Arizona: This is What Apartheid Looks Like

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APRIL 30, 2010
VIVE LATINO, A PURA MÚSICA San Diego says “No!” to Arizona’s
Grandes artistas en el festival de México
tough immigration law
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
ATERCIPELADOS1. El veterano grupo colombiano presentó un excelente
show, mezclando instrumentos tradicionales con modernos.
Por Eduardo Stanley
México. Además de música, la banda
presenta un show en repudio a la
MEXICO — Más de 50 mil almas violencia de género.
participaron del Festival de Música
“Estuvo muy bien… No me tiraron
Vive Latino que se realizó en el Foro nada”, dijo Teri con tono divertido
Sol de Ciudad de México, entre los sobre la reacción de la audiencia.
días 23 y 25 de abril.
Pero la principal atracción del fesEntre los artistas destacados tival fueron, como era de esperarse,
figuraron Ely Guerra, Los Tres, los nombres más reconocidos de la
Julieta Venegas, Panteón Rococó, música Latina.
Calle 13, Rodrigo & Gabriela,
Grandes espectativas despertó la
Aterciopelados, Los Auténticos presentación de Julieta Venegas,
Decadentes y muchos más. De quien lució fresca y orgullosa con su
Estados Unidos fueron invitados, en- embarazo. Sus tonos fueron princitre otros, Ozomatli, Monte Negro palmente acústicos y entregó temas
y Calexico.
de su próximo CD. Sus fans, que
“Estamos contentos de estar de aplaudieron intensamente cada una de
regreso en México”, dijo Kinsky, sus canciones, no quedaron decantante de Monte Negro, banda de fraudadas.
rock bilingüe de Los Angeles. “Es
Los Auténticos Decadentes, de
buena onda estar entre tantas bandas. Arentina, realizaron una colorida
Admás, aquí la gente es muy directa, presentación con sus temas más
si no les gustas, te lo expresan”.
conocidos. Lo curioso fue observar
La importancia del festival para la cómo la audiencia mexicana vocimúsica y artistas latinos lo manifestó feraba expresiones mezclando el
claramente uno de los integrantes del lenguaje popular de ambos paises.
grupo colombiano Thermo. “Venimos
Calle 13 fue uno de los más
de un país de 40 millones de personas, politizados. Su presentación, seguida
en el DF hay la mitad de esa población. con gran entusiasmo y atención,
Este es un mercado grande, para estuvo plagada de comentarios connosotros es un gran salto”.
tra el racismo en Arizona (donde se
A pesar del calor, cada jornada acaba de aprobar una severa ley
contó con una gran audiencia. Sin em- antiinmigrante).
bargo, fue el domingo 25 de abril el
Dos bandas españolas, Mago de
día de mayor afluencia de público.
Oz y Ska P, trajeron su poco exEntre otras particularidades, los presivo rock, aunque sin embargo
jóvenes avientan a otro al aire cuentan con muchos seguidores. Ska
repetidas veces. Si bien, el juego P agrega un fuerte contenido político
pudiera resultar peligroso, es muy contra los gobiernos corruptos y
común. La seguridad es estricta y represivos.
esta 11ava edición experimentó algunos
Hubo muchas otras bandas y
problemas técnicos de audio, lo que artistas. Algunos poco conocidos,
generó algo de atraso en la pre- otros muy malos. Una de estas
sentación de algunas bandas.
bandas es Veo Muertos, de México,
Una de las sorpresas fue la que mezcla diferentes tonos y artistas
presentación de la banda Le Butche- invitadas —ambas mujeres que más
rettes (Las Carniceras), nombre bien actúan en lugar de cantar—.
afrancesado aunque es parte de un “Cantamos cosas de la vida diaria,
experimento por llevar un mensaje nuestras canciones son honestas”, dijo
feminista, en favor de los derechos uno de los integrantes de esa banda.
de las mujeres. Su líder, Teri Gender
Pero precisamente ese es el
Bender —naturalemente su nombre atractivo de Vive Latino, la diverartístico— es una joven nacida en sidad y tendencias expresivas de la
Colorado y que reside actualmente en música latina.
CHAVAS. Expresando su alegría.
Many of San Diego’s top community, religious, and civil and social leaders, united this week to say “No!” in
unison to Arizona’s SB-1070, which
makes being undocumented in the
state a crime.
Under SB-1070, Arizona’s law enforcement officers are required to ask
people for documentation if they suspect people are in the country without immigration documents.
During the press conference held
at the University of San Diego’s
Peace and Justice Institute, one
leader after another, one voice after
another, showed their disgust for the
new law.
Critics, including many Latino activists, argue that SB-1070 discriminates against Latinos and other people
of color because of racial profiling.
Kevin Keenan with the ACLU in
San Diego said that people from all
backgrounds in the county have united
against the measure.
“This inhumane, irresponsible Arizona profiling law must be stopped in
its tracks,” Keenan said during the
press conference.
Although he wasn’t present at the
event, Congressman Bob Filner issued a statement that was read during the conference.
“Arizona ’s new immigration law
doesn’t meet the most basic test of
how we treat people in this country.
Racial profiling, requiring people to
carry identification papers – that is
Christian Ramirez responds a reporters question on SB 1070 that
police action is not the answer to the immigration issue.
the mark of a police state! This law
isn’t just misguided, it is dangerous.
It threatens to provoke racial discrimination, community discord and undermines the mission of law enforcement. That’s why the U.S. Justice
Department should immediately seek
an injunction to stop the Arizona law
from being enforced,” Filner’s statement read.
Pedro Ríos, with the American
Friends Service Committee, said that
this law is a step back in civil rights.
“This is taking us back to an era
when it was OK to discriminate
against people based on the color of
their skin,” said Rios, who last weekend travelled to Arizona to attend a
rally against the law.
Activists also said that the law is
unconstitutional. The law would take
effect in about 90 days.
Among the statements presented
at the press conference include:
(see, San Diego, page 7)
Arizona: This is What Apartheid Looks Like
Racial profiling is no longer outside of the law; here it now has legal cover
PERSPECTIVE
By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
Those who think that there’s an immigration crisis in Arizona are correct, however, this is but part of the
story. The truth is, a civilizational
clash is being played out in the same
state in which the state legislature
questions the birthplace and legitimacy
of President Barack Obama and
where Sen. John McCain competes
with Senate hopeful, J.D. Hayworth,
to see who is the most anti-immigrant.
It is also the same state that several years ago, denied a holiday for
Martin Luther King Jr., and that today permits virtually anyone – on the
basis of trumped-up fear – to carry
concealed weapons anywhere.
Welcome to Apartheid Arizona –
the land of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, “States
Rights” and a desert that has claimed
thousands of migrant lives. By way
of the same extremist legislature, the
battle here is even much larger and
more profound. This civilizational
clash is being waged daily here via
more bills involving who belongs, what
language can be spoken here and
who and what can be taught in the
state’s schools. This is beyond the
notion of who is “legal.”
Whoever said that this crisis is
proof that the illegal Mexican American War never ended is partially correct because this conflict is even
older than that war in which Mexico
lost half its territory to the United
States. The irony regarding the recently signed SB 1070 – which permits law enforcement to question
people about their citizenship, based
on “reasonable suspicion” – is that
those principally targeted will be those
who look the “most Hispanic.”
“Looking Hispanic” has always
been a misnomer; what it really
means is those who are dark and
short and who look the “most Indigenous.” Truthfully, here in Arpaio
Country, that profiling that everyone
fears is already here with us. And to
dispel illusions, the darkest amongst
us have always been subjected to
racial profiling by the “migra” and by
law enforcement agencies everywhere in the country. This is true
whether we’ve been here for a few
days or for thousands of years. And
to dispel further illusions, this civilizational clash alluded to is national in
scope; witness the many hundreds of
anti-immigrant bills nationwide since
2006. Only its epicenter is here.
What is changing with SB 1070 is
that racial profiling is no longer outside of the law; here it now has legal
cover. But to be sure, people of conscience will never accept it as law.
And just as Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva
is calling for a national and international boycott of Arizona – many are
calling on law enforcement to have
the moral courage to refuse to recognize SB 1070 as a law and simply
view it as a proposal until the courts
decide on its constitutionality.
SB 1070 brings us to a moral
precipice. After World War II, a consensus developed here that it had been
wrong to have incarcerated the Japanese in internment camps because
(see Arizona, page 4)
The 10th Annual Day of the Child on Saturday, April 24th the City of Chula Vista hosted the
event at Memorial Bowl Park with a fun filled day of activities and entertainment for children
and their families. This was an opportunity for select local organizations and businesses to
showcase their services and products, which contribute to building healthy kids and families.
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MÉXICO DEL NORTE
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
De Prietos a
Prietos
APRIL 30, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
What About Mexico’s Abuses?
By Mariana Martinez Estens equivocally.
“…I arrived here in Tecate
Mexican President Felipe on the 28th [of July] and I
Calderon has publicly con- found that authorities were not
demned the passing of SB 1070 able to help me because my
in Arizona, a law that will al- sons ‘were not from around
low any authority to ask for here.’ I went to the missing perParece ser el chiste de la
immigration status of those sons office three times and
semana. Se puede usar para
who “appear to be undocu- they didn’t help me; it was only
despejar las dudas de
mented.”
until I asked for help from Hucualquiera que no sea
Calderon has publicly said man Rights that they decided
“blanco” de esos blancos así
this change in the law is tainted to open a file,” she said.
de blancos que más bien son
by an electoral process and
The decomposed bodies of
rosados, y que llevaron a
Steven Biko, el gran activista deeply affects the friendship, her two only sons whereth found
commerce and tourism ties that by police on July 15 , they
sudafricano contra el
were found as “Joe Does” unbind Arizona with Mexico.
apartheid, asesinado por los
The Exterior Relations Of- til they were identified by their
“blancos”, a preguntar por
fice even published their own parents on August 6th. Their
qué lo llamaban “negro”
cuando en realidad su color de “travel alert” for Mexicans vis- cremated bodies were finally
released to their relatives on
piel era más bien café. En vez iting the state.
“All regulation aimed at November 30th, four months
de blancos y negros se debía
criminalizing the migration phe- after they were found dead.
decir “rosados y cafés”.
The boy’s parents did their
nomenon, -witch is in essence
Claro que entre los cafés
a social and economic process- own investigation of their sons
hay diferencias, y entre los
opens the door to intolerance, murders, they interviewed the
rosados también. Los
hate, discrimination and abuse emigrants that survived the atalemanes tienen más bien
to the rule of law” the presi- tack and found that the brothfama de “rojos” pero
ers had arrived in Tecate July
dent has said.
diferentes de los “pieles
But the Mexican president 14th with the plan to cross the
rojas”, y a los suecos se les
seems alienated from the real- border illegally in the rural
tacha de ser casi
ity those immigrants face in mountainous area of Tecate.
transparentes. Y luego están
their own country, Mexico, he There, they were contacted by
esos de tez cetrina, media
doesn’t seem to know what hap- a group of female “coyotes”
aceitunada, desde algunos
pens to those who even share his who promised to help them
italianos hasta los indús, que
last name, such as Magdalena cross the border for a fee. But
también tienen sus
diversidades de coloración, y Vázquez Calderón, a woman on their way to the US they
llegan hasta el extremo de los from Mexico City whose were stopped by a group of
kidnappers who worked with
sons where killed July 2009.
Tuareg, los “hombres azules
She and her husband trav- the “coyotes” in order to get
del desierto” que parece que
eled to Tecate, Baja California their victims.
todos los días comieran
The brothers and the dozen
to search for their boys: 22 year
pasteles con color azul de
old José Enrique Sánchez people that were with them
Knor Suiza y ya se les pegó.
Vázquez, 22 and 20 year-old where tied and the smugglers
En medio de todos,
Cruz Adán, whom had left the called Jose Enrique’s wife –
cuestión de la mezcladera
family home to try to cross to who was already living in San
creada por la colonización
aparejada con la lujuria por lo the US and work as carpenters. Francisco, California—. They
“My sons where shot dead asked a ransom of 4 thousand
diferente, estamos los
before
they even crossed the dollars for his release.
mexicanos. Desde nuestros
The money would have to
border”
said Vasquez unindígenas aún sin mezcla,
hasta nuestros norteños
agigantados, las diferencias no
solo son de tamaño sino de
color de piel. Por algo se
habla de la tierra y la raza
mestiza.
Y pa’ acabarla, luego están Por Mariana Martinez Estens fueron encontrados el 15 de
los hijos de todas esas
julio. El 6 de agosto los enmezclas con los italianos,
El presidente Calderón ha contraron su familiares en el
anglosajones, alemanes,
condenado públicamente los servicio forense y las autoirlandeses y otros “eses” y los cambios de ley 1070 en Ari- ridades mexicanas tardaron 4
mestizos mexicanos que
zona que exigen a autoridades meses para entregarles los
poblamos las tierras de
locales pedir documentos cuerpos incinerados, el 30 de
México del Norte.
migratorios a todo aquel que les noviembre.
