un gran equipo de
participar en él”.
pasarela de Cortes de Pelo, modelos que encabeza la herMenos mal. Por un
Peinados y Maquillaje, que mosa Pau Limón.
momento pensé que las
realizará el estilista Alejandro
El evento tiene como finaliluchas populares tenían
Gómez, Hair&Makeup Artis- dad recaudar artículos de
dueño, como si fueran balón ta, en Casa de la Cultura primera necesidad, los cuales
de fútbol, y que el dueño del Altamira, para el próximo se espera sean donados por los
balón se lo podía llevar a su
sábado 1 de octubre, de 4:00 a numerosos asistentes a la
casa cuando se aburriera de 6:00 pm., evento que se llamará exhibición. Los artículos que se
jugar o fuera perdiendo.
“Visión Monarca” a beneficio recauden serán entregados el
Por ahí entre la
del Albergue Las Memorias, mismo día del evento a repreinformación de prensa sobre institución que atiende a enfer- sentantes del mencionado
el “levantamiento del boicot
mos de VIH y se localiza en la albergue. Hasta este momento
se coló también la nota de
colonia La Morita 1ra. Sección, se cuenta con la participación
que el alcalde de Phoenix,
en la ciudad de Tijuana.
de empresas y negocios de la
Arizona, había hecho varias
Esta exhibición será con- localidad que se han unido a
llamadas diciendo más o
ducida por la conocida comuni- esta noble causa, tales como:
menos que “a’i muere con el cadora, Licenciada en Filosofía Florería Quetzalli, Dentiland,
boicot y mejor hablamos de
reforma migratoria”, así que
La Raza feliz y contenta dijo
New Border Environment Plan
“órale” y decidió por todos
que Arizona ya no debe
Announced
sufrir. Más pior, NCLR dice
The US Environmental the Holiday Inn Express in
que ahora “ayudará al estado
Protection Agency (EPA) is Nogales, Arizona, and for Oca recuperarse”.
accepting public comments on tober 5 in the city council
“Esperamos”, termina la
declaración de Murguía, “que the draft of a new border en- chambers of Calexico, Califorvironment plan. Titled “Border nia.
con este cambio de táctica
2020: U.S.-Mexico EnvironFor the EPA, Border 2020
podamos unir a quienes
apoyan la SB1070 y quienes mental Program,” the docu- represents “the latest multise oponen a ella, a encontrar ment is a framework for a new year, bi-national planning effort
environmental protection and to be implemented under the
un campo común para
improvement plan designed to La Paz Agreement” on enviavanzar en soluciones al
succeed the Border 2012 col- ronmental cooperation signed
sistema Migratorio.
laboration between Mexico and by Presidents Ronald Reagan
the US.
and Miguel de la Madrid back
En Esta Esquina….
“As home to over 14 million in 1983. According to the enYo no sé de dónde NCLR
saca esta idea de que puede people and one of the busiest vironmental protection agency,
servir de árbitro entre el Tea cross-border trade regions in the draft for Border 2020 was
Party y el movimiento por la the world, protecting human the result of a process involvhealth and the environment in ing the EPA and its Mexican
defensa de los derechos de
the Border Region is essential counterpart SEMARNAT, inlos inmigrantes.
to ensuring that the U.S. con- digenous communities and
Para recordársela, la
tinues to be safe, healthy and tribes from the two nations and
historia, claro, el boicot lo
economically productive,” the environment departments from
declararon docenas de
the 10 Mexican and US bororganizaciones inmigrantes a EPA said in a statement.
Public comment on the Bor- der states.
lo largo y ancho del país,
der 2010 plan will be accepted
For more information on
porque la Ley SB1070 tenía
through November 30. So far, Border 2020, readers can go
fuertes perfiles raciales y
prácticamente establecía una public meetings have been to: http://www.epa.gov/borscheduled for September 28 at der2012
ley migratoria en el estado,
peor que la federal.
Para refrescársela, la
hotels and motels are “under
surveillance” by the Gulf Cartel. The Gulf Cartel controls
who comes and who goes.
Despite the fact that it is
midday in a city whose population approaches 1 million, only
a handful of people are in plain
view. An old man and woman
sell trinkets, homemade candy
and everything that is essential to nobody. In any case, nobody seems to be buying. Cars
and trucks pass swiftly through
the narrow hilly streets with an
urgency that suggests that
business is being done elsewhere.
“It is so screwed up that not
even prostitutes bother to walk
down here,’’ says Ramon
Dominguez, a man in his 50s
who has lived in Reynosa all
his life.
Dominguez grows nostalgic
talking about the good old days,
especially the weekends, before life changed drastically
here. “The kids from McAllen
used to come to get drunk and
take advantage of the willingness of the waiters who used
to serve them till they dropped
fully drunk.’’ He remembers
how he would drive the American kids back home, since he
was one of the few taxi drivers who had a green card and
could travel across the border
in both directions.
“I really thought I was
lucky,’’ he adds.
But not so much anymore.
In those “good old days,”
there was drug trafficking just
as there is now, and everybody
knew about it and made no
fuss, Dominguez says. Yes,
there were drug addicts, but in
reality most of the drugs
flowed freely to the north and
no dead bodies were seen
hanging from bridges.
A man overhears this conversation and interrupts: “I
don’t know who the fuck you
are, but I am going to answer
your questions. Just don’t ask
too many because you never
know… who is listening.’’ This
stranger agrees only to say that
(see Reynosa, page 3)
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este singular evento, con el
único fin de apoyar las causas
nobles que se realizan en la
comunidad tijuanense.
En notas complementarias
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del Maestro en Historia Alvaro
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investigador de la Universidad
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El pasado 29 de septiembre
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EE:UU, en una segunda edición en el Hotel Rosarito
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Mariachi Divas, ganador del
Grammy y la participación de:
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Mariachi Espectacular de Beto
La bella modelo Pau Limón participará en la pasarela.
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A la vuelta dela esquina está
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ella se nombra, Edmeé García,
“La Diosa Loca”, para presentar Frágil, una puesta en
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Reynosa, a City Under Siege
(con’t from page 2)
Border Patrol
Abuses
(con’t from page 1)
It’s a regular business day but most of the businesses are
closed or empty.
his name is Alberto.
Just like Dominguez, Alberto
remembers “the good old
days.”
He talks about a “gringa”
who, years ago, fell in love with
him and wanted to marry him.
“But, I was too proud. Now
sometimes I wonder how my
life would have turned if I
would had just said yes to the
American.”
Alberto says with nostalgia
in his voice: “ Things were still
good in Reynosa until this bastard [the Mexican president,
Felipe Calderon] decided that
he was going to be Superman
and fight the narcos.’’
“We are all paying for his
stupidity… the whole country
is paying. Even people who are
not from this country are paying, just ask the families of the
dozens of immigrants that were
killed in San Andres! They had
nothing to do with [Calderon’s]
war and they lost their lives.”
Then Alberto walks away.
It is best for the visitor not
to seem to follow him, best not
to carry a pen and notepad,
best not to ask too many strangers many questions.
Everyone needs money. But
when the visitor asks a few
men if any of them can drive
him to San Fernando, the town
where 72 migrants were recently massacred, the men
look at the visitor as though he
is crazy. They decline.
In the state of Tamaulipas,
everybody minds their own
business. But those few who
talk make clear that they see
themselves as victims or they
know people who have been
victims in the drug war.
The editor of a local publication who agrees to talk only
under the condition of anonymity says, “Our publication
doesn’t cover the drug cartels,
for the very simple reason that
we have no way to insure the
safety of our reporters or our
employees. We don’t see the
point of being martyrs. Everybody in town knows who the
criminals are, everybody, including local authorities, knows
where they are selling the
drugs. But no one does anything about it.”
“We are all under the rule
of silver or lead,’’ he adds, referring to a very old Mexican
saying: If you refuse the
money (silver) to keep things
quiet, you will certainly receive
a lead bullet in your head and
end up quiet forever.
The visitor is advised by
several people to get back on
the U.S. side before dark.
for long periods of time.
Agle said that normally immigrants in detention can either
report a complaint with Border Patrol itself or request to
see a consular official from
their country. She said whether
or not they stay longer in detention would depend on the
individual case.
The Inspector General ultimately handles complaints
against the Border Patrol, she
said.
Activists, meanwhile, have
been filing complaints with the
Office of Civil Rights and Civil
Liberties, a branch within the
Department of Homeland Security. They’ve filed 75 complaints so far but say they have
received no answer on whether
or not action was taken.
Danielle Alvarado, one of
the co-authors of the report,
says part of the problem is that
there is no uniformity in the
way complaints are handled.
“A lot of times when they
get complains they refer it back
to the agency they’re investigating,” said Alvarado. “The
only way we have of knowing
if the complaint process is
working is talking to people afterwards to see if trends are
changing.”
Agle said that due to privacy
concerns she wasn’t able to
reveal how many complaints
the Border Patrol has investi-
gated or the outcome of those
cases.
Some of the complaints in
the report allege violations of
international agreements between Mexico and the United
States, for example, the agreements that families should be
kept together during the removal process and that vulnerable populations like women
with children should be deported
during daylight hours.
Activists have criticized
some Border Patrol policies for
putting immigrants in harm’s
way. One example is the practice of “lateral removal.”
According to the Border
Patrol, this is part of a “consequence delivery system” whose
goal is to deter immigrants from
re-entering into the country illegally.
Through “lateral removal,”
immigrants get deported to areas that are far away from
where they first tried to enter
illegally.
“The smugglers are preying
on them so we want to get them
out of their hands, so they don’t
continue to be put into a dangerous situation,” explained Border Patrol spokesperson Agle.
But this can result in deporting immigrants to dangerous
cities they are unfamiliar with
where they could be exposed
to kidnappings or violence, according to Hafter, co-author of
the report.
No More Deaths has documented a change in the demographics of those who are being deported from the country.
A survey of 100 people found
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that the majority of the immigrants being deported have
been living in the United States
for an average of 14 years.
Many have more than two
children in the United States.
Almost 70 percent of those
interviewed said they would
continue to try to cross the border to reunite with their loved
ones.
“No amount of personal risk
or inhumane treatment will
ever be an effective deterrent,” the report concludes.
Among the report’s recommendations is the creation of
an independent commission
that would investigate alleged
Border Patrol abuses to improve transparency and accountability of the agency.
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Sweetwater Authority is
rededicating the Robert A. Perdue
Water Treatment Plant to
acknowledge major infrastructure
upgrades. The Plant is a vital
drinking water source serving
Sweetwater Authority customers
in Chula Vista, National City
and Bonita. When: Saturday,
October 8, 2011, from 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Dedication
Ceremony at 9:15 a.m.)
Where: 100 Lakeview Avenue,
Spring Valley, CA 91977
www.sweetwater.org
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Sweetwater High Students Shines in National BizFest
12th grade student wows judges with business proposal
Luis Venegas, 17, vividly remembers spending 4 and 5
hours riding public buses between National City and East
County to get to and from
middle school.
The bus commute seemed
endless for Luis and his two
older sisters. For the girls, it
became too much and they
dropped out of high school. For
Luis, the long, boring ride became a business inspiration
and his ticket to prizes in a national competition.
Luis recently won 3rd place
and a $1,000 scholarship in a
national entrepreneurial contest
for a business plan he calls
“Trans-Fi” that would wire
public buses and trolleys with
wireless internet connections.
“The idea is people will be
entertained, or able to work,
rather than being bored,” said
the Sweetwater High 12 th
grader. “Being able to tap into
Wi-Fi, will give people a reason to take public transportation rather than drive.”
A football player and top
student, Luis was one of three
students from Sweetwater
High who traveled to Miami
recently for the National
BizFest Competition sponsored
by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Luis was propelled to the national contest after becoming
one of the top three finalists in
the local competition, along
with his classmates from
Sweetwater High—Gio
Sahagun and Jesus Montijo.
