Aztecs` Perez Eager to Build on Last Season`s Success
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Aztecs` Perez Eager to Build on Last Season`s Success
35 YEARS of Publication 1976-2011 1976 2010 La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., Publications Vol.XXXIII XXXV No. 33 Vol. It’s True: Latinos are Liberals, and Other Important Matters By Gary Segura and Shaun Bowler Latino Decisions released a new poll finding regarding the debt and deficit as part of its ImpreMedia-Latino Decisions Tracking Poll. When asked whether the preferred solution for closing the deficit was spending cuts, tax increases on the wealthy or a combination of the two, Latino voters overwhelmingly lean in the direction of taxes. As we illustrate in Figure 1, the plurality of respondents preferred a taxes only solution (46%), with another 37% favoring a combination of taxes and spending cuts. The GOP solution—of spending cuts alone—attracts only 8% of all Latino registered voters. Put another way, 83% of Latino registered voters favored at least some tax increases to close the deficit. Moreover, the pattern was consistent across many sub-populations. Even among Republicans (who represent only about 20% of all registered voters), only 30% favor the cuts-only approach while 57% favor at least some taxation as part of the solution. This finding, while specific to recent events and an ongoing debate, actually underlines the difficult challenge facing Republicans who wish to grow their Latino vote share. At their core, Latinos are progressives. That is, across a wide array of policy questions, Latinos on average sit significantly to the left of white Americans. More importantly, when queried about their core beliefs regarding government, its role, size and growth, Latinos (and other minorities) regularly offer views that are left of center and left of Anglos. This finding on their preferences regarding fiscal policy, then, is consistent with a large array of public opinion data. AUGUST 19, 2011 Aztecs’ Perez Eager to Build on Last Season’s Success By John Philip Wyllie As late as last September, San Diego State kicker Abelardo Perez didn’t know how much he would contribute to what was then his new team. The Tijuana-born left footed place kicker had excelled at Castle Park High and then Southwestern College, but kicking for a Division I university like San Diego State presented a much bigger challenge. First, he had to win the job from returning senior Bryan Shields. Once that was accomplished, Perez had to remain consistent enough to stay on the field. As it turned out, Perez was one of the many bright spots on a team that went 9-4 and won its first bowl game in over 40 years. Long known for his booming kickoffs, Perez improved his accuracy last season nailing 17 of his 22 field goal attempts including one from 53 yards. For his efforts, he was selected second team All-MWC and is the preseason favorite this year to be the top kicker in the league. Last year’s accolades mean little to Perez now as prepares for San Diego State’s home opener against Cal Poly on September 3. He is hoping his offseason training regimen will produce even better results this year. “(Prior to) last year we didn’t have a lot of time to work together as a unit, but this offseason I got together twice a week with my holder, Brian Stahovich and snapper, Aaron Brewer and we really got after it. I just hope that it all transfers to the field,” Perez said following Tuesday’s practice. “ As a kicker there is not much you can do on your own, so them being around has really helped me a lot and given me more confidence.” Perez didn’t want to discuss personal goals, only team goals. “The only goal for me is to win the Mountain West Conference, whatever happens after that is a bonus. Winning that championship is the first Kicker Abelardo Perez was one of the many brights spots on last years Aztec team and looks to be again a major contributor. Photo by Ernie Anderson priority here.” Kickers that can routinely drive a football through the end zone on kickoffs are in high demand in the NFL, especially those that can also make 80% of their field goal attempts. And while he admits that a career in the NFL would be a dream come true, he doesn’t like to speculate on anything beyond the upcoming season. With most of his family currently living in Mexico Perez naturally has reason to visit. He was surprised to discover on a recent trip that he has become somewhat of a hometown celebrity. “When I went down there recently with my family I had a few people noticing me. It was kind of funny. I had no idea that anyone in Tijuana was following the Aztecs. They told me that they didn’t use to, but now with me (at SDSU) they now have reason to.” The Aztecs unveil their 2011 team Saturday evening, August 20th, at the “Q” with Aztec Family Day. This free event begins at 5:00 p.m. with an alumni game and includes autograph sessions the Aztecs Pep Band and Cheer Squad and an intra-squad scrimmage at 7:30. Change in immigration case reviews signals a more humane approach to deportations By Marisa Treviño LATINA LISTA In our new book, The Future is Ours: Minority Politics, Political Behavior, and the Multiracial Era in American Politics, we examine the core ideological commitments of Americans regarding the size of government, its role vis-à-vis that of the market, and preferences regarding important policy debates. Using data from the 2008 American National Election Study and the 2004 National Politics Study, we gain important insight into minority political views. On Thursday, senior White House officials delivered the news Latino community activist groups have been waiting for — all 300,000 cases pending for removal from the country will be reviewed on a case-bycase basis. What does that mean? It means that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is going By Marisa Treviño LATINA LISTA see Latinos, page 3) to make room and time to focus on high-level priority cases. On top of that, senior management at DHS will be sending out a memo to their field agents to provide guidance and establish priorities for the agents on who to take into custody and who to leave alone. Given past reaction to changes in immigration enforcement in the past, there will no doubt be vocal criticism (see Humane, page 10) New research shows how vital the role of all Latinos is to the US economy PERSPECTIVE Figures 2 and 3 report what respondents believe about the growth of government—that is, whether it was justified and helpful. The story from these survey questions is the same: minorities are much less suspicious of government, and more willing to have government intervene to address social problems, than are Anglos. to review each case individually to see whether the person warrants removal based on DHS’s criteria for high-level or low-level threats. If someone is found to be a lowlevel threat, their case will be stayed and removed from the stack of caseloads waiting to be seen by immigration judges. Senior White House officials were quick to say that at any time the case could be revisited but for the time being a case identified as low-level would be filed away The power of political action committees is fierce. One has only to look at the Tea Party to see what happens when determination sets in to elect only like-minded candidates. That’s why news that a new political action committee was being formed with another laser-specific agenda caught most people off guard. Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (RColo.) has filed the paperwork for a “super” political action committee that can raise unlimited donations to spend for candidates that oppose illegal immigration. The super PAC is calling itself the American Legacy Alliance. The website flashes a series of questions alongside pictures of white families and children, asking such things as “Will they have use for English in their own country?” and “Fight to preserve your legacy to them” — flashed alongside a picture of a white family. The website makes it clear that “something and someone” is causing the downfall of the American economy and society. The not so subtle question about English directs the reader as to who to blame. The ignorance of Tancredo on just how much Latino immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, contribute and have always contributed to our economy is mind-blowing. The sad part is that Tancredo fully believes his own distortions of facts that he has been regurgitating for several years to get people on his side. If people only knew just how much Latino immigrants contribute to the US economy. IBISWorld, a nationally recognized independent source of industry and market research, released a report showing that the Latino demographic — of which the undocumented comprise a sizeable portion — are contributing to the profitability of seven specific industry sectors. The Growing Hispanic Population Means Big Business for These 7 Sectors report reveals: By 2016, the Hispanic demographic will comprise 17.8 percent of US residents and, while the nation’s buying power is projected to grow 27.5 percent to $14.7 trillion, the Hispanic population’s buying power is forecast to grow a whopping 48.1 percent to $1.6 trillion. Hispanics are major purchasers of children’s and infants’ clothing, accounting for about 19.2 percent of (see Hispanics, page 5) PAGE 2 AUGUST 19, 2011 Pena de muerte para los indocumentados LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO How the Drug Lords Took Over Mexico By José Luis Sierra NEW AMERICA MEDIA Por Rafael Prieto Zartha They command an army of thousands: men, women, even La osadía de los que children north and south of the abominan a los US-Mexico border. They build indocumentados supera los tunnels, and dispatch submalímites de la imaginación y rines and customized armored para ratificar esta premisa a vehicles. They load planes, un político local del estado de trucks, and railroad containers Washington se le ha ocurrido with drugs and other illicit que la solución para acabar cargo. In bulk, they buy arms con la “inmigración ilegal” es and political influence across aplicar la pena capital a los the continent. They are feared que no tienen estatus and revered at the same time; migratorio. loathed and obeyed by those Esa es la propuesta de paid to follow their orders. Loren Nichols, aspirante al They are the Drug Lords of concejo municipal de la Mexico and, according to jourlocalidad de Kennewick, una nalist Anabel Hernandez, they ciudad de 78 mil habitantes, have succeeded at infiltrating donde están radicados 18 mil the highest circles of financial hispanos, en su abrumadora and political power in the counmayoría mexicanos. tries where they now operate “A los ilegales se les and even might have a say in debería haber disparado en la deciding who the next Presifrontera”, dijo el veterano de dent of Mexico might be. guerra de 55 años a la But who are they exactly? estación de televisión local “Most people in Mexico and KEPR. in this country believe that the Previamente, Nichols había Drug Lords is a men’s club sido explicito sobre el being lead by “El Chapo” establecimiento de la pena de Guzman, “El Mayo” Zambada muerte en una entrevista –leaders of the well known radial de 15 minutos en la Cartel de Sinaloa— as well as emisora local KONA. the handful of replacements Su plan, propone darle 30 who have taken the place of días a los indocumentados those who used to control Los para que se vayan de Zetas in the Gulf [of Mexico], Kennewick si es que and Los Templarios that now “aprecian sus vidas”. have taken over the cartel of El político sugirió que la La Familia in Michoacán and ciudad pague mil dólares por El Cartel de Tijuana. But in cada indocumentado, que los fact, these renowned gangsters ciudadanos entreguen a las are figure heads, eventually fall autoridades locales. guys,’’ says Hernandez, during Contrario a lo que ha her second trip to Los Angeles pasado con otros políticos, que promoting her book The Drug han dicho que sus exabruptos Lords —the result of a fivehan sido meros dislates, Nichols ha ratificado su posición a varios medios de comunicación. Al periódico Everett Herald le dijo que con “una muerte o Por. Paco Zavala dos se atraerá atención”, es decir que los indocumentados Gran alegría existe en la entenderán el mensaje y se comunidad musical tijuanense largarán. debido a que cerca de 50 Para Nichols, la presencia noveles músicos debutarán en de “ilegales” en Estados Unidos constituye literalmente magno concierto, en el que participarán dos grupos musiuna violación del país. Aunque suene que su idea cales pertenecientes a la Banda Sinfónica Musical y a sea la de un loquito y sea la Orquesta de Cuerdas improbable que la pena de muerte se aplique alguna vez Infantil y Juvenil del Instituto contra los indocumentados, el Municipal de Arte y Cultura. Todos estos jóvenes músicos que alguien contemple la adopción de una medida como serán dirigidos por el Dr. Edmundo Díaz del Campo, en esa es preocupante. este concierto el próximo Y es asustante porque no sábado 20 de agosto a las 12:00 es la primera vez que un horas en el Salón “La Tasca” político dice que hay que de Casa de la Cultura Playas, echarle bala a los “ilegales”. Además, de que las palabras en el marco de la celebración no han salido de personas con del XIII aniversario de este recinto cultural, para el que se un perfil tan bajo como el de han preparado otros eventos Nichols. más a realizarse en fechas En marzo pasado, el representante republicano a la próximas. Este es el primer proyecto Cámara Estatal de Kansas, de enseñanza musical instru(vea Pena de, página 10) mental del XX Ayuntamiento, que realiza a través del IMAC y es la primera presentación que harán después de haber La Prensa San Diego participado por dos meses y 651-C Third Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 medio, en un programa denoPh: (619) 425-7400 minado AMIS International, Fax: (619) 425-7402 programa que se ha realizado Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.laprensa-sandiego.org con mucho éxito en Canadá, EE:UU y la Unión Europea y ahora se realiza en México. “La intención del programa no es el de formar músicos profesionales, por medio de la metodología que se aplica, cultivar el área afectiva en Founded: December 1, 1976 complemento al área cognosSan Diego, California citiva a modo de forjar mejores year investigation into the Mexican drug cartels, their close ties to Mexican officialdom, and the expansion of their influence in Central and South America. “How else can you explain how individuals running the cartels with almost no education can outpace the US and Mexican intelligence agencies, the Mexican Army and Mexican law enforcement at all levels? There is only one explanation,” says Hernandez with a dramatic pause— “corruption.” From Top to Bottom For the 39-year-old Hernandez—now working on a follow-up book focused on US policies toward Latin America in its war on drugs — corruption in Mexico is so pervasive that it jumped the US border many decades ago, back in the 1980s, during the Reagan administration, when senior officials facilitated the sale of arms to Iran and through back-door funding of the Nicaraguan Contras, thereby bypassing the oversight of Congress. Much of the funding for the Contras, according to Hernandez, came from illegal trafficking of cocaine through Central America en route to the United States, with full knowledge of top CIA officials. Most of these events were well documented by several congressional commissions, as well as independent reports. Yet, only a handful of the US government officials involved got prosecuted. They ended up being pardoned or with commuted sentences. At that time, Mexico’s rul- Journalist Anabel Hernandez. ing party, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) had total control of the political power in Mexico and the drug cartels were left to mind their own business with no interference, as long as they paid a cut of their profits to key government officials, who in turn would spread some of that money around to make sure the drug operations would run smoothly. Things began to get shaky in 1985, with the execution of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent who had investigated a 1,000-hectare marijuana plantation in the state of Chihuahua. The killing of Camarena unleashed outrage from the US government and pressured Mexican officials to punish those responsible for the murder. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and Rafael Caro Quintero —at that time two very well know drug lords— were apprehended and are still in prison. Four others, including a relative of former Mexican President Luis Echevarria, were also found guilty in a federal court in Los Angeles. “The official records are there,” declares Hernandez in an interview with New America Media. “Then and now, US and Mexican officials had been involved in deals with the drug lords and they are playing a double moral standard in this so called “war’’ against drug trafficking that already cost Mexico more than 40 thousand victims.’’ She cites a more recent case when the son of “El Mayo Zambada,’’ Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla (aka “Mayito”) claimed immunity from prosecution early last week in a federal court in Chicago, alleging that in 1998 he had an agreement with top DEA and US officials, in exchange for his services as an informant on the activities of the Sinaloa cartel, led by his father and Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman. According to reports from Reuters, US government officials in Mexico declined to comment on Zambada’s allegations, and US prosecutors have denied that Zambada had been granted immunity. They have until September 9 to file a response with the court. But if Zambada-Niebla’s claim is upheld, it can potentially turn into another embarrassment for the US government, on a par with the scandalous Operation “Fast and Furious,’’ in which U.S. officials deliberately allowed the export of high-power firearms into Mexico, then lost track of the arms. “The only winner in this drug war is the Sinaloa Cartel and they can thank [Mexican] President Felipe Calderon for that,’’ says Hernandez. Participan en Concierto Inaugural del Programa de Bandas y Orquestas del IMAC Noveles Músicos Founder: Daniel L. Muñoz Publisher/Editor: California Real Estate Group Daniel H. 