Algunos pobres de esos
parezca “bajo sospecha” de ser
Los padres de los muchachavos conflictuados se
indocumentado.
chos estuvieron investigando y
preguntan a veces si son lo
El presidente de México ellos mismos entrevistando a
“suficientemente cafés”, por
advirtió que ésta ley legislada los sobrevivientes del ataque.
la cruza de algún antecesor
con fines electorales afecta los Encontraron que los hermanos
mestizo con un rosado, y que lazos de amistad, comercio, llegaron a Tecate el 14 de Julio,
no hablan buen español, y de turismo y culturales con Ari- con el plan de ir a la zona rural
ahí el chiste. “Si quieres saber zona e incluso se lanzó por de Tecate para cruzar a E.U.
si eres suficientemente café,
parte de la Secretaria de Ahí, fueron contactados por
pregúntale a un policía de
Relaciones Exteriores una traficantes y luego sorprenArizona”, dicen. Por ley, te
“alerta de viaje” para los didos por secuestradores que
tendrá que responder con un
Mexicanos que visiten ese estaban vinculados con los
arresto hasta que pruebes que estado.
traficantes.
aunque seas suficientemente
“Toda regulación que se
Fue ahí cuando fueron
prieto tienes “derecho a estar centre en criminalizar el amarrados y los coyotes llaen el estado”.
fenómeno migratorio, un maron a la esposa de José
fenómeno social y económico, Enrique, —quien está en San
Prietos en Aprietos
abre la puerta a la intolerancia, Francisco, California— donde
Claro que la situación real al odio, la discriminación, al le exigieron un rescate de 4 mil
no es chiste. Al contrario, en
abuso en la aplicación de la dólares que deberían de ser
Arizona ahora se trata de
ley”, citan los medios al pre- transferidos usando un servicio
mostrar que es uno
sidente.
de transferencia de fondos.
(vea De Prietos, página 4)
Pero el presidente parece
Pero José Enrique intentó
estar alejado de la realidad de escapar, por lo que fue gollos migrantes mexicanos que peado brutalmente hasta que
representa, incluso de quienes los secuestradores, hicieron
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Enrique Sánchez Vázquez de gubernamental y su falta de
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habían salido del DF con la resultado en una tierra fértil
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But José Enrique tried to
escape; he was brutally beaten
by the kidnappers and when
his brother defended him, they
where forced to dig their own
graves and then shot to death.
Threats against immigrants
on their way to the US has
been on the rise in the last
couple of years, governmental
corruption and lack of attention by Mexican authorities
have created a fertile ground
for criminal gangs who see
immigrants as an easy target
for kidnapping and extortion, a
true gold mine for the criminal
world.
Extortion is one of the biggest threats for immigrants, according to a study by the Human Rights Commission
(CNDH) and the Human Mobility Office of the Vatican in
Mexico, both organizations
monitored immigrant shelters
and found 63% of all immigrants who where interviewed
suffered some kind of extortion or physical abuse, including the threat of being thrown
off moving trains.
But the most alarming trend
is kidnapping, just from September 2008 to February 2009,
9,758 cases of kidnapping
where documented along the
immigrant shelter network in 7
Mexican states, that translates
to 1,600 kidnappings a month,
and the number can be much
higher.
The average ransom was
$1500 to $5000, which translates to a potential profit of 25
million dollars in just six
months.
Magdalena Vázquez Calderón recived the ashes of her two sons,
murdered after being kidnapped in Tecate, Mexico. File Photo.
Kidnappers are mostly part
of organized crime and are in
many cases aided by corrupt
Mexican officials; in 99 of the
documented cases victims
described the support or compliance of local and state authorities, and in another hundred cases, the victims said
uniformed authorities were
directly involved in the attack.
A report filed by the Guatemalan Human Rights Commission found that one out of every four Guatemala immigrants
being deported from Mexico
was victim of some kind of
abuse during their stay in
Mexico. Just 26% said they
where attacked by “coyotes”
or smugglers, but more than
50% say they where abused
by personnel from the National
Immigration Institute (the
Mexican equivalent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
This is not isolated but a
problem that is systemic.
According to the Department of State Trafficking in
Persons report, one year after
Mexico implemented its federal anti-trafficking law, the
country has not fully complied
with the minimum standards for
eliminating trafficking. Despite
most states criminalizing human trafficking, no convictions
or punishments have been issued against traffickers or
complicit public officials.
Why doesn’t the president
address that abuse as well?
¿Y Qué PasaCon Los Abusos en México?
la amenaza de ser arrojados
del tren en movimiento.
Pero la tendencia más
alarmante es la del secuestro,
ya que se registró que de
septiembre del 2008 a febrero
del 2009 se pudieron documentar 9,758 secuestros a
migrantes, es decir 1,600
secuestros cada mes a nivel
nacional, pero la cifra real
puede ser mucho más alta.
El rescate promedio pedido
a familiares y amigos de los
migrantes, es de entre $1,500
y $5 mil dólares, lo que significa
que en tan sólo seis meses, este
crimen podría significar una
ganancia potencial de 25
millones de dólares.
Los secuestradores son en
su mayoría grupos del crimen
organizado y en muchos casos
son ayudados por autoridades
mexicanas corruptas. En 99 de
los casos documentados por la
CNDH las victimas identificaron a autoridades locales
y estatales como involucradas
en el crimen y en otra centena
de casos las victimas denunciaron haber sido secuestrados
por autoridades directamente,
quienes ayudaban a atacar a
los emigrantes.
Un informe realizado por la
Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Guatemala encontró
que uno de cada 4 emigrantes
guatemaltecos que eran deportados, denunciaba algún tipo
de abuso durante su estancia
en México. Solo 26% mencionan a los “coyotes” como
sus atacantes, y casi la mitad
de los abusos eran perpetrados
por personal del Instituto
Nacional de Emigración, cuyas
acciones son descritas como
abusivas y corruptas.
Más allá de la corrupción
“aislada” se encuentran en
México grandes debilidades en
el sistema penal y de apoyo a
víctimas del tráfico de personas.
Estos problemas más que
casos aislados son sistematicos.
Según el Reporte de Tráfico
de Personas del Departamento
de Estado, a un año de que
México aprobara su ley fe-
deral contra el tráfico de personas, el país no ha realizado
los cambios necesarios para
erradicar el tráfico de personas y a pesar de que la mayoría
de los estados han aprobado
leyes contra el tráfico, no se
ha llevado a juicio a nadie, ni
siquiera a autoridades corruptas y coludidas con criminales.
¿Por qué no hay comentario
público del presidente sobre
estas situaciones de abuso?
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He died in a boating accident on April 24, 2010.
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APRIL 30, 2010
Grandes Festividades para Celebrar el Día del Niño
Niños de visita haciendo fila en uno de tantos eventos en el Día del Niño.
Por: Paco Zavala
Cada año el día 30 de abril,
está dedicado a celebrar al
icono que representa la alegría
y el futuro de los hogares
mexicanos y de otros países:
El Día del Niño. El niño que
es amenazado constantemente
por la situación inestable del
mundo y de noticias y profecías establecidas desde hace
miles de años por civilizaciones
y religiones, las cuales son
fatalistas para toda la humanidad.
Ese ser que cuando llega al
mundo, casi en la mayoría de
los hogares, con algunas excepciones, es esperado con
mucha esperanza y alegría, ese
ser que cambia la fisonomía y
la manera de pensar de los
seres humanos, a ese ser se le
rinde un merecido homenaje a
su esfuerzo, porque a pesar de
su corta edad en algunas o en
muchas veces se le exige y se
le trata como a una máquina,
aparentemente insensible. En
este año los diversos sectores
de la ciudad de Tijuana han
organizado una serie de eventos para homenajearlos, con
múltiples actividades.
En los centros escolares se
les homenajeará con paseos,
presentaciones de artistas,
payasos, el montaje de brincolines, agasajos culinarios,
juegos infantiles, la entonación
de himnos y canciones, etc., etc.
Ejemplo: en el Centro Cultural Tijuana, se les homenajea
desde la semana pasada con
diversos eventos que culminarán este viernes 30 de abril,
día en que se les narrarán
cuentos, se les presentarán
nuevos libros infantiles, se les
ofrecerá una exposición de
pintura infantil y un concierto
con el ensamble Coral Voz en
Punto.
Con la realización de estos
eventos en el Centro Cultural
Tijuana, se pretende ilustrar a
los niños sobre la importancia
que representa la lectura de
libros. tales como el libro de
cuentos “La peor señora del
mundo”, el que a dieciocho
años de su primera edición ha
vendido más de 200 mil ejemplares, lo cual demuestra que
es un importante libro.
En la zona de Playas de
Tijuana, sitio en donde existen
un gran número de escuelas
oficiales y privadas, los eventos
organizados con este motivo
son muchos, ejemplo: la Escuela “Valentín Gómez Farías”,
realizará un paseo a Mundo
Divertido; otros grupos de
niños de la misma escuela
tendrán un gran banquete y
presentarán tablas de juegos
infantiles y así sucesivamente,
cada centro escolar o institución dedicada al impulso del
arte y la cultura tendrá sus
actividades por este motivo;
algunos grupos religiosos
tendrán también sus fiestas,
incluso particulares con gran
espíritu infantil y deseos de
apoyar al buen desarrollo de la
niñez están organizando sus
fiestas particulares, no hay que
olvidar los hospicios y casas de
cuna. En fín, un gran día
dedicado a quienes representan
el futuro de la humanidad.
En otra nota, la artista
Miriam Pérez, inauguró el
pasado miércoles en el Vestíbulo de la Sala de Espectáculos del Centro Cultural
Tijuana su exposición “Ideas
en Movimiento”, la cual
representa un evento paralelo
a la gran muestra de danza
Cuerpos en Tránsito. La exposición de referencia consta
de varias piezas diseñadas en
bronce y realizados por la
artista originaria de Mérida,
Yucatán.
(vea Festividades, página 8)
PAGE 3
PLCU showcases
young migrant artists
on Cinco de Mayo
Point Loma Credit Union invites the community to see
“Cinco de Mayo through the
eyes of Migrant Students” as
it hosts an art exhibit on
Wednesday, May 5 at its San
Marcos branch.
“We’re pleased to provide
a venue for these students to
demonstrate their artistic
skills,” said Carol Corey, San
Marcos Branch Manager.
“Even more important, it’s a
chance for them to express
pride in their heritage.”
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Battle of Puebla in
1862, in which the badly outnumbered Mexican army defeated occupying French
forces.
The young artists will illustrate the importance of Cinco
de Mayo through masks,
piñatas, maracas and other
media, and guests will be able
to vote for their favorite work.
The San Marcos High
School Ballet Folklorico will
also be on hand to perform traditional Mexican dances, and
there will be snacks, door prize
raffles and goodie bags for
children.
The event is coordinated by
the San Diego County Office
of Education’s Migrant Education Program, which provides
special services to school districts to help the children of
migrant workers.
The students’ work will be
on display from 1:30 pm to 4:30
pm in PLCU’s San Marcos
branch, 344 South Twin Oaks
Valley Road, Suite 151.
Special Cinco de Mayo
Fundraising Concert at
Belly Up for Jake Pocius
May 5th happy hour performance by Los Chicharrones
Guapos to raise funds, rally
support
The community is invited to
a special fundraiser concert
(see Cinco, page 8)
The California Center for the Arts, Escondido presents
Ballet Folklorico Tierra Caliente
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 4:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Known for their passion and professionalism on stage, Ballet Folkorico Tierra Caliente performs at yearly major events
throughout San Diego County. The group was founded in 2005
under the direction of Jose Jaimes, who received the 2008 Local Hero Award from Bank of America. Celebrate the history
and traditions of Mexico at this artistic and educational program.
Tickets: Available on a first-come, first-served basis, one
hour prior to curtain. For more information, please visit
www.artcenter.org California Center for the Arts, Escondido,
340 North Escondido Blvd., Escondido.
PAGE 4
APRIL 30, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
The Arizona Effect
FRONTERA NORTESUR
In a controversial move,
Arizona’s state legislature and
Governor Jan Brewer have reinjected the immigration question back into the center of US
politics. Some hailed Brewer’s
April 23 signing of Senate Bill
1070 (SB 1070), which
criminalizes undocumented
persons in the state and gives
local police the authority to
demand documents from and
arrest any individual suspected
of being in the US illegally.
“I applaud Jan Brewer and
the State of Arizona,” said Jim
Gilchrist, founder and president
of the Minuteman Project. “It
is about time States exercised
their right to control their own
laws and not use the excuse
of, ‘It’s a federal issue to hide
behind’”
In a message, the Minuteman Project appealed for support and proclaimed it was
“Time To Gear-up For The
Coming Border War.”
Many others, however, from
a wide breadth of the political
spectrum, slammed the new
law. Opponents contend SB
1070 will lead to massive racial
profiling, foster civil rights
abuses and worsen police-community relations in immigrant
and ethnic communities.
“It’s a tragedy,” said Blanca
Torres, longtime human rights
activist from El Paso, Texas.
“I just hope the national movement is strong enough to oppose the hate and racism that
exists in this country.”
May 6 Public Meeting to
Discuss Waste Tires at the
U.S.-Mexico Border And
Binational Water Supply
Issues
Pro-immigrant activists like
Torres rapidly took to the
streets to protest the new law.
At El Paso’s annual Cesar
Chavez march and rally held
on April 24, opposition to the
Arizona legislation was an
electrifying theme for demonstrators who ranged from elderly veterans of the Bracero
Program to youthful members
of the local Movimiento
Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.
A sign that proclaimed “We are
All Arizona” summed up the
mood of the day.
After marching through
downtown El Paso, more than
100 demonstrators gathered at
the Border Agricultural Workers Center near the USM e x i c o b o r d e r. C a r l o s
Marentes, center director and
veteran farm labor advocate,
blasted SB 1070 as a step towards fascism in the US.
When Governor Brewer
signed SB 1070 into law,
Marentes had just returned
from an international climate
change conference in Bolivia.
There, delegates from across
the planet considered new
grassroots strategies to reverse
environmental destruction, cultivate an ecologically-centered
agricultural system and build a
new economy. According to
Marentes, the attendees also
heard Bolivian President Evo
Morales expound on the worldwide importance of migrants
and analyze the difference between “community” socialism
and the state socialism of the
Soviet era.
“You are with 20,000 people
in Cochabama talking about a
different kind of society,”
Marentes said in an interview
with Frontera NorteSur.
“And then you return to the
US and suddenly feel that not
only have we not made
progress in the US, but (we)
are following the example of
Arizona and moving into a kind
of fascism.”