Sweetwater School Board
Vice President Pearl Quinones,
Did you know that stress
may be responsible for many
of your health problems?
Stress can cause headaches,
stomach aches, high blood
pressure, depression and even
weight gain. There are numerous ways one can manage
stress to reduce and prevent
these health problems.
One of those ways is exercise! When you exercise your
body naturally releases endorphins, which are “feel good”
chemicals. These “feel good”
chemicals combat the bad
chemicals produced in your
body when you are under
stress. Exercise not only lowers your stress level, but it can
lower your waist size as well.
Some good forms of exercise
are walking, biking or dancing.
If you are just starting out try
exercising for about 30 minutes,
3 times a week then gradually
build your way up to 5 or more
days a week or 60 minutes, 3
times a week. Start slowly by
doing an activity that you like
and aim for small achievements each day.
Eating healthy is another
key component to fighting
stress. Eating healthy and sensibly provides the essential nutrients your body needs to perform to the best of its ability.
Fast food and processed foods
may taste good, but they can
make you feel tired and unmotivated. An example of sensible
Middle School
Science
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After several weeks, the
students had a special opportunity to meet two of the university mentor students who
had been in Costa Rica - Kimberly Valma and Gabriela
Ponce. Valma and Ponce
made presentations to the
classes about their experience
and talked about their experiences working with the sea
turtles.
“We want to show the students that there are real opportunities out there,” said Ponce.
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones
de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
A más hierro, menos anemia
Luis Venegas recently won 3 rd place and a $1,000
scholarship in a national entrepreneurial contest.
who brought the opportunity to Foundation where each boy
the district, said she was tre- had three days to give shape
to a business idea, create a solid
mendously pleased.
“Luis is a great example of business plan and make a fora young man who is goal-ori- mal presentation to a panel of
ented and doesn’t let obstacles judges.
“Their assignment was to
stand in the way of accomplishing what he wants,” Ms. find a problem and create a
Quinones said. “As a student, business to solve the problem,”
a football player and a young said Michael Govea, assistant
man with a dream, he offers a principal at Sweetwater High
great example of the vast po- who served as the youths’
tential of all of our students.” mentor. “Luis stepped up to the
The launching pad for Luis challenge and came up with a
was an intensive entrepreneur- winning proposal in a very fast
ial workshop at the Jacobs turnaround.”
Dealing with Stress
By Alejandra Guillén
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
eating would be to eat multigrain bread instead of white
bread. For breakfast you can
throw out the donut and have
oatmeal with a side of fruit.
For lunch you can skip the
hamburger and have a turkey
sandwich without mayonnaise
and a side of veggies. For dinner you can have a serving of
lean meat, such as chicken or
pork, with brown rice and
veggies.
Planning ahead is another
key factor to keeping stress
levels low. Waiting until the last
minute to do things can cause
a lot of stress. If you are planning a party, do as much as
possible prior to the day of the
party so you can enjoy yourself on the special day. We
may think we can do it all in
one day, even if it is probably
impossible. That kind of thinking will leave you feeling
stressed and exhausted!
Another simple way of reducing stress is just to laugh.
When you laugh you also produce “feel good” chemicals
which help you to reduce
stress and to relax your
muscles. If you don’t find much
around you that is funny, try
watching a funny movie. Conversation is another way to
reduce stress. Try surrounding yourself with friends who
are positive and who will listen to you. They might even
inspire you. If you would
rather do activities to reduce
your stress levels on your
“Jobs like these aren’t just fiction.”
In addition to working with
the students in Mexico and
Costa Rica, students will continue to work with local organizations to learn about tracking of the animals and their
nesting habits.
“These types of experiences are invaluable for students,” said Board President
John McCann. “The realworld application of learning
gives students a unique perspective that we know they will
carry with them for a long
time.”
own: try reading, listening to
classical music, or meditating
to calm your mind and soothe
your soul.
Try looking for exercise,
meditation or relaxation classes
in your area. Familias Sanas
y Activas offers free exercise
classes in the areas of San
Ysidro and Chula Vista. For
more information please call
(619)594-4504.
If none of these ideas seem
to help you with your stress,
you should try contacting your
doctor. If you are experiencing extreme stress, anxiety, or
depression you can call the San
Diego Crisis Line toll free
number is 1(800) 479-3339.
Freedom
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she desperately needed.
Xiomara told a social
worker at Duke Hospital about
Kulla’s threats. The worker
put her in touch with me, and
working with other attorneys
and volunteers, we were able
to gain her trust. We told her
that just because she didn’t
have the proper papers, didn’t
mean she didn’t have any
rights.
Despite the potential peril
and ongoing medical challenges, Xiomara filed a complaint against Kulla with the
police and cooperated with
ICE and USCIS in their investigation. She later testified
against him in court.
Xiomara stood up against
him and pursued justice to the
end. He is now in a Texas jail
serving a 12-month sentence.
Xiomara was recently honored as one of 15 Freedom
from Fear Award winners from
around the country. The award
was announced at Netroots
Nation, a gathering of digital
media makers and bloggers. It
honors ordinary people who
have committed extraordinary
acts of courage on behalf of
immigrants and refugees — individuals who have taken a risk,
set an example, and inspired
others to awareness or action.
Award recipients come
from a broad range of people
from all over the political spec-
Aunque la anemia puede
aparecer debido a causas
genéticas, la típica anemia que
se genera por la deficiencia de
hierro puede ser prevenida. La
ingesta de alimentos que contengan el hierro que el organismo necesita para funcionar
es fundamental en todas las
etapas de la vida.
La producción de hemoglobina, encargada de transportar el oxígeno en la sangre,
es imposible si no hay suficiente hierro disponible. Cuando disminuye la cantidad normal de hemoglobina en el
torrente sanguíneo hablamos
de anemia.
Cuando las células carecen
del oxígeno necesario y empiezan a agotar sus reservas, se
afecta su funcionamiento y se
presentan síntomas como
cansancio, debilidad, palidez,
irritabilidad, inapetencia, vértigo o mareo. Es indispensable
acudir al médico cuando se
presenten los síntomas, solo tras
un examen de rutina el especialista podrá determinar si
existe anemia por insuficiencia
de hierro.
De acuerdo con los especialistas, por mucho tiempo la
deficiencia de hierro ha sido
considerada como la mayor
causa de anemia en la niñez,
sin embargo, esta condición se
ha vuelto mucho menos común
en los Estados Unidos en los
últimos años, gracias al enriquecimiento con hierro en
fórmulas, papillas y cereales
para bebés.
Por ello es indispensable que
los padres de familia se aseguren de tener una excelente
comunicación con los pediatras
y médicos sobre la dieta de
bebés, niños y adolescentes.
Los recién nacidos, por lo
general, y dependiendo de la
salud de su madre suelen
contar con las suficientes
reservas de hierro, sin embargo,
a partir de los seis meses
además de la leche materna,
han de agregarse cereales a su
dieta y si el bebé no puede
recibir la leche materna, debe
suministrársele leche enriquecida en hierro.
Vale la pena agregar, que
los niños menores de un año
no deben tomar leche de vaca,
ya que sus intestinos no están
listos para procesarla. De
hecho su consumo antes de
tiempo puede generar sangrados intestinales y causar
anemia por pérdida de sangre.
Las consecuencias de la
anemia por deficiencia de
hierro dependen, entre otros
factores, de su duración y
severidad pero si no se trata,
puede causar problemas de
Luisa Fernanda Montero
comportamiento o aprendizaje
y es posible que estos problemas no se puedan revertir, por
eso, debemos asegurarnos de
que la dieta familiar contenga
hierro.
Entre los alimentos que lo
contienen está la carne de res,
especialmente el hígado, el
pollo, el pescado – sardinas,
atún, salmón –, cereales enriquecidos, leguminosas – habas,
lentejas, frijoles –, huevos,
verduras como la acelga, la
espinaca, la remolacha y frutas
secas como los albaricoques,
las ciruelas y las uvas pasas.
Si sigue una dieta vegetariana, asegúrese de agregarle
alimentos enriquecidos con
hierro.
Recuerde que durante las
primeras etapas de la adolescencia, cuando el crecimiento
es muy acelerado, los jóvenes
de ambos sexos corren riesgo
de contraer anemia por deficiencia de hierro.
Una buena dieta puede
cerrarle las puertas a la anemia, no la deje entrar en su
casa.
New Study Shows Long-Term Supply of Birth Control Pills
Helps Women Stay Consistent With Contraception
Planned Parenthood offers a year’s supply of birth control pills
By Angela Reed-Smith,
Senior Vice President of Patient Services
Planned Parenthood of the
Pacific Southwest
Planned Parenthood of the
Pacific Southwest offers a
year’s supply of birth control
pills in one easy visit. We know
that women running out of pills
is one of the most common reasons for inconsistent use.
When women are able to
get many months of birth control pills in one visit, they are
more likely to stay with the contraceptive than women who
can only get a short-term suptrum who are all involved in
standing up for immigrant rights
across the country — ranging
from a former police chief from
Phoenix, a conservative immigrant from Columbia living in
Utah, an undocumented
worker from South Pasadena,
California, and a number of
students and activists.
The Freedom from Fear
Award takes its name from
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s
famous “Four Freedoms”
speech 70 years ago in which
he outlined four fundamental
freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to
enjoy: Freedom of speech and
expression; Freedom of religion; Freedom from want; and
Freedom from fear. These fundamental freedoms are just as
important now as they were
then.
I was honored to nominate
Xiomara and she was equally
honored to receive such an
award. She stood up to Kulla
because she believes that all
of us can and should stand up
for what’s right, such as basic
human dignity for all people, including other immigrants.
The Awards are particularly
fitting on the 50th Anniversary
of the Freedom Rides that
helped dismantle segregation in
the South, and on the heels of
the Arab Spring which has
shown the power of ordinary
people overcoming their fear.
Xiomara’s public resistance
inspired other woman to come
forward. After her case received media coverage, other
women came forward either
ply, says a new research study
published in the Journal of
Obstetrics & Gynecology. In
a separate study, researchers
found that low-income women
in California’s Medi-Cal program were less likely to have
an unplanned pregnancy when
they were given a year’s supply of birth control pills.
Both studies are important as
we continue the discussion
about reducing the rate of unintended pregnancy. They also
confirm what we’ve known for
years at Planned Parenthood
– removing barriers to access
to contraception improves outcomes.
Planned Parenthood provides the contraceptive patch,
implants, and injection, as well
as intrauterine contraception,
condoms, and vaginal rings.
Planned Parenthood of the
Pacific Southwest also offers
permanent birth control, including tubal ligation, Essure and
vasectomy.
Visit our website at plan
ned.org to take the confidential “My method” questionnaire
to see what birth control
method is best for you! Or call
1-888-743-PLAN (7526) to
make an appointment at one of
our 19 health centers in San
Diego and Riverside counties.
directly or through their attorneys and reported that Kulla
had victimized them as well.
It was scary for Xiomara to
work with ICE agents during
the investigation. But she overcame her fears to make sure
that what happened to her never
happened to another woman.
And while undocumented
workers across America continue to be vulnerable, at
least one victimizer is behind
bars.
Rosenbluth, executive director of the
NC Immigrant Rights Project. He
nominated Xiomara Benitez Blanco
for the Freedom from Fear Award,
which honors ordinary people who
have committed extraordinary acts
of courage on behalf of immigrants
and refugees. www.freedomfrom
fearaward.com.
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
La Corte Suprema de Mexico discute sobre “el derecho a la vida”
Por Mariana Martinez
Esta semana inicio la discusión en la suprema corte que
podría dar marcha atrás a las
legislaciones de 18 estados de
México que prohíben el aborto
en todas sus formas, lo que
significaría un triunfo de los
acuerdos internacionales firmados por México en materia
de derechos humanos y reproductivos.
La discusión se centra en
dos recursos de inconstitucionalidad en contra de las
reformas a las constituciones
de Baja California y San Luis
Potosí pero el fallo afecta al
resto de los estados.
