`Great Wall of America` and the Threat From Within

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Vol.XXXIII
XXXIV No. 36
Vol.
Leaving Footprints
... Running for
Justice
La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., Publications
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
El Ballet Folclórico Ticuán Recrea La Tradición Mexicana
In Arizona, we know that the
eyes of the world are upon us
By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez
“We move energy the way our ancestors have shown us - in a way
that enhances our humanity and
brings beauty to our physical
world.”
Maria Vai Sevoi, Calpolli
Teoxicalli
In Arizona, we know that the eyes
of the world are upon us.
Perhaps this is why many of us
hold vigils and forums, why we
march, protest, rally, get arrested…
and run.
In the past several years, the
Sonora desert has become a super
magnet for the forces of hate, bigotry, ignorance, false patriotism, censorship, demagoguery and especially,
scapegoatery – or the art of blaming
Mexicans or red/brown peoples for
everything. So too has it become a
magnet for those who struggle for
peace, dignity, justice and human