Marentes contended that
border communities are under
triple attack. On the Mexican
side of the border, human rights
violations committed by soldiers
and killings carried out by
narcos threaten the population,
he said, while on the US side
an ever-harsher security regime deprives people of their
rights and freedoms.
Chatting outside the farmworkers’ center prior to the
rally, the stories of two exbraceros might well have portrayed the emerging situation
described by Marentes. Both
residents of Ciudad Juarez, the
men agreed that they could be
hit by a stray bullet at any time
on any day in their violencetorn city. For security reasons,
neither man wanted his name
in print.
The youngest of the pair,
aged 74, recalled the ease of
traveling back and forth between Ciudad Juarez and El
Paso with legal work authorization decades ago. Nowadays, the former braceros navigate a daily landscape replete
with soldiers, federal police,
outlaw gunmen, border secu-
rity guards, bureaucratic rules,
high-tech cameras, barbed
wire, and metal fences.
Only the day before the
Cesar Chavez commemoration, yet another body of an
apparently doomed migrant
was recovered from El Paso’s
Franklin Canal, the deadly cement-lined ribbon of water that
runs parallel to the Rio Grande.
As the old braceros talked,
a long line of people waiting to
cross into the US backed up
on the pedestrian lane of the
international Santa Fe Bridge
that overlooks the farmworker
center.
Turning out for the rally, El
Paso resident Oscar Chan said
Governor Brewer, who cited
Mexican drug cartels and human traffickers as justifications
for signing SB 1070, was confused about immigration. “She
thinks the Mexican is the problem, but it’s not the Mexican,”
Chan said.
“Most of the people come
here to work, not do bad
things.” Chan blamed US drug
consumption habits and arms
trafficking for fueling violence
in Mexico.
A former used goods salesman, Chan exemplifies the
cross-cultural identity and national complexity of the USMexico borderland. The son of
a Chinese father, Chan was
born in El Paso but raised in
Ciudad Juarez.
Later, he returned to El Paso
with the goal of instilling the
English language in his children.
The El Paso demonstration
was part of a wave of protests
that broke out this past weekend. Ironically meeting in Tucson, a group of border scholars from Texas, Arizona, New
York, New Jersey, Mexico and
Poland modified their work
agenda to join local demonstrations and draft a protest against
SB 1070. Said the statement
from the Border Research Ethics and Methods Conference:
“We are appalled by the
Governor’s irresponsibility in
signing the Senate Bill 1070.
Her signature allows the majority in the Arizona legislature
to violate the most basic civil
rights of the American people.
We strongly condemn this bill
and call for its immediate repeal.”
Contemplating everything
from lawsuits to possible boycotts, pro-immigrant groups
are busy discussing their tactical responses to SB 1070.
Overturning the law is giving an added impetus to May
Day protests planned across
the US for next weekend.
Political fallout from SB
1070 is spreading across the
Americas. In Washington, the
measure is sparking new political wrangling over a possible
comprehensive immigration reform bill. High officials from
the Guatemalan and Salvadoran governments lambasted
SB 1070, while representatives
of the different political forces
in Mexico all condemned the
law.
Warning that SB 1070 could
jeopardize relations between
Mexico and Arizona, the office
of Mexican President Felipe
Calderon issued a statement:
“The criminalization of the
migrant phenomenon, far from
contributing to the cooperation
and collaboration between
Mexico and the State of Arizona, represents an obstacle
for the solution of common
problems in the border region
and North America in its entirety.”
Inspired by the Bolivia
conference, border activist
Marentes said an “inclusive”
new movement that transcends
single issues and crosses ideological and political boundaries
is needed to address a deepening human rights and ecological crisis. In the short-term,
he said, outrage over the Arizona law could serve to bridge
energies from the upcoming
May 1 protests with the US
Social Forum planned for Detroit, Michigan, in June. The
event is expected to draw thousands of people from grassroots organizations.
The Detroit gathering,
Marentes added, could be the
place where the issues swirling around the border crisis and
the Arizona law make it on the
“table of all the social movements in the US.”
Thursday, May 6, 6:00 – 8:00
p.m. at the Tijuana Estuary
Meeting Room, 301 Caspian
Way, Imperial Beach, CA
91932. The meeting will focus on water supply and environmental issues at the U.S.Mexico border. The purpose
of the Citizens Forum is to promote the exchange of information between the USIBWC
and the community about Commission projects and related
issues in San Diego County.
Job Nelson, the Mayor’s
Director of Intergovernmental
Relations for the City of San
Diego, will give a presentation
on Senate Bill 167 and effects
on the Tijuana River Valley.
The bill requires development
of a plan to address the waste
tire problem at the U.S.Mexico border. Oscar Romo
of the Tijuana River National
Estuarine Research Reserve
will discuss waste tire projects
involving Mexico.
Arizona has a history
of anti-Hispanic
attitudes
Horne, wants souls.
Last year, the state legislature attempted to eliminate
Ethnic Studies from the state’s
K-12 curriculum. The real target was Tucson Unified
School District’s Mexican
American Studies (MAS) program. After young students
ran from Tucson to Phoenix
in 115 degree heat, the bill was
defeated. This year, a similar,
yet more preposterous bill is
back. HB 2281 seeks to outlaw curriculum that is antiAmerican and that advocates
the violent overthrow of the
U.S. government. The bill creates a mechanism by which
books will be judged to be in
compliance. American Indian
and African American classes
are exempted and thus the
clear target again is the MAS
program. Horne is on record
claiming that only things from
Western Civilization (Greco-
Roman) should be taught in
Arizona schools. Pre-Colombian Indigenous knowledge
from this continent – the foundation for the highly successful MAS program – is considered outside of Western Civilization.
Amid the immigration crisis,
the legislature is slated to also
pass HB 2281 this week. This
conjures up the line from the
movie, The Other Conquest:
“They came for our souls, but
they didn’t know where to
look.”
President Obama and Congress may yet nullify SB 1070
and similar bills nationwide, but
this will not discourage those
who continue to want our bodies… and souls.
(con’t from page 1)
such action was morally
wrong. Virtually no one had the
courage to assert this while it
was happening. Law enforcement has that chance today, to
refuse to obey SB 1070 that is
both, morally repugnant and
outside of the U.S. Constitugueras a la prietas.
hacer acción tras acción hasta tion.
Ya fuera de las bromas, la lograr algo.
Regarding the larger
situación es grave, pero
Y de nuevo nos trae
civilizational struggle, the contambién es una oportunidad de aliados. Nadie, excepto los
text is akin to when Europeempujar de una vez por todas Minutemen y la derecha
ans first came to this continent.
(con’t from page 2)
por la reforma migratoria. La fascista como el Ku-Klux
The conquistadors came for
SB1070 es la Sensenbrenner Klan aprueban el racismo.
suficientemente “blanco”.
gold, land and bodies (slaves).
del 2010, y es otro regalo para Hasta el congresista
La semana pasada, dos
The friars, on the other hand,
republicano Tom Tancredo,
días antes de aprobada la ley el movimiento a favor de la
came for souls. Similarly, the
reforma. Como en 2006 con
acérrimo enemigo de los
que entra en vigor hasta
migra and extremist legislators
migrantes ya declaró que la
dentro de dos meses y medio, la HR4437, la SB1070 ha
want bodies deported; the state
logrado lo que los activistas
ley es excesiva. El no
ya un policía de Arizona la
school superintendent, Tom
nunca podemos hacer nomás marchará, pero podemos
aplicó en contra de un
así porque sí: sacar a la gente ganar cientos de miles de
camionero que no traía más
miles de aliados rosados
que licencia de manejo. Como de la apatía y sacarla a las
calles y ponerla tan furiosa
(y azules y aceitunados y
la licencia no acredita ser de
que está dispuesta a hacer
morenos y cafés con
raza rosada, sino solamente
algo.
leche y transparentes).
que uno sabe manejar, el
Sin duda las marchas del
Hay que aprovecharlos en
chota tuvo a bien arrestar al
Primero de Mayo de este año beneficio de los prietos.
chofer, por “sospechoso”.
rebasarán las de los años
¡Ya es hora!
Obviamente, las
anteriores, pero no habrá que
declaraciones del chofer de
quedarse ahí. Habrá que
Contacto Jorge Mújica Murias at
que era nacido en Estados
seguir aprovechando la furia y [email protected]
Unidos no sirvieron más que
para aumentar las
“sospechas” del policía. La
We’re here for YOU
historia terminó horas
después, cuando el mismo
So you can be there for THEM
agente llevó a su casa al
prieto y lo hizo sacar su acta
de nacimiento.
Todo el mundo asegura que
la ley no solamente elimina el
concepto universal de que uno
es inocente hasta que se
demuestre lo contrario, pero el
problema mayor no es de
precepto jurídico sino colórico.
Cualquiera que sea
suficientemente rosado será
“sospechoso”.
La segunda parte del chiste
es que lo primero que va a
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macro-boicot declarado
contra todo lo que tenga que
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The United States Section
of the International Boundary
and Water Commission
(USIBWC) has scheduled a
public meeting of the
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
APRIL 30, 2010
Día de la Mujer Latina Health Festival
Get FREE Health Services for your family
Type 2 Diabetes cases,
which typically develops in
adults over 45 is becoming more
common in younger people.
People with diabetes are unable
to use the glucose in their food
for energy. The glucose accumulates in the blood, where it
can damage the heart, kidneys,
eyes and nerves.
If untreated, diabetes can
cause serious complications
such as kidney disease, blindness, and amputations. It is one
of the leading causes of death
if the United States. According
to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), 1 out of every 8 Mexican-Americans has
diabetes, a rate that is almost
twice as high as Whites. Diabetes is an urgent health problem among Latinos and early diagnosis, prevention, and management are important.
In response to the diabetes
epidemic in the Latino community, health fairs and outreach
programs have been established to inform and educate
Latinos about the disease. On
March 6, 2010, ADA organized
its 5th annual “Feria de Salud”
or “Health Fair” reaching thousands of local Latinos in National City and San Diego
County. At this national event,
mothers, fathers, and children
enjoyed the atmosphere filled
with music, dancing nutritional
information, cooking demonstrations, educational workshops for adults, children’s activities on topics related to diabetes, and a variety of health
services booths.
Feria de Salud provided 100
health screenings for glucose,
cholesterol levels, Body Mass
Index (BMI), foot screening
by a podiatrist, and eye screenings to check for retinopathy,
which is a serious diabetes
complication and the leading
cause of blindness among
adults. Nutrition workshops
were also available in Spanish.
All these services were offered
free of cost to participants.
“This event is not only about
knowing if you have diabetes
or not, but also seeing what is
healthy blood sugar levels and
whether you are at a good or
bad level” said National City
vice-mayor Alejandra SoteloSolis. “The goal of this event
is to educate and empower the
Latino family to learn about
diabetes awareness. We want
to make sure that people are
educated on what it means to
have diabetes, and how they
can prevent diabetes.”
Early detection of diabetes
through health screenings is
extremely important. Additionally, small changes in lifestyle
can make a big impact. Previous studies have shown that
eating a healthy diet and regular exercise can reduce the risk
of diabetes or delay the development of complications.
Maintaining these behaviors
can be hard for some people.
For individuals at risk of diabetes and those who have the
disease, food choice is a big part
of diabetes management. But,
this does not necessarily mean
abandoning one’s favorite
dishes. For example, eating
large quantities of beans, rice,
and tortillas is not helpful for
maintaining good blood sugars
because simple carbohydrates
are converted into sugar. One
way to incorporate healthier
alternatives is by substituting
white rice to brown rice, flour
tortilla to wheat tortilla, and
pinto beans to black beans.
Another strategy for managing diabetes is through regular exercise. Exercise does not
necessarily mean running to
lose weight. The goal is to get
active and stay active for at
least 30 minutes each day. It is
important to do fun activities
such as gardening, playing soccer, riding bikes with your kids,
walking, or dancing to your favorite salsa, cumbia, zumba or
any type of music with friends
or even while watching TV.
Certainly, there are enjoyable
ways to manage diabetes, and
the ADA website (www.
diabetes.org) offers a collection of cookbooks, free recipes,
fitness management ideas and
other outreach programs that
involve all members of the
family and are specific to diabetes management and prevention in the Latino community.
If you are concerned about
your health or the health of a
loved one, learn about diabetes at the San Diego Dia de la
Mujer Latina Health Festival
and receive free screenings,
health information, and resources. It will take place next
Saturday, May 1st, at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center (140 E. 12th
Street) in National City. This
event is open to everyone. It
will provide FREE cholesterol
exams, glucose exams for the
detection of diabetes, bone
density, vision, dental, blood
pressure, and breast cancer
exams for women. It will also
offer preventive medical services including vaccines for
children and HPV Vaccine for
women. All screenings are
performed on a first come, first
served basis.
For more information visit
http://manasd.org/health_fair
or contact Sofia Salgado at
[email protected] or call
(619)297-0115.
Secondhand Smoke Threatens Healthy Housing
By Francisco L. Manzano knowledge. But many property
Tobacco-Free Communities owners and managers are unaware of the extent to which
Coalition
secondhand smoke spreads
Americans are more knowl- through apartment buildings by
edgeable than ever about the seeping through electrical outdangers of secondhand smoke, lets, pipes, light fixtures, ceiland that knowledge is fueling ings and doorways.