En el caso de Baja California fue en diciembre de 2008
que reformó el artículo 7o
constitucional para proteger el
derecho a la vida “desde el
momento de la concepción
hasta la muerte natural”.
Hasta hace muy poco, la ley
en México permitía la terminación del embarazo por
causas de violación, incesto,
malformación e incluso pobreza (en algunos estados) pero a
raíz de la despenalización del
aborto en el DF (con límite de
12 semanas de gestación) se
hicieron una serie de legislaciones estatales que buscan
proteger la vida desde el
momento de la concepción
para evitar una despenalización
similar a nivel nacional.
Los argumentos de inconstitucionalidad son: 1. Que con
estas reformas le da la calidad
de persona jurídica y objeto de
derecho al no nacido desde el
momento de la concepción,
cuando es estrictamente un
grupo de células sin sistema
nervioso hasta la semana 11 de
gestación, como determina la
Organización Mundial de la
Salud. 2. Que esto atenta contra el derecho de igualdad de
las mujeres y su derecho para
decidir si tener o no tener hijos,
el momento para hacerlo y
cantidad.
Las consecuencias de este
cambio de ley en Baja California ha sido que docenas de
mujeres presentadas ante el
Ministerio Público para explicar
las circunstancias de su aborto
(muchas veces espontáneo),
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to life debated
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ethics, but simple social justice.
“As the law currently stands
[in Baja California] if somebody
wants to interrupt a pregnancy
in the first month it is not an
abortion but murder, with a
much higher penalty than an
abortion” she explains, “and this
opens the door to the prohibition of contraception methods
such as IUD or the emergency
pill”.
If the reforms are considered unconstitutional and contrary to international accords,
this would impact the lives of
many women, specially those
in vulnerable situations including working class, migrants, indigenous or teen girls, who are
most likely to seek an abortion
in unsanitary conditions.
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En un sonado caso de una
joven de Mexicali, esta fue
condenada a 23 años de prisión
bajo el cargo de homicidio en
relación de parentesco por
haber tenido un aborto.
En el caso de Leslie, ella
tenía casi 8 meses de embarazo cuando asegura haberse
despertado cubierta en sangre
y con una fuerte hemorragia
por la expulsión del feto.
“Me arrastre hasta el baño
porque ya no veía del dolor…”
contó la muchacha desde
prisión.
Leslie, de apenas 19 años
de edad,— y madre de un hijo
de entonces 2 años—, es
madre soltera y vivía con sus
padres cuando tuvo la hemorragia, por lo que su familia la
llevó al hospital, donde fue
arrestada.
Aunque ella asegura que la
bebé cuyo cuerpo tenía golpes,
se golpeó al salir de su cuerpo
y caer, fue acusada y encontrada culpable de homicidio en
razón de parentesco y sentenciada a 23 años en prisión.
“En el hospital sólo me dijeron
que iba a haber un pequeño
problema legal” recuerda.
Permaneció en la cárcel de
Mexicali más de 2 años, pero
fue puesta en libertad cuando
la fiscalía no pudo probar que
el bebé haya nacido vivo o que
había intención de matarlo.
“En este caso se viola el
derecho, ha habido proceso, se
viola la presunción de inocencia, la garantía a la defensa…una serie de violaciones constitucionales” considera su abogado, el ex magistrado del Tribunal superior de
justicia Arnoldo Castillo.
“Nunca se probó el dolo, el
ánimo y la intención de matar,
pero sí se ratifica la sentencia”
agrega.
En Baja California existe el
antecedente del sonado caso
de Paulina: una niña de 13 años
violada, queda embarazada y
agentes del estado (del partido
en el poder PAN) con ayuda
de la grey católica evitan que
se interrumpa el embarazo a
tiempo.
El caso fue llevado hasta la
corte interamericana donde fue
ganado en contra del estado
Mexicano a quien se le obliga
a garantizar el acceso a la
anticoncepción y el aborto en
casos de violación.
Esto claramente no ha
sucedido y lo que es peor, las
leyes actuales de “derecho a
la vida” tienen otras implicaciones como es la reproducción asistida y el acceso a
anticonceptivos.
Según explica la activista y
académica Lucía Meglar,
cofundadora de la ONG “Ni
una Más” contra los feminicidios, la interrupción del
embarazo en condiciones
seguras no es una cuestión de
religión o ética sino de justicia
social.
“Con la ley como esta [en
Baja California] si alguien se
provoca un aborto al mes, ya
no es un aborto, ya es homicidio por razón de parentesco
entonces la pena es mucho más
grande” explica Melgar. “Si se
aceptan estas reformas se
puede llegar al punto de prohibir los anticonceptivos como
la pastilla del día siguiente o el
DIU por evitar la implantación
de un óvulo ya fecundado”.
De ser declaradas contrarias a la constitución y a los
acuerdos internacionales, este
fallo tendría repercusiones casi
inmediatas especialmente
importantes para los grupos de
mujeres en situación vulnerable, obreras, migrantes, indígenas, ya que son ellas las que
finalmente tienen menos acceso al cuidado a la salud y se
exponen a represalias si deciden interrumpir un embarazo.
“Lo cierto es que esta ley
se ha utilizado sobre todo contra mujeres pobres, indígenas,
sin acceso a educación o
recursos económicos para
practicarse un aborto en una
clínica privada” explicó Eduardo Bartolini, asesor jurídico de
la la PDH y CNDH en Baja
California, responsables de
interponer el recurso de inconstitucionalidad para el caso
de Baja California.
Meglar hace incapie en el
asunto de clase. “En este país
las mujeres que tenemos recursos podemos ir con cualquier médico para decirle
“necesito abortar” y al día
siguiente tener una cita una
succión, a ser tratadas como
reinitas y salir adelante; las
mujeres que no tienen recursos
tienen que asistir con quien sea
con las peores condiciones de
salud o ellas mismas provocando un aborto poniendo en
riesgo su salud y su vida”.
Esto es aun más evidente en
zonas fronterizas como Tijuana, el acceso a ir a San Diego a practicarse un aborto (o
viceversa) es también una
posibilidad de gente clase media y alta, mientras que el resto
sufre riesgos de abortos clandestinos mal practicados.
“Truth be told, this law has
been used against women who
are poor, indigenous and lack
access to proper care and education, those who can’t afford
a private clinic” says Eduardo
Bartolini, legal advisor for the
Human Rights Attorneys office in Baja California, one of
the groups that filed the claim
against the constitutionality
claim.
Meglar is keen on the fact
this is a social class struggle.
“In this country, women with
resources can go to any private practitioner and say ‘I
need an abortion’ and get one
the next day. They go to a private hospital and are treated
like a queen and walk out of
there and move on” she says.
“On the other hand poor women have to go to the same
ordeal in the worst sanitary
conditions and jeopardize their
health or even their lives”.
This is even clearer in border areas like Tijuana, where
there is always the possibility
of going to San Diego to get
an abortion (sometimes viceversa), The chance to do this
legally is only available to
middle and upper class Mexicans with a passport and visa.
agreeing the laws are unconstitutional.
But as the coin turns in the
air, the Interamerican Womens’ Rights Network is getting ready to present their case
claiming Mexico is discriminating against women in the cases
of Alexis Medina, jailed with
charges of drug trafficking; the
Leslie case for 3 years of false
imprisonment and other cases
against transgender sexual
workers that have been killed
in hate crimes.
If the votes don’t revoke
local laws, the case put forward by the Women Schoolars
Federation in Hague, Geneva,
on Oct 26 would include those
laws as going against the
equality of Mexican women.
If not….
“There are appalling cases
documented” says Meglar,
“one, of a 10 year old made to
carry a pregnancy to term after being raped by her father,
one of a woman who had cancer and was denied treatment
because she was pregnant,
What the challenge is stating
is basically the law can not go
to extremes to protect the
rights of one (unborn children)
and trample over the rights of
the other (women) because its
unconstitutional”.
The Supreme Court has 11
judges and 8 votes are needed
for the laws to be revoked. So
far only 5 votes have been delivered: Two against and 3
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“Hubo un caso en el que
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luz a un producto de incesto, a
otra mujer que tenía cáncer y
no le dieron tratamiento contra el cáncer porque supuestamente el producto estaba en
riesgo…lo que se está planteando en el proyecto es que
la ley no puede llegar a extremos y que no se puede atentar
contra los derechos de las
mujeres por lo que es inconstitucional” explica Meglar.
El fallo para derogar las
leyes estatales necesitaría 8
votos a favor de los 11 votos
de la suprema corte y hasta el
dia de hoy van 5 votos emitidos:
dos en contra y tres a favor.
Pero de no hacerlo, la demanda en contra del estado
Mexicano se sumaría a otra que
ya está preparando la Red
Inte ra meri cana por los
Derechos de las Mujeres
para presentar ante el
Comité SEDAU casos de
discriminación contra las
mujeres el caso de Alexis
Medina presa por acusaciones
de delincuencia organizada: el
caso Leslie que fue presa 3
años en Baja California y los
casos de mujeres transexuales
víctimas de acoso policiaco y
los casos de trabajadores
sexuales que presentaron cargos de feminicidio.
Esta demanda está planteada para la próxima reunión del
comité el 26 de octubre en
Ginebra por parte de la Federacion de Mujeres Universitarias.
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Binational Production House
Rocks the Two Californias
By Ric Gomez-Roji
LaAgencia.tv is the newest
venture between Jorge A.
Cano and Ricardo Gomez-Roji,
both U.S.-born Latinos. Now
LaAgencia.tv brings them to
USA/Mexico border in order
to continue to produce videos,
films, commercials, Internet
web sites and Social Networking Programs for private and
public sector entities.
Having a solid history of producing for Fortune 500 companies, the founders of
LaAgencia.tv have won numerous awards, including an
Emmy and a Latino Marketing Award among others.
Currently, LaAgencia.tv has
three television pilots under
development, one in English
and two in Spanish. Two of the
pilots are for international distribution.
“Having the unique mindset
of truly being binational with a
transborder business reality allows us to investigate how we
can incorporate these nuances
in a way that truly does deliver
positive results,” said Cano,
who has directed 12 full length
motion pictures for the Span-
Los Dueños
(con’t de página 2)
ish-speaking international market.
Cano continued: “By transferring our experience from
film-making into a full service
advertisement agency that features the latest high tech tools,
we are able to deliver marketshare results beyond expectations.”
Fortunately, Mexico has a
very solid creative back-bone,
and by utilizing younger generations of graphic designers
and IT people, LaAgencia.tv
has setup a process that offers
the best of both worlds. Authenticity combined with true
cultural creativity makes
multiethnic marketing programs a very viable reality.
Cano and Gomez-Roji have
worked on targeted programs
for companies as diverse as
Pillsbury, Ocean Spray, Jack in
the Box, Miller Brewing, Coors
Brewing, McDonalds, Sports
Illustrated, TGYF (Mexico)
and many more.
For more information, contact Ricardo Gomez-Roji at
619-271-6682 or you can visit
their web site at www.
LaAgencia.tv and, of course,
‘Se Habla Español.”
hiciera un festival para la
raza (la nuestra, no La Raza
de Washington) sin dejar un
solo centavo de impuestos en
Arizona, como parte de la
llamada la Huelga de Sonido
Contra Arizona.
En fin. Posiblemente en
vez de seguírsela refrescando
al Consejo Nacional de La
Raza, debíamos acordarnos
nosotros de quienes son ellos.
Son la organización que tiene
“conferencias nacionales”
patrocinadas por el Ejército
de Estados Unidos, en las
que se incluyen puestos para
reclutar jóvenes latinos al
“Army”, y que más bien
parecen fiestas comerciales
en las que las compañías que
quieren sacarle lana a los
inmigrantes vendiéndoles en
español productos elaborados
por trabajadores inmigrantes
miserablemente explotados
en sus fábricas a salario
mínimo se anuncian con
bombo y platillo.