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Los talleres que se impartirán son: ballet, piano, hip hop, pintura, fotografía, guitarra clásica y guitarra eléctrica, entre otros, también se abrirán talleres tales como un seminario de Danza Contemporánea, coordinado por Gregorio Coral, cursos de poesía y literatura, estudio de los idiomas francés, italiano, portugués y solfeo y otros. Para este sábado 20 habrá un gran Fandango en el antiguo Palacio Municipal (Calle 2da y Constitución), con la participación de tres grandes grupos musicales especializados en esta manifestación artística: “Son de San Diego”, “Ecos de Cedro” y “Grupo Folclórico del Maestro Carlos Ochoa”. Este evento se realiza para rendir un homenaje al reconocido músico mexicano y decimista y compositor veracruzano Patricio Hidalgo Belli, maestro que cuenta con una interminable cauda de • Programas de gobierno para primeros compradores • Venta Corta (short sale) 647 Third Ave. Chula Vista, CA 91910 (619) 721-5601 (619) 425-5790 Broker Lic. #01104124 • Manejo de propiedades * Listas de propiedades reposeídeas Dr. Edmundo Díaz del Campo impartiendo una clase. conocimientos, experiencia y honores recibidos a través de su larga carrera. Si desea participar en estos eventos y en todos los que se realizan en estas instituciones puede solicitarlos al teléfono 01152 (664) 688-1721 ext. 107 o: comunicación.imac@ tijuana.gob.mx y en facebook: IMAC TIJUANA En nota complementaria, Playas de Rosarito invita a su XXIII festival del pescado y marisco a realizarse este domingo 21 de agosto de 12:00 a 7:00 pm. Habrá degustación de vinos y exquisita comida de pescados y mariscos pre- parados en los mejores restaurantes de la región; la cita es en Jardines frente al mar. Para terminar con esta información la conocida cantante Reyna Soledad, Soberana de la canción mexicana, realizó el pasado miércoles un evento en “La inmortal”, (antes Ochoas) en el que lanzó su nuevo CD acompañada del famoso trío Los Dandys. SUBSCRIBE TODAY TO LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Receive La Prensa San Diego at your home or office every week. Receive your copy within two working days with a $100 per year First Class mail subscription. Yes! Enter my subscription to La Prensa San Diego! [__] Send it by First Class mail. Fill out the coupon and mail it immediately with your check or money order for $100 U.S. Dollars for First Class or to: La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Ave Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910. Name: (Please Print) Address: (House Nbr., P.O. Box, and/or Apartment Nbr.) City: __________________ State: ______ Zip Code: _____________________ LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO It’s True: Latinos are liberals (con’t from page 1) Figure 2 reports respondents’ take on why government has grown so large. As you can see, non-Hispanic white voters are more or less evenly divided over the question of whether government stuck its nose into matters where it did not belong, or whether government grew because our nation’s problems required it. By contrast, look at the distributions among minority respondents. Huge majorities of every other group overwhelmingly report that the size and complexity of the nation’s problems demanded government increase its capacity to address them. Between 72 and 78 percent of Asian Americans, Latinos, and African Americans believe that government grew out of necessity. This represents, we believe, a meaningful and fundamental difference in how Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds see the political world. The results in Figure 3 are consistent with those in Figure 2. Here the question is whether we want government to do more, or whether the less the better. Again, racial distinctions on this question are profound. Whites, again, are more or less evenly divided. By contrast, almost 69 percent of Asian Americans favor government doing more, and among African Americans and Latinos, the comparable percentages are over 80 percent. Minority voters and white voters have markedly different expectations regarding the vigor and reach of government. Figure 4 reports results from a somewhat different question, one designed to capture conviction in the core ideological belief of free market conservatism—that the market can solve most problems. It is clear that a majority of no group believes this. Even among whites, almost two-thirds of the respondents say that we need a strong government. But that number, again, pales in comparison with the support for government action among minorities. Almost 76 percent of Asian Americans and between 83 percent and 85 percent of African Americans and Latinos place greater trust in government action to solve problems than in the famous hidden-hand of the marketplace. These findings, including the distribution among Anglos, gives lie to the oft-repeated contention that America is a center-right nation. A large percentage of our citizens, of every group, prefer to rely on a capable government than on the market to solve our problems. What, then, can we say about free market values and minority politics? As we just indicated, the ideological distinctions between racial and ethnic groups regarding government action are significant. Minority citizens prefer a more energetic govern- ment, by large and statistically significant margins. Such opinions, no doubt, feed stereotypic assessments of minorities as wanting to rely on government for everything, an erroneous interpretation of these data but one you are likely to hear in the midst of heated rhetoric. Stereotyping notwithstanding, however, the belief in an energetic government aggressively addressing social problems is not the same as dependence or a “welfare mentality.” Belief in an effective government and belief in self-reliance and individual effort can go together quite nicely. Bundling those attitudes merely involves recognition that, for all their efforts, not everyone who works hard reaps the benefits (and, though seldom discussed, not everyone reaping the benefits of success has worked all that hard). Table 1 reports what Americans believe about the relationship between hard work and success. It is pretty clear that Americans of all racial and ethnic groups buy the central claim of this “meritocratic” value. Among African Americans, 77.5 percent agree or strongly agree with this claim, and that is the lowest number among the four groups. For non-Hispanic whites and Asian Americans, the comparable numbers are 82 and 82.5 percent, respectively, and for Latinos, support for this abstract commitment to hard work is a shockingly high 92.5 percent (with the vast majority of that group “strongly” agreeing. On this most basic measure of individualism, there are few to no meaningful differences between whites, Asians, and African Americans, and Latinos exhibit even greater commitment to this “American value.” Taken together, these data suggest that stereotypes are in error, and that self-reliance can be consistent with belief in energetic government. The ideology and partisanship of minority Americans, then, are consistent and rational. It is likely, then, that anticipation of a large movement of minorities into the GOP camp is very likely to be in vain. If, for a moment, we can stereotype GOP ideology as “market good, government bad,” that spending should be cut and taxes never increased, it’s just crystal clear that super-majorities of minority Americans do not agree. Gary Segura is Political Director, Latino Decisions, and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. Shaun Bowler is Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside. AUGUST 19, 2011 PAGE 3 Expo Comida Latina brings all the flavor of Latino cuisine to San Diego By Pablo Jaime Sáinz Latino food, especially Mexican food, is good business. Just in California, each year the Latino food and beverage industry represents sales of $4.3 billion, according to ProMéxico, a Mexican government agency that promotes investment in Mexico and the exportation of Mexican products. It is estimated that sales of Latino food in the United States will be more than $7 billion in 2011, according to organizers of Expo Comida Latina 2011, which will take place at the San Diego Convention Center from Sunday August 28 through Tuesday the 30th. When one thinks of Latino food, one might think tacos, burritos, typical taco shop menu. But as Expo Comida Latina shows, Latino food goes beyond that: It shows the diversity that exists in Latino cuisine. “Expo Comida Latina is about food and beverage, from ingredients to prepared meals, influenced by the many Latin countries and cultures from around the globe (Mexico, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and many more),” said Liz Plizga, show director for the expo. For popular Chef LaLa, who appears on different English and Spanish television shows to promote Latino food, Expo Comida Latina also proves that Latino food, from its roots, is very healthy. “We use a lot of vegetables,” said Chef LaLa, who will be at the expo everyday making live recipe demonstrations and promoting her new line of salsas, “Chef LaLa Homemade”. She is one of the biggest promoters of healthy Latino food, to try to reduce and prevent the effects that diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and other diseases, have among Latinos. “There are healthier ways to prepare our traditional foods,” she said, citing pozole, where instead of pork, chicken can be used. Expo Comida Latina was founded in 2002 and has been held annually in Los Angeles. This year the organizers are trying to expand the expo bringing it to San Diego as they did in 2009. The expo is open only to representatives of the food industry. The event is not open to the general public. It includes food companies of various Latin American countries including Mexico, Brazil, and Peru. More than 70 percent of U.S. households consume products of traditional ethnic food Chef LaLa and drink, according Plizga. And of that total, 62 percent buy Mexican and Latino products. For the Consul General of Mexico in San Diego, Remedios Gomez Arnau, this event further confirms the popularity of Mexican food in America. ”The words salsa, guacamole and quesadilla find a way into the daily lexicon of Americans,” said Gómez Arnau in 2009, when there was a Mexican pavilion in the Expo. Expo Comida Latina 2011 will be held at the San Diego Convention Center from Sunday 28 to Tuesday 30 of August. Hours are Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday from 11 am to 5 pm, and Tuesday from 11 am to 4 pm. Expo Comida Latina trae el sabor de nuestra cocina a San Diego Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz La comida latina, en especial la mexicana, es buen negocio. Tan sólo en California, cada año la industria de alimentos y bebidas latinas tiene ventas por 4.3 mil millones de dólares, según cifras de ProMéxico, una agencia del gobierno mexicano que alienta la inversión en México y la exportación de productos mexicanos. Se calcula que las ventas en el mercado hispano en Estados Unidos en el sector de alimentos representarán más de 7 mil millones de dólares en el 2011, según los organizadores de la Expo Comida Latina 2011, que traerá al Centro de Convenciones de San Diego todo el sabor de la cocina latina del domingo 28 al martes 30 de agosto. Cuando uno piensa en la comida latina, quizá lo primero que viene a la mente son los tacos, los burritos, el menú típico de un “taco shop”. Pero como demuestra la Expo Comida Latina, la cocina latina va más allá: el evento muestra una gran diversidad de alimentos. “Expo Comida Latina es acerca de alimentos y bebidas, desde ingredientes hasta comidas preparadas, con influencias de muchos países y culturas latinas de todo el mundo”, dijo Liz Plizga, directora del evento. Para la popular Chef LaLa, quien seguido aparece en diferentes programas de televisión en inglés y en español promoviendo la comida latina, Expo Comida Latina también comprueba que la comida latina, en sus raíces, es muy saludable. “Usamos muchas verduras”, dijo Chef LaLa, quien estará los tres días de la expo haciendo demostraciones de recetas así como presentando su nueva línea de salsas “Chef LaLa Homemade”. Chef LaLa es una de las más grandes promotoras de una comida latina saludable, para tratar de reducir los efectos que la diabetes, la presión alta y otras enfermedades comunes entre los latinos. “Hay maneras de preparar nuestros platillos tradicionales de maneras más saludables”, dijo, citando como ejemplo el pozole, donde en vez de puerco, se puede usar pollo. La Expo Comida Latina fue fundada en el 2002 y se ha realizado anualmente en Los Ángeles. Este año los organizadores están tratando de ampliar la expo trayéndola por segunda vez a San Diego como lo hicieron en el 2009. La expo sólo está abierta a representantes de la industria de alimentos. No es un evento abierto al público general. Incluye compañías alimenticias de varios países latinoamericanos, incluyendo México, Brasil y Perú. Más del 70 por ciento de los hogares estadounidenses consumen productos étnicos tradicionales de comida y bebida, según Plizga. Y de ese total, el 62 por ciento compra productos mexicanos y latinos. Para la Cónsul General de México en San Diego, Remedios Gómez Arnau, este evento viene a reafirmar la popularidad de la comida mexicana en Estados Unidos. “Las palabras salsa, guacamole y quesadilla las encontramos de manera cotidiana en el léxico de los estadounidenses,” dijo Gómez Arnau en el 2009, cuando hubo un pabellón de comida mexicana dentro de la expo. La Expo Comida Latina 2011 se realizará en el Centro de Convenciones de San Diego del domingo 28 al martes 30 de agosto. Los horarios son: domingo de 10 a.m. a 5 p.m., lunes de 11 a.m. a 5 p.m. y martes de 11 a.m. a 4 p.m. Sólo está abierto a representantes de la industria de alimentos; el evento no está abierto al público ni se permite la entrada a menores de 18 años. PAGE 4 AUGUST 19, 2011 MAMIVERSE: Unleashing the Power of Mom By Rene Alegria My own Latina mom and aunt raised my three male cousins and me. Four boys roughly the same age living within a few blocks of one another can do a lot of damage. We started to do just that. Our moms put an end to that, fast. After doing what they were supposed to at the time—marry young and start families—my mom and aunt decided that wasn’t enough. Each worked full time, while putting themselves through college. One became an attorney and finally a judge, while the other launch-ed a thriving business. They showed us how to get things done. They were tough and fearless. They organized. They delegated. They set goals and achieved them. And they made dinner, did the laundry, washed the dishes… Their refusal to let life’s unplanned predicaments unravel our family’s future is something with which most Latinos can identify. Our moms are the pillars around which our families are built. Yet for whatever reason, Latina moms have not had media’s spotlight shine its glare on their lives. Until recently, Latina moms were an invisible demographic, completely overlooked by corporate America, politicians, and even our own Defense Contracting Conference Dedicated to Small Business Success Economists, economic development professionals and President Obama agree that small business owners & innovators will play the key role in steering our troubled economy out of the doldrums while putting the nations’ best & brightest back to work. Now in its 23rd year, the NAVY & the National Defense Industrial AssociationSan Diego Chapter have continued to embrace this theme in bringing the Southwest Region the annual Navy Gold Coast Small Business Opportunity Conference, simply known as the “Gold Coast” conference, to the San Diego Convention Center on Aug. 2224. With record attendance expected to top 1,600 attendees, more than 250 exhibitors and Lockheed Martin serving as the Platinum Sponsor, the Gold Coast conference is poised to bring small businesses, large businesses and high-level, Department of Defense (DoD) professionals together in the spirit of fostering small business success with global economic impact. NDIA-SD and SPAWAR have collaborated and created a two-day program instrumental in highlighting effective ways in which to work with government partners & large defense businesses. With more than 250 exhibitors crowding the convention hall showcasing new technologies & new innovations; a matchmaking session pairing a small business and a large business together to share business ideas that can be captured NOW to help the war fighter; and plenty of networking opportunities. Please visit www.navygoldcoast.org for registration and program specifics. Back to School Conference and Festival to Distribute FREE Backpacks San Diego County’s largest back- to-school conference to be held Aug 20 PAZZAZ and New ERAA is hosting its 15th Annual New ERAA (Everybody Recommitting to Academic Achieve- Latino leaders. The needs of Latina moms to better take care of themselves and their families was not being addressed. Mamiverse.com is how we decided to change this. LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL El Soporte Informativo Para Millones de Hispanos Por Luisa Fernanda Montero The good that will emerge in families when Latina moms are better informed, inspired, and in touch with millions of other Latina moms, is an idea our talented staff of Latinas ponder every single day. The site was born of the best of Latina Moms Can Save intentions, and through it, opComo inmigrantes somos decir, el total más la mitad de America timism in our American future conocidos por nuestra capa- su tarifa correspondiente a una The impact Latina moms reigns. cidad de trabajo, es bien sabido, hora de trabajo; así que, si el Luisa Fernanda Montero will have on the economy, polique en manos de los inmi- empleado gana 8 dólares por tics, and the very fabric of Time to Lauanch “The grantes están muchos de los hora, debe recibir como pago ordenado. American culture will change Mami Movement’ our nation. Por ley el empleador debe My mom and aunt never trabajos que sostienen la por la hora extra 8 dólares más la mitad —4 dólares— o sea mantener