Also, apartment owners
renter demand for no-smoking
apartments. The 2006 U.S. have all seen the damage
Surgeon General’s report, secondhand smoke does to
“The Health Consequences of furniture, carpet, drapes,
Involuntary Exposure to To- wallpaper and paint. Cleaning
bacco Smoke,” warns that any a smoker’s apartment often inexposure to secondhand smoke cludes replacing carpeting and
is dangerous, and that small vinyl flooring, cabinets, lighting
amounts can be harmful to and ceiling fans, and special
health. The report also warns sealants to control odors from
that smoking in apartments is seeping though. So remember
dangerous because second- that no-smoking policies can
hand smoke travels through lead to cost savings for ownapartments, and recommends ers and managers by reducing
no-smoking policies to protect property damage. Landlords
healthy housing. For some ten- are legally entitled to implement
ants secondhand smoke expo- non-smoking polices on their
sure can mean life-or-death— properties because there is no
imagine a newborn baby or ill constitutional right to smoke,
elderly tenant being exposed to smokers are not a group prosecondhand smoke—the Cali- tected under California’s fair
fornia Air Resources Board housing laws, and the right to
links tobacco smoke to asthma privacy does not include smokdeaths, Sudden Infant Death ing. Be aware of the dangers
Syndrome (SIDS), and in- secondhand smoke poses to
creased incidences of breast tenants and property and concancer in nonsmoking women. sider eliminating smoking in
The thousands of toxins and your building.
But to further protect themcancer-causing chemicals in
tobacco smoke cause irritation selves and tenants, property
to eyes, nose and throat; dam- owners and managers need to
age to heart and lungs, liver and encourage cities to adopt an
kidneys, the digestive system ordinance that defines forced
and skin. This is common exposure to secondhand smoke
as a nuisance. A nuisance is
an act injurious to health, indecent or offensive to the senses,
or that which interferes with
the comfortable enjoyment of
property by others. Forced exposure to secondhand smoke
in apartment housing definitely
fits that definition. Landlords
and policy makers have an obligation to abate the nuisance
of unhealthy housing just like
any other; a neighbor’s secondhand smoke is more dangerous than their barking dog.
The Tobacco-Free Communities Coalition is a
collaboration of over 35
community-based and nonprofit public health organizations, and provides countywide
tobacco control education and
policy advocacy.
PAGE 5
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones
de Hispanos
Por Leonardo Cervera
Lo que hacen tus hijos en Internet:
un resumen útil
Para la gran mayoría de padres, Internet solo se usa para
el trabajo, consultar el correo
y realizar algunas compras.
Para los niños y jóvenes,
Internet constituye un mundo
virtual tan auténtico como el
real.
Según el autor, especialista
en protección de datos y propiedad intelectual de la Unión
Europea, los valores de la
adolescencia no han cam-biado
de unas generaciones a otras,
los jóvenes de ahora no se
diferencían en gran medida de
sus padres. Lo que ha variado
es la tecnología, que magnifica
los problemas: en los años 80
los jóvenes se in-tercambiaban
cintas de casete que grababan
de la radio o de otras cintas;
ahora se intercambian gigabytes
de canciones que se bajan
ilegalmente de la red; entonces
se pasaban revistas porno a
escondidas, ahora tienen el
porno más duro imaginable a
golpe de clic; esa es la gran
diferencia.
Por ello el autor recomienda
enseñar a los hijos a utilizar la
red de manera consciente y
sensata. Internet tiene además
su propio decálogo de comportamiento, unas reglas que
comparten los mismos principios de buena educación que
el mundo real, pero adaptadas
a la red.
Este libro aporta mucha
información técnica del
funcionamiento general de
Internet, se analizan las redes
sociales, los juegos en línea, el
mundo de los blogs o los
mensajes de texto de los
móviles. Pero lo que realmente
preocupa al autor como máximo riesgo para los adolescentes es el acoso cibernético,
cada vez más extendido. Su
lectura también ha sido
recomendada recientemente
por www.solohijos.com
Contracarátula del libro:
¿Verdad que te preocupa
que tu hijo vaya solo por la
calle? ¿Que mire antes de
cruzar la calle por las dos
direcciones? ¿Verdad que te
preocupan sus amistades, a
dónde va y qué hace con su
tiempo libre? Entonces, ¿por
qué no te preocupa el uso que
hace de Internet? ¿Sabes qué
peligros le acechan? ¿Lo sabe
él? No dejes que tu hijo
aprenda por ahí, de cualquier
manera. Este libro te ayudará
a orientar a tu hijo en un buen
uso de Internet; te hablará de
Propuesta para
prohibir el fumar en
playas y parques
públicos del estado de
California
Long Beach. En el pasado, la
Senadora Oropeza fue autora
de medidas similares, pero
nunca fueron aprobadas por la
legislatura de California. Este
año, SB 4 fue aprobado por el
Senado y la Cámara Baja con
apoyo de legisladores demócratas y republicanos. La
Senadora Oropeza también fue
autora de la medida, SB 7, que
prohíbe a personas fumar en el
carro si hay niños, menor de 18
años, presente. Si una persona
fuma con en el carro mientras
un menor este presente, serán
multadas $100. SB 7 es ley y
entro en vigor el primero de
Enero del 2008.
SB 4 fue mandada al escritorio del gobernador Schwarzenegger. El gobernador no
ha dado indicación si va a firmar
o a vetar SB 4. El gobernador
tiene hasta el Lunas Mayo 3,
2010 para decidir si va a firmar
o vetar la propuesta. El no ha
Por Evelyn Pineda y
Marvin F. Pineda
El 15 de Abril, 2010, el
Senado de California aprobó, 21
a 13 votos, la medida SB 4. El
propósito de esta medida es
prohibir que la gente fume en
playas y parques públicos del
estado de California. Si pasa la
medida, si una persona fuma en
estos lugares será multada $100.
En este momento, hay varias
ciudades y condados que han
prohibido o restringido el fumar
en parques, playas o lugares
públicos. En el condado de San
Diego, varias ciudades han
prohibido el fumar en algunos
parques y algunas playas. La
medida fue introducida para
prevenir incendios forestales y
al mismo tiempo proteger las
playas de contaminación. Otra
preocupación es que los mamíferos consumen las colillas
de los cigarrillos cual afectan
su salud.
La autora de esta medida es
la Senadora Jenny Oropeza, D-
los chats, de filtros, del Webspeak, de la amistad en las
redes sociales, de los juegos,
de los blogs y los podcats, del
ciberacoso, de la adicción a
Internet. Un libro práctico, que
te dará muchísimas recomendaciones prácticas para
hablar con tu hijo. Fácil de
comprender para padres poco
duchos en la materia pero sí
muy preocupados.
Leonardo Cervera nos anima
a que, como padres, asumamos
la responsabilidad de proteger
a nuestros hijos de los efectos
más perniciosos de la red.
Debemos ser conscientes
también de lo que significa la
tecnología para nuestros hijos y
orientarlos hacia un uso positivo
de Internet para que esta herramienta se convierta en un aliado
de su formación y educación.
Tomado de www.loque
hacentushijos.com
Leonardo Cervera es el autor de Lo
que hacen tus hijos en Internet
(Distribuido en EEUU por Santillana
2010)
dado indicación si la firmara o
no. Si el gobernador no la firma
ni la veta, la medida se convierte
en ley. Si esta medida se convierte en ley, sería la primera
en el país.
Para mas información puede visitar el pagina de internet
de la senadora Oropeza: http:/
/dist28.casen.govoffice.com/
Evelyn Pineda es estudiante de la
University of Southern California
Davis School of Gerontology. Marvin
F. Pineda es etudiante de UC Davis
Law school. Puede contactarlos al
escribirles: marvin. evelynpineda
@yahoo.com.
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
To Boycott Arizona is Good, But We Need to
Address the Real Issue!
T
he passage of SB 1070, the
anti-Hispanic legislation has
not only outraged the Hispanic
community, but has also been
condemned from coast-to-coast by political, educational, religious, community
groups, and countless individuals. The
condemnation of the law entitled: “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe
Neighborhood Act,” has been instantaneous and unified.
The law, SB 1070, allows for local police to single out Hispanics and ask for
documentation to prove that they are legally in Arizona, which draws parallels
with the dark days of Nazi Germany.
In response the Hispanic community
has flexed its economic muscle calling
for a boycott of Arizona. The call has
resonated within the community and has
been supported by many; seven members
of the Los Angeles City Council signed
a proposal calling for a boycott that the
city “refrains from conducting business,” or participating in conventions in
Arizona. San Francisco Supervisors have
introduced a similar resolution and
Mayor Gavin Newsom has imposed an
immediate moratorium on city-related
travel to Arizona.
The leader of the California Senate,
Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento),
called the law a “disgrace” and said the
state should also consider a boycott. Several organizations have cancelled conventions in Arizona, including the American
Immigration Lawyers Association that
moved its fall convention originally
scheduled for Scottsdale, Arizona in September.
The question La Prensa has to raise
is, what do the city councils in San Diego County have to say in response about
this discriminatory piece of legislation
that will impact nearly 1 million residents? To date the political leadership in
San Diego has been eerily silent and disappointing, especially the growing number of elected Latinos that we have such
as Ben Hueso who is the Council President of the City of San Diego. Where are
the Hispanic political leadership on this
issue?
The call for a boycott, along with pro-
tests held around the country, legal challenges, etc. along with outpouring of support condemning SB 1070 is all good,
effective and necessary, but it only marks
the beginning.
SB 1070 was a political decision. The
bill was crafted by politicians and signed
into law by the Governor of Arizona, Jan
Brewer who had the power to veto this
piece of un-constitutional legislation, but
instead chose to pander to the extreme
right wing white voter due to her re-election. Approving the bill was a political
decision made with full knowledge that
the political price she and the Republican Party would have to pay at the polls
come next election would be minimal.
Today, one-third of the population of
Arizona is Hispanic, about 1.9 million
people; and there are only 678,000 eligible registered voters in Arizona according to the Pew Hispanic Center and the
Immigration Policy Center. Of these,
only 290,000 voted in the 2008 Presidential election. That is only 33% of
those eligible to vote are voting, far below the 65% of the white population that
voted.
Those numbers show that Arizona Hispanics are missing in action at the polls.
If those numbers had been reversed, SB
1070 would have never seen the light of
day or much less become law.
In the Southwest there is fear by Hispanics that the Arizona law may spread
to other states. Without political activism, voter registration, and more importantly without Hispanics going to the
polls and voting, those fears could blossom into political reality.
It is La Prensa’s position that after all
the protesting and boycotting, that this
issue uniting the Hispanic community
translates into real work not only in Arizona but across the nation. Hispanics
need to become registered to vote, they
need to understand the importance of voting, and mostly importantly Hispanics
need to vote on Election Day. SB 1070
can be the catalyst for this effort, but it
will take the community to harness the
momentum of today, and do the work out
in the streets to translate it into action at
the polls tomorrow.
San Diego. Mary Salas, Ben Hueso,
Denise Ducheny, Olga Diaz, Steve
Castaneda... isn’t it better to stand on
your feet and speak out, than to live on
your knees (with our apologies to
Zapata). The only one to make a public
statement, sort of, was gringo Filner….
U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, son of
retired Congressman of the same name,
blurted out at a Tea Party that he would
support deporting American born
children, because they happen to be born
to Mexicans… que pendejo; not only is
it un-constitutional but more important
his grandmother is rolling around in her
grave – she volunteered for many years
in a Barrio Logan clinic helping many of
these young children to better health and
a better life….
Hard to believe that Primary
elections are in a little over a month
away but you would be hard pressed to
tell. Not a whole lot of campaigning
going on and not the usual array of yard
signs you would normally see at this
time of the year… guess most of the
candidates are running stealth
campaigns, or switching over to the new
social networking system…. for us old
folks we still believe in the good old
smoke signal… haven’t got the twetter
thing yet…
Teachers at Southwestern College
were might peeved at the school board a
couple of months ago, mad enough to
mount a recall effort, but not mad
enough to see it through. The recall
committee had till the 20th of April to
turn in their petitions…. but they were a
no show…. seems they couldn’t muster
enough volunteers, money, or support.
Chula Vista Elementary School
District Superintendent Lowell Billings
sent out a letter this week announcing his
retirement effective date December. If
you are a teacher this is good news, they
are tired of butting heads with him during
contract negotiations.
May Day Marcha: Chicano activists
Qué pasó with our Chicano/Hispano will meet in Chicano Park Saturday at
leaders in San Diego? you have Arizona 11am for a rally to be followed by a
Representative Raúl M. Grijalva who march to the downtown San Diego
first called for the boycott speaking out, federal building. Up until a week ago
this year’s May Day march hadn’t
political leaders from Sacramento to
attracted much attention, now watch out
Los Angeles speaking out and calling
for a boycott but nothing coming out of should be one hell of a marcha…
The White Rose
By Rodolfo F. Acuña
Linda Greenhouse in the New York Times
(April 26, 2010), wrote “I’m glad I’ve already
seen the Grand Canyon. Because I’m not going back to Arizona as long as it remains a
police state, which is what the appalling antiimmigrant bill that Gov. Jan Brewer signed into
law last week has turned it into.” Greenhouse
was referring to a state law that requires the
police to demand proof of legal residency from
any person about whom they have “reasonable suspicion” that “the person is an alien who
is unlawfully present in the United States.”
It does not take a rocket scientist to deduce that the law profiles Latinos—the hue of
their skin makes them suspect. Those who
know history remember the repatriation drives
of the Great Depression and numerous historical events where Mexican Americans were
discriminated against.
The gigantic pro-immigrant marches testify
to this awareness.
Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona) has called on the nation’s business community to protest the law by withholding its
convention business. While I believe in boycotts and I respect them, I believe we should
take our actions to the next level.
Arizona is an easy target – it is a small state
and small states are always singled out while
states like California are ignored. Example,
Latinos did not coalesce after the passage of
Proposition 187 and other draconian laws targeting Latinos and minorities. Indeed, even
Latino elected officials discouraged massive
demonstrations fearing that they would hurt
the Democratic Party.
Similarly, Texas passed a law in 1975 depriving undocumented immigrant children of a
free public education. Fortunately, it was
struck down in 1982 by the Supreme Court
in a 5-4 vote. I have no illusions about the
present Supreme Court’s fairness. The court
is composed by a core of ideologues that use
the pretext of judicial restraint to deconstruct
human rights.
Without a doubt a moral case can be made
for a boycott of Arizona.