No son “la raza”. Son La
Raza, los mercaderes del
pueblo. Pero el boicot no es
de ellos. Es nuestro.
historia, claro, la Ley existe y
es Ley, aunque la Suprema
Corte declaró nulas varias de
sus peores partes, pero sigue
siendo Ley, y la gobernadora
Jan Brewer acaba de
declarar que buscará que la
Suprema Corte le levante la
anulación.
Para seguírsela
refrescando, la SB1070
sirvió de ejemplo para que
otros estados, entre ellos
Georgia, por ejemplo,
aprobara leyes terribles
sobre inmigración,
continuando el experimento
discriminatorio de Arizona.
Por si necesita que se la
sigamos recordando, el boicot
le costó a Arizona por lo
menos unos 140 millones de
dólares en productos que no
se compraron, convenciones
y viajes cancelados y demás,
nada mal para una acción
popular de miles de individuos
decididos a no permitir que
los traten a patadas. El boicot
fue creativo, logrando por
Contacto Jorge Mújica Murias en
ejemplo que Manu Chao
[email protected]
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
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GUEST EDITORIAL:
Remembering community values during
National Hispanic Heritage Month
By Angela C. Trudell Vasquez
We’re in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month, and the values I’d
like to honor during this month are hard
work and community.
At a recent family wedding in Chicago,
several Hispanic families came together
from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Puerto Rico. These were working-class
families, people who came here and got
good-paying union jobs or jobs in the
public sector to support their families.
They worked for Maytag and John
Deere. They were public school teachers, nurses or social workers. Others
were bankers, auditors or worked for the
insurance industry. These were all wellpaying jobs with benefits, and the entire
family benefited from their success.
For National Hispanic Heritage Month,
which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, it’s
important to remember that they did not
start off successful. Many of them were
from poor families. They may have taken
aid from various agencies or churches,
but the parents stressed getting a good
education and saving money and being
frugal.
They relied on each other. Often, many
households lived together under one roof,
sharing expenses, income, child care, and
adult care when the grandparents got old
and needed additional assistance.
Maybe they were hungry now and then
but they welcomed others to their table
and shared what they had to eat. They
grew their own food, canned or gathered
fruit that grew freely, raised bees and
chickens or designed shoes from old
tires during World War II.
They availed themselves of public libraries, public education and public
transportation. And their children took
on jobs as soon as they could to contribute to the household.
This is the family I was born into.
Some of us have fulfilled the American dream and have risen from working
class to middle class by following the
law, obeying the rules, jumping through
the hoops and saving money for rainy
days.
Some of us have become activists and
work for social justice, whether it’s in
AIDS prevention, lobbying for better
immigration laws, fighting for the right
for unions to exist or protecting the programs we know our family members relied on to feed and take care of their
families. Some of us are earning doctorates, some are policemen, and some
are just returning from the battlefield in
Afghanistan.
But we are all giving back to the communities that nourished us.
We are not just Hispanic. We are
Americans. And we embody the American dream.
We want others to have the same opportunities we had.
That means decent public services,
such as libraries, schools and mass transit. That means decent-paying jobs with
good benefits and union protections. That
means a community that takes care of
everyone in it.
This is not just the Hispanic community. This is the entire American community.
Angela C. Trudell Vasquez works with the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union and is a poet. She
can be reached at [email protected].
Reprinted from “The Progressive” (www.
progressive.org).
THE PUBLIC FORUM ... EL FORO PÚBLICO...
Redevelopment in San Diego?
Over the past week I have attended no less
than two ‘Sliver along the Trolley’ community
plan working group meeting. The first the Commercial & Imperial Corridor Master Plan Working Group Meeting #3 and the Euclid +
Market Land Use and Mobility Working Group
#2 Meeting.
I can only repeat what the community
members at the first meeting said, ‘I live
and own property right along the trolley, those
are pictures of my buildings you have up on
the screen – was not noticed’; myself, I (the
Chair of a local community planning group)
and at least one other MAPA member did
not get a notices until the very day of the
meeting and then got a call ‘follow-up’ at
about 2:30 pm asking that I attempt to showup. It seems the current land owners are not
invited to participate in the profits of redevelopment, and as there appeared to be less
than 5% Latino community members at either meeting neither is the Latino Community. The clear majority at both of these meetings, City and County staff, and other employees of the governmental structures such
as those involved in the development and redevelopment processes or who work for city
owned corporations linked to economic development / redevelopment.
At both meetings it was stated that some
4,000 people were ‘noticed’ of both meetings – were they noticed like me – the very
day of the meetings? Clearly, the communities are not in attendances at these meetings at anywhere close to representative
levels. The Governmental structures are,
and it seems they all lend their support for
whatever plan they are presenting; for in
the meetings it is clear that the super-majority of the time - it is the Government
who is talking and saying what it is the nonpresented communities “want” and not the
organic communities. And, when the community gets so frustrated with the re-presentation of non-organic community plans
as being their own, that it is driven to speak
out and take a stand - what happens then?
Well, it seems the community members are
called rude, unprofessional…, non-professional and non-courteous and unknowledgeable.
Why is wrong to cause offence, when it
is clear by the conditions of our streets, our
schools, our infrastructures, our economy,
and the gentrification that seems to always
take-place after the mechanized wheels of
redevelopment have changed the landscapes
of communities - have so offended the super-majority of pre-redevelopment populations?
Gregory Morales
San Diego
Shifting our approach in Arizona
Over a week ago, my organization, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), along with
the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and
the Asian American Justice Center, announced
the suspension of our participation in the economic boycott of Arizona. As was the case
when NCLR initially announced our plans to
join in boycotting the state in May 2010, we
consulted with a wide variety of our partners,
including our network of nonprofit Affiliate organizations across the country-13 of which are
based in Arizona-and our sister civil rights institutions. We did not come to the decision to
boycott Arizona lightly, nor do we end our participation now without careful consideration.
In particular, we were moved to act after
receiving requests from Arizona’s elected officials, business leaders, union leaders, religious
leaders, and local NCLR Affiliates.They believe that this was the right time for NCLR to
suspend its boycott activities in order to promote a more constructive debate around the
issue of immigration. There is a concerted and
growing effort in the state to foster civil and
constructive dialogue—voices who represent
a broader swath of Arizona than the brand of
extremism that has tarnished the state. In light
of the injunction against the law, and these
growing efforts committed to charting a new
No Casa Blanca for the GOP
By Maria Cardona
As a Democrat, predictably, I find all of the
presidential candidates and the policies they
support anathema to everything I believe this
country needs right now. Their “solutions” are
regurgitated failures that have been tried before and are a big reason President Obama
inherited an economy on the brink of another
Great Depression.
As a Latina however, I find myself scratching my head and wondering whether the GOP
candidates even know – or care – there is a
powerful and growing Latino voting population
in critical swing states that hold the key to any
Republican who wants to work in the Oval
Office.
During the last several GOP Presidential debates, I sat dumbfounded on several instances
where the GOP candidates were unwilling or
frankly, unable to even articulate a single thing
they would do to capture the Latino vote. When
that question was posed at the GOP Tea Party
debate, not one candidate mentioned how they
would create additional jobs for Latinos, or create additional economic opportunity. Instead,
they tripped over each over trying to see who
could use the phrase “government dole” more
times, and who would do a better job of keeping the “illegals” out. It was downright offensive.
One could argue the GOP candidates are playing to their base. This would explain their insistence on building the border fence, being against
the Dream Act, and attacking Perry for having
been on the “wrong” side of both of these issues. But unfortunately, if you look at the recent history of GOP candidates across the
board and how they have run their campaigns,
it seems the truth is much more disturbing.
Since 2005 when Jim Sensenbrenner
authored the draconian and extreme Border
Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act which passed the House with
92% of Republicans supporting it, the Republican Party did an extreme about-face when it
comes to talking to Latino voters and trying to
capture their votes.
The result? Democrats won back the House
in 2006, Barack Obama won the presidency in
2008, and Democrats retained the Senate in
the face of a tremendous Republican wave in
2010. While not the sole reason all of the above
happened, a very large part of why these
happened can be rightly attributed to Latinos
supporting Democrats and rejecting the vile
anti-immigrant/anti-Hispanic stances of Republicans in the last four years.
If the Republicans don’t learn to speak respectfully to Latinos who are business owners,
managers, doctors, nurses, academics, mothers, fathers, teachers, police officers, firefighters, and yes, working people just trying to make
a living, 2012 will be no different.
Matthew Dowd, a Republican pollster said
in 2004 that if George W. Bush did not garner
at least 40% of the Latino vote in that year’s
election, he would not be elected. He got exactly that. So imagine if in 2004, the required
GOP Latino vote share was 40%, in 2012, after an explosion of growth around the country
and in key battleground states that percentage
has got to be at least 44 or 45% if not more.
But for the sake of keeping things statistically
correct, let’s stick with 40%. In a few recent
polls by Latino Decisions, a polling firm specializing in polling Latinos, the vote share for
the Republican Party does not break 19%. That
is a 21 point, jaw-droppingly huge gap the Republicans need to bridge in order to have a
prayer of winning the White House in 2012.
It is no wonder Republican elders like Jeb
Bush are sternly reminding the GOP how foolish it is to alienate Latino voters with offensive,
over-the-top rhetoric that does nothing but drive
Latinos to support Democrats if only to punish
a party by letting them know their words have
consequences. Just ask Sharon Angle in Nevada, who famously told a group of Latino students that many of them “looked Asian” to her.
She ended up with 9% of the Latino vote and
handed Harry Reid the election.
But let’s get back to the 2012 candidates.
On every single issue that is important to
Latinos – jobs, education, health care, small
businesses, Social Security, and yes, immigration, the GOP presidential candidates are on
the complete opposite side.
On jobs, the GOP candidates would drastically slash budgets and programs that would
help keep Latinos employed or help the millions of unemployed Latinos across the country. On education, the GOP candidates would
slash education investment and Pell Grants
which have given hundreds of thousands of
Latino students the chance to go to college.
The GOP candidates would all repeal
“Obamacare,” when it has provided 9 million
Latinos health care coverage who didn’t have
it before. We already know what the GOP
wants to do with Social Security – if they are
not calling it a Ponzi scheme and saying it is
unconstitutional, they want to privatize it and
put it in the hands of Wall Street. Social Security kept 20 million Americans out of poverty
including almost half of Latino seniors.
On immigration, what Republicans don’t understand is what Latinos hear when GOP candidates say “We are for legal immigration but
against illegal immigration.” When the GOP
makes this statement, they normally follow it
up with something like “we need to secure the
border first.” To Latinos, this is code for “We
will never support a path to legalization for the
millions of ‘illegals’ who are here.”
Again, the GOP is playing to their base, offering extreme right-wing platitudes and no real
solutions, and continuing to alienate Latinos in
the process. This is not a policy answer to the
more than 12 million undocumented immigrants
who are here and are not going anywhere anytime soon.
Republicans had better the heed the advice
of many of their strategists and elected officials who understand their ultimate fate can
very well be in the hands of Latino voters in
2012. If the things that come out of their mouths
don’t change, the only way they will ever see
the inside of La Casa Blanca is via a guided
tour.
This article was originally published in the
Huff Post LATINO VOICES. Maria Cardona
is a Democratic strategist, a principal at the
Dewey Square Group, founder of Latinovations, a former senior adviser to Hillary
Clinton, and former communications director to the Democratic National Committee.
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Commentary/Opinion Page
Are We Going to Win?
By Rodolfo F. Acuña
The question that is most often posited during human rights struggles is, “Are We Going
to Win?” Early on I would answer with certainty, “yes.” However, today I am cautioned
by the words of Alice McGrath, one of the main
organizers of the “Sleepy Lagoon Defense
Committee.”