un registro de las By providing the household whined or complained. They economía de la nación. Diariamente la labor de los un total 12 dólares. decision-maker of the largest took life as it was, and praghoras trabajadas por el empleaSin embargo, es común que do y siempre es recomendable minority in America with smart, matically made the best deci- inmigrantes construye país en savvy, and culturally specific sions they could. We boys ciudades y campos. El trabajo los empleadores no paguen la que este lo haga también, así content, the site is more than stayed out of trouble, went to dignifica, dice el viejo adagio tarifa apropiada por las horas sabrá si está recibiendo el pago an info-provider. Mamiverse. college, became men, and lead popular, y dignifica por su extras de trabajo a sus em- justo por su trabajo. com aims to connect this as- productive lives. In so many honestidad y por el aporte que pleados. Eso es ilegal. “Estamos haciendo una Muchas veces, un emplea- campaña para informar a los yet-untapped group of like- ways, Mamiverse.com is one hace a la sociedad a la que minded moms with their big ‘Thank You Note’ to them. pertenecemos, por eso, no dor catalogará al empleado trabajadores, para decirles que equally smart and powerful Had our moms had a resource podemos olvidar que como como “contratista” para no nosotros aquí tenemos la counterparts—one another. like this when raising our fami- trabajadores tenemos dere- reconocerle las horas extras. responsabilidad de cuidar a Casi siempre, aun cuando el todas las personas que trabajan With an aspirational, em- lies, their lives might have been chos. Es importante, por tanto que empleado sea catalogado como en este país sin papel o con powering approach, Mami- a little easier, less stressful, less conozcamos las leyes que “contratista”, el empleador papel con o sin estatus inmiverse.com helps Latina moms solitary. live smart, healthy, robust lives I know not to bet against a protegen a los trabajadores. La debe reconocerle y pagarle las gratorio, eso no importa”, Ley de Normas Justas de horas extras. by reminding them that while Latina mom on a mission. declaró la Secretaria de TraTrabajo – FLSA – por sus Otras veces, también, un bajo de Estados Unidos, Hilda they are moms, they are also She will always win. women with needs and goals If we collectively empower siglas en inglés, establece empleador acordará con su Solís, ante los micrófonos de her to do so, we all win. normas sobre el salario mínimo, empleado el pago de una tarifa la Red Hispana, llamando a los of their own. el pago de horas extras o fija por día o semana de trabajo trabajadores a defender sus Loaded with content from leading doctors, thinkers, au- Rene Alegria is the founding CEO of sobretiempo, el mantenimiento sin calcular las horas extras. derechos y pedir la ayuda del thors, artists, professionals, and Mamiverse Media, a company dedi- de registros y el empleo de Esto es ilegal. Los empleados Departamento, si sienten que que reciben un pago por día de estos han sido irrespetados. journalists, the site provides cated to providing empowering con- menores de edad. De acuerdo con dicha ley, trabajo tienen derecho al pago readers with expert commen- tent for Latino families. Prior to this, La funcionaria recordó que tary on everything from launch- he was the founding former Publisher los empleadores deben pagar- de sus horas extras. el Departamento tiene oficinas Una de las formas en las en todo el país, donde existe ing a new business, saving for and Editorial Director of Rayo/ les a los empleados al menos college, putting you and the fam- HarperCollins, the award-winning el salario mínimo federal por que algunos empleadores personal bilingüe entrenado evaden sus responsabilidades para guiar a los trabajadores. ily on a diet that works, to know- publishing imprint centered on giv- todas las horas trabajadas. Es claro, sin embargo que es aduciendo que no existe un ing when enough is enough, and ing voice to the Latino experience Así que ya lo sabe, su con frecuencia, los empleados registro de las horas trabajadas. trabajo vale. Defienda sus through books. a spa day is in order. trabajan muchas horas más de De acuerdo con la ley, las derechos. Si desea ampliar ment) Back to School Confer- keynote address from Walter las 40 establecidas para cada horas trabajadas incluyen todo esta información o averiguar ence, Rally for Education and & Maisha Kudumu Scholar- semana. La ley requiere que el tiempo durante el cual se le cómo radicar una queja llame Festival at Lincoln High School ship awardee Abigail Rosa- esos empleados reciban una exige a un empleado estar de a la sección de horas y sueldos on Saturday, August 20th from Garcia. Conference attendees compensación por las horas servicio, estar en el esta- del Departamento de Trabajo 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This free will participate in educational extras de 1 1/2 veces el valor blecimiento del empleador o en al 1-866- 487-9243 o ingrese a event is open to the public to workshops addressing issues de su tarifa horaria normal. Es cualquier lugar prescrito u www.wagehour.dol.gov. educate parents, prepare stu- concerning college admission, dents for school and college school preparation, and healthy and provide needy families eating among others, followed by a Rally for Education inwith FREE backpacks. “This year’s theme is Work- cluding a festival with live ening Together for Academic tertainment, FREE food, caAchievement,” said Zoneice reer counseling, health screenJones, president and co- ings and more. 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Fecha: Sábado, 20 de Agosto del 2011 Hora: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Donde: En el Salvation Army Kroc Center 6753 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 EVENTO GRATIS - ABIERTO AL PUBLICO To make an appointment call 1-888-743-PLAN (7526) plannedparenthood.org | Se habla Español Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pppsw Y Regalos Patrocinado Por Para mas info contacte a UDW al: 1-800-621-5016 AUGUST 19, 2011 Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, Council President Tony Young Focus on Importance of Early Childhood Education Sweetwater Students Post Big Gains on State Tests Results show rise in performance in all main subjects Across the Sweetwater School District, academic achievement is climbing. Results from the latest California Standardized Tests (STAR) show students in Sweetwater schools made great strides in all core subjects including math, reading, writing, science and history. The percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced increased by 7% or more in Spring 2011 compared with Spring 2010 in the following areas: Grade 10 English (+8%); Grade 11 English (+8%); Algebra II (+10%); Biology (+7%); Grade 10 Life Science (+8%); Prop O Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee Accepting Applications for Vacancies Pre-schoolers, a part of the Headstart Program, are eager learners at the Chicano Federation’s child development center. At the Chicano Federation’s San Ysidro Child Development Center at Casa Familiar, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and Council President Tony Young held the fourth meeting in their seven-month education listening tour. The meeting, which focused on the importance of early education, is part of a listening series designed to gain a better understanding of San Diego’s education system. Early childhood education focuses on giving children the stimulation and experiences necessary for physical, emotional, and intellectual growth. Studies show that children who are given the opportunity to learn at an early age generally need fewer, costly special education classes and are more likely to graduate from high school and to hold jobs. “Every parent wants the very best for their children,” said Assemblyman Fletcher. “As a parent and a legislator, I know that nothing should be more important than ensuring our children have the strong foundation they need to succeed in life. Quality early education builds an employable, educated workforce so the investment in early education not only has substantial benefits for children, but for taxpayers and our economy.” The seven-month education listening tour, which started in May, focuses on drawing attention to effective educational practices currently in our schools and other ideas that should be considered in efforts to transform the public education system. Fletcher and Young, both passionate about education and serious about ensuring success for every child in San Diego, are committed to bettering our school system. Step by step, ideas generated from the tour will build on the premise that our region’s schools need to be great places to teach and to learn, and where all kids are supported to maximum achievement. The tour’s remaining themes include: September-Career Tech- nical Education: Career and technical education is a core pillar in education. As the use of technology is accelerating, education should also change to reflect the needs of the workplace. The purpose of this forum will be to discuss the increased need for information technology and career training curriculum in schools. October-College Readiness: What a child learns in the early stages of educational development plays a key role in guiding their preparation for postsecondary education. It is critical that San Diego school curriculum provide rigorous academic preparation and parent support so that students have what they need to be college-ready. November-What Did We Learn? The last meeting will focus on discussing the tour’s discovery items and how to implement them. “With these topics as our goal, the tour is intended to be part of a journey toward a better future for San Diego,” said Fletcher Library tial arts competition, carnival rides, break dancing competitions, an array of Asian cuisine, San Diego and LA food trucks, a beer garden, and a breath-taking display of lanterns every night of the festival. The festival hopes to provide a fun and unique experience at an affordable price – admission is only $5 for adults and $3 for children. Event: San Diego Lantern Festival and Street Fair 2011 Location: El Cajon Boulevard and Hoover High School, 4474 El Cajon Boulevard, San Diego. Date/Time: Aug 26 (3pm11pm), Aug 28-29 (12pm11pm) (con’t from page 4) Thursday, August 25, from 12 noon to 1 pm at the Civic Center Branch Library, 365 F Street. The free program for attorneys, realtors, and the public will cover the options homeowners have when they owe more than their home is worth, and/or when they are in financial distress. Topics include loan modifications, short sales, bankruptcy, and tax ramifications. Also covered will be deeds in lieu, refinancing, litigation, voluntary foreclosure, and more. Register for the free program by emailing refdesk @sdcpll.org, or by calling the South Bay Branch of the San Diego Public Law Library at (619) 691-4929. “Light Up San Diego” A Multi-Cultural Lantern Festival and Street Fair The Little Saigon Foundation, a local non-profit organization, is hosting their second annual San Diego Lantern Festival and Street Fair. A 2,000 year old celebration with a modern twist, the festival is a celebration that seeks to bring together residents, community organizations, local businesses, students and visitors from all over San Diego County to experience the illuminating elegance of thousands of lanterns brightening the night sky. This year’s theme is “Light Up San Diego” and will feature nearly 6,000 traditional silk lanterns. Other attractions include a street fair (Saturday and Sunday), lantern parades and lion dance every evening, multicultural entertainment, a mar- Hispanics play a vital role in the economy (con’t from page 1) industry sales in 2011. Hispanic men spend 7.0 percent more than non-Hispanic men on clothing on a per capita basis. Hispanics are 7.0 percent more likely than the general population to own a smartphone, download music online, utilize mobile video, use e-mail and send or receive text messages. By 2016, Hispanics will contribute roughly $14.0 billion to the car and automobile manufacturing industry, representing annualized growth of 7.4 percent from 2011 to 2016. Restaurants across all food types have also benefited from the growing Hispanic population. Social factors, such as the tendency to dine out with the entire family, give this group a substantial 11.4 percent share of the single location full-service restaurants industry. From 2011 to 2016, Hispanic contribution to the credit card processing and money transferring industries will grow at an annualized rate of 7.2 percent, faster than the industry’s revenue growth. From these statistical facts and projections, it’s clear the role of Latinos, regardless of citizenship, is and will continue to be a vital component on strengthening the health of the US economy. Unfortunately, if Tancredo and others like have their way, the American people will never know the truth — until it proves to be too late for our economy. Marisa Treviño is a syndicated journalist, publisher of Latina Lista (http:// w w w. l a t i n a l i s t a . n e t / palabrafinal/) and local public radio commentator writing about family, education and other social justice issues for over a decade. Dedicated Latina, playwright, and citizen. PHONE: 619-993-5778 FAX: 619-286-2231 PAGE 5 The Sweetwater Union High School District’s Board of Trustees is now accepting applications from qualified individuals interested in joining the Prop O Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC). The CBOC is responsible for providing oversight of the Prop O construction bond program, a $644 million school classroom, safety and repair measure that provides funds necessary to address the needs of 32 schools in the District. Members of the CBOC are appointed by the governing board of the District from a list of candidates who submit written applications, based on criteria established by the bond measure. Individuals interested in serving on Prop O’s CBOC can visit www.buildingpropo. com or call 619.585.4442 for more information. Applicants can submit their resume and interest letter to info@building propo.com. Grade 8 Physical Science (+9%); World History (+8%). “We are extremely happy to see our students, at all grade levels, showing such tremendous growth in achievement,” said School Board President John McCann. “These results show that effective teaching and learning is taking place at Sweetwater schools.” Student proficiency improved in all areas tested from the previous year, except in Grade 9 English (-1%) and Grade 7 math where no change in score was posted. Each spring, California students in grades two through eleven take a STAR test to evaluate performance in math, reading, writing, science, and history. In each subject area, the tests are based on state academic standards. Students are rated as being at advanced, proficient, basic, below basic or far below basic level according to their scores. “Sweetwater puts a premium on improving instruction,” said Acting Superintendent Ed Brand. “We’ve increased academic rigor and aligned our curriculum with state and federal standards. Clearly we’re on the right track.” In recent years, the district adopted several initiatives to raise achievement. Teachers continually monitor learning by administering standards-based tests developed in the district. This allows early identification of struggling students so they may be offered academic support at the first sign of learning difficulties rather than waiting for them to fail. The district has streamlined the curriculum to narrow the focus to the core subject areas and has committed to making the course requirements for the UC/CSU systems the default curriculum. This is aimed at preparing more students to be eligible to enter university. 