However, time is not our ally. The summer
season is already casting its sunlight over the
state – a time that much of the state goes into
hibernation. I remember getting a hotel room
in Phoenix half of the going rate.
So what then should people do? We cannot dismiss this blatant attack on the entire
race. At the same time, our narrative must be
honed. House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates, from Arizona are running scared.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Senator John
McCain have joined the racist.
Getting elected is more important than decency. They are not unintelligent goons such
as Phoenix Sheriff Joe Arpaio. They are
scared and have decided to join the lynch mob.
Cardinal Roger Mahoney has compared the
law to Nazism. This is not hyperbole. Fear of
losing something especially to dark people is
irrational, i.e., the anti-immigrant cabal makes
millions of dollars annually by stoking this fear.
What hope is there that the Democrats will
do the right thing? Most elected officials care
about one thing, getting elected, i.e., healthcare.
Then what are we supposed to do? Roll
over? No. We have to fight. We have to get in
the fascists’ faces. The demonstrations have
to continue but we cannot isolate Arizona. Bigotry is infectious and we should descend on
Arizona with cameras, tape recorders and
“White Roses” in hand, and then follow the
Mexican American leadership in the state –
encouraging daily marches on racist business
establishments.
The White Rose was the symbol of opposition to Adolph Hitler. Those standing up to
bigotry believed that it was the duty of a citizen to stand up against an evil regime. As I
said, people are afraid, and a lynch mob is
not subdued by placating it or isolating it.
Terror en el Barrio Latino
Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D
El terror que cundió a la ciudad de Costa
Mesa, ahora arremete con toda su fuerza el
universo del Estado de Arizona.
La aprobación de la medida SB 1070, que
fue firmada por la gobernadora Jan Brewer,
no fue un hecho accidental, sino es el fruto de
un grupo pequeño de intolerantes que poco a
poco llegaron a tomar las riendas del gobierno
estatal.
Hoy, Arizona está hostigada, violentada y
asfixiada a causa de una generación de líderes
y activista políticos que no están conformes
con los cambios políticos que se suscitan a
nivel nacional, ni mucho menos están de
acuerdo con la diversidad étnica que promueve la modernidad norteamericana.
Uno de los interlocutores del segregacionismo racial es el actual senador de Arizona, Russell Pearce, principal impulsor de la
medida que virtualmente condena a las personas de rasgos latinos. La nueva ley le da
nuevas facultades a la policía estatal a actuar
como agentes migratorios.
Por unos 30 años, Pearce fue oficial del
departamento del Sheriff del Condado de
Maricopa. A lo largo de su vida política, se ha
rodeado de los elementos más radicales y
ultraconservadores del acerbo político de Arizona. En Octubre de 2005, Pearce publicó
un artículo en el website neonazi de Nacional
Alliance, donde hace ver sus perfiles raciales
contra los judíos y los grupos minoritarios.
Más recientemente, durante su candidatura
al Senado de Arizona, Pearce buscó ayuda
financiera a través de American Patrol, un
conocido website por sus anuncios antiemigrantes y antisemitas. Su conductor, Glenn
Spencer es uno de los activistas políticos
creyente de la segregación racial.
Asimismo, en su campaña al Senado de Ari-
zona, Pearce recibió ayuda financiera de
Rusty Childress, quien destaca en el negocio
de venta de autos en Phoenix y es también
presidente del grupo racista United for a Sovereign America. El conocido paladín del grupo
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, Chris
Simcox, fue impulsor de la campaña política
de Pearce. Al Rodríguez, un coronel retirado
de la armada nacional y presidente del grupo
intolerante, You don´t Speak for Me, y Simcox
tomaron parte del comité en la campaña de
Pearce en las elecciones de 2008.
Los tres, más el apoyo de sus discípulos,
movilizaron a las masas y atemorizaron con
una campaña antiemigrante. Pearce adquirió
56% del voto para el senado local.
Cuando el país festejaba la llegada de
Barack Obama a la Casa Blanca, los
residentes intolerantes del distrito 18 de Arizona saltaban de placer tras la victoria de
Pearce y empezaban a hacer planes contra
los inmigrantes y la comunidad latina.
Así, la cuestión migratoria nuevamente está
en las portadas de los periódicos y revistas
más importantes del país. Lamentablemente,
las noticias que se publican no dan cabida a
un programa migratorio integral que ponga fin
la incertidumbre de más de 12 millones de
personas.
Por el contrario, leyes como la AB1070,
pretenden criminalizar a los indocumentados
y al mismo tiempo violan los derechos civiles
de los latinos.
El terror en el barrio latino no ha desaparecido. Su epicentro ahora es Arizona. Si
nos remontamos a su historia, el racismo no es
nuevo; ha sido parte de su cultura social.
Humberto Caspa, Ph.D., es profesor universitario y
autor del libro,“Terror en el Barrio Latino: la llegada
de la nueva derecha al gobierno local”. E-mail:
[email protected]
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
APRIL 30, 2010
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Commentary/Opinion Page
The 5 of May is Cinco de Mayo
th
By Raoul Lowery Contreras
The French have been so romanticized by
Hollywood that most of us carry images of
dashing French Foreign Legionnaires fighting
in deserts and jungles all over the world.
What we never see is French Foreign Legionnaires – mostly German by the way – being wiped out by lowly Third Worlders like what
happened on April 30th 1863 in Mexico at a
town named “Cameron” (kah-mer-own) in the
state of Vera Cruz. The wickedly contrarian
French celebrate the April 30 defeat of the
French Foreign Legion by Mexican irregular
cavalrymen at Camaron. 60 of 65 Legionnaires
were killed this day by Mexican irregulars during an all-day battle.
Contrarily, many Americans have taken up
the Mexican Cinco de Mayo celebration of a
larger defeat of French forces in that same war
that was waged by Napoleon III in clumsy attempt to establish another Napoleonic empire
and to simultaneously destroy the United States
of America.
We Americans should offer many toasts
(French Champagne?) for what happened on
the 5th of May 1862, about 100-miles east of
Mexico City after a night of torrential rains,
rains that created knee-deep mud that along
with cold mountain rain caused great suffering
among ill-equipped, ill-fed, ill-armed Mexicans
facing what arguably was Europe’s finest Army.
The “war” started when French, British and
Spanish troops landed in Mexico in January,
1862, to collect private debts owed by the “Conservative” Mexican government of 1858. The
“Liberal” Mexican government of 1862 refused
to honor those debts to private European banks.
The British and Spanish left after they negotiated a deal, the French remained. Why? because Louis Napoleon III hated the American
democracy that at that very moment was fighting a Civil War.
The United States was too busy to enforce
the Monroe Doctrine, which warned Europeans not to meddle in the Western Hemisphere.
Thus, Napoleon decided to invade Mexico and
use it as a base to supply the rebel Confederacy with arms.
The French planned to take the exact route
the conquering Americans took in 1847 from
the port of Vera Cruz through Puebla into
Mexico City. .
Spanish-blooded Creoles without a drop of
Indian blood plus Spanish/Indians AKA Mestizos and pure-blooded Indians – Mexicans all –
about 4,000 total huddled in the rain the night of
May 4 praying their 50-year old rifles would
work the next day against the 6,000 French
soldiers and 2,000 Monarchist Mexican allies.
The French had not lost a battle in almost
five decades since their defeat by the Brits at
Waterloo. Coincidentally, the very rifles the
Mexicans carried were last used at Waterloo
by the British. Machete-armed Indians brought
their cattle which they stampeded through the
French camp causing chaos.
Texas-born Mexican general Ignacio
Zaragoza ordered (future President and dictator) Porfirio Diaz to run his light cavalry away
from the French at daylight to give the impression that they feared the beautifully ostrichplumed French dragoons. The French were so
pretty; the Mexicans so cowardly.
The French commander ordered his “superior” infantry to charge the Mexicans head on
up a muddy valley without cavalry support. He
ordered his beautiful and “superior” cavalry to
chase and annihilate the cowardly Mexican
horse soldiers.
Two ancient Spanish-built forts blasted away
at the French with cannon decades old. Four
thousand Mexicans blistered the French with
deadly musket fire from their positions above
the valley floor. The French suffered 25 percent casualties. It was a slaughter.
The French cavalry limped back from a disastrous chase of Mexican horse soldiers who
had turned and killed many of them with lances.
The French withdrew and sent for more soldiers.
More came and a year later they defeated
the Mexicans at Puebla and marched on
Mexico City. Nonetheless, despite losing their
capital and much of the country the Mexicans
didn’t surrender. The government of Indian
President Benito Juarez took to the road and
“governed” on the run from wagons. Mexicans took to the hills. Mexicans invented a guerilla war that the French would never overcome.
One lucky surviving French Legionnaire
wrote: “Send forty men alone, they will be massacred by the small bands of four to five hundred men who come out of nowhere and who
are elusive, protected by the inhabitants of the
towns and the countryside who keep them
abreast of what we do.”
The Battle of Puebla kept the French at bay
in Mexico for another year. By the time the
French took Mexico City, the critical Mississippi River town of Vicksburg, Mississippi had
fallen to the Federal forces of General U.S.
Grant and forever cut the Confederacy in half.
The Mexican defeat of the French was a great
gift to the USA.
As to how the Battle of Puebla affected U.S.
History, one need only know that the Confederate forces did not have enough cannon, cannon balls and black powder at Gettysburg. They
would have had the French prevailed on the
5th of May 1862.
During the first three days of July, 1863, 14
months after the Mexicans won their battle in
Puebla, the Confederates carried the battle on
the first and second of July. They lost on the
third day when Federal forces turned back the
famous charge of 10,000 Confederates after
defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Little
Round Top.
By Gustavo Arellano
Dear Mexican: I live in a
Northeastern city, and a game I play with
myself during the cold, wintry months is
counting how many Mexicans I see
without a heavy coat or appropriate
outer-garment. Believe me, I’m not
prejudiced (I, too, am a minority, and this
game is lightweight to some of the games
I play involving my own race), but I’d
like to know: Why do so many Mexicans
prefer to brave the elements in just a
long-sleeved shirt or a sweater? (Is it a
cultural thing, like “I don’t need no
stinkin’ coat?”)
Black Urban Gringo.
Dear BUG: See, you think you’re not
prejudiced, but then you threw in that allusion
to the notorious quote used by my tío,
Alfonso Bedoya, in The Treasure of the
Sierra Madre involving badges. Now, why
would a good negrito do that? You won’t
find the Mexican quoting Stepin Fetchit or
Mantan Moreland, although I did steal my
beautiful grin from the darkies of yore
because gabachos demand consistency in
their racial caricatures. But, yes: Mexicans
don’t need no stinkin’ coat. Large-scale
Mexican immigration to the frozen Northeast
and upper Midwest is a relatively recent
phenomenon; like not flushing our soiled toilet
paper and distrusting tap water, buying the
various layers needed to properly weather a
snowstorm is a custom most icebacks still
need to learn. Besides, it’s not like the Mexis
that unwittingly constitute your game are
prancing around desnudos—as you noted,
they’ll at least have some layers against the
elements. Besides, we’re cut from a different
stock, BUG: ours is a raza where North
Face jackets or Burberry coats are the least
of our concerns. After all, what’s a snow
flurry when President Obama has yet to
make any push for amnesty, or when the
The Union was saved.
Napoleon III’s grand scheme to kill the bigoted, corrupt shade of Maricopa County
United States came to a grinding halt the 5th of Sheriff Joe Arpaio has now spread across
May 1862. Its death came at the hands of Arizona?
Mexicans with 50-year-old rifles, cannon made
Why is it Americans think Mexicans
from church bells and by Mexican soldiers and
are
all short? I’ve been around various
cavalry who had been fighting each for years.
A cattle stampede orchestrated by Indians who
spoke no Spanish and had no rifles helped make
victory possible.
Mexicans defeated a superior white European army.
Americans gave thanks to Mexicans by shipping captured Confederate arms/munitions to
the Rio Grande and leaving them unguarded
for Mexican “thieves” to steal at night to use
against the French invaders during the day.
General U.S. Grant sent famous Union Cavalry Generals Phil Sheridan and George
Armstrong Custer to the Rio Grande with thousands of American troops to remind the French
of the Monroe Doctrine. The American army
also discharged soldiers in Texas with their rifles
and “kits” so they could cross the Rio Grande
and join the Mexican Army for $10 a month
and some land. They formed the American
Legion of Honor and fought for Mexico with
glory and panache the French could never
match.
The French gave up and left Mexico in 1867
after five years of constant guerilla warfare
against them after the Battle of Puebla on May
5th, 1862. Cinco de Mayo presaged the embarrassing twilight of the French Empire that ended
at a place and disaster known as Dien Bien
Phu in “French Indo-China.”
In the “Complete History of the French
Foreign Legion,” we find these appropriate
words: “Mexico was not a success for French
arms.” It was, however, a “success” for freedom, a freedom enjoyed by the millions who
live in the USA and Mexico.
¡Viva Cinco de Mayo!
San Diego says
no to Arizona
(con’t from page 1)
• Arizona’s new law threatens the fundamental constitutional rights of border state residents
to move freely within the country; the law poses
a special threat to the civil rights and liberties
of people of color who live in and travel through
Arizona.
• Though the law’s proponents claim that race
and ethnicity alone cannot be cause for questions about immigration status, public officials
are already asserting that illegal immigrants can
be identified by the clothes they wear and the
way they speak. We need a humane and workable solution, not an irrational response to our
broken immigration system; we need solutions
that help our country move forward together
rather than divide us.
Ríos said that there are several similarities
between SB-1070 and California’s 1994 Propo-
El Cajon Police To Hold Five
Community Forums
The El Cajon Police Department will again
be holding five Community Neighborhood Forums, starting in May. These meetings, called
“Sector Watch,” were very well received in
the past and will again involve all five sectors
in the City. This is a special opportunity for residents to ask Police and other City department
representatives their questions, or to voice any
Contreras’ books are available at amazon. concerns they may have about their neighborhood. Topics addressed at previous forums
com
have covered traffic, graffiti and gangs, while
several residents came to say “thank you” for
a job well done. It is also a perfect opportunity
for residents to sign up for a Neighborhood
Watch program.