Alice at the University of California Santa
Cruz lecture answered the question with considerable insight. Paraphrasing her, “If we are
under the illusion that if we put our little bodies
into a struggle that we are going to win; we are
under a delusion. We don’t win that often.”
When I filed a discrimination suit against the
University of California Santa Barbara in 1991,
I knew that the odds were against us. The defendants had “deep pockets” and they could
buy or intimidate most of its Chicana/o employees and the courts protected the UC. The judges
were UC graduates and our federal judge was
active in UC alumni circles. With Armando
Duron and lead attorney Moises Vasquez we
pieced together a legal team of fifteen pro-bono
attorneys, none of them had experience in civil
rights litigation.
We won because of the lawyers and the tremendous community support and the solidarity
of the UCSB Congreso and MEChA students
throughout California. We won despite the
American justice system not because of it.
This same question has come up in the Save
Ethnic Studies campaign against Arizona’s SB
2281 which the Arizona superintendents of instruction – past and present— are using to kill
off Mexican American Studies. In my heart I
know that history will show that we are right
and expose Tom Horne and John Huppenthal
for the racists that they are. However, I am
not delusional – it is an uphill battle.
At this point, we are pretty certain that the
case law is on our side, but Arizona has been
under a court order to desegregate for over 30
years and state and local officials have evaded
enforcement. Indeed, Arizona has embarked
on a strategy to nullify the U.S. Constitution,
thumbing its nose at the Department of Justice
and the federal courts. Moreover, the behavior
of most state and local officials is irrational – it
is as if the Enlightenment never happened.
The old enemy of the poor, the lack of money
and resources, haunts us as in my case against
UCSB. Brown v. the Board of Education
(1954) was a landmark case; however,
throughout this nation Latinos and other minorities are more segregated today than in the 1950s
and our schools are still separate and unequal.
Other enemies plague us — they are named
ambition and ego. People lose perspective. A
lot of people supported me because they knew
there was discrimination in the UC and that it
was the principle we were fighting for not me.
This is often difficult to keep in perspective and
some will always make it about them.
Unfortunately, there were many who were
opportunists. This is inherent in many middle
Public Form
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course, we agreed to suspend our participation
in the boycott.
Our opposition to racial profiling laws like SB
1070 is unequivocal, and the work against them
continues. The record has shown that they are
destructive political wedges that undermine the
social and economic fabric of the communities
where they are pushed through. And because
of that we understand why other organizations
and allies may choose to continue to boycott
the state, and we respect that decision completely. For our part, we reserve the right to
reinstate the boycott should the law be implemented, and in the meantime will continue to
work with and lend our support to local partners trying to get their state back on track.
Ultimately though, by pursuing this new
course, we hope we can play a role in bringing
SB 1070 supporters and opponents together to
find the common ground needed to advance
sustainable solutions to fix our broken immigration system. We look forward to working
together with all Arizonans - and Americans of good will to seek real, lasting solutions that
are consistent with our nation’s most fundamental values and principles.
Janet Murguía
President and CEO of the National Council
of La Raza
Sweetwater District Elections
Process explained
The Sweetwater Union High School District
voted 3-2 to initiate a change of the district’s
election system to by-trustee area elections for
the 2012 board election. Board members Pearl
class people who are by nature brokers. That
sector often uses the poor as leverage with the
oligarchy, brokering between them and the
white establishment. Desperate to be recognized they get on committees to meet those on
the other side and curry their favor. In my case
it was Ralph Ochoa, an attorney doing business with the UC as well as a Chicana UC
Trustee. Brokering is the form of control that I
wrote about in the second edition of Occupied
America (1980). The discovery documents also
showed backroom negotiations between UC
attorneys and professors who lacked the courage to come out into the open.
Envy is the most difficult of the enemies to
combat. When entering into a struggle, I am
reminded of Cyrano De Bergerac who with
his dying breath lashes out at his old enemies,
the enemies of justice. Perhaps because he and
I both have grotesque noses, I have always
identified with Cyrano.
Now to get more pointed. What is happening
in Arizona is not an aberration. Extremists on
the right are embarking on a strategy of Nullification. William E. Simon, the Secretary of
Treasury under Gerald Ford, wrote A Time for
Truth in 1978 and A Time for Action in 1980
that rallied the emerging billionaire cabal to fund
think tanks and showed them how they could
use the tax codes to create charitable trusts
and institutions that would perpetuate their right
wing ideologies and their privileges. Since that
time, these so-called philanthropists have
funded the fight against immigrant rights, affirmative action, the trial lawyers, Bill Clinton, and
all forms of multicultural education.
Let me be clear, nullification is sedition. It is
as much of a threat to our democracy, if not
more, than terrorism. It is irrational because
Arizona is dependent on the federal government. For example, while California gets back
78 cents for every dollar paid in taxes Arizona
receives a $1.19 – it should be grateful. Barack
Obama is not Abraham Lincoln and the reason
the traitors are able to get away with it in Arizona is more a case of Obama’s weakness than
his fairness. The traitors get away with it because no one will call them on it.
Aside from small time charlatans like the
members of the Southern Arizona Leadership
Council, this nullification is being motivated from
outside Arizona. Some of the funding comes
from within such as the Tucson Republican
Party that has used the shooting of Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords to raise funds. But most of
the funds come from outside, donated by the
families William Simon addressed in 1978. They
fund sedition and get tax breaks to boot. The
horror.
So getting back to “Are We Going to Win?”
I sure hope so. However, I am not delusional; I
once had faith in the U.S. Supreme Court until
I read history and rulings such as Gore v. Bush
(2000) and Citizens United (2010). This should,
however, not stop us from fighting injustice and
we should fight this enemy like Cyrano with
our dying breath.
Quinones and Bertha Lopez opposed the
change.
To date, the Sweetwater District—in partnership with the San Diego County Office of
Education—has conducted three levels of study
to help determine the next steps in the process.
The three levels have included a review of 2010
Census data and a legal analysis of voter areas.
In passing the resolution to change the election process, the district will now move forward in retaining a demographer and legal
counsel to determine preliminary trustee areas.
Those suggestions will be brought to the community in a series of public meetings to be held
throughout the district. All community input must
be obtained before February, 2012, when the
board will vote on final trustee areas to submit
to the County Committee. (San Diego County
Office of Education serves as the County Committee)
Education Code 5020 requires the County
Committee to seek voter approval of changing
the election process. Part of the resolution
passed Monday night also includes the request
for a waiver of the voter approval requirement
in order to give the district the ability to place
the new trustee areas on the November, 2012
ballot. Public input will be received on the
waiver request and voted on by the board in
November, 2011. The district is seeking the
waiver because of the cost for a separate election and the uncertainty of the outcome. If voters did not approve the change in election process, the district would still be at risk of a lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act.
At-large elections, such as the current system in Sweetwater, have been subject to challenge under the California Voting Rights Act.
Lillian E. Leopold, APR
Director, Grants and Communications
Sweetwater Unified High School District
A new South Bay chamber serving the Mexican and
Mexican-American business community
By Patrick Osio
Much to the surprise of northern San Diego
cities like Escondido Hispanics overtook the
non-Hispanic population as revealed by the
2010 Census. While this was news to them,
the South San Diego population of Hispanics
has been a majority in most cities such as Chula
Vista and National City and the southernmost
portion of San Diego County and City.
The combined population of South Bay cities
is 328,822 from which an astounding 191,870
are classified as Hispanic representing over 58
percent of the population from which over 90
percent are of Mexican descent or Mexican
immigrants. But mostly unnoticed is that figures dating back to 2002 indicate that 44.3 percent of South Bay businesses are owned by
Hispanics, in contrast to 14.7 percent in the
state of California, a ration of almost 3 to 1 of
local Hispanics business ownership over the
balance of the state.
Part of the reason for this high proportion of
such businesses is the proximity to Baja California from which hundreds of Mexican entrepreneurs obtain U.S. visas to invest and
establish businesses in the San Diego South
Bay. The estimated number of Hispanic owned
businesses in all of San Diego is near 35,000
with better than 5,700 just in Chula Vista being
of Hispanic ownership.
Americans establishing businesses in a foreign country face a different set of procedures,
regulations, laws and corporate and local culture, and language. Knowing the process is different is one thing, but not knowing how to navigate the differences creates the need to be
dependent on mentors, advisers, consultants,
attorneys, accountants and others. Likewise for
foreigners doing business in the U.S., there is
knowledge that there is a process but the navigation is as difficult as it is for American business people in foreign countries.
Realizing the need and noting that the owners of a significant number of Hispanics whose
primary language is Spanish with little or severe limitations in English even among those
who have spent a great number of years or
born in the U.S., a group of well established
and seasoned Mexican-American business
people came together to form the Camara de
Negocios Mexico-Americana (CaNeMexA) –
Mexico-American Business Chamber – as a
mutual benefit non-profit California organization.
CaNeMexA’s stated mission is promote and
support its members by providing them with
information, seminars in Spanish (as needed)
for the development and growth of their businesses and to advocate and foster a friendly
business climate that promotes and encourages
economic investment throughout San Diego’s
South Bay region; and serve as a resource and
link between non-Mexican entities and the
Latino Market. Since its formation in June 2011,
close to 100 businesses have joined the chamber.
CaNeMexA came to the attention of Rodrigo
Domenzain, a teacher and businessman in the
interior of Mexico, whose Amar-AC Hidroponia
compay’s products include teaching, manufacturing and distributing hydroponic products.
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without
soil. In 11 years they have trained throughout
Mexico over 3000 teachers and an equal number of students who either produce vegetables
for their own consumption or sell depending on
the space allocated to the growing area. Amar
had sought information on how to set up a business in the U.S. and for 8 months had little
results.
CaNeMexA was asked for help. A volunteer member of the Board took on the project
with the following results: A State of California
corporation was formed in one day; an attorney was contracted for the legal work; on Mr.
Domenzain’s arrival to San Diego a bank account for the business will be opened; a
custom’s broker was contracted; and the transportation company was also contacted. A meeting hall for the first seminar for Amar is scheduled in October by Mr. Domenzain in the San
Diego South Bay has also been secured. All
this within the space of 2 to 3 days to complete
the assignment. Needless to say, Mr. Domenzain’s company is amazed that after eight
months of no results, CaNeMexA was able to
move so quickly.
Such success is due to the volunteer members of the chamber who know the process
and importance of attracting investment that in
turn creates employment in our communities.
For information on CaNeMexA contact it’s
president, Hector Molina at HCMolina@
aol.com or visit www.grupocanemexa.com
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
By Gustavo Arellano
Every time I
ride my bike
through the
barrio in a city,
the same
question comes
to my mind. Why
do so many
Mexican
business owners sit huge stereo
speakers outside their stores and play
music at a volume that guarantees I’d
never go in?
Aspirin Fan
Dear Mexican: I hear that at the last
Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors hearing about redistricting,
some lady accused Supervisor Gloria
Molina of Reconquista. What is that—
and what on earth is going on over
there? I don’t get what all the fuss is
about. The U.S. Census says that
Latinos make up half of the county’s
population—it seems only fair that
Latinos should have a chance to elect
whoever they want to at least two seats
on the Board rather than getting split up
Dear Gabacho: That’s all your local
all over the County. What gives?
barrio
businesses use to promote
The Revenge of Roybal
themselves? No guys dressed in Shrek
costumes, no creepy clowns giving out
Dear Wab: First, some ‘splaining is
balloons? No sign waver broiling in the sun,
needed for the rest of America. Molina is
chica caliente in a skirt as high as her top is
the lioness of Latino politics in Southern
low handing out flyers, or Mexican flags
California, having served as a state
waving? Or maybe a truck left out on the
assemblywoman, Los Angeles
street with all the info about the store
councilwoman AND county supervisor in
her nearly 30 years in public office. That’s a painted on a truck, or a window sticker on
said truck fighting for space among a bull
great legacy on its own, but Molina has
recently courted controversy for proposing and Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes fame
pissing on la migra? Not all ad campaigns
to change the supervisorial district lines (as
done every decade) of Los Angeles County exist on Groupon, Facebook, or even your
local Spanish-language radio station, you
so that two districts fall in Latino-majority
know, and it’s your loss for not going in and
areas, the thinking being such shuffling will
missing out on all the cheaper prices us
ensure two Latinos on the Board of
Mexis and wily gabachos enjoy.