4T%UNSTANeS&PISCOPAL$HURCH1RESENTS HUGE 3UMMAGE4ALE Proceeds from the St. Dunstan’s 3UMMAGE4ALE Fri. & Sat., Aug. 26 & 27 ONLY 7 AM – 2 PM 6556 Park Ridge Blvd. San Diego, CA 92120 (Across from Patrick Henry High School) Present this coupon for With Minimum $10 Purchase LP 8/19/11 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Rummage Sale support outreach programs at St. Dunstan's, including the Interfaith Shelter Network (homeless shelter), El Nido (domestic violence shelter), The Teen Shelter, Episcopal Refugee Network and many other local, national and international projects. St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church 619.460.6442 www.stdunstans.org PAGE 6 AUGUST 19, 2011 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Test scores are up, but don’t celebrate just yet! T he San Diego Unified School District released their test scores this past week. They highlighted marked improvement in the overall scores: “Overall, students testing proficient or advanced on the test increased by: English, 3 points over 2010 and 14 points since 2007; mathematics up 2 points from last year and 12 since 2007.” The same marked improvement was also reported by the Sweetwater Unified High School District: “The percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced increased by 7% or more in Spring 2011 compared with Spring 2010 in the following areas: Grade 10 English (+8%); Grade 11 English (+8%); Algebra II (+10%); Biology (+7%); Grade 10 Life Science (+8%); Grade 8 Physical Science (+9%); World History (+8%).” The fact that test scores are improving is a testament to the hard work and dedication by the teachers and school administrators who have had to overcome monumental obstacles during these difficult years of continued cutbacks to their budgets, resources, and yearly pink slip threats. Not only do teachers have to do more with less, they have to spend more of their own money and put in more hours to ensure that their students have the supplies and support necessary to succeed. On top of this, teachers have been under greater scrutiny and focus as to what is wrong with education. Yet despite the trials and tribulations of education, test scores have improved in public schools. So as critics blame public school teachers for all that is wrong with education, they should praise them when there is marked improvement in test scores. Hard work and successful results should be praised by pundits. Adding to the validity of public education, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that Los Angeles public schools increased test scores more than the group of schools operated by the mayor (who tried to take over the whole school district six years ago) a charter organization and others according to the Times analysis. This is the good news. But we still have a long ways to go as a Hispanic community! Despite the improvement in test scores, the achievement gap, which reflects the difference between Hispanic learning versus the Anglo/Asian learning achievement, is still significant. Hispanics and Black students are still learning and achieving at a lower rate. The dropout rate is still a major issue. The California Department of Education released figures for the dropout rate of eighth graders. About 3.5 percent of eighth graders — a total of 17,257 in all — did not return for ninth grade. And graduation rates showed “steep gaps,” with graduation rate for Latinos 68 percent, 59 percent for African American students and 56 percent for students who are learning English. The graduation rate is 83.4 for white students; for Asian students, it is 89.4 percent. Finally, a report released by the White House and the U.S. Department of Education details the current crisis in Latino education. While one in four American children is Latino, according to the document, the demographic has “the lowest education attainment levels” in the country. More than 17.1 million Latinos younger than age 17 live in the U.S., comprising more than 23 percent of the country’s youth and nearly 22 percent of all K-12 public school enrollment. Sadly, less than half of such youths are enrolled in early learning programs. Only half of the population earns a high school diploma on time, and when those students do, they’re half as likely to be ready for college. The report goes on to note that only 13 percent of the population holds a Bachelors degree. So, yes, the fact that test scores are improving is indeed worth recognizing and discussing. Although we are finally turning the corner on public education, it is still too early to celebrate. When Hispanic students are at the same achievement level as their contempories, graduating in significant numbers, and equally important succeeding in college, then we can celebrate. Until then, we still have much work to do. Reports of Low Tax Receipts in July 2011 Miss Big Picture State’s Failed Enterprise Zone Program & Tax Subsidies Cost Taxpayers More Than $35 Billion By Willie L. Pelote, Sr. servants can perform for half the cost. None of these actions requires a two-thirds vote. These common sense moves would spark a robust economic recovery in California and free up resources to shore up many of those education and health and human service programs that have been shredded over the last several years. It’s curious that such common sense measures are considered bold in Sacramento. Fortunately, it seems that voters have come to realize that California needs a fair tax system to fund our state’s future. A recent Gallup poll found that 66% of Americans support raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires. This includes 45% of Republicans and 37% of Tea Party supporters. Meanwhile, polls in March and April in California found similar results. Almost 80% of California voters supported raising the personal income taxes of individuals making $500,000 or more (78%). As we move further into the fiscal year, it would behoove our elected officials to heed the will of the people. Recent news reports concerning lower than expected revenues in California during the month of July have prompted some to ask whether it will be necessary to enact additional budget cuts at the state level. According to H.D. Palmer, a spokesperson for Governor Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance, such talk is premature. Palmer said that more sales tax receipts have recently come in, and that July is not a big month for revenues. Aside from the fact that all of this could have been easily avoided by extending revenues from expiring sales, car, and state income taxes, as the governor initially proposed, this new development presents another opportunity to point out where the real waste in Sacramento lies. If further budget cuts are needed, the ax should fall first on the state’s failed enterprise zone program. This useless program has been shown to be ineffective at creating jobs and funnels about $500 million of our precious taxpayer dollars annually into the pockets of private businesses through wasteful tax subsidies. California could also save about $35 billion Willie L. Pelote, Sr. is an Assistant Director of the Ameriimmediately by eliminating the practice of pay- can Federation of State, County and Municipal Eming private contractors to do jobs that civil ployees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO. First Amendment Rights: Under Fire in San Diego Petitioners Experience Harassment &Threats (Editor’s Note: For the past month signature gathers/petitioners you see on the street, in front of stores, and even knocking on your door, have come under heavy negative attacks. Lost in the attacks is the fact that the petitioner on the street is just a working person trying to earn some money and for the most part, are honest citizens. One of these petitioners is an occasional writer for La Prensa San Diego, Vivian Dunbar. The following is her perspective as a person in the trenches facing the escalating harrasement of the petition worker.) By Vivian Marlene Dunbar America’s first amendment rights are being challenged on a daily basis here in San Diego lately: the battlegrounds are our neighborhood storefronts and shopping centers. Most local shoppers have encountered at least one person holding a clip board and asking them, “are you a registered voter,” then asking them to sign a ballot initiative. Unfortunately, to those holding that clip board, most shoppers seem quite unaware as to what a “petition” actually is. Petitioners, or circulators as they are sometimes called, are often seen as store front nuisances, and most recently, because of a very negative news campaign to discourage voters from signing petitions, as potential identity thieves. Our local storefront petitioner is providing voters with an opportunity to let their voice be heard by helping get an issue on the ballot. The signature is never a “yes” or “no”, simply an agreement that the issue should be put to vote. Usually, these petitions present an issue that has been of current concern to the general public on either the local, city, county or state level. Petitioners also bring hundreds of new and updated voter registrations to their respective offices each week. Petitioners are protected by First Amendment Free Speech rights, as well as California laws and city codes, which include the right of anyone conducting peaceful political activities to have access to any place that the public may go, including parking lots and store fronts. According to Wikipedia, “In the US, the right to petition is guaranteed by the first amendment to the Federal Constitution which specifically prohibits Congress from abridging “The right of the people...to petition the government for a redress of grievances” “The right to petition is fundamental in a representative democracy, such as the US, as means of protecting public participation in government.” One of the very first significant uses of the petition in our country was to abolish slavery, by petitioning Congress back in 1830. 13,000 signatures were collected. Our right to petition has been firmly upheld by our Supreme Court on numerous occasions, proving that it is considered an inalienable right. I myself circulate petitions on a part time basis, and would like to share my experiences and that of my fellow petitioners, with San Diego readers. Despite the power of these first amendment laws, the average petitioner is routinely disrespected. Shoppers often accuse the petitioner of being a “hustler,” or “peddler.” One of the female petitioners was actually called “a signature whore.” Major stores place signs next to the petitioner, assuring shoppers that they “do not support solicitors or petitioners in front of their store” and further advise the shoppers “not to sign their petitions.” Almost all petitioners have had bad experiences with individual store managers around the county: some stories of hostile managers are traded like war stories between petitioners. A variety of attempts are made to discourage petitioners, often these will include a threat to call the police. Local police do know the first amendment laws, as well as the city codes. Lately, a very negative media campaign has included an advertisement warning shoppers not to sign petitions because of the possibility that their information will be used for identity theft. One ad goes so far as to suggest that the signatures “will be sold to India” and that signature gatherers are potential criminals. According to Jane Tomczac, owner of Victory Consultants, a firm that manages signature gathering, “all petitioners are subjected to a thorough background check before becoming independent contractors for Victory Consultants.” Mrs. Tomczac’s North Park company has been serving the San Diego area for over 20 years. Three of the petitions being currently circulated are “labor sensitive,” or, according to some, out and out “anti-union.” This perception disregards the purpose of all petitions, which is merely to get an issue on the ballot. In the Zip code area of 92154 and other city zip code areas, home of the “pension petition”, petitioners are being harassed by union blockers. These are men who show up at the store, usually in a small group, and commence to interrupting petitioners as they try to gather signatures. The situation has gotten so bad that petition offices are giving out phone numbers to circulators to call if confronted by blockers. Anti-blockers arrive; attempt to runoff the union blockers. Often the police, who can’t really do much other than keep a brawl from occurring, show up as well. This commotion has been occurring on an almost daily basis in front of stores in the Clairmont area and other locations around the city. Petitioners have also had to endure being videotaped by people who refuse to identify themselves. One lady petitioner arrived at the north park office in tears after being harassed by union blockers. In regards to the charge of identity thief I have had to explain to people that the information we collect is the same as what anyone could find in the telephone book. I also add that we are registered with offices around the city and cannot just simply hang out in front of a store registering people to vote and gathering signatures. The most disheartening thing I myself and other petitioners encounter in our daily work is, not the negative TV ads, or hostile store owners, but the attitudes of the people passing by. Many, many people just say “I don’t ever sign those things!” “I stopped voting years ago!” Or “the government just always does what it wants anyway!” About 60-70% of shoppers are in too much of a hurry to stop and sign an initiative. Worse, most people, if asked, are clueless as to what their First Amendment Rights are, or what they stand for. People seem to have lost an interest in their country. In some states, legislators are attempting to pass laws that will restrict petitioners in different ways, including attempting to control what we say and how we say it. Unfortunately it seems that a petitioner, trying to gather signatures for a ballot initiative in front of our neighborhood grocery store, might been seen a bit like a bald eagle, a symbol of our American democracy, in danger of becoming extinct. LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO AUGUST 19, 2011 PAGE 7 Commentary/Opinion Page Perry’s Hiding Record Behind Angry Rhetoric By Maria Cardona Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to be the next president of the United States. He announced his candidacy on Saturday and has since campaigned like an angry bull cornered by a Matador, no-holds barred—even going so far as to seem to threaten bodily harm to the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke. This approach may help win him the nomination, but it also will help lose him the White House. Perry said at a campaign stop that they would treat Chairman Bernanke “pretty ugly down in Texas” if the Fed decided to implement a specific policy called quantitative easing, which means the government puts more money into circulation. Putting the policy itself aside, this kind of talk is exactly what voters think is wrong with Washington. The firebrand technique may endear him to the tea party faithful, but it will alienate him from the critical voting bloc made up of sensible, rational, moderate, mainstream independent and even Republican voters put off by the extreme right-wing factions of their party. To listen to Rick Perry and his supporters you might not think he’d need the scorched-earth rhetoric. After all, his boast that as Texas governor he has created many jobs in Texas, in addition to his other accomplishments should be enough to catapult him into frontrunner status. And is it so important to Perry to try to outMichele-Bachmann Michele Bachmann, and wrest from her the mantle of “tea party frontrunner,” which is exactly what his inflammatory comments are designed to do? And how to explain his hard-right tack, aimed at making him the darling of the conservative movement, bar none? It speaks volumes when one GOP candidate says or does something that makes the rest of this field look almost reasonable. Moore: A tale of two Texans What should voters make of Rick Perry’s personal insults and ugly rhetoric? Should we take him at his word that he is just “passionate” about these issues? Or should we look further and perhaps wonder whether his “Texas Miracle”— which is the way he refers to Texas under his leadership — is not so miraculous after all. Let’s take a look: — When Perry took over as governor, unemployment was 4.2%. By last June it had risen to 8.2% from 8.1% the year before. Not the right direction for job creation. — More than a quarter of Texans have no health care coverage. — Texas ranks as one of the worst states in education and education investment. A Texas Legislative Study Group Report found that the state ranks 43rd in high school graduations, 45th in SAT scores, 44th in per pupil expenditure on education and dead last in the percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma The group also reported that Texas ranks first in the nation of states that allow toxic chemicals to spew freely into the air and water. — The job growth that has occurred in Texas has happened because of independent factors that had little to do with Perry, such as growth in military spending and the increase in the price of gasoline. Ironically, the majority of jobs that have been created have been government jobs. Over the past three years the Army has relocated about 14,000 troops to Fort Bliss, which is outside El Paso, and plans to permanently relocate an additional 6,000 troops there in the next two years, according to CNNMoney. According to a fact sheet issued in August of 2009 by the Fort Hood Public Affairs Office, “Fort Hood is the largest single site employer in Texas, directly inserting nearly $3 billion annually into the Texas economy.” Frum: Rick Perry’s strength and weakness: Jobs — The balanced budget that Perry likes to brag about was made possible by accepting $6.4 million in stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the program that Perry loves to rail against every chance he gets. Perry recently said “Washing-ton’s insatiable desire to spend our children’s inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given us record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.” Maybe that’s why he is so hot-tempered and frazzled. But while the anger and frustration about the economy and Washington D.C. among voters is real, it doesn’t mean the candidates need to act it out in extreme ways by threatening violence. In fact, voters — at least general election voters — want leaders who know how to lead, how to solve, how to work together for the good of the country, how to look to the positive side of America and not appeal to the lowest common denominator among us. Certainly in recent weeks and months, Republicans have not demonstrated they know how to do that. The debt ceiling debacle hurt Washington’s image, but the current unfavorability numbers for the GOP are particularly dismal (almost 60% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the GOP according to a recent CNN poll). If Rick Perry wants to be president, he should think about taking a crash course in economic and monetary policy (and perhaps some anger management classes) so as not to scare away the critical support of investors and business leaders who happen to respect the Federal Reserve chairman, and with whom, if Perry wins, he will have to work. More importantly, he will need to find a way to appeal to the conservatives who make up a disproportionately high voting percentage within the GOP primary process without destroying his ability to credibly come back to the center and talk about more moderate positions that the sensible mainstream of America wants from its leaders. At the moment, Rick Perry certainly does not fit the bill. 