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communities of
Mexicans in
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Mexico, and I see
a wide variety of
height, from short
to tall. I’m 30
years old and 5
feet, 10.5 inches, and my little brother,
who’s 16, is six feet and growing! Could
this be a recent phenomenon of all the
shorter Mexican nationals coming from
Oaxaca and other regions near
Guatemala? Because we all know
chapines are the shortest in Central
America! Also, can you answer us the
science behind why some cultures/
ethnicities vary in height? Apparently,
the Dutch in the Netherlands are among
the tallest people in the world!
A Tall Mexican, Standing Proud!
Dear Wab: Gracias for taking a swipe at
Guatemalans for me! But I hate to break it to
you—gabachos think we’re short because,
statistically speaking, we are. The Center for
Disease Control’s National Center for Health
Statistics released a 2008 study titled,
“Anthropometric Reference Data for
Children and Adults: United States, 2003–
2006” that found Mexicans are substantially
shorter than their gabacho y negrito peers.
The average height in the survey for Mexican
males over 20 was 5’7", a full two inches
shorter than the ebony and ivory. Mexican
women were 5’2", also about two inches
shorter than their sisters from other misters.
But, like the example you gave from your
brother, heights are a’changing. The average
height for wab men between 20-39 was
5’7.2", 1.1 inches taller than hombres 60 and
older. I’m not a geneticist, but good nutrition
and a healthy lifestyle will always add a
couple of pulgadas to any raza. Hear that,
Guatemalans? There’s still hope to trump
your enano status—not that there’s anything
wrong with that, por supuesto…
Ask the Mexican at themexican@
askamexican.net, be his fan on Facebook,
follow him on Twitter or ask him a video
question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
sition 187, which would’ve denied public services to undocumented immigrants. Prop. 187
was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge.
Rios said that both laws were launched during an electoral year, adding that both use immigrants as a scapegoat during hard economic
times.
A major difference he said is that SB-1070
affects everyone, both documented and undocumented immigrants.
Many community leaders in San Diego, including Herman Baca, president of the Committee on Chicano Rights, are calling for a boycott of all Arizona companies and products.
“In our opinion, Arizona has to be dealt with
like one would deal with a schoolyard bully,
punch him in the mouth,” Baca said in a statement. “(This) calls for an economic boycott of
Arizona by our community (the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group), the millions of citizens of Mexico, and all people of good will.”
On online social network Facebook, many
San Diego residents are circulating posters,
petitions, and cartoons, several of them made
by San Diego-native cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz,
against the Arizona law.
El Cajon Police Chief Pat Sprecco said,
“We’ve had great response from all the previous forums. The community forums have been
very informative for us at the Police Department and we hope for the community as well.”
If you are wondering what sector of El Cajon
you live in please see the sector map at
www.elcajonneighbors.org website and go to
“What is my sector.” For more information on
these forums please contact Lt. Tim Henton at
(619) 579-3364.
Pop Star Frankie J Performs for Foster
Family
Pop star Frankie J will perform for foster
youth attending the Youth Empowerment Summit—a day of entertainment, inspiration and
empowerment.
Alex Montoya, Manager of Latino Relations
for the San Diego Padres and author of “Swinging for the Fences”, will be the keynote speaker
at the Summit, an annual event organized by
the County of San Diego Health and Human
Services Agency (HHSA).
Supervisor Greg Cox, a strong supporter of
programs and services for foster youth, will give
opening remarks and welcome the teens to the
annual event at the Turning the Hearts Center,
345 5th Avenue, Chula Vista
The Youth Empowerment Summit is sponsored by HHSA, Casey Family Programs,
South Bay Community Services, Turning the
Hearts Center, Operation Samahan, Inc., SDSU
School of Social Work and Job Corps.
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Gotan Project: El Tango es Renovado Puente’s Precise Placement a Plus for Mustangs
Por James Klein
By John Philip Wyllie
NUEVA YORK (KPRENSA) –
Acaba de lanzarse el nuevo
álbum de Gotan Project, Tango
3.0, que nuevamente mezcla
el tango con distintos estilos de
música. El tercer álbum de la
banda, el CD extiende y amplía
así todos los límites posibles y
dibuja, a propósito, caminos
insondables, vías paralelas y
sinuosos senderos donde la
melodía resulta el hilo conductor de unos singulares experimentos.
“El tango tiene más de cien
años y creo que va a seguir
evolucionando con otros encuentros y no se le puede
llamar de otra manera. Pero
tampoco sé si lo nuestro se
llama tango” dice Eduardo
Makaroff, el guitarrista de la
banda.
Gotan Project es una banda
de tango electrónico y
electrónica jazzística asentada
en París (Francia). Nació en
1999, gracias a la unión de tres
músicos, el productor y compositor Philippe Cohen Solal,
francés, el productor Christoph
H. Muller, y el argentino
Makaroff. En 2001 su disco La
Revancha del Tango se apoderó de las pistas de baile e
impuso un nuevo sonido. Una
marca de fábrica a menudo
fotocopiada pero nunca
igualada. El éxito del disco se
transformó en triunfo sobre el
escenario, hasta tal punto que
en 2006 el trío firmó una suite,
Lunático, homenaje al mítico
Carlos Gardel y, por extensión, a todos los héroes del
tango.
Su principal voluntad es
mezclar el tango con la
Adrianna Puente began her
athletic career years ago as a
soccer player, but when one of
her soccer coaches invited her
to play on his softball team a
whole new world opened up to
her. Since then she has developed into a dominant pitcher
not by overpowering anyone,
but by accurately directing her
pitches.
“Being an effective pitcher
requires a lot of hard work. You
have to make sure you hit your
spots or else the girls will hit
the ball all over the place,” said
Puente, the Otay Ranch High
School ace. “You also need to
learn how to pitch to each girl.
It is a little difficult at first, but
after a while you get the hang
of it.”
Puente came in last year as
a freshman, took over a starting roll and showed great promise. It didn’t take her long to
win over her coach, David
Marin.
“Adrianna is one of the hardest workers that we have on
this team. There is never any
quit in that kid. When she is on
the field she always gives it
100%. In the off-season she is
a soccer player, so she picks
up a softball in February, plays
until May and then she is done.
She comes back nine months
later, picks up the ball again and
throws strike after strike. She
does nothing (softball related)
in the off-season because she
is a soccer player, but then she
comes in here throwing strikes.
That is just amazing to me.”
In a sport that depends so
heavily on pitching every team
needs a least one good one to
succeed. That fact is not lost
on Marin.
“Without her, we are nowhere, but thanks (in a large
part to her we are right around
Cinco de Mayo
Events
(con’t from page 3)
and event at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach on Cinco
de Mayo for Jake Pocius and
his family. Encinitas band Los
Chicharrones Guapos performs at the event, which will
take place Wednesday, May 5,
from 5:30-8 p.m.
Jake Pocius is a 12-year old
7th grader at Oak Crest Middle
School in Encinitas. In December Jake was diagnosed with
Osteosarcoma (a tumor in the
bone) in his right leg. Jake has
been undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatment since and
has been in and out of
Children’s Hospital. Several
weeks ago, Jake’s right leg
was amputated at the knee and
he is continuing his chemotherapy treatment. Jake, who
has grown up participating in
Encinitas Little League baseball, soccer, snowboarding and
skateboarding, soon will be fitted for a prosthetic. His insurance covers a portion of the
prosthetic costs, but fund-raising efforts will help the Pocius
family pay for the ongoing
costs not covered by insurance. Let’s rally to support
Jake and his family!
Festividades
(con’t de página 3)
Las piezas en exhibición son
un reflejo de un tema que la
artista conoce bien, pues en un
tiempo de su vida estudió
danza y fue coreógrafa, por lo
tanto estos trabajos están
vinculados con el movimiento
corporal que ella conoce muy
bien.
La curricula de la artista es
notable y extensa, con estudios
realizados en diversas instituciones y exposiciones
presentadas en diversos
centros de cultura y galerías en
la República Mexicana.
Una nota adicional: LOFT,
está anunciando la apertura de
cursos de teatro para niños y
adultos para iniciar el próximo
Gotan Project con su nuevo albúm Tango 3.0.
Foto de Prisca Lobjoy.
electrónica, un experimento
novedoso que les ha salido muy
bien: se han convertido en unos
músicos apreciados en toda
Europa, incluso entre los que
no cuentan el tango entre sus
preferencias.
El nombre del trío viene de
un juego de palabras muy
común en el español rioplatense llamado Vesre,o mejor
conocido como “El Lunfardo”,
que consiste en invertir el
orden de las sílabas en una
palabra. Así, la palabra “tango”
se convierte en “gotan”.
Se conocieron en París, y
creyeron que su interés por la
música justificaba un trabajo
más o menos constante. Sin
muchas expectativas, en 2000
publicaron mil copias de su
primer single, Vuelvo Al Sur/
El Capitalismo Foráneo (en
El Capítalismo Foráneo Gotan
Project incluyen un sampleado
de un discurso de Eva Perón
de 1948 en el que denuncia el
“capitalismo foráneo”). Su
combinación de tango, jazz y
electrónica explotó hasta
alturas insospechadas, obligando al trío a profesionalizarse
de manera urgente y organizar
al poco tiempo una gira
internacional.
La música de Gotan Project
ha aparecido en numerosas
bandas sonoras de películas y
series, así, la canción Santa
Maria (del Buen Ayre) del
álbum La Revancha del Tango
fue la música elegida para la
principal secuencia de baile de
la película de 2004 Shall We
Dance?, protagonizada por
Jennifer Lopez y Richard Gere.
También apareció en la secuencia de tango de Take the
lead (2006), de Antonio Banderas. Las series de televisión
estadounidenses Nip/Tuck y
Sex and the City, también
usaron su música.
A portion of the $7 ticket
price at the door will go to the
Pocius family. The evening will
include other fundraising activities and raffle items.
Resort & Casino on Wednesday, May 5. In celebration of
Cinco de Mayo, Barona is
serving up authentic Mexican
cuisine at the casino’s new El
Rancho Grande Mexican restaurant, Seasons Fresh Buffet
and The Plaza.
“Barona is giving our guests
many reasons to celebrate this
Cinco de Mayo with exciting
dining options and incredible
deals,” said Barona’s General
Manager Rick Salinas. “Our
affordable buffet, Puerto
Nuevo lobster and festive
drinks are the perfect accompaniment to a fun-filled fiesta
at the casino.”
Old Town’s Fiesta de Reyes
Fiesta de Reyes in Old Town
San Diego State Historic Park
is offering live musical entertainment and beer garden to
celebrate Cinco de Mayo,
sponsored by Correlejo Tequila.
“This year there will be a
beer garden in the center of the
state park with live music from
5 p.m. until 10 p.m. on the actual holiday, Wednesday, May
5,” said Chuck Ross, owner
and operator of Fiesta de
Reyes. “The party will continue inside the Fiesta de Reyes
courtyard until midnight.”
Dubbed Cinco in the Park,
there will be a three-band extravaganza with the Sound
Doctors performing a mixture
of Latin music, oldies and soul
on the main stage in the plaza.
Luis Max and Blue Moon will
be playing hot Latin jazz on the
Fiesta de Reyes stage and Los
Rios mariachi fusion band will
be roving throughout the park.
Cinco de Mayo Festival
Sunday
Join in the fun as Chula Vista
celebrates with one of the biggest fiestas of the year! The
annual Cinco de Mayo festival will be held Sunday, May 2
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in
downtown Chula Vista. The
holiday commemorates Mexico.s historical battle over the
French in 1848. Sponsored by
the Third Avenue Village Association, the free event will
feature live entertainment, authentic Mexican food and beverages, arts and crafts, a kids.
Fiesta Time! Celebrate
Cinco de Mayo at Barona fun zone, and a salsa contest.
In addition, a Quinceañera
Resort & Casino
Grab your sombreros and get event and fashion show will be
ready for a fiesta at Barona held at Memorial Park Bowl.
lunes 3 de mayo. Estos cursos
se impartirán en sus instalaciones ubicadas en Abelardo
L. Rodríguez 2916 Local F, en
la Zona Río Tijuana.
Las actividades correspondientes a esta nueva
apertura serán dirigidos por los
actores Edgar Coronel y el
Maestro Fernando López
Mateos. Si le interesa participar en estos cursos solicite
información a: WWW.loft
zonario.com ó a: loftzona
[email protected], también
puede llamar al teléfono 01152
(664) 375-9270.
Para complementar esta
información, nos circuló una
importante invitación para el
próximo domingo 2 de mayo a
las 7:00 pm.,en el Restaurante
El Corral, en Playas de Tijuana,
para asistir a una gran conferencia sobre las Profecías de
los Mayas. Esta cordial invitación la realiza el grupo de
poetas SIPEA Tijuana y las
exposiciones serán presentadas por la Sociedad
Gnoóstica de Antropología. Si
desea asistir a este importante
evento llame al teléfono 01152
(664) 680-2625 ó asista a:
Paseo Ensenada No. 1501. La
entrada a esta importante
conferencia es completamente
gratuita.
Adrianna Puente has developed into a dominant pitcher.
.500). She keeps us in the
games all of the time.”
For Puente, pitching is all
about placement.
“I hit my outside corners
around the knees a lot. I think
it is a good strategy and it
seems to be getting them. My
coaches have been working
with me on that. I like to get
them swinging.”
Puente is very grateful for
the coaching she has received.
“The coaching here has been
awesome. I have learned a lot
from them about becoming a better player and becoming a better
team player. I love this team.”