Supervisors. Redistricting to empower or
dilute a particular ethnic voting bloc, of
course, is as American an effort as the fast- GOOD MEXICAN OF THE WEEK!
Ustedes have probably never heard of
food taco, and about as appetizing, and it’s
David
A. Sánchez, since former chairs of
something that los Estados Unidos is
college mathematics and statistics
currently experiencing anew given the
departments don’t exactly resonate across
demographic changes that the Reconquista
our tonto land. But the retired profe from
created. No surprise that there’s a
the University of New Mexico has just
backlash—but it happened with negritos,
released Don’t Forget the Accent Mark: A
happened with chinitos, and even with
Memoir, a brief, beautifully told story of a
micks, Jews, and goombahs, so us wabs
young man who navigated his ethnicity
can’t whine that we’re getting uniquely
demonized in this instance. All that said, the through the turbulent decades of the
Chicano Movement and beyond. Proof that,
Know Nothings opposed to such efforts
should also look toward history—negritos, sometimes, the most effective civil rights
heroes wield not a bullhorn but a classroom.
chinitos, micks, Jews, and goombahs
became as inept and corrupt in running
Ask the Mexican at [email protected], be
America as gabachos, so Mexicans in
his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter or ask him
power have nowhere to go but arriba.
a video question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
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REQUESTING BIDS
REQUESTING BIDS
REQUESTING
PROPOSALS
REQUESTING
PROPOSALS
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego will
receive bids for work at the Purchasing and Contracting Department, Contracts Division, 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200,
San Diego, California, where bids are to be submitted prior to
time specified. Plans and specifications can be obtained from
The City of San Diego’s website: http://www.sandiego.gov/bidscontracts. A pre-bid meeting and/or pre-bid visit to the work site
will be held, if indicated, at the time and place specified in the
contract documents. Prospective bidders are encouraged to
attend these sessions.
It is the policy of the City of San Diego to encourage equal
opportunity in its construction, consultant, material and supply
contracts. Bids/proposals from small businesses, minorityowned, disabled, veteran-owned businesses, women-owned
businesses and local firms are strongly encouraged. Contractors are encouraged to subcontract and/or participate in joint
ventures with these firms. The City is committed to equal opportunity and will not discriminate with regard to race, religion,
color, ancestry, age, gender, disability, medical condition or
place of birth and will not do business with any firm that discriminates on any basis.
Contractors interested in bidding projects over $50,000
must be pre-qualified. Please contact DAVE STUCKY of
the City’s Pre-Qualification Program at (619) 533-3474 or
[email protected] to obtain an application.
Sign language or oral interpreting services are available at prebid meetings and bid openings with a 5 business day notice to
the Contracting Division at 236-6000.
1. MONTGOMERY FIELD RUNWAY 10L/28R REHABILITATION
Bid No. K-12-5054-DBB-C. WBS No. S-00680. MANDATORY
Pre-Bid Date: October 12, 2011 @ 11:00 a.m. MANDATORY
Pre-Site Visit @ 9:30am – 10:30am, MANDATORY @ PreSite & Pre-Bid Location: Montgomery Field Airport, 3750 John
J Montgomery Drive, San Diego, CA 92123. Bid Opening
Date: November 2, 2011 @ 2:00 p.m. Construction Estimate:
$4,256,320.50. License Requirement: A.
FEDERAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CONTRACTING
REQUIREMENTS
PREVAILING WAGE RATES: FEDERAL
THIS IS A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FUNDED CONTRACT THROUGH THE FAA
Hildred Pepper, Jr.
September 29, 2011
Published: 9/30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting proposals for Project No. PAHSS-12-1 Parker-Kier Affordable
Housing and Supportive Services. Interested and qualified
firms including small businesses, minority, women and disabled
veteran owned businesses are invited to submit responses. The
proposal package with complete instructions is available for
download at www.demandstar.com. If you do not have a
username and password for the Onvia DemandStar website,
please register at www.demandstar.com/register.rsp and select
the FREE AGENCY option.
SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION
ATTN: GREG WELLONG
1122 Broadway, Ste. 300, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 578-7571
A pre-proposal conference will be held on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. (PST) at the SDHC office above.
Sealed proposals marked “Parker-Kier Affordable Housing
and Supportive Services (PAHSS-12-1) Bid Documents – Do
Not Open” will be received until
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. (PST) at the SDHC office
above. Late proposals will not be accepted.
Published: Sept. 30, 2011
La Prensa San Diego
REQUESTING SUB BIDS FROM ANY QUALIFIED SLBE/ELBE
Subcontractors or Supplier For:
Casa Del Prado Re-Roofing Bid No. K125299-DBB-C
Owner: City of San Diego
Bid Date: October 13, 2011 @ 2:00 PM
(bids are to be submitted prior to time specified )
Premier Roofing CA, Inc. is requesting bids for, but not limited to:
The Work involves construction for the replacement of approximately 54,000
SF of roofing, lining existing roof drains NAIC # 237110, sheet metal,
temporary fencing, demolition NAIS #238160, asbestos and lead abatement
NAIC # 238990 and field orders NAIC # 238160.
Plans and specifications can be obtained from http://www.ebidboard.com/
public/projects/showproject.asp?mbrguid={ED2999CE-C4AB-427D-AB03EEB90B5A7688}&projectguid={A3C9D377-7F52-475A-9FDD626C0D7B021A}
Premier Roofing CA, Inc ( AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER)
9054 Olive Drive
Spring Valley, CA 91977-2301
Phone: 619-667-4565 Fax 619-667-1281
Contact Mark O’Neil at [email protected] .
It is the policy of the Premier Roofing CA, Inc. to encourage equal opportunity
in its construction, consultant, material and supply contracts. Bids/proposals
from small businesses, minority-owned, disabled, veteran-owned businesses,
women-owned businesses and local firms are strongly encouraged. Premier
Roofing CA, Inc. is committed to equal opportunity and will not discriminate
with regard to race, religion, color, ancestry, age, gender, disability, medical
condition or place of birth and will not do business with any firm that
discriminates on any basis. Information and assistance in obtaining bonds,
credit, and insurance is available.
Published: Sept. 30, Oct 7, 2011
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego will
receive bids for work at the Purchasing and Contracting Department, Contracts Division, 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200,
San Diego, California, where bids are to be submitted prior to
time specified. Plans and specifications can be obtained from
The City of San Diego’s website: http://www.sandiego.gov/bidscontracts. A pre-bid meeting and/or pre-bid visit to the work site
will be held, if indicated, at the time and place specified in the
contract documents. Prospective bidders are encouraged to
attend these sessions.
It is the policy of the City of San Diego to encourage equal
opportunity in its construction, consultant, material and supply
contracts. Bids/proposals from small businesses, minorityowned, disabled, veteran-owned businesses, women-owned businesses and local firms are strongly encouraged. Contractors
are encouraged to subcontract and/or participate in joint ventures with these firms. The City is committed to equal opportunity and will not discriminate with regard to race, religion, color,
ancestry, age, gender, disability, medical condition or place of
birth and will not do business with any firm that discriminates on
any basis.
Contractors interested in bidding projects over $50,000
must be pre-qualified. Please contact DAVE STUCKY of
the City’s Pre-Qualification Program at (619) 533-3474 or
[email protected] to obtain an application.
Sign language or oral interpreting services are available at prebid meetings and bid openings with a 5 business day notice to
the Contracting Division at 236-6000.
1. PIPELINE REHABILITATION N-1
Bid No. K-12-5398-DBB-C. WBS No. B-10182. MANDATORY
Pre-Bid Date: October 13, 2011 @ 10:00 a.m. Pre-Bid
Location: Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 1200 Third Avenue,
Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92101. Bid Opening Date: Nov e m ber 1, 2011 @ 2:00 p.m. Construction Estimate:
$4,163,690.40. License Requirement: A or C-34.
FEDERAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CONTRACTING
REQUIREMENTS
PREVAILING WAGE RATES: STATE, FEDERAL
APPRENTICE REQUIREMENTS
THIS IS A CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLING FUND CONTRACT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER
RESOURCE CONTROL BOARD
Hildred Pepper, Jr.
September 29, 2011
Published: 9/30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
REQUESTING
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUESTING
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
NO. PS-12-0369-02
FACILITIES ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
Pursuant to California Government Code sections 4525, et seq.,
the San Diego Unified School District (the “District”) is soliciting
written statements of qualifications from professional firms and
persons to provide architectural services in connection with construction and major repair and modernization projects at various
active K-12 school and child development center sites. The
District is planning to award several as-needed contracts covering for periods of three to five years pursuant to the Proposition “S” $2.1 billion general obligation bond measure passed
by voters of San Diego County on November 4, 2008. These
contracts may comprise multiple projects and will be authorized
by individual task order. Projects may range in scope from minor
repair and renovation to building replacement and new construction.
Proposals from small businesses, minority-owned businesses,
women-owned businesses, and disabled veteran-owned businesses are encouraged. The District also seeks to promote
employment and business opportunities for local residents and
firms on all contracts as such opportunities may occur and to
the extent legally possible. Interested responders are encouraged to solicit applications for subcontracts for work associated with this document from qualified residents and firms
located within District boundaries.
Services may include, but not be limited to, program assessment, design task force, schematic design, design
development, construction documents, regulatory review
administration, bid administration, construction administration,
and project close-out.
Design professional services offered pursuant to a design professional contract, or any amendment thereto, entered into on
or after January 1, 2011 with a public agency, incorporate by
reference the provisions of Civil Code section 2782.8.
An architect, engineer, or roofing consultant who provides professional services related to a roof project shall be subject to
the requirements of Public Contract Code section 3006.
The RFQ package is available via e-mail or fax. To request a
package, please e-mail your request, including your name,
address, telephone and fax information to Linda Pinaroc at
[email protected]. Contact telephone number is (858) 522-5865.
The RFQ can also be viewed on the District’s website at
www.sandi.net/Departments/StrategicSourcingandContracts/
BidsandRequestsforProposals. Responses to the RFQ must
be submitted at or before 3:00 p.m. on October 28, 2011. Responses submitted after the above stated date and time will not
be accepted. The Board of Education for the San Diego Unified
School District reserves the right to reject any and all submissions and to waive any irregularities.
By ________________________ Date: September 26, 2011.
Arthur S. Hanby, Jr.
Strategic Sourcing & Contracts Officer
Published: 9/30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting
proposals from qualified businesses to provide Pension Investment Consulting Services. Interested and qualified
firms including small businesses, minority, women and disabled veteran owned businesses are invited to submit responses.
The solicitation packet with complete instructions is available
for download at www.demandstar.com. If you do not have a
user name or password for the Onvia DemandStar website,
please register at www.demandstar.com/register.rsp.
San Diego Housing Commission
Attn: Ena Walters
1122 Broadway, Ste. 300, San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 578-7572
Sealed proposals marked “Pension Investment Consulting
Services (RFP#: HR-12-02)” Proposal Documents — Do Not
Open” must be received on or before Friday, October 14, 2011
at 2:00PM (PST). Three (3) additional copies of the proposal and
a completed electronic file containing the proposal on CD-R must
be submitted with the original proposal packet to the above address location. Late proposals will not be accepted.
Published: 9/30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
REQUESTING BIDS
INVITATION FOR BIDS
FOR
TRACTION POWER
SUBSTATIONS
The San Diego Metropolitan
Transit
System
(MTS)
is
accepting bids for TRACTION
POWER SUBSTATIONS.