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. article originally published on CNN.com on. Protecting Californians from Higher Taxes ByAssembly Republican Leader Connie Conway Independence Day came early this year for hard-working California taxpayers. On July 1, higher taxes that began two years ago expired and the average California family will see a $1,000 dollars in tax savings. Taxpayers saw their sales tax drop by one cent, their car tax bill dropped by nearly half and their full child dependent tax credit restored, which is in addition to the lower income tax rates that began on Jan. 1. This much-needed relief comes because Assembly Republicans stood strong for the only special interest group we represent: hard-working taxpayers. We remained united in your defense because we believe you deserve to keep more money in your pocket. Families struggling to make ends meet will now be able to keep more of their hard-earned money to spend on their needs, not fueling an unsustainable state government. This will also give a shot in the arm for the economy — particularly when too many Californians are out of work. All year long, Democrats and the “tax-andspend” lobby pressured Republicans to raise taxes by $58 billion dollars through higher sales, income and car taxes on Californians over five years. These painful tax increases would have hurt families and employers alike. But we knew that struggling taxpayers could not afford more burdens and that the budget could be balanced without tax hikes, while still prioritizing funding for what we believe is important. Assembly Republicans put forward a budget proposal that keeps government out of your wallet, while protecting funding in the classroom for our children and quality teachers, where it belongs. It also ensures our police and sheriff have the resources they need to keep us safe. In contrast, legislative Democrats passed a majority-vote budget that contained hundreds of millions in illegal fee increases and lacked common-sense reforms. The Democrats’ budget rejected much-needed reforms to grow the economy, cap spending and end unsustainable gold-plated pensions for public employees. Despite the problems with this majority vote budget, the simple truth is Democrats demonstrated that a budget solution can be achieved without massive tax hikes. Sadly, this realization may be short-lived. The majority party is so hungry for more of your money that they’re building a false case for future tax hikes. The budget passed this week by Democrats relies on scare tactics with so-called “triggers” if $4 billion in revenue does not materialize. We are told that if we only take in $2 to $3 billion of the additional revenue that Democrats project, we could see $100 million in new cuts to both the UC and CSU systems. We are told that if we take in $2 billion or less, we could see a $1.5 billion reduction to our public schools. Democrats say this would mean seven fewer classroom days and the elimination of most state funding for school bus service. When you see potential cuts like this, you get a better sense of Democrats’ priorities. However, economists estimate that the state will take in $7.4 billion in projected revenue. This is more than enough to fully fund our local schools and public safety programs without new taxes. It all comes down to a question of our priorities. Assembly Republicans believe it makes much more sense to fund our top priorities first before we fund the extras. Let’s protect our classrooms, public universities, law enforcement and infrastructure and cut union giveaways as well as big government programs we can’t afford. It’s time we stopped scaring Californians and started being honest with them. It just requires the political will to do so. Assembly Republicans refuse to give up on the fight to ensure that this independence from taxes isn’t just a short-lived holiday. In the Debate Over Immigration and Deportations, the Facts Matter By Cecilia Muñoz conducted by law enforcement officials as they fight crime in their communities, is central to this strategy. It is the primary reason that the deportation statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of criminals deported from the United States. The results of this strategy are striking: · There was a greater than 70% increase in the deportation of those with criminal records from FY2008 to FY2010, and a decrease of those without criminal records. · Today more than half of all removals are people with criminal records. · And among those removed who had no criminal records, more than two thirds were either apprehended as they crossed the border, were recent arrivals, or were repeat violators of immigration law, meaning that they had previously been deported. Those statistics matter. While we have more work to do, the statistics demonstrate that the strategy DHS put in place is working. At the same time, the Administration has also been open and receptive to feedback from communities across the country. On June 17, DHS announced important changes to the Secure Communities Program, including creating an ongoing review of the program so that DHS can assess its effectiveness, and taking care to protect witnesses or victims of crimes. Nothing can make up for the lack of comprehensive reform, but the facts show this has been a good strategy we can be proud of. The Secure Communities Program is a powerful tool to keep the government’s immigration enforcement resources focused where they belong – on those who fit within DHS’s highest enforcement priorities, such as those who have committed crimes in the United States. As too often happens in the debate over immigration, anger and heated rhetoric from all sides dominate while the facts tend to get lost along the way. So it’s important to set the record straight. Fixing the broken immigration system so that it meets America’s economic and security needs has been and continues to be a priority for President Obama. The President has laid out a clear, detailed blueprint for reform (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ rss_viewer/immigration_blueprint.pdf), but the only way to do what’s necessary is for Congress to act and pass bipartisan legislation the President can sign into law. Failing to act simply perpetuates a broken system. Unfortunately, as the President has said, he needs a dance partner across the aisle to move legislation forward, and so far the floor is empty. While the President continues to work every day to fix what’s broken about our immigration system, he has also been clear that the executive branch has a responsibility to enforce the law, and to do it in a way which is both vigorous and smart. So while legislation is pending, this Administration has focused on improving our immigration system by making enforcement smarter and more effective. The fact is, Congressional funding for immigration enforcement and deportations has been on the rise for the past decade. For the first time ever, those resources are being used in a strategic and targeted way to ensure we’re maximizing public safety. Under the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security for the first time ever has prioritized the removal of people who have been convicted of crimes in the United States. The Secure Communities Program (http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities/), which relies on a federal information sharing Cecilia Muñoz is White House Director of program that utilizes FBI fingerprint checks Intergovernmental Affairs. ¡ASK A MEXICAN! By Gustavo Arellano Dear Readers: Your faithful Mexican is putting the final touches to his coming magnum opus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America (out April 2012) and is thus at the rancho, getting handmade tortillas made by his chica in pigtails while I work on rewrites. But instead of a Best Of columna, I’ve decided to print excerpts from one of my all-time favorite reader interactions. Remember back in 2007, when I asked ustedes who are halfMexican and half-something else to tell us what you call yourselves? The brilliant, hilarious responses offered show how genius the Mexi brain truly is. Space doesn’t allow your local rag to print all the responses, but below are just some of the best. You can find the full list online—in the meanwhile, enjoy and see you in una semana! Dear Readers: I asked half-breeds a couple of weeks ago to write in with nicknames that describe their mixed Mexican heritage. Many, muchos responses continue to trickle in— gracias for the submissions. Following is a handy glossary thatustedeswrote, with the occasional Mexican commentary— enjoy! If you’re half-Mexican and. . . Half-African: Afrijoles. Half-anything: Inbetweener-beaner Half-Arab:Garbanzo beaner, America’s worst nightmare. Half-Armenian:Armexian. Half-Australian: Aussican, Dingoles (say like frijoles), Fosters Especial, Mexiroo, Ortegamite, Wallican. Half-Black:Black beans, Blaxican, BroVato, Choco-Taco, Choligger, Mack, Mexiblack, Mexicoon, Negrexican, Tino Noir, Watermexican, Wetblack. Half-British: Limey beans Half-Cajun: Bayou Beaner, MexiGumbo, Mexicajun, Red Beans & Rice. Half-Canadian: Canexican. Half-Caribbean: Carribeaner Half-Chinese: Chexican, Chinacan, Chinkano, Combination Plate, Mexinese, rice ‘n’ beans, soy bean. Half-Costa Rican: Mextica (“tico” is a nickname for Costa Ricans). Half-Creole:Creolican Half-Croatian:Cro-Mex. HalfCzech:Czecano, Czex-Mex, Czexican, Mexislovakian. Half-Eskimo: Mexkimo HalfGabacho: Amerilanga (combination of American and chilanga, nickname for someone from Mexico City), Caucano, Chicangüera, Gabaxicano, GMC (Gringo-Mexico cross), Güerexican, Latinglo, Mexiglos, Mixican, Pochingo (half-pocho, half-gringo), Whispanic, white bean. Half-German: Beanerschnitzel, chili kraut, Germexican, wiener beaner. Half-Honky:Chichonky. Half-Irish:Celtic Aztec, green bean, Irlandicanos, Leprecano, McBeaner, McSpic, Mick Spic, O’Beaner, PaddyMex. Half-Italian: Mexican pizza, Mexitalian, Spicawop, Spic-talian, Wopsican. Half-White:Honky-Tonk, Gringateca, Mejiyanqui, Mexi-melts, Whics One guy calls his kids a mick-mockmex: quarter-Irish, quarter-Jewish (“mock” was apparently a Jewish epithet) and half-Mexican. Someone who is partMexican, -Italian and -Polish calls themselves a Mexpotalian. Other Latinos also joined the game. A half-Spanish, half-American called himself “spam,” a Cuban Jew goes by Jewban, while a Peruvian from Minnesota describes herself as a Minneruvian. Meanwhile, a Puerto Rican from New York insisted thatdominicanos were half-Dominican, half-anus (ano is “anus” in Spanish). And a half-Indian, half-Jew wrote in at the last moment with his moniker: Gandhistein. But the final, wisest word goes to a full-bloodedgabacho: How about an American, like all of us mutts? Don’t see your nickname? E-mail me, and I’ll include it. Ask the Mexican at themexican@aska mexican.net, be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter or ask him a video question at youtube.com/ askamexicano! PAGE 8 AUGUST 19, 2011 LEGALS REQUESTING PROPOSALS REQUESTING PROPOSALS CITY OF SAN DIEGO ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR VIEWS WEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ADA UPGRADES DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT K-12-5168-DB1A This is the City of San Diego’s (City) first step (in a 1 step process) in the Selection process to provide Design-Build services for the VIEWS WEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ADA UPGRADES DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT. THIS IS A RE-BID OF THIS PROJECT. Prior bid documents and prices are not valid for this new bid. The City will not accept, acknowledge, or validate documentation from the prior bid documents marked with Bid No. K-11-5168-DB1 for this solicitation. Only documents marked with Bid No. K-12-5168-DB1A are to be used by the perspective bidders in the preparation of this bid. Use of any other documents WILL be cause for rejection of the submitted proposal. This RFP describes the Project, the required scope of Work & Services, the Design-Builder selection process and the minimum information that shall be included in the Proposal. Failure to submit information in accordance with this RFP’s requirements and procedures may be cause for disqualification. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The scope of this project is design and construction to remove and replace the deteriorating playground equipment, make all necessary accessibility upgrades to the playground areas, restrooms, path of travel, picnic areas and area around the bleachers located next to the baseball field. LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: In accordance with the provisions of California Law, the successful construction entity must possess a valid Class “A or B” license at the time that a proposal is ultimately submitted for this project. In addition, all contractors, including subcontractors will be required to secure a City of San Diego license for the work contemplated. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): The Proposal shall be received no later than 12:00 Noon local time, September 13, 2011 at the office of: City of San Diego PURCHASING & CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200, MS 56P San Diego, CA 92101 Attn: Clementina Giordano, Contract Administrator Pre-Submittal Meeting: Questions Concerning Request for Statement of Qualifications All questions regarding the RFQ should be presented in writing to as soon as possible, but no later than the pre-submittal meeting date shown below. Elif Cetin, Project Manager Engineering & Capital Projects Department Address: 600 B Street, Ste 800 San Diego, California 92101 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (619) 533-5107 Fax: (619) 533-5476 A MANDATORY Pre-proposal meeting will be held on August 24, 2011 @ 10:00 A.M. at 1200 3rd Avenue, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92101. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: It is the policy of the City not to discriminate with regard to race, sex, national origin or disability in the award of contracts. The City will ensure that full access to programs, services, meetings, and activities comply with section 504 Title V of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990, Public Law 101-336. Participation by Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) or Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouraged to subcontract or joint venture with these firms. This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to defray any costs incurred in the preparation of an SOQ pursuant to this RFQ. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all SOQs received as a result of this RFQ. If the City revises the RFQ, all RFQ holders of record will be notified in writing by the City. Hildred Pepper, Jr August 18, 2011 Published: 8/19/2011 La Prensa San Diego CITY OF SAN DIEGO ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR WATER GROUP JOB 926 (POINT LOMA) DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT K-12-5163-DB2 This is the City of San Diego’s (City) first step (in a 1 step process) in the Selection process to provide Design-Build services for the WATER GROUP JOB 926 (POINT LOMA) DESIGNBUILD CONTRACT. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Work and Services required of the Design-Builder include those during design, construction. The Design-Builder shall provide all management, supervision, labor, services, equipment, tools, supplies, temporary facilities, and any other item of every kind and description required for the complete design and construction of the Project, as described in Attachment A. LICENSE CLASSIFICATION: In accordance with the provisions of California Law, the successful construction entity must possess a valid Class “A or C34” license at the time that a proposal is ultimately submitted for this project. In addition, all contractors, including subcontractors will be required to secure a City of San Diego license for the work contemplated. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): The Proposal shall be received no later than 12:00 Noon local time, September 15, 2011 at the office of: City of San Diego PURCHASING & CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200, MS 56P San Diego, CA 92101 Attn: Damian Singleton, Contract Administrator Pre-Submittal Meeting: Questions Concerning Request for Statement of Qualifications All questions regarding the RFQ should be presented in writing to as soon as possible, but no later than the pre-submittal meeting date shown below. Idalmiro de Rosa, Project Manager Engineering & Capital Projects Department Address: 600 B Street, Ste 800 San Diego, California 92101 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (619) 533-4629 Fax: (619) 533-5176 Pre-proposal meeting will be held on September 1, 2011 @ 10:00 A.M. at 1200 3rd Avenue, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92101. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: It is the policy of the City not to discriminate with regard to race, sex, national origin or disability in the award of contracts. The City will ensure that full access to programs, services, meetings, and activities comply with section 504 Title V of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 1990, Public Law 101-336. Participation by Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) or Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) are strongly encouraged. Prime consultants are encouraged to subcontract or joint venture with these firms. This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to defray any costs incurred in the preparation of an SOQ pursuant to this RFQ. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all SOQs received as a result of this RFQ. If the City revises the RFQ, all RFQ holders of record will be notified in writing by the City. Hildred Pepper, Jr August 18, 2011 Published: 8/19/2011 La Prensa San Diego CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE reasons for the objection at least FOR CHANGE OF NAME two court days before the matCASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00055835-CU-PT-NC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: JOSE DE JESUS LOPEZ PINTOR, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOSE DE JESUS LOPEZ PINTOR to JESSE LOPEZ PINTOR 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 ter 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: 8/30/11. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept: 3. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, North County Division, 325 Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081 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 REQUESTING BIDS * 619-425-7400 * CLASSIFIEDS REQUESTING BIDS INVITATION FOR BIDS The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting bids from qualified General Contractors with a class “B” license to perform structural modifications to existing multi-family building exteriors at Housing Commission owned properties located in the City of San Diego. Interested and qualified firms including small businesses, minority, women and disabled veteran owned businesses that have successfully demonstrated their ability to perform comparable work are invited to submit responses. The Invitation for Bid 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. For further questions contact Greg Wellong, Program Analyst at (619) 578-7571. A pre-bid conference will be held on Monday, August 15, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. (PST), at the SDHC office located at 1122 Broadway, Ste. 300, San Diego, CA 92101. Sealed bids with a standard label pasted on the outside that reads, “Project no. CI12-02 Seismic Retrofit at Housing Commission Owned Properties – BID DOCUMENTS DO NOT OPEN” will be received on or before Tuesday, September 6, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. (PST), at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Published: 8/12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego PUBLIC MEETING PUBLIC MEETING SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (SSTAC) NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING The Social Services Transportation Advisory Council is an advisory group to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) consisting of 17 members representing social service agencies, individuals, transportation providers, and the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency. The California Public Utilities Code requires SSTAC hold at least one Public Meeting each year for the purpose of soliciting input on transportation needs from seniors, persons with disabilities, and persons with limited means. Members of the public are invited to provide testimony at the upcoming SSTAC meeting which will be held in the SANDAG offices in Downtown San Diego, or via video conference from the office of North County Transit District in Oceanside. Monday, September 19, 2011 - 10 a.m. SANDAG, Conference Room 8B 401 B Street San Diego, CA 92101 North County Transit District Videoconference Meeting Room, 2nd floor 810 Mission Avenue Oceanside, CA 92054 The meeting locations are accessible by public transit. Phone 511 or see www.511sd.com for route information. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, SSTAC will accommodate persons who require assistance in order to participate at these meetings. If such assistance is required, please contact SANDAG at (619) 699-1900 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. Published: 8/19/2011 La Prensa San Diego CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910 Date: JUN 30, 2011 AARON H. KATZ Judge of the Superior Court Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00094753-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EDDIE HERNANDEZ and GUADALUPE FLORES, on behalf of MARIO JR. GUTIERREZ FLORES, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MARIO JR. GUTIERREZ FLORES to EDDIE J. HERNANDEZ 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: SEP 01, 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: JUL 20, 2011 KEVIN A. ENRIGHT Judge of the Superior Court Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00069045-CU-PT-EC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: BRYAN ANGELO HAYEK, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: BRYAN ANGELO HAYEK to BRYAN NOAH PATROS 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: Sept. 28, 2011. Time: 8:30 AM Dept: 14. Room: Fourth Floor The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, East County Division, 250 E. Main St. #1, El Cajon, CA 92020 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: JUL 21, 2011 PETER C. DEDDEH Judge of the Superior Court LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00077980-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: LELA LONDON and PATRICK LONDON, on behalf of CHASITY LONDON, and LELA JOANNE LONDON, minors, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. LELA JOANNE LONDON to LELA JOANNE FINNEGAN b. CHASITY DIAMOND LONDON to CHASITY DIAMOND FINNEGAN 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: 9-7-2011. 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 3rd Ave Suite #100, Chula Vista, CA 91910-5697 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: JUL 25, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078006-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MICHELE ZUMAYA BUITRON, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MICHELE ZUMAYA BUITRON to MICHELE BUITRON-ZUMAYA 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: 9-8-2011. 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 Division, 500 3rd Ave., 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: JUL 27, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF NAME DECLARATION OF LAND PATENT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE reasons for the objection at least Cause shall be published at least 264. All questions of fact decided court days before the mat- once each week for four succes- by the General Land Office are FOR CHANGE OF NAME two ter is scheduled to be heard and sive weeks prior to the date set binding everywhere and injuncCASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00077743-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: KAREN CANTOR MASHOUF, on behalf of minor PAULINE MASHOUF, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PAULINE MASHOUF to PAULINE CANTOR MASHOUF 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: 9-2-2011. 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 District-Family Law, 500 Third Ave., 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: JUL 18, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00095145-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: AARON MICHAEL SINYKIN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: AARON MICHAEL SINYKIN (aka) AARON MICHAEL ESCOBEDO to AARON MICHAEL ESCOBEDO 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: SEP 08, 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: JUL 27, 2011 KEVIN A. ENRIGHT Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00095464-CU-PT-CTL TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SEAN & LORETTA LEVI, on behalf of KAYLA LEVI, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KAYLA LEVI to YAEL LEVI 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: SEP 14, 2011. Time: 8:30 AM Dept: 8. Room: 2nd Floor 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: AUG 01, 2011 KEVIN A. ENRIGHT Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078374-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: CARL PATRICK BARNHILL, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CARL PATRICK BARNHILL to PATRICK KYLE 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 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: 09/29/11. Time: 8:30 AM Dept: 4. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, South County Division, 500 3rd Ave Suite #100, Chula Vista, CA 91910-5649 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: AUG 16, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078298-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: ROSA ISELA ARREDONDO, on behalf of ROLANDO ALBERTO LEÓN ARREDONDO, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ROLANDO ALBERTO LEÓN ARREDONDO to ROLANDO ALBERTO LEÓN 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: 9-23-11. 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 3rd Ave Suite #100, Chula Vista, CA 91910-5697 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: AUG 10, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078333-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: SHANTAL MINERVA DIAZ BARRIGA, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: S H A N TA L M I N E RVA D I A Z BARRIGA to SHANTAL MINERVA DIAZ 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: 09-30-11. 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 3rd Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910-5649 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: AUG 12, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078334-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: JONATHAN JAVIER DIAZ-BARRIGA, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JONATHAN JAVIER DIAZ BARRIGA to JONATHAN DIAZ 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: 09-30-11. 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 3rd Ave, Chula Vista, CA 91910 A Copy of this Order to Show 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: AUG 12, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 37-2011-00078408-CU-PT-SC TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: MARGARITA MEZA and RAUL FRAIRE on behalf of KARLA FRAYRE, a minor, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KARLA FRAYRE to KARLA FRAIRE MEZA 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: 9/19/11. 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 Division, 500 3rd Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910. South County Division 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: AUG 18, 2011 WILLIAM S. CANNON Judge of the Superior Court Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego DECLARATION OF LAND PATENT DECLARATION OF LAND PATENT, patent NUMBER PLC 150 D E C L A R AT I O N O F L A N D PATENT, Patent NUMBER PLC 150 dated December 18, 1906 by the heirs of Daniel S. Davidson KNOW ALL MEN THESE PRESENTS: That: June: Reyno: does hereby certify and declare as follows: That name as “assigns” in the Land Patent named above I bring up said Patent or in my name and does certify that I am “assignee” to the Land Patent as it pertains to the land below described: 10169 Presley St San Diego California 921265138 within Township 2S, Range 1W, Section 32, Aliquot NE NW SE, San Bernardino Meridian; (1) THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO CLAIMED BY PATENT, and legally described and referenced under Patent listed above is: THE LAND IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 64 IN MESA CLASSICUNIT 1, IN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO,COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO MAP NO. 11898, FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1987. EXCEPT ALL OIL, PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS AND OTHER VALUABLE MINERAL SUBSTANCES AND PRODUCTS, AND ALL OTHER MINERALS, WHETHER OR NOT OF THE SAME CHARACTER HEREINBEFORE GENERALLY DESCRIBED IN OR UNDER SAID LAND AND LYING AT A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 500 OR MORE FEET BELOW THE PRESENT NATURAL SURFACE OF THE GROUND, BUT WITHOUT RIGHT OF ENTRY ON THE SURFACE OR WITHIN A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 5OO FEET BELOW THE PRESENT NATURAL SURFACE OF THE GROUND. APN: 341-403-05-00. And a Land Patent is the only way a perfect title can be had in my name: Wilcox v. Jackson 13 Pet. (U.S.) 498 , 10 L.Ed. tions and mandamus proceedings will not lie against it: Litchfield v. Register 9 Wal (U.S.) 575, 19 L.Ed. 681. (2) NOTICE AND EFFECT ON LAND PATENT. A grant of land is a public law standing on the statute books of the State, and is notice to every subsequent purchaser under any conflicting sale made afterwards: Wingmon v. Gastrell 54 Fed 819, 4CCA 596, 2 US App. 581. A Patent alone passes title to Grantee: Wilcox v. Jackson, 12 Pet (U.S.) 498, 10 L. Ed. 264. Where the United States has parted with the title by a patent legally issued upon surveys legally made by itself and approved by the proper department , the title so granted cannot be impaired by any subsequent survey made by the government for its own purposes: Cage v. Donks 13 LA. ANN. 128. (3) LAND TITLE TRANSFER, LEGAL TITLE- The patent vest the legal title in the patentee (assignee) and is conclusive evidence of title. Gibson v. Chauleau 80 US 92, 20 L. Ed. 534, TRANSFER OF PATENTEE( ASSIGNEE) – Title and rights of bonafied purchaser from patentee (assignee) will be protected US v. Debeti (1915 CA8 SD )227 F 270; US v. Beaman (1917, CA8 Colo) 242 F 876, 43 USCA ss15 LEGAL TITLE- the patent vest the legal title in the patentee (assignee) and is conclusive evidence of title, Gibson v. Chauleau 80 US 92, 20 L. Ed. 534. This existing system of land transfer is a long and tedious process involving the observance of many formalities and technicalities, a failure to observe any one of which may defeat title , even where these have been traced to its source, the purchaser must but at his peril , there always being in spite of the uttermost care and expenditure, the possibility that his title may turn out bad: Yeakle Torrens System 209. If this land Patent is not challenged within sixty (60) days in a court of law by someone, or by the government, it then becomes my property, as no one has followed the proper steps to get legal title, the final certificate or receipt acknowledging the payment in full by a homesteader or preemptor is not in legal effect a conveyance of the land: U.S. v Steenerson, 50 Fed 504, 1CCA 552, 4 U.S. App 332. EJECTMENT- In case of ejectment, where the question is who has legal title, the patent of the government is unassailable, Sanford v. Sanford 139 US 642, 35 L. Ed. 290. In Federal Courts the Patent is held to be the foundation of title at law. Fenn v. Holmes, 21 How 481. A Land Patent is conclusive evidence the Patent has complied with the Act of Congress as concerns improvements on the land etc. Jankins v. Gibson 3 LA ANN 203. (3) IMMUNITY FROM COLLATERAL ATTACK – Collins v. Barlett 44 Cal 371; Webber v. Pere Mortguette Broom Co. 62 Mich 626, 20 NW 469; Surget v. Don 24 Miss 118; Green v. Barker 47 Neb. 934; 66 NW 1032. State of California ) )ss: County of San Diego ) I: June: Reyno: depose and say that: I am the declarant in the foregoing Declaration of Land Patent; that I have read and know the contents thereof and that the matters therein stated are true to my knowledge and so state the court citations are true. Executing this document on July 11 in the year of our Lord and Savior, Yashuah two thousand eleven. :June: Reyno: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT State of California ) )ss: County of San Diego ) On July 11, 2011 before me, by DELBBIE PASCUA DELA PAZ, Notary Public Name and Title of Officer Personally appeared-Names of Signer June Reyno, Who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her authorized capacity. And that by her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument. I Certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the Laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct WITNESS my hand and official seal. DELBBIE PASCUA DELA PAZ Signature of Notary Public Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego Eight New Cabins Open at County’s William Heise Park Families Can Sleep Under a Roof, Hike in Nature, Explore Julian On Tuesday, County Supervisor Dianne Jacob joined County Parks and Recreation to open eight new family cabins at William Heise Park in Julian, more than doubling the number of cabins available at the popular mountain park. “This park has it all—gorgeous views, plenty of hikes, and easy access to the town of Julian,” said Supervisor Jacob. “These smartly designed cabins invite a huge segment of the population who enjoy getting out in nature, but prefer to sleep on a bed, under a roof.” With the new additions, Heise now offers the most cabin sites at a County park— 14— and 103 tent sites. Each new cabin sleeps up to six people and offers Wi-Fi internet access, a fireplace and an outdoor picnic table, fire ring and grill. The cabins are situated for views and privacy. Seven of the cabins are 14 by 16 feet and, (see Cabins, page 9) LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO AUGUST 19, 2011 PAGE 9 ~ ~ ~ CLASSIFIEDS ~ (619) 425-7400 ~ LEGALS ~ FAX ~ (619) 425-7402 ~ ~ ~ SUMMONS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: METAL PRODUCTS 2475 Paseo de las Americas, San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92154 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Ernesto Cardenas Frias, 12415 Triple Tree Terrace, Victorville, CA 92392 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Ernesto Cardenas This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 25, 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.: 2011-021023 Fictitious Business Name: LAS GORDITAS CALIFORNIA 1187 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91911 Mailing Address: 2457 E Tropicana Ave. Suite 13-C, Las Vegas, NV 89121 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: June 10-11 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Hortencia Saucedo, 6529 Burkwood Way, Las Vegas, NV 89108 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Hortencia Saucedo This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 25, 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.: 2011-021011 Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: MY SWEETIE’S CLOSET 1555 Falling Star Dr., Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91915 Mailing Address: 1555 Falling Star Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91915 This Business is Conducted By: Husband and Wife The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: 1. Angelina Leal, 1555 Falling Star Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91915 2. Octavio Leal, 1555 Falling Star Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91915 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Angelina Leal This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 18, 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.: 2011-020374 Fictitious Business Name: KOPJE 9 C.S. 124 Timely Ter., San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92114 Mailing Address: 124 Timely Ter., San Diego, CA 92114 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Alfonso Mejia Jr., 124 Timely Ter., San Diego, CA 92114 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Alfonso Mejia Jr. This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 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.: 2011-021402 Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: MARISCOS EL PRIETO #2 3733 Main St., Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91911 Mailing Address: 1036 Dennery Rd. Apt. 102, San Diego, CA 92154 