The Mustangs have to contend this year with stiff competition offered by teams like
Eastlake, Hilltop and reigning
champion Bonita Vista High.
Puente is more focused on
maintaining the progress she
has seen.
“We have been doing really
well and lot better than last
year, but sadly we will be losing a lot of seniors. I guess we
will have to worry about next
year.”
While her attention is completely on softball at the moment, she knows that once the
season ends in May she will
return to kicking a big ball
rather than pitching a little one.
“Soccer (requires) more
lower body and softball is more
upper body. Between the two
of them I get a pretty good
workout. Soccer is more of a
mind game using your feet and
about knowing where to pass
the ball. Pitching in softball is
about knowing where to pitch
the ball and then being able to
do it.”
Though only a sophomore,
Puente is already thinking
about college.
“I would love to play in college. That is my lifelong dream
along with one day becoming
a professional athlete.”
Despite valiant effort, Arreola falls short
Chicano heavyweight loses steam towards end, hopes for rematch
By Steve Galindo III
If history is going to be made
in boxing’s heavyweight division this year, it will not be
made by Mexican-American
Cristobal “Nightmare” Arreola. His dream of becoming the
first heavyweight champion of
Mexican heritage quickly
turned into a nightmare, compliments of Poland’s favorite
son-Tomasz Adamek. The two
fought in a scintillating, crowd
-pleasing affair, last Saturday
Night, at the Citizens Business
Bank Arena, in Ontario, California. With the odds, and the
pro-Arreola crowd against
him, Adamek (41-1, 27 KOs)
was able to stay focused, and
execute his game plan to perfection. The performance
earned him a victory via majority decision with scores of
114-114, 115-113, and 117-111.
Despite entering the ring
with a 33 ½ pound weight advantage, Arreola (28-2-25
KOs) had difficulty finding the
shifty Adamek in the early
rounds. To his credit, Adamek
executed superb lateral movement, which enabled him to
keep his distance from the
Nightmare’s crushing blows.
The inability to connect on his
smaller opponent would go on
to fluster the 6’4" Arreola. “I
want to fight, I want to sit
there and bang” a frustrated
Arreola said afterwards. “I
hate f—— chasing a guy
around the f——— ring all
night.”
To make matters even
worse, Arreola would go on to
sustain an injury to his left hand
in the fifth round, taking away
his most effective punch, the
left jab. “Honestly when I hurt
my hand, I just couldn’t”
Arreola said afterwards. “Every time I landed a jab on his
f——— hard ass head, it just
hurt real bad. I was trying to
keep using it, but I couldn’t use
it no more.”
In spite of the injury, Arreola
would go on to utilize his size
to dictate the pace of the
middle rounds. His ability to
battle through the pain and
agony of his injury set the
crowd of 6,000 into a frenzy.
To them, he solidified his status of a true Mexican warrior.
The onslaught would turn out
to be short lived, as Arreola
would not be able to close the
distance-allowing Adamek to
land combinations at will.
When the dust had settled,
Adamek would go on to land a
total of 197 punches, compared
to 127 for Arreola. Of the 197
punches that Tomasz landed
128 of those were power
punches compared to 67, for
the bigger Arreola.
After the fight, Arreola made
no excuses for the loss; instead
he expressed interest in a possible rematch with Adamek. “I
would love to fight him in f—
—— Newark (New Jersey)
and this time I’ll come out with
my hand raised.” When asked
when he would like to return
to action, Arreola said “As
soon as possible, I hate losing;
I hate losing with a passion. I
came ready, I really did, I
wasn’t tired, I was more frustrated than tired.”
John “The Quietman”
Ruiz Retires : The First
and Only Heavyweight
World Champion of Latino
Heritage Calls it a Career
After a professional career
spanning 18 years, highlighted
by becoming the first and only
Heavyweight World Champion
of Latino heritage, two-time
world champion John “The
Quietman” Ruiz today announced his retirement from
the ring. Ruiz (44-9-1, 30 KOs)
defeated three world champions – Evander Holyfield, Hasim
Rahman and Tony Tucker – as
well as top contenders such as
Andrew Golota, Fres Oquendo,
Jameel McCline and Kirk
Johnson. Six of John’s nine career losses were to world champions. “I’ve had a great career
but it’s time for me to turn the
page and start a new chapter
of my life,” Ruiz said. “It’s sad
that my final fight didn’t work
out the way I wanted, but, hey,
that’s boxing. I’m proud of what
I’ve accomplished with two
world titles, 12 championship
fights, and being the first Latino
Heavyweight Champion of the
World. I fought anybody who
got in the ring with me and never
ducked anyone. Now, I’m looking forward to spending more
time with my family.
Elite Training for High
School Athletes at the U.S.
Olympic Training Center
participants in performance
training. For registration and
training details visit www.sotop
camp.com
Training for Outstanding Performance (TOP) Camp, the
athletic training arm of
SportOutlier.com, kicks off the
inaugural High School athletic
training camp on Saturday, May
15, 2010. The camp will be delivered at the U.S. Olympic
Training Center in Chula Vista.
The event is open to San Diego high school athletes. Elite
athletes in Olympic and professional sports will lead camp
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REQUESTING BIDS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BIDS
BID No. 159
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Southwestern Community
College District of San Diego County, California, acting by and
through its Governing Board, hereinafter referred to as the “DISTRICT” will receive up to, but no later than two thirty p.m.
(2:30 p.m.) of the 10th day of May, 2010, sealed bids for the
award of a contract for Southwestern College Snack Bar/
Café Demolition and Abatement Bid No. 159.
Bids shall be received in the office of the Program Manager,
Seville Construction Services at Southwestern College, Room
1631, located at 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910,
and shall be opened on the date and at the time listed above.
Each bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which are available now and may be obtained
at Chula Vista Blue Print Co., 26 Broadway, Chula Vista,
CA 91910, (619) 420-5500. A $150.00 refundable deposit will be
required. Deposit will be retuned upon receipt of complete, undamaged contract documents. Documents can also be viewed,
printed, from Chula Vista Blue Print’s online plan room at the
following web address: www.chulavistablueprint.com and click
on View Bid List room and click on the project name.
Each bid shall be accompanied by the security referred to in
the contract documents, the non-collusion affidavit, the list of
proposed subcontractors, and all additional documentation required by the Instructions to Bidders.
The successful bidder shall file a payment bond issued by an
admitted Surety approved to conduct business in the State of
California approved by the District in the form set forth in the
contract documents.1
The District reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to
waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the
bidding.
The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general
prevailing rate of per diem wages in the locality in which this
work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker needed
to execute the contract, which will be awarded to the successful bidder, copies of which are on file and will be made available
to any interested party upon request at Southwestern Community College. It shall be mandatory upon the Contractor to whom
the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractor under him,
to pay not less than the said specified rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract.
Minority, women, and disabled veteran contractors are encouraged to submit bids. This bid is subject to Disabled
Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) goal requirements.
This contract is subject to a labor compliance program,
as described in subdivision (b)of section 1771.5 of the
Labor Code.
Each bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to the California Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15 and
Public Contract Code Section 3300, and shall be licensed in the
following classification: B or C-21 with and ASB and HAZ
certificationsAHAZhdf. Any bidder not so licensed at the time
of the bid opening will be rejected as non-responsive.
Contractors shall have been in business under the same name
and California contractor’s license for a minimum of three (3)
continuous years prior to bid opening.
Contractors shall provide a minimum of three (3) references
for projects similar in scope, size and schedule, which have
been successfully completed in the state of California in the
last twelve (12) months.
A MANDATORY bidders conference will be held at Building 480
on Tuesday May 4th, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the bid documents and
the work site.
No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of Sixty (60) days
after the date set for the opening of bids.
Forward any questions to the Program Manager: Seville Construction Services, Vayakone Sphabmixay, Field Engineer,
[email protected], (619) 218-6821.
Dated this: April 14th of 2010
Secretary of the Governing Board
Raj K. Chopra, Ph.D.
Southwestern Community College District
of San Diego County, California
1
A payment bond must be filed for a contract involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 (Civil Code section 3247(a)) and may be required for contracts involving smaller expenditures at the option of the District.
Published: 4/23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
REQUESTING
PROPOSALS
The City of San Diego Real Estate Assets Department invites
qualified individuals or companies to submit proposal to lease
and renovate as needed the unfurnished restaurant/bait and
tackle concession building located at the Ocean Beach Pier
at 5091 Niagara Avenue, San
Diego, CA 92107.
Proposals should be submitted
in accordance with the Request
for Proposals (RFP) issued by
the City on April 21, 2010.
All interested parties may obtain
copy of the RFP, by contacting:
Vladimir Balotsky, City of San
Diego, Real Estate Assets Department at (619) 235-5248 or via
e-mail [email protected]
All questions related to this RFP
should be directed to Vladimir
Balotsky.
Proposals should be received by
5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 17,
2010 at the following address:
City of San Diego
Real Estate Assets
Department
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1700
San Diego, CA 92101
Published: 4/30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
a. SOUTH BAY SHORT SALE
PROCESSORS; b. PREMIER
MAINTENANCE, 1408 Caminito
Lucca #3, Chula Vista, CA 91915
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Claudia Diaz, 1408 Caminito
Lucca #3, Chula Vista, CA 91915
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Claudia Diaz
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAR
18, 2010
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.
St. Sp. 77, Chula Vista, CA 91911
2. Patricia Ceniceros De Naranjo,
502 Anita St. Sp. 77, Chula Vista,
CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Patricia Ceniceros
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County APR
07, 2010
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.: 2010-009693
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
ADVANCE BUILDING CONCEPTS, 170 W. Vermont Ave.
#6, Escondido, CA 92025
Mailing Address: same as above
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
July 23, 2009
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
John S. Ybarra, 170 W. Vermont
Ave. #6, Escondido, CA 92025
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: John
S. Ybarra
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAR
11, 2010
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.: 2010-006934
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
RING MASTERS MUAYTHAI,
MMA/BOXING, 821 Kuhn Dr.
#106, Chula Vista, CA 91914
Mailing Address: 2077 Crosscreek Rd., Chula Vista, CA
91913
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
3/18/10
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Jorge M Bejar, owner, 2077
Crosscreek Rd., Chula Vista, CA
91913
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jorge
Bejar
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAR
18, 2010
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.: 2010-007714
29, 2010
The filing of this statement does Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010
not of itself authorize the use in La Prensa San Diego
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
or common law.
NAME STATEMENT
Assigned File No.: 2010-008768 Fictitious Business Name:
a. SOLUTION HOMES; b. SOPublished: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
LUTION MANUFACTURED
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HOMES, 100 Woodlawn Ave.
Spc. 30, Chula Vista, CA 91910
This Business is Conducted by:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
An Individual
NAME STATEMENT
The First Day of Business Was:
Fictitious Business Name:
N/A
NEW CALIFORNIA RESTORA- This Business Is Hereby RegisTION & FUSION ELECTRIC tered by the Following:
CENTRAL, 694 Chula Vista St., Marco V. Sanchez, 100 Woodlawn
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Ave. Spc. 30, Chula Vista, CA
Mailing Address: 694 Chula Vista 91910
St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
I declare that all information in
This Business is Conducted by: this statement is true and corAn Individual
rect.
The First Day of Business Was: S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t :
N/A
Marco Sanchez
This Business Is Hereby Regis- This Statement Was Filed With
tered by the Following:
David Butler Recorder/County
Victor Lopez, 694 Chula Vista Clerk of San Diego County MAR
St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
24, 2010
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: Vic- Name in violation of the rights
tor Lopez
of another under federal, state,
This Statement Was Filed With or common law.
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County APR Assigned File No.: 2010-008330
05, 2010
Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010
The filing of this statement does La Prensa San Diego
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.: 2010-009396
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
FRANK TRANSPORTATION,
1826 Doran St., San Diego, CA
92154
Mailing Address: 1826 Doran St.,
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:
Jose Francisco Reyes, 1826
Doran St., San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose
Francisco Reyes
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County APR
Assigned File No.: 2010-007698 06, 2010
The filing of this statement does
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
not of itself authorize the use in
La Prensa San Diego
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
or common law.
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
B. BEEZ CREATIONS, 3630
Hazelhurst Ct., Bonita, CA 91902
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
3/29/10
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Barbara Barajas, 3630 Hazelhurst Ct., Bonita, CA 91902
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Barbara Barajas
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAR
CHANGE OF NAME
REQUESTING BIDS
Assigned File No.: 2010-009623
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
CENICEROS DANCE ACCESSORIES, 502 Anita St. Sp. 77,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
03/22/2010
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Ponciano Naranjo, 502 Anita
20, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
Fictitious Business Name:
this state of Fictitious Business
CAPTAIN CABLE, 418 Milagrosa Name in violation of the rights
Cir., Chula Vista, CA 91910
of another under federal, state,
This Business is Conducted by: or common law.
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was: Assigned File No.: 2010-010953
N/A
Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010
This Business Is Hereby Regis- La Prensa San Diego
tered by the Following:
Gerardo De La Cruz, 418 Milagrosa Cir., Chula Vista, CA 91910
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
I declare that all information in
NAME STATEMENT
this statement is true and corFictitious Business Name:
rect.
S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : TOKE, 2136 Kettner Blvd., San
Diego, CA 92101
Gerardo De La Cruz
This Statement Was Filed With Mailing Address: same as above
David Butler Recorder/County This Business is Conducted by:
Clerk of San Diego County MAR An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
19, 2010
The filing of this statement does N/A
not of itself authorize the use in This Business Is Hereby Registhis state of Fictitious Business tered by the Following:
Name in violation of the rights Juan Carlos Caro, 1441 Santa
of another under federal, state, Lucia Road #912, Chula Vista,
CA 91913
or common law.
I declare that all information in
Assigned File No.: 2010-007805 this statement is true and corPublished: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010 rect.
Signature of Registrant: Juan
La Prensa San Diego
Carlos Caro R.
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Clerk of San Diego County APR
NAME STATEMENT
20, 2010
Fictitious Business Name:
The filing of this statement does
CUTMAN 4 HIRE, 240 Quintard not of itself authorize the use in
St. #88, Chula Vista, CA 91911 this state of Fictitious Business
This Business is Conducted by: Name in violation of the rights
An Individual
of another under federal, state,
The First Day of Business Was: or common law.
2/25/2005
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Assigned File No.: 2010-010970
tered by the Following:
Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
Juan J. Ramirez, 240 Quintard La Prensa San Diego
St. #88, Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and corFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
rect.
NAME STATEMENT
Signature of Registrant: Juan
Fictitious Business Name:
J. Ramirez
This Statement Was Filed With a. TACOS LA ABUELITA; b.
David Butler Recorder/County MARISCOS EL PESCADITO
Clerk of San Diego County APR DORADO, 1149 So. Cabrillo Dr.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
16, 2010
The filing of this statement does Mailing Address: 1149 So.
not of itself authorize the use in Cabrillo Dr., Chula Vista, CA
this state of Fictitious Business 91910
Name in violation of the rights This Business is Conducted by:
of another under federal, state, An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
or common law.
N/A
Assigned File No.: 2010-010622 This Business Is Hereby RegisPublished: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010 tered by the Following:
Byron O. Sosa, 1149 So. Cabrillo
La Prensa San Diego
Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91910
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and corFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
rect.
NAME STATEMENT
Signature of Registrant:
Fictitious Business Name:
Byron O. Sosa
BLU PALM, 3835 N. Harbor Dr., This Statement Was Filed With
San Diego, CA 92101
David Butler Recorder/County
Mailing Address: 1001 E. Jef- Clerk of San Diego County APR
ferson St. Suite 6, Phoenix, AZ 26, 2010
85034
The filing of this statement does
This Business is Conducted by: not of itself authorize the use in
Husband and Wife
this state of Fictitious Business
The First Day of Business Was: Name in violation of the rights
4/1/2010
of another under federal, state,
This Business Is Hereby Regis- or common law.
tered by the Following:
1. Aaron and Yolanda Kizer, 1001 Assigned File No.: 2010-011715
E. Jefferson St. Suite 6, Phoe- Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
nix, AZ 85034
La Prensa San Diego
2. Yolanda Kizer, 1001 E.
Jefferson St. Suite 6, Phoenix,
AZ 85034
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
I declare that all information in
NAME STATEMENT
this statement is true and corFictitious Business Name:
rect.
S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : COWBOYS COLLISION CENTER, 6420 Akins Ave., San DiAaron Kizer
This Statement Was Filed With ego, CA 92114
David Butler Recorder/County Mailing Address: 6420 Akins
Clerk of San Diego County APR Ave., San Diego, CA 92114
This Business is Conducted by:
15, 2010
The filing of this statement does An Individual
not of itself authorize the use in The First Day of Business Was:
this state of Fictitious Business N/A
Name in violation of the rights This Business Is Hereby Regisof another under federal, state, tered by the Following:
Desiderio Guerrero Florido, 8231
or common law.
Palm St., Lemon Grove, CA
Assigned File No.: 2010-010592 91945
Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010 I declare that all information in
this statement is true and corLa Prensa San Diego
rect.
Signature of Registrant:
Desiderio Guerrero, Sole Owner
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
This Statement Was Filed With
NAME STATEMENT
David Butler Recorder/County
Fictitious Business Name:
Clerk of San Diego County APR
a. CALIFORNIA SECURITY 29, 2010
SCREENS; b. MAJESTEC USA; The filing of this statement does
c. MAJESTEC, 5900 Sea Lion not of itself authorize the use in
Place #140, Carlsbad, CA 92010 this state of Fictitious Business
Mailing Address: same as above Name in violation of the rights
This Business is Conducted by: of another under federal, state,
A Corporation
or common law.
The First Day of Business Was:
Assigned File No.: 2010-012095
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
tered by the Following:
La Prensa San Diego
California Security Screens, 938
Calle Santa Cruz, Encinitas, CA
92024, California
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
I declare that all information in
NAME STATEMENT
this statement is true and corFictitious Business Name:
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Tho- CUSTOM HOUSE PRODUCE,
690 Anita Street Suite B, Chula
mas J. Ziegler, President
This Statement Was Filed With Vista, CA 91911
David Butler Recorder/County Mailing Address: same as above
Clerk of San Diego County APR This Business is Conducted by:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Jose Luis Godinez, 4138 Van
Dyke Av. #4, San Diego, CA
92105
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose
Luis Godinez
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County MAR
29, 2010
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.: 2010-008822
Published: 4/23,30,5/7,14/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
VELASQUEZ LANDSCAPING,
1206 First Ave., Chula Vista, CA
91911
Mailing Address: 1206 First Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
Jan 15, 2010
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Vito Velasquez, 1206 First Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Vito
Velasquez, Owner
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County APR
06, 2010
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.: 2010-009572
Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
La Prensa San Diego
CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00076305-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: ANA LUISA SUAREZ,
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as follows: ANA LUISA SUAREZ to
LYSSA MANNING
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: 5-14-10. Time: 8:30 A.M.
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
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: APR 01, 2010
WILLIAM S. CANNON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 4/9,16,23,30/2010
La Prensa San Diego
SUMMONS
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SUMMONS - (Family Law)
CASE NUMBER: DN159448
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00090424-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: JORGE RODRIQUEZ
HERNANDEZ, filed a petition
with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
JORGE RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ to JORGE MUNGUIA
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: JUN 03, 2010. Time: 8:30
A.M. Dept: D-25. Room: 3rd Floor
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego, Central
Division, Hall of Justice, 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: APR 22, 2010
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
La Prensa San Diego
SUMMONS
SUMMONS - (Family Law)
CASE NUMBER: D 516868
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:
JUAN RIVERA HERNANDEZ
You are being sued.
PETITIONER'S NAME IS:
MARIA DEL ROSARIO HERNANDEZ FLORES
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.
1. The name and address of the
court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO, Family Court, 1555
Sixth Avenue, San Diego, California 92101-3294
2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner's attorney, or the petitioner without
an attorney, is: Maria Del Rosario
Hernandez Flores, 1452 Frankfort St., San Diego, California
92110
Date: NOV 29, 2009
Clerk, by R. SANCHEZ, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 4/16,23,30,5/7/2010
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:
RAUL RAMIREZ OLVERA
You are being sued.
PETITIONER'S NAME IS:
SYLVIA RAMIREZ
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, is: SYLVIA RAMIREZ, 701 E. 7th Ave., Apt. #17,
Escondido, CA 92025
Date: FEB 18, 2010
Clerk, by T. ANGULO, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 4/30,5/7,14,21/2010
La Prensa San Diego
SELL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: April
5, 2010
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the Applicant(s)
is/are:
HANNAN BROOKS MICHAEL
HARDIN MICHAEL CLAUDE
RHODES TERISA RUTH
The applicants listed above are
applying to the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to
sell alcoholic beverages at:
945 BROADWAY
SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-5513
Type of license(s) Applied for:
41 - ON-SALE BEER AND
WINE - EATING PLACE
Published: 4/30,5/7,14/2010
La Prensa San Diego
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ROP Celebrates 40th Anniversary
ROP Students Offered Chance to Win Scholarships
The San Diego County Regional Occupational Program
(ROP) turns 40 this year, and
as part of the celebration, high
school senior ROP students are
eligible to win $100 cash scholarships. The students selected
will be honored on May 19 at
the California Association of
Regional Occupational Centers
and Programs (CAROCP)
Awards Ceremony held at the
County Office of Education.
The San Diego County ROP
Program, one of the oldest in
the state, trains over 51,000
student every year. Heying &
Associates, a full-service public relations agency located in
downtown San Diego, is the
scholarship sponsor.
To enter, students must submit a 500 word essay that explains how being a part of the
ROP Pathway Program has
benefited them, as well as what
they plan to do when they
graduate.
“We encourage all ROP students to submit essays so we
can hear about the great things
they have been doing now and
throughout their high school
careers,” said Steve Pinning,
Senior Director of ROP at San
Diego County Office of Education.
The San Diego ROP provides
students with high quality and
relevant career technical education and support services,
which develop job specific skills,
knowledge and attitudes. The
ROP series of classes, called
pathways, range in subject from
Manufacturing and Product
Development to Engineering
and Design.They are specifi-
cally designed to provide students with the skills they need
to compete in today’s technical
job market.
Among highlights:
· ROP courses are tuition
free
· They train over 51,000 students each year
· Over 2,040 classes in 108
locations are offered throughout San Diego County in 21
high school and community
college districts.
· Many courses are articulated with area community
colleges and/or offer high
school and college credit
For additional information
and guidelines, contact
Valerie Hesson, ROP Coordinator at The San Diego
County Office of Education,
at 858.571.7243.
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APRIL 30, 2010
FAMILY FEATURES
T
his Cinco de Mayo, make sure you’re prepared to
celebrate the Mexican victory over the French at the
Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Gather your family
on this festive day to enjoy music, dancing and, of
course, great Mexican food.
As you’re getting ready for this year’s fiesta, keep Mama
Ortega in mind. Maria Conception Jacinta Dominguez Ortega,
otherwise known as Mama Ortega, raised a family of 13 children
with homemade Mexican meals every night. One hundred fifty
years later her traditions still live on with great Mexican foods
from Ortega.
Make some of your own family traditions with great recipes
such as Pasta and Grilled Vegetable Salad with Cilantro Dressing, BBQ Chicken Tacos, Taco Casserole or, perhaps, a Frozen
Margarita Pie. From tasty whole kernel corn taco shells and
delicious salsas to authentic taco sauces and diced green chiles,
Ortega offers a wide variety of Mexican food products to meet
all of your family’s needs.
To get some new ideas on Cinco de Mayo recipes and valuable coupons, visit www.ortega.com.
Taco Casserole
Prep Time: 10 minutes / Start to Finish: 30 minutes
Makes: 8 servings
Casserole
1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 bottle (8 ounces) Ortega Taco Sauce
3/4 cup water
1 can (4 ounces) Ortega Fire-Roasted Diced Green
Chiles
1 packet (1.25 ounces) Ortega 40% Less Sodium Taco
Seasoning Mix
1 package (12-count) Ortega Whole Grain Corn Taco
Shells, broken, divided
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
Chopped tomatoes, chopped green bell pepper, sour
cream
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease 11 x 7-inch baking dish.
Cook beef and onion in large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is browned. Drain and discard
excess fat.
Stir in taco sauce, water, chiles and seasoning mix; bring
to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
Layer half of broken taco shells on bottom of prepared baking dish. Cover with half of meat mixture; sprinkle with 1 cup
cheese. Repeat layers with remaining ingredients.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
Serve with desired toppings.
Frozen Margarita Pie
Pasta and Grilled Vegetable Salad with Cilantro Dressing
Prep Time: 15 minutes / Start to Finish: 30 minutes
Makes: 6 to 8 servings
Dressing
1 can (4 ounces) Ortega Fire-Roasted Diced Green Chiles
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon Regina red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Polaner minced garlic
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Salad
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, cut in half
1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, cut in half
1 medium zucchini, cut lengthwise into thin slices
1 medium yellow squash, cut lengthwise into thin slices
1 large red onion, cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges
1 pound pasta shells or penne, cooked
1 jar (16 ounces) Ortega Garden Vegetable Salsa
1/4 cup firmly packed fresh basil, cut into thin strips
Lettuce leaves (optional)
Combine chiles, cilantro, oil, vinegar and garlic in small bowl. Whisk until
well blended. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
Preheat grill to medium-high heat, about 15 minutes. Lightly brush grill
grid with vegetable oil.
Grill bell peppers, zucchini, squash and onion 3 to 5 minutes per side or
until fork-tender. Remove vegetables from grill: cut into bite-size pieces.
Toss cooked pasta, salsa, sliced vegetables and basil in large bowl or
serving platter. Serve with dressing on lettuce leaves, if desired.
Prep Time: 15 minutes / Start to Finish: 4 hours
Makes: 8 servings
Crust
10 Ortega Yellow Corn Taco Shells
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Filling
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed
milk
1/3 cup frozen limeade, thawed
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 drop green food coloring
1 cup whipping cream
Lime curls (optional)
Place taco shells in food processor and pulse until
evenly ground.
Melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat.
Remove from heat. Stir in taco crumbs and sugar
until well blended. Press firmly over bottom and
up sides of 9-inch pie plate.
Place in freezer until firm.
Combine sweetened condensed milk, limeade,
orange juice and food coloring in large mixing
bowl.
Whip cream until soft peaks form. Fold
whipped cream gently into condensed milk
mixture until blended. Pour onto prepared crust.
Freeze uncovered, 4 hours or until firm. Let
stand 10 minutes before serving. Garnish with
lime curls, if desired.
Tip: To crush taco shells without a food processor, place them in a resealable plastic food storage
bag and run a rolling pin over the shells until
they’re evenly crushed.
BBQ Chicken Tacos
Prep Time: 6 minutes / Start to Finish: 12 minutes
Makes: 6 to 8 servings
2 pounds prepared shredded chicken in
barbeque sauce, warmed (Available
fully cooked in the supermarket
refrigerated meat case)
1 Ortega Grande Taco Dinner Kit —
includes 8 hard taco shells, 8 soft flour
tortillas, 1 packet taco seasoning mix,
1 packet taco sauce and 1 packet Land
O Lakes cheese sauce
1 cup Smokin’ Chipotle Coleslaw
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack
cheese (optional)
Combine chicken and seasoning mix from dinner
kit; mix well. Fill warmed tacos and tortillas with
chicken mixture. Evenly divide coleslaw among
tacos and tortillas. Top with taco sauce and cheese
sauce from dinner kit. Garnish with shredded
cheese, if desired.
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