Bid documents will be available on
or about September 30, 2011
from:
Marco Yniguez
Contract Officer
MTS Procurement Department
1255 Imperial Avenue, Suite 1000
San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: (619) 557-4576
Facsimile (619) 696-7084
Email:
[email protected]
In
accordance
with
MTS'
specifications, bids shall be
submitted on the bid forms
furnished by MTS, enclosed in a
sealed envelope, plainly endorsed
with the bidder's name and
marked:
TRACTION POWER
SUBSTATIONS
MTS DOC NO. L1032.0-12
BID OPENING: 2:00 P.M.,
PREVAILING LOCAL TIME,
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
This Contract Work will consist of
final
design,
manufacturing,
fabrication, factory testing, fieldtesting, final integration, and
delivery of prefabricated Traction
Power Substations to the job site.
A pre-bid meeting will be held at
1:30 P.M., Prevailing Local Time,
on Thursday, October 13, 2011.
Sealed bids will be due on
November 18, 2011 at 2:00 p.m.,
Prevailing Local Time, unless
otherwise
amended,
at
Metropolitan
Transit
System,
Procurement Dept. 1255 Imperial
Avenue, Suite 1000, San Diego,
California 92101. Bids received
after that time or at any other
place other than the place stated
herein will not be considered.
MTS hereby notifies all bidders
that in regard to any contract
entered into pursuant to this
advertisement;
Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (as defined
in 49 C.F.R. Part 26) will not be
subject to discrimination on the
basis of race, color, sex or national
origin in consideration for an
award.
This project is subject to a capital
assistance grant between San
Diego Metropolitan Transit System
(MTS), and the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Transit
Administration.
MTS reserves the right to reject
any and all bids and to readvertise for bids.
9/30/11
CNS-2169437#
LA PRENSA
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
LAGUNA DRAPERIES
7352 Gribble St., San Diego,
County of San Diego, CA 92114
This Business is Conducted By:
Husband and Wife
The First Day of Business Was:
Not Yet Started
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Hector Gomez Laguna and
Sandra Luz Gomez, 7352 Gribble
St., San Diego, CA 92114
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Hector
Gomez Laguna
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Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 19, 2011
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Isaac Weichselbaum, 4028 51St,
Apt. #30, San Diego, CA 92105
I declare that all information in
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Weichselbaum
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this state of Fictitious Business
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
REM INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES
440 Industrial Rd., Tecate, CA,
County of San Diego, 91980
Mailing Address: 12650 Laurel
St, Lakeside, CA 92040
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
8/05/2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Griselda Meza, 12650 Laurel St.,
Lakeside, CA 92040
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Griselda
Meza
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Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 02, 2011
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not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-025078
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
a. DREAMHOME4YOU
REALTY
b. COMMUNITY HOME
SOLUTIONS
918 E. 18th St., National City,
CA, County of San Diego, 91950
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
02/20/2008
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Ana Ureno, 1707 Thelborn Way,
San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Ana R.
Ureno
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEPT 01, 2011
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not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-024960
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
PRO 1 INSPECTIONS
980 Palm Valley Cir Unit A, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego
91915
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
08/30/2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Michael C Walls, 980 Palm Valley Cir Unit A, Chula Vista, CA
91915
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Michael
C Walls
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 30, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-024671
Fictitious Business Name:
BIG & SMALL AUTO REPAIR
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
706 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA, La Prensa San Diego
County of San Diego, 91910
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
The First Day of Business Was:
NAME STATEMENT
Not Yet Started
Fictitious Business Name:
a. SAMSON 7
b. SAMSON SEVEN
8123 Knollwood Rd, San Diego,
County of San Diego, 92114
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
08/15/2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Thomasina Stancil, 8123 Knollwood Rd, San Diego, CA 92114
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Thomasina Stancil
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 19, 2011
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this state of Fictitious Business
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Assigned File No.: 2011-023779
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
THE RIGHT AGENT GROUP
826 Orange #183, Coronado, CA,
County of San Diego, 92118
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
Not Yet Started
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Violeta Valenzuela, 826 Orange
#183, Coronado, CA 92118
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Violeta
Valenzuela
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 02, 2011
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not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-025068
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
St. #101, San Diego, CA 92103
California
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Refugio
M. Rochin
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 29, 2011
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not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
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of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-024632
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
PREMIER TRANSPORTS
244 Palomar St. B-26, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91911
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Isidro Israel Saldana, 244
Palomar St. B-26, Chula Vista,
CA 91911
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this statement is true and correct.
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Israel Saldana
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or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-023400
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
A AND U STEAM CARPET
CLEANING
3114 44th St., San Diego, CA,
County of San Diego, 92105
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Armando Uriostegui, 3114 44th
St., San Diego, CA 92105
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
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Uriostegui
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this state of Fictitious Business
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or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-025984
Fictitious Business Name:
THE SEXY VIOLET
826 Orange #183, Coronado, CA,
County of San Diego, 92118
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
Not Yet Started
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Violeta Valenzuela, 826 Orange
#183, Coronado, CA 92118
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
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GILMAR DIVING
Published: 9/9,16,23,30/2011
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Mailing Address: 2720 E. Plaza
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City, CA 91950
NAME STATEMENT
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An Individual
LEVEL FOUR
The First Day of Business Was:
CINEMATOGRAPHY AND
8/8/2011
DESIGN
This Business Is Hereby Regis286 Third Avenue Suite 201, tered by the Following:
Chula Vista, CA, County of San Patricia M. Cesena, 2611 E. Plaza
Diego, 91910
Blvd. #201, National City, CA
Mailing Address: 350 Roosevelt 91950
St., Apt. 7, Chula Vista, CA I declare that all information in
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Husband and Wife
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The First Day of Business Was: Cesena
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
PAGE 9
Que Maravilla!
World Middleweight Champion Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martinez talks: Barker, Pacquiao, and Cotto in an exclusive interview with La Prensa San Diego
By Steve Galindo III
Just like a fine wine, WBC ‘Diamond’
Middleweight champion Sergio Maravilla
Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) just keeps getting
better with age. And, while most may see that
as a gift, lately it has proved to be quite a curse
for the native of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At
36 years old the man known as “Maravilla”
(Marvelous) will be facing a virtual unknown
this Saturday night when he faces undefeated
European fighter Darren Barker (23-0,14 KOs)
at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
You may be asking yourself, what is an elite
fighter such as Martinez who is perched atop
of boxing’s mythical pound-for-pound rankings
doing fighting against a guy who’d have trouble
getting recognized in his own hometown of
Barnet, London?
Since winning 2010 Fighter of the year honors for defeating Kelly Pavlik and obliterating
Paul Williams with a single punch, opponents
have been hard to come by. The good looking
Martinez has probably never been rejected so
many times in his life. After being turned down
by a plethora of fighters including Julio Cesar
Chavez Jr. (who holds a title recently held by
Martinez) Martinez and his team opted to go
with Barker in a match that was reportedly
made via Twitter.
While he is seen as one of the most feared
fighters inside the ring, outside of it, Martinez
remains one of the true gentlemen of the sport.
He has been lauded for his work with the antibullying “It Gets Better Campaign,” a program
that is so near and dear to his heart that he
recently befriended a young girl who sought his
help after being bullied by her peers. Martinez,
who was a victim of bullying himself, has invited the young girl, Monique McClain to escort him out to the ring tomorrow night for his
match with Barker. La Prensa San Diego recently had a chance to speak with Martinez
while he was making final preparations for his
bout with Darren Barker.
La Prensa: How has training camp been for
your match against Darren Barker and what
kind of match do you envision?
Sergio Martinez: Good. We spent eight intense, tough weeks, and my body responded
well. I’m in the best moment physically. I always intend to go for the knockout especially
now more than ever so that I can demonstrate
the position that I am occupying- the one of
being the best pound-for-pound fighter. It’s my
obligation to win by knockout on Saturday.
LP: Originally, the plan was for you to face
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. this Saturday instead of
Darren Barker. How did those plans fall apart?
And would you still want to fight Chavez Jr.?
SM: I was made a lot of promises for that
fight with Chavez Jr. But it was because of
Chavez that the fight never happened. He never
responded, and he’s going to keep on doing this
because he doesn’t want to fight me, he is
scared of me and that’s the truth!
LP: You have worked very hard to achieve
everything from titles to your pound-for-pound
status. How does it make you feel to see young
fighters such as Chavez Jr. and Canelo Alvarez
practically handed everything in the sport.
SM: I think that it’s a lack of justice. I think
its favoritism and it just means that things are
being done very badly. It’s something that I
don’t approve of.
LP: What is the more likely scenario for you
in the near future: A move up to Super Middleweight to face the likes of Andre Ward and
Lucian Bute, or a move down in weight to try
to fight either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd
Mayweather Jr.?
SM: I intend to move down in weight. What
I want is to try and move down to 150 pounds
so that I can try to get a fight with Pacquiao or
Mayweather. I can do it (drop down to 150
pounds) on my part. I’m only waiting for them
to want to fight with me. I’ll fight them whenever and wherever, and they’ll have my word
on 150 pounds.
LP: Is the winner of the Cotto-Margarito
match on your radar?
SM: Cotto? Cotto doesn’t want to fight with
me. He’s very scared of me, it’s the truth. Just
bring up my name and he’ll make excuses like
he did about money. If Cotto’s problem is money
than I’ll tell him that I will sign a contract that
states that if we fight and he wins then I’ll give
him my split of the money. But not even like
that will he fight me. He tells too many stories.
Margarito wouldn’t have problems fighting with
me because he is willing to fight anybody. That’s
why I hope that Margarito wins the fight with
Cotto so that he can make a fight with me.
LP: If you are not able to secure a fight with
any of the big names such as Pacquiao,
Mayweather or Cotto then will you look to face
the winner of the matchup between Jr. Middleweights Alfredo Angulo and James Kirkland?
SM: Yes, that would be a good fight. Angulo
is a very strong fighter and hopefully he can
win so that he can be on the list, because what
I want is a combat, I want a fight!
Noche de ‘Maravilla’: Martinez vs. Barker
will be aired live on HBO’s World Championship Boxing tomorrow night beginning at 10:00
PM ET/ 7:00 PM PT.