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Isela Castaneda, 1036 Dennery Rd. Apt. 102, San Diego, CA 92154 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Isela Castaneda This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 21, 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.: 2011-020749 Fictitious Business Name: SKYWARD SUPPLIES 1384 Theresa Way, 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: Victoria Lynn McGraw, 1384 Theresa Way, Chula Vista, CA 91911 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Victoria Lynn McGraw This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 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.: 2011-021470 Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: a. BIRRIERIA ASI ES JALISCO b. ASI ES JALISCO BIRRIERIA c. AQUI ES JALISCO 1037 Broadway Ste. AB, Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91911 This Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: 1. Maria Estela Suarez De Garcia, 518 Davidson St. #3, Chula Vista, CA 91910 2. Miguel Garcia, 518 Davidson St. #3, Chula Vista, CA 91910 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Maria E. Suarez D. Garcia This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 19, 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.: 2011-020558 Fictitious Business Name: SOLANA INTERIORS 270 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Solana Beach, CA, County of San Diego, 92075 Mailing Address: SAA This Business is Conducted By: A General Partnership The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: 1. Jake Chilson, 270 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Solana Beach, CA 92075 2. Linda Tirocchi, 270 Lomas Santa Fe Dr., Solana Beach, CA 92075 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Jake Chilson, Owner This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 14, 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, Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 or common law. La Prensa San Diego Assigned File No.: 2011-020132 Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: BIRRIERIA ASI ES JALISCO 1037 Broadway Ste. AB, 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: Maria Estela Suarez De Garcia, 518 Davidson St. #3, Chula Vista, CA 91910 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Maria E. Suarez D. Garcia This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 20, 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.: 2011-020628 Fictitious Business Name: a. RENT DIRECT SD b. RENT DIRECT SAN DIEGO c. SAN DIEGO RENT DIRECT d. SD RENT DIRECT 406 9th Ave. #305, San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92101 This Business is Conducted By: A Corporation The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: San Diego Rent Finders, Inc., 406 9th Ave. #305, San Diego, CA 92101, California I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Paul Chunyk, President This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 27, 2011 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 Name in violation of the rights La Prensa San Diego of another under federal, state, or common law. Assigned File No.: 2011-021330 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 NAME STATEMENT La Prensa San Diego Fictitious Business Name: a. SPROCKETS ¡Anúnciate en b. SPROCKETS MOTORCYCLE La Prensa San Diego! CALENDAR c. SPROCKETS CALENDAR 619-425-7400 1516 Concord Wy B, 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: Ana A. Font, 1516 Concord Wy B., Chula Vista, CA 91911 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Ana A. Font This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 02, 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.: 2011-022006 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: AARON’S PARTY RENTALS 1405 Aries Ct., Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91911 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 7/1/11 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Edgar I Ramirez, 1405 Aries Ct., Chula Vista, CA 91911 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Edgar I Ramirez This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 20, 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.: 2011-020690 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: TO THE POINT MINISTRY 645 Rachael Ave., National City, CA, County of San Diego, 91950 Mailing Address: PO Box 390339, San Diego, CA 92149 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Jorge L Miranda, 645 Rachael Ave., National City, CA 91950 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Jorge L Miranda This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 03, 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.: 2011-022121 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: BAY - B CHILD CARE 1265 Buenos St., San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92110 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 9/9/07 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Silvia G. Apaldetti, 1265 Buenos St., San Diego, CA 92110 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Silvia G. Apaldetti This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 03, 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.: 2011-022071 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: a. ZAPATA’S b. ZAPATA FOODS 723 E. San Ysidro Bl., San Ysidro, CA, County of San Diego, 92173 Mailing Address: 14208 Jamul Drive, Jamul, CA 91935 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Miguel Aguirre, 14208 Jamul Drive, Jamul, CA 91935 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Miguel Aguirre, Owner This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 06, 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.: 2011-019227 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: XARELY’S FAMILY CHILDCARE 367 Encinitas Ave., San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92114 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Elizabeth Rios, 367 Encinitas Ave., San Diego, CA 92114 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Elizabeth Rios This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Di- ego County AUG 03, 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.: 2011-022116 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: ROSSO AGENCY 467 Parkside Ct., Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91910 This Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: LUDAS GROUP LLC, 467 Parkside Ct., Chula Vista, CA 91910, California I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: David A. Gomez, Member This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 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.: 2011-019378 Published: 8/5,12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: LA NENA DE SINALOA RESTAURANT 396 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91910 Mailing Address: 396 Broadway This Business is Conducted By: A Limited Liability Company The First Day of Business Was: 08/09/11 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Las Gueritas de Sinaloa, 396 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910, California I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Norma Monjardin, Member This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 09, 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.: 2011-022984 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Sonia Castro, Member This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 09, 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.: 2011-022726 corder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 04, 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.: 2011-022188 Published: 8/12,19,26,9/2/2011 La Prensa San Diego Fictitious Business Name: a. PRO LINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES b. PRO LINE CLEANING SERVICES 453 D Street, Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego, 91910 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Jose Barba, 453 D Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: José Barba This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 10, 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.: 2011-022828 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: SAN DIEGO HERB’S & SPECIALTIES 8024 Linda Vista Rd. # 1L, San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92111 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 02/24/11 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Liz Fuentes, 8024 Linda Vista, Rd. #1L, San Diego, CA 92111 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Liz Fuentes This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JUL 18, 2011 The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 Name in violation of the rights La Prensa San Diego of another under federal, state, or common law. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Assigned File No.: 2011-020417 Published: 8/12,19,26,9/2/2011 La Prensa San Diego FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Fictitious Business Name: NEW STAR REALTY & INV. SAN DIEGO 7710 Balboa Ave. #326, San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92111 Mailing Address: 7710 Balboa Ave. #326, San Diego, CA 92111 This Business is Conducted By: A Corporation The First Day of Business Was: N/A This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Richland Realty & Inv., 7710 Balboa Ave. #326, San Diego, CA 92111, California I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Jee Hee OH, CEO This Statement Was Filed With Published: 8/12,19,26,9/2/2011 Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReLa Prensa San Diego corder/County Clerk of San Diego County AUG 15, 2011 The filing of this statement does FICTITIOUS BUSINESS not of itself authorize the use in NAME STATEMENT this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights Fictitious Business Name: a. SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL LAW of another under federal, state, CENTER; b. SAN DIEGO COUNTY or common law. CRIMINAL LAW CENTER; c. Assigned File No.: 2011-023257 SAN DIEGO COUNTY CRIM- Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 INAL DEFENSE LAW CENTER; La Prensa San Diego d. SAN DIEGO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAW CENTER; e. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CRIMINAL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS DEFENSE CENTER; f. SAN NAME STATEMENT DIEGO COUNTY DUI LAW CENTER; g. SAN DIEGO DUI Fictitious Business Name: LAW CENTER; h. SOUTHERN MARKETING IN TIME CALIFORNIA TRIBAL LAW 1240 Paseo Magda Apt. 634, CENTER; i. SAN DIEGO COUNTY Chula Vista, CA, County of San TRIBAL LAW CENTER; j. SAN Diego, 91910 DIEGO TRIBAL LAW CENTER; This Business is Conducted By: k. INDIAN CRIMINAL DEF- An Individual ENSE; i. INDIAN LEGAL DEF- The First Day of Business Was: ENSE CENTER; m. NATIVE 7/01/2011 AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE This Business Is Hereby RegisCENTER; n. INDIAN CRIMINAL tered by the Following: DEFENSE CENTER Fanny Teresita Tonella Ro3028 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, driguez, 1240 Paseo Magda Apt. CA, County of San Diego, 92103 634, Chula Vista, CA 91910 This Business is Conducted By: I declare that all information in An Individual this statement is true and corThe First Day of Business Was: rect. N/A Signature of Registrant: Fanny This Business Is Hereby Regis- Teresita Tonella Rodriguez tered by the Following: This Statement Was Filed With Stanley Alan Kottle, 122 Third Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReAvenue #212, Chula Vista, CA corder/County Clerk of San Di91910 ego County JUL 20, 2011 I declare that all information in The filing of this statement does this statement is true and cor- not of itself authorize the use in rect. this state of Fictitious Business Signature of Registrant: Stanley Name in violation of the rights A. Kottle of another under federal, state, This Statement Was Filed With or common law. Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re- Assigned File No.: 2011-020687 corder/County Clerk of San DiPublished: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 ego County AUG 04, 2011 The filing of this statement does La Prensa San Diego not of itself authorize the use in this state of Fictitious Business FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Name in violation of the rights NAME STATEMENT of another under federal, state, or common law. Fictitious Business Name: Assigned File No.: 2011-022317 M & G SPARKLING CLEAN 44145 Voltaire St., San Diego, Published: 8/12,19,26,9/2/2011 CA, County of San Diego, 92107 La Prensa San Diego Mailing Address: P.O. Box 13682, San Diego, CA 92170 This Business is Conducted By: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS A General Partnership NAME STATEMENT The First Day of Business Was: Fictitious Business Name: N/A INTEGRATED GLASS This Business Is Hereby RegisSOLUTIONS tered by the Following: 1220 28th St., San Diego, CA, 1. Elizabethy Medina, 3550 Lebon County of San Diego, 92102 Dr. #2608, San Diego, CA 92122 This Business is Conducted By: 2. Rebeca Gaona, 1755 Logan A Corporation Ave., San Diego, CA 92113 The First Day of Business Was: I declare that all information in 6/19/2006 this statement is true and corThis Business Is Hereby Regis- rect. tered by the Following: Signature of Registrant: Elizabeth Designer Glass & Shower, 1220 This Statement Was Filed With 28th St., San Diego, CA 92102, Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReCalifornia Corporation corder/County Clerk of San DiI declare that all information in ego County JUL 22, 2011 this statement is true and cor- The filing of this statement does rect. not of itself authorize the use in Signature of Registrant: Christine this state of Fictitious Business Wisne, President Name in violation of the rights This Statement Was Filed With of another under federal, state, Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re- or common law. corder/County Clerk of San Di- Assigned File No.: 2011-020895 ego County AUG 09, 2011 The filing of this statement does Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 not of itself authorize the use in La Prensa San Diego this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights FICTITIOUS BUSINESS of another under federal, state, NAME STATEMENT or common law. Assigned File No.: 2011-022596 Fictitious Business Name: WILLIE HANDYMAN Published: 8/12,19,26,9/2/2011 308 Sweetwood St., San Diego, La Prensa San Diego CA, County of San Diego, 92114 This Business is Conducted By: Husband and Wife FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The First Day of Business Was: NAME STATEMENT N/A This Business Is Hereby RegisFictitious Business Name: tered by the Following: EL MOLCAJETE MEXICAN 1. Mireya Cruz, 308 Sweetwood CUISINE 7102 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, St., San Diego, CA 92114, California CA 92115 Mailing Address: 7102 El Cajon 2. Guillermo Velasco, 308 Sweetwood St., San Diego, CA 92114, Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115 This Business is Conducted By: California I declare that all information in A Limited Liability Company The First Day of Business Was: this statement is true and correct. N/A This Business Is Hereby Regis- Signature of Registrant: Mireya Cruz tered by the Following: AVAC LLC, 7102 El Cajon Blvd., This Statement Was Filed With San Diego, CA 92115, California Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re- NAME STATEMENT NOTICE TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SUMMONS - (Family Law) NOTICE OF APPLICATION CASE NUMBER: 0N165340 TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: CHRISTINA FAYE LARSON You are being sued. PETITIONER'S NAME IS: AURELIO ADAME JR You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage, your property and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. court.ca.gov/self help), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE: The restraining orders on page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement office who has received or seen a copy of them. NOTE: If a judgment or support order is entered, the court may order you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to request a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. 1. The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 325 S. Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Aurelio Adame Jr., 3476 Descanso Ave. Apt. #7, San Marcos, CA 92078 Date: MAY 23, 2011 Clerk, by K. HANKIN, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: as an individual Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego Fictitious Business Name: EXPRESS REGISTRATION SERVICE 6950 Camino Maquiladora Suite #B, San Diego, CA, County of San Diego, 92154 Mailing Address: 2273 Huntington Pt. Rd. Unit #130, Chula Vista, CA 91914 This Business is Conducted By: An Individual The First Day of Business Was: 07/28/2011 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following: Margarita A Lopez, 2273 Huntington Pt. Rd. Unit #130, Chula Vista, CA 91914 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signature of Registrant: Margarita A Lopez, Owner This Statement Was Filed With Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReSUMMONS-UNIFORM corder/County Clerk of San DiPARENTAGE-PETITION ego County AUG 17, 2011 FOR CUSTODY AND The filing of this statement does SUPPORT not of itself authorize the use in CASE NUMBER: D 527194 this state of Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: of another under federal, state, ROGELIO BERNAL or common law. You are being sued. Assigned File No.: 2011-023464 PETITIONER'S NAME IS: Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 GRACIELA CRESPO La Prensa San Diego You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response to petition to Establish Parental Relationship (form FL270) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response SUMMONS ON FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT on time, the court may make orders affecting custody of your CASE NUMBER: VC057616 children. You may be ordered to NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: pay support and attorney fees OLSEN-MONROE LLC; MICHAEL and costs. If you cannot pay the PARKS a.k.a. MICHAEL PARK; filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee CHARLES SHINALO; LIBERTY waiver form. If you want legal LAW FIRM, INC.; BRIAN J. advice, contact a lawyer immeC O L O M B A N A ; J A M E S G. diately. PINARD; VAL-CHRIS INVEST- NOTICE: The restraining order on MENTS, INC.; MICHAEL R. the back is effective against K A P L A N ; J U L I E K A P L A N ; both mother and father until the ALEXIS BROOKS; K. WHITSON; petition is dismissed, a judgment ARIANA VALENZUELA and is entered, or the court makes DOES 4-100, inclusive further orders. This order is enYOU ARE BEING SUED BY forceable anywhere in California PLAINTIFF: by any law enforcement office JOHNNY HOLGUIN; SALLIE who has received or seen a copy NOTICE! You have been sued. of it. The court may decide against 1. The name and address of the you without your being heard court is: SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR unless you respond within 30 COURT 1555 Sixth Ave., San days. Read the information be- Diego, CA 92101, Central Divilow. sion You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and 2. The name, address, and telelegal papers are served on you phone number of petitioner's atto file a written response at this torney, or petitioner without an court and have a copy served attorney, is: FILEX ALEXANDRO on the plaintiff. A letter or phone SANCHEZ, ESQ., 865 Anchorcall will not protect you. Your age Place, Chula Vista, CA written response must be in 91914 proper legal form if you want the Date: JAN 18, 2011 court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you Clerk, by C. CORONADO, can use for your response. You Deputy can find these court forms and NOTICE TO THE PERSON more information at the Califor- SERVED: as an individual nia Courts Online Self-Help Cen- Published: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2011 ter (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/self La Prensa San Diego help), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask 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. SUMMONS Date of Filing Application: August 1, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: DARIO F VILLAGOMEZTOVAR The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 2822 IMPERIAL AVE SAN DIEGO, CA 92102 Type of license(s) applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE- EATING PLACE Published: 8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: August 3, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: LOS ANTOJOS BUSINESS GROUP INC The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 4020 BONITA ROAD BONITA, CA 91902-1333 Type of license(s) applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE- EATING PLACE Published: 8/12,19,26/2011 La Prensa San Diego CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Date of Filing Application: August 15, 2011 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: LAS GUERITAS DE SINALOA LLC The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 396 BROADWAY CHULA VISTA, CA 91910-3502 Type of license applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE- EATING PLACE Published: 8/19/2011 La Prensa San Diego CLASSIFIEDS 619-425-7400 POSIBILIDAD DE GANAR $500 A 1000 SEMANALES! Gane dinero extra ensamblando llaveros. Trabaje en su casa. No experiencia. 818-700-3533 La Asociacion Nacional del Trabajo www.trabajeahora.com SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION 5250 Campanile Dr. SD 92182 Job Tape Line # 619-594-5703 https:// jobsfoundation.sdsu.edu EEO/AA/Title IX Employer FOR RENT APARTMENTS FOR RENT Sorrento Tower Apartments is currently accepting applications for Studio and One Bedroom apartments for seniors 62 years of age and older and/or disabled individuals who qualify with low income. Starting August 23rd applications can be obtained in person at the address below on Tuesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 8am to 12pm Equal Housing Opportunity Sorrento Tower 2875 Cowley Way San Diego, CA 92110 619-276-1775 Cabins The name and address of the court is: Superior Court, County of Los Angeles, 12720 Norwalk Boulevard, Room 101, Norwalk, CA 90650 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Joseph C. Rosenblit; sbn 131663, Law Office of Joseph C. Rosenblit; 31726 Rancho Viejo Road, #121, San Juan Capis-trano, CA 92675 Date: APR 13, 2011 JOHN A. CLARKE C l e r k , b y V. C A R R A N Z A , Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: as an individual Published: 7/29,8/5,12,19/2011 La Prensa San Diego (con’t from page 8) with the exception of a disability-friendly cabin, have two sets of bunk beds in one room and a double bed in a second room. The disabledaccessible design removes the interior wall. The cabins are furnished with rustic-style tables, chairs and benches. The eighth cabin is 13 by 13 feet and has a single sleeping room with a double bed/single bed bunk bed and second set of single bunk beds. Funded with about $540,000 in County General Funds, the new sites were built to meet the demand for more cabins in the scenic park. Some 4,200 feet above sea level, 929-acre Heise is forested with oak, pine and cedar trees. Though many trees burned in the 2003 Cedar Fire, a natural process of forest regeneration is restoring the park to its pre-fire condition. Park patrons are treated to regular visits from wild turkey, mule deer, squirrels, rabbits and lizards. Sometimes campers spot a gray fox, bobcat or golden eagle. Visitors enjoy the park’s quietude, views and extensive hiking trails that range from easy to challenging. Some campers also take advantage of the proximity of historic downtown Julian, about four miles away. To reserve one of the new cabins or make a reservation at any of the County’s eight camping parks, visit http://www.sdparks.org. PAGE 10 AUGUST 19, 2011 COOKING WITH THE DUTCHESS: LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO Artistas latinos brillan en festival Outside Lands By Hanneke Eerden Vegetable Pie As you might know, I’m not quite a vegetable fan. I’m a meat fan! But I understand that vegetables are necessary (so they say…) so I try and I try. And Hanneke Eerden sometimes I come up with a fantastic way to serve these! Like this time, I have a super tasty vegetable pie for you! Last week when I visited a supermarket in Germany (that’s about 15 minutes from my home) I saw puff pastry rolls in the fridge. Super easy! It’s a large sheet, and way better then the small square puff pastry sheets I always used to buy. One roll (or sheet) is enough for one large pie and then the idea of this vegetable pie started to bubble up in my mind. Okay I admit, other pies too but those didn’t had anything to do with vegetables so I’m going to leave those out of this story! I never liked vegetables, so it’s nothing new. When I was little my Mom had to puree all the vegetables for me otherwise I couldn’t eat them. Yes it’s true, and I understand you think it’s weird but it gets weirder… I added apple sauce to every vegetable… sorry to mention that but I told you it would get weirder! Luckily that doesn’t happen anymore but it took me a long time to break that habit. Thinking back, I can’t imagine it anymore and I really seriously doubt the fact that it made things tastier… sweeter yes and the taste of apple sauce probably covered up all the other tastes. When you look at it that way I can only say that I was actually a smart kid! Yes, with a very bad taste, I know! Back to today’s recipe: for this pie I went a little more southern into Europe, and sprinkled a little touch of France and Italy into the recipe. Of course you’re free to add or leave out ingredients that you don’t like (or you can’t find). But first I give you the advice to try this version I’m giving you, it’s really good! Good to know: these amounts are for a small pie (2 persons) Ingredients: Puff pastry 1 zucchini ½ roasted red bell pepper 1 small onion 2 garlic cloves 1 cup mushrooms 2 slices anchovies fillets A few sprigs of fresh thyme 1 cup heavy cream 1 egg Pepper/salt 1 cup grated cheese (I used Gouda cheese, you can pick one with an aged taste) Chipotle chile seasoning Récord de asistencia en la cuarta edición del evento Por Eduardo Stanley SAN FRANCISCO — Outside Lands cumplió cuatro años de vida y ya se ha convertido en el evento musical de gran parte de California. Aunque predomina el rock en casi todas sus variantes, hay buena representación de otros géneros musicales entre sus casi 75 artistas que se presentan en sus cuatro escenarios durante los tres días de duración del evento, que este año transcurrió entre el 12 y el 14 de agosto. La presencia latina estuvo a cargo de Ana Tijoux, Ximena Sariñana, Julieta Venegas y el DJ Instituto Mexicano del Sonido. “Me gustó mucho estar aquí”, dijo muy animada Ximena Sariñana —quien cumplirá 26 años en octubre— después de su actuación. “Uno no sabe qué esperar en este tipo de eventos”. Ximena representa a una nueva generación de artistas mexicanos que mezcla rock, electrónica y jazz en su música. Su nuevo CD, que lleva su nombre, es en inglés. “Estuve en los premios Grammy de 2009 y allí me ofrecieron la oportunidad de hacerlo para acceder a un mercado más internacional y me pareció una buena idea”. Ana Tijoux, nacida en Francia de padres chilenos, también estrenó canciones ya que su nuevo CD está próximo a salir a la venta. Ella y su hip hop han dado la vuelta al mundo y su presentación en Outside Lands creó expectativas. Ana se popularizó con su tema “1977”, difundido el año pasado. La presentación de Julieta Venegas atrajo a centenares de sus seguidores. Vestida de manera sobria, elegante, Julieta paseó su música con talento y con una amplia sonrisa. Pasó de teclados a la guitarra y, por suspuesto, al acordeón, en transiciones musicales afinadas que despertaron el aplauso y los vítores de la audiencia. Julieta Venegas deleitó a centenares de sus seguidores en el festival Outside Lands de San Francisco. Foto: Eduardo Stanley “Estoy felíz de poder ver a Julieta”, dijo Javier Zaragoza, uno de sus fans. “Veo más bandas latinas aquí, me parece muy bien”. Por su parte, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido se presentó en una carpa reservada a los DJs y puso a bailar a cientos de jóvenes con sus mezclas de temas tradicionales con nuevos sonidos. El festival Outside Lands ha ido creciendo en importancia y creatividad. Este año, en uno de sus tres días llegó a su máxima capacidad de 60 mil asistentes. Este festival tiene lugar en el bello parque Golden Gate de San Francisco. Además de escenarios hay varios eventos y presentaciones que atraen a una amplia variedad de público. Por ejemplo, un pequeño circo con entretenidas funciones que incluyen vaqueros, bailes y música. El festival simboliza además el placer de los residentes de esa ciudad por la buena comida y el buen vino: 30 bodegas se hacen presentes para ofrecer sus productos a los visitantes. “Aquí encuentras 110 tipos diferentes de vinos”, explicó Peter Eastlake, curador de la carpa de vinos llamada Wine Lands. “Las bodegas no solo traen sus productos, también Preheat your oven to 375F. Chop all the vegetables, and don’t chop them too coarsely. Line a pie mold with parchment paper and then fold in, carefully, the puff pastry. With a fork stab a few times on the bottom and the sides, otherwise the pastry will be too thick after it’s done. The pastry that falls over the edge of the mold you can cut it off (a scissor is the best thing to use). Add the vegetables. In a large measuring cup whisk the egg and add the heavy cream, pepper/ salt and the cheese. Whisk it again and then pour it over the vegetables. The cheese will end up on top and that’s perfect. Sprinkle the chipotle chile seasoning over it and put it in the oven. Bake for 25 minutes. Let it rest for about 10 minutes before you remove the mold. Great to serve with grilled chicken and potatoes! More pictures of this recipe you can find on my website. It’s Dinner Time! As Always ~ Bon Appétit! En Outside Lands no todo es música. Treinta bodegas ofrecen sus www.TheDutchessCooks.com www.BarBQBoozers.com mejores vinos a los visitantes. Foto: Eduardo Stanley Humane attitude to deportation is adopted by the White House (con’t from page 1) by some agents. If the DHS is sincere in implementing this new policy they need to make sure all agents are on board, or at least publicly on board. In the past, criticisms by federal agents have caused confusion and fear among most immigrant communities which lead to a breakdown of trust between the communities and DHS. With such an important change in policy, something like that doesn’t need to be repeated. With this blanket review, most groups are assuming that this change explicitly means that DREAM Act students won’t be deported. For all practical purposes, that should be the case since a student in good standing with high moral character (two requirements to qualify as a DREAM Act student) would meet the low-level criteria. However, nowhere does it explicitly say DREAM Act students. Unfortunately, in the past what is assumed doesn’t always mean certainty. DHS agents have a tendency to disregard anything that is not explicitly spelled out in guidelines. Hopefully, this is not one of those times. While many in the Latino community are praising this move, hardened skepticism remains, especially in light of a federal judge’s statements that immigration officials purposely mislead states and governments on the immigration enforcement program known as Secure Communities. “There is ample evidence that ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and DHS [Department of Homeland Security] have gone out of their way to mislead the public about Secure Communities,” U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin wrote in an opinion on the release of the documents. “In particular, these agencies have failed to acknowledge a shift in policy when it is patently obvious — from public documents and statements — that there has been one.” No one in the Latino community is stupid enough to not believe that this sudden change of heart is a way to win Latino votes. Most see today’s action as a direct response to the mass rallies and protests against the Secure Communities program being held across the country this week, even at Obama’s campaign headquarters. No doubt this “enlightened” way to deal with our broken immigration system is a political move but above all, it’s the right move. However, it remains to be seen if it’s enough of a move to garner votes in 2012 — now that we officially know the truth about the Secure Communities program. Marisa Treviño is a syndicated journalist, publisher of Latina Lista (http:// w w w. l a t i n a l i s t a . n e t / palabrafinal/) and local public radio commentator writing about family, education and other social justice issues for over a decade. Dedicated Latina, playwright, and citizen. “invasión” de la misma manera que se contuvo a Hitler y la Alemania Nazi en (con’t de página 2) la última guerra mundial. Más recientemente, en julio pasado, el representante Virgil Peck, dijo durante una estatal a la Cámara de reunión del Comité de Alabama, Mo Brooks, Apropiaciones que a “los expresó que haría cualquier inmigrantes legales se les cosa diferente a dispararle a debería disparar desde los “inmigrantes ilegales” con helicópteros como a los tal de sacarlos de su estado. cerdos”. Este domingo 14 de agosto, Como disculpa Peck indicó que estaba bromeando cuando durante una conferencia del sheriff del condado arizoniano soltó la frase y que estaba de Cochise, Larry Denver, en hablando solo como una Statesville, Carolina del Norte, paisano del sureste de uno de los asistentes sugirió Kansas. sonriente usar armas de fuego En el otoño de 2010, representante republicano a la contra los “ilegales”. Mientras no haya una Cámara estatal de Georgia, John Yates, veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, sostuvo durante un foro de candidatos, que la solución para parar la “inmigración ilegal” era “tirar a matar”. Yates, quien se ratificó en su posición, propuso lanzar volantes en territorio mexicano, advirtiendo a los que tuvieran la intención de cruzar la frontera ilegalmente que se les mataría. También, sugirió movilizar a la Guardia Nacional a la frontera y contener la Pena de muerte contribuyen a crear este ambiente de intimidad”. Y como esto es San Francisco, la comida es de mejor calidad que en las ferias tradicionales. Hay muchos productos orgánicos, bien adobados o condimentados. Tampoco podían faltar los tacos! “Es curioso ver a los diferentes tipos de audiencia dependiendo de las bandas o artistas que se presentan”, dijo Andie Yamagani, de Gordo Taquería, especializada en venta de burritos. “Me gusta hablar con la gente que viene aquí”, dijo con tono alegre. “Quiero ver a Julieta Venegas!”, dijo Guiselle Osorio, dueña del stand Sabores del Sur, un puesto de comida que se especializa en empanadas y alfajores —populares en Sudamérica. Guiselle es chilena y dice que disfruta el trabajo que hace aunque es “muy estresante”. Y agrega, de buen humor: “hoy vino un señor de San Diego a comprar alfajores, dijo que los había probado por primera vez con nosotros el año pasado!” Pero Outside Lands presenta más opciones, como juegos de salas —el futbolito es popular entre latinos—, hula-hula para quienes pueden mover a gusto las caderas y hasta una “troupe”, banda informal de músicos y bailarines se pasean con sus instrumentos llevando alegría e invitando a bailar a quien quiera. No sorprende entonces el deseo de José González, líder de la banda sueca Junip, cuyo estilo folk cautivó a la audiencia de Outside Lands, “Me gusta el estilo relax de este festival… Volvería con gusto!” Igual que nosotros. Zaineb Mohammed contribuyó a este artículo. Contact Eduardo Stanley at [email protected] voluntad nacional de resolver el problema migratorio seguirá la monserga antiinmigrante que le da menos valor a los indocumentados que a los perros. Es por eso que el presidente Barack Obama está en deuda con los millones de hispanos que votaron por él en noviembre de 2008, confiados en que el mandatario iba a cumplir su promesa de lograr una reforma migratoria, y no una deportación masiva. Rafael Prieto Zartha es el director editorial del semanario Qué Pasa-Mi Gente, Charlotte, Carolina del Norte.