Questions/Comments: Steve Galindo III can
be reached @ [email protected]
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CA, County of San Diego, 91977
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92154, California
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9/16/11
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Olympia St., Chula Vista, CA
91911
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July 28th, 2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
David Lewis, 713 Brookstone
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91914
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CA, County of San Diego, 92101
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San Diego, CA 92154
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Assigned File No.: 2011-026594
Fictitious Business Name:
DE LEON PRODUCTIONS
17172 Tam O Shanter Dr.,
Poway, CA County of San
Diego, 92064
This Business is Conducted By:
A General Partnership
The First Day of Business Was:
11/15/2008
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Victor Flores, 17172 Tam O
Shanter Dr., Poway, CA 92064
2. Nicole Flores, 17172 Tam O
Shanter Dr., Poway, CA 92064
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The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-026430
Published: 9/23,30,10/7,14/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
KING KREAM
767 Anita St. #J, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91911
Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
CHANGE OF NAME
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: OCT 26, 2011. Time: 8:30
AM Dept: 8.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: 9/13/11
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
La Prensa San Diego
Fictitious Business Name:
PAU’S BAZAAR
225 3rd Ave., Chula Vista, CA,
County of San Diego, 91910
Mailing Address: 225 3rd Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Carmen Saucedo, 225 3rd Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Carmen
Saucedo
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 07, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-025304
Fictitious Business Name:
SERVICIOS Y GUIAS
TURISTICAS EMIGRANET
17 East 2nd St., National City,
CA, County of San Diego, 91950
Mailing Address: Same as Above
The Fictitious Business Name
Referred to Above Was Filed in
San Diego County On: 7/19/11,
and assigned File No: 2011020489
Is (Are) Abandoned by the Following Registrant(s):
Guadalupe Patricia Felix, 17 East
2nd Street, National City, CA
91950
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Guadalupe P. Felix
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr., Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 12, 2011
Assigned File No.: 2011-025671
Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
La Prensa San Diego
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
CHANGE OF NAME
Fictitious Business Name:
PROFESSIONAL JANITORIAL
SERVICES
3129 Calle Abajo Spc. #168, San
Diego, CA, County of San Diego,
92139
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Melissa V. Garcia, 3129 Calle
Abajo Spc #168, San Diego, CA
92139
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Melissa
V. Garcia
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 28, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-027453
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
a. PROMISES OF HOPE
b. PROMISES, HOME CARE
AND DOMESTIC SERVICES
2355 Grove Ave. #70, San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92154
Mailing Address: Same
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
8/30/11
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Carmen Estela Lugo, 2355 Grove
Ave. #70, San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Carmen
Estela Lugo
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 30, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-024745
Fictitious Business Name:
LD ARTIFICIAL ROCKS
2512 Coronado Ave. Suite C, San
Diego, CA, County of San Diego,
92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
9/25/11
Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
This Business Is Hereby Regis- La Prensa San Diego
tered by the Following:
Maria Acevedo-Zepeda, 2145
Corte Condesa, Chula Vista, CA
91914
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Maria
Acevedo
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County SEP 27, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-027222
Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
La Prensa San Diego
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS NAME
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00097789-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: BEATRIZ CHAVEZ,
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as follows:
BEATRIZ CHAVEZ to ACHERIT
GRIMALDI
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: OCT 26, 2011. Time: 8:30
AM Dept: 8.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: SEP 13, 2011
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00097784-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: RUDY JIMENEZ, filed
a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
RUDY JIMENEZ to RUDY
LOPEZ SR
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
CHANGE OF NAME
MERCEDES CRUZ LUPE
LOZANO GARCIA to MERCEDES CRUZ GUADALUPE
LOZANO GARCIA
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 11-9-2011. Time: 8:30 AM
Dept: 4. Room: 2nd Floor
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, South County
Regional Center, 500 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: SEP 27, 2011
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
S. CANNON
FOR CHANGE OF NAME WILLIAM
Judge of the Superior Court
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00070052-CU-PT-EC Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
TO ALL INTERESTED PER- La Prensa San Diego
SONS:
Petitioner: GUILLERMO GOMEZ
JR., filed a petition with this court ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
for a decree changing names as
follows:
CASE NUMBER:
GUILLERMO GOMEZ JR. to 37-2011-00098487-CU-PT-CTL
GUILLERMO GOMEZ MONTES TO ALL INTERESTED PERTHE COURT ORDERS that all SONS:
persons interested in this matter Petitioner: ABDINASIR ADAN /
shall appear before this court at HAWA MAANE, on behalf of
the hearing indicated below to ALIYAH ABDINASIR ABDULAHI,
show cause, if any, why the pe- a minor, filed a petition with this
tition for change of name should court for a decree changing
not be granted. Any person ob- names as follows:
jecting to the name changes de- ALIYAH ABDINASIR ABDULAHI
scribed above must file a writ- to AMIRA ABDINASIR ABDULAHI
ten objection that includes the THE COURT ORDERS that all
reasons for the objection at least persons interested in this matter
two court days before the mat- shall appear before this court at
ter is scheduled to be heard and the hearing indicated below to
must appear at the hearing to show cause, if any, why the peshow cause why the petition tition for change of name should
should not be granted. If no writ- not be granted. Any person obten objection is timely filed, the jecting to the name changes decourt may grant the petition with- scribed above must file a writout a hearing.
ten objection that includes the
NOTICE OF HEARING
reasons for the objection at least
Date: DEC 07, 2011. Time: 8:30 two court days before the matAM Dept: E-14. Room: 4th Floor ter is scheduled to be heard and
The address of the court is Su- must appear at the hearing to
perior Court of California, County show cause why the petition
of San Diego, 250 E. Main, El should not be granted. If no writCajon, CA 92020, East County ten objection is timely filed, the
Regional Center
court may grant the petition withA Copy of this Order to Show out a hearing.
Cause shall be published at least
NOTICE OF HEARING
once each week for four succes- Date: NOV 15, 2011. Time: 8:30
sive weeks prior to the date set AM Dept: 8.
for hearing on the petition in the The address of the court is Sufollowing newspaper of general perior Court of California, County
circulation printed in this county of San Diego, 220 West BroadLa Prensa San Diego, 651 Third way, San Diego, CA 92101
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista, A Copy of this Order to Show
CA 91910
Cause shall be published at least
Date: SEP 16, 2011
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
PETER C. DEDDEH
for hearing on the petition in the
Judge of the Superior Court
following newspaper of general
Published: 9/23,30,10/7,14/2011 circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CA 91910
FOR CHANGE OF NAME Date: SEP 27, 2011
CASE NUMBER:
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
37-2011-00078964-CU-PT-SC Judge of the Superior Court
TO ALL INTERESTED PER- Published: 9/30,10/7,14,21/2011
SONS
La Prensa San Diego
Petitioner: MERCEDES CRUZ
LUPE LOZANO GARCIA, filed
a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
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SUMMONS
SUMMONS
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.court.ca.gov/self help),
your county law library, or the
courthouse nearest you. If you
cannot pay the filing fee, as the
court clerk for a fee waiver form.
If you do not file your response
on time, you may lose the case
by default, and your wages,
money, and property may be
taken without further warning
from the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an
attorney right away. If you do not
know an attorney, you may want
to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for
free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program.
You can locate these nonprofit
groups at the California Legal
Services Web site (www.law
helpcalifornia.org), the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhlep),
or by contacting your local court
or county bar association.
NOTE: The court has a statutory
lien for waived fees and costs
on any settlement or arbitration
award of $10,000 or more in a
civil case. The court’s lien must
be paid before the court will dismiss the case.
The name and address of the
court is: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego,
South County Division, 500 3rd
Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an
attorney, is: Joseph A. Howell,
Law Offices of Joseph A. Howell,
7855 Ivanhoe Avenue, Suite 408,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Date: SEP 13, 2011
Clerk, by L. AMEZCUA, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 9/23,30,10/7,14/2011
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
CASE NUMBER: D 513317
PETITIONER/PLAINTIFF:
FRANCISCO REYES
RESPONDENT/DEFENDANT:
VERONICA BARRERA-ESTRADA
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE:
MODIFICATION; Child Custody; Child Support; Visitation; Other: Order waiving
FCS appearance
TO: VERONICA BARRERAESTRADA
YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS TO GIVE ANY LEGAL
REASON WHY THE RELIEF
SOUGHT IN THE APPLICATION
SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED. If
child custody or visitation is an
issue in the proceeding Family
Code section 3170 requires mediation before or concurrently with
the hearing listed below.
Date:11/9/11. Time: 1:45 p.m.
Dept. F-4
The name and address of the
court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO, 1555 Sixth Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92101, Family
Law Branch
Date: May 18, 2011
ROBERT C. LONGSTRETH,
Judicial Officer
Published: 9/16,23,30,10/7/2011
La Prensa San Diego
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619-425-7400
SUMMONS
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00076303-CU-PA-SC
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
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JENNY PANTIG AND SIERRA
MASI, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, RIZALINA PANTIG
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court to hear your case. There
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Tips and recipes for
a game-day party
FAMILY FEATURES
Wholly Chili
3
4
2
3
5
2
2
1 1/2
2
tablespoons canola oil
cups chopped yellow onion
large Poblano chilis, diced
tablespoons minced garlic
pounds ground meat
tablespoons kosher salt
teaspoons black pepper
tablespoons ground cumin
tablespoons Mexican
oregano
1 1/2 tablespoons onion powder
3 tablespoons paprika
8 tablespoons chili powder
2 12-ounce cans tomato paste
28 ounces Wholly Salsa
(spiciness depends
on you)
3 quarts chicken stock
2 tablespoons Tabasco
Heat oil over medium heat in a large
stock pot. When hot, add the onion,
Poblano and garlic. Sweat until
onions are translucent.
Add ground meat and stir to break
it up. When meat is completely
brown, drain and return to heat.
Add dried seasonings and stir to
combine. Add tomato paste, stir to
combine, and allow it to cook for
5 minutes. Add all of the rest of the
ingredients, and simmer for 30 minutes. Taste to see if you need any
more salt.
For a thicker version (for hot
dogs, chili burgers, etc.), omit the
chicken stock.
Y
ou know watching a game is
more fun with a bunch of friends
— so why not host a game-day
party so everyone can cheer on
the home team together? Use
these tips and recipes as your playbook for
a game-day party that scores big on taste
and fun.
Chili Champs
Let guests get in on the food fun by hosting
a chili cook-off as part of the party. Invite
everyone to bring their favorite chili to
compete for bragging rights. Offer fun
awards for “Hottest,” “Best Tasting” and
“Most Creative Ingredients.” You can also
have awards for “Best Named Chili” and
encourage fun names like “Devil’s Breath
Chili” and “Buzzard’s Beak Beef ’n Beans.”
Set up a toppings bar so everyone can
load up on their favorite add ins. Include
different kinds of cheeses, peppers, onions,
guacamole, salsa, queso and sour cream.
Have some crackers and corn bread, too —
they’re easy items for non-chili cookers
to bring.
Dip Tips
Dips are must-have munchies for hungry fans.
And there are plenty of ways you can keep
them satisfied:
Keep it simple — Pick up some ready-toeat dips such as Wholly Guacamole and
Spicy Wholly Salsa. Made with 100 percent
natural ingredients, these dips bring great
taste to the game-day table — with no fuss
from you.
Make it hearty — Feed the frenzy with a
hearty Seven Layer Dip and plenty of chips.
You can make it the day before and set it
out about 30 minutes before kickoff to
bring it up to room temperature.
Shake things up — Step up your game by
setting out a wide variety of dippers. Have
different types of chips like blue corn,
sweet potato and salt and vinegar. Get
flavored crackers, pita chips and a veggie
tray, too.
Make it fancy — Dress things up a bit with
cherry tomatoes stuffed with guacamole, or
a warm and savory crab dip.
Party Pizzas
Scratch delivery and frozen pizzas from
your playbook. Try a fresh and easy homemade pizza like the California Confetti
Pizza. Cut it up into appetizer sized bites
to make it even easier to eat.
Set up a pizza bar with heat-and-eat crusts
in full and mini sizes that can be piled up
with everyone’s toppings of choice. Then,
pop them under the broiler or on the grill
for a few minutes for quick, customized
pizzas.
For more great game-day recipes, visit
www.eatwholly.com.
Seven Layer Dip
California
Confetti Pizza
4 ounces Wholly Guacamole
1 12-inch purchased, baked
pizza bread shell
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup corn kernels, fresh
or canned
1/2 cup Wholly Salsa
(amount of heat depends
on you)
1/2 cup thinly sliced green
onions
1/4 cup chopped Anaheim
chile
1/4 cup red bell pepper
1 cup Feta cheese
1 tablespoon chopped, fresh
oregano
Brush pizza bread shell with olive
oil. Spread salsa over shell. Spread
guacamole over salsa. Sprinkle corn,
green onions, Anaheim chile, bell
pepper, cheese and oregano on top.
Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
Bake at 450°F until cheese is
lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
1 16-ounce can non-fat
refried beans
1 9-ounce can bean dip
2 7-ounce packages Wholly
Guacamole Classic,
Spicy or one of each
1 16-ounce container light
sour cream (can
substitute plain Greek
yogurt)
3/4 package taco seasoning
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 small can sliced black olives
1 large diced tomato
3 green onions, fined chopped
1 cup shredded cheddar
cheese
Mix refried beans and bean dip
together and spread onto the bottom
of a 9 x 13-inch pan.
Next, mix sour cream (or yogurt)
together with taco seasoning and
cumin. Spread on top of the beans
in the pan.
Spread guacamole on top of the
previous layers then add olives,
green onion and tomatoes. Top with
the shredded cheese and serve with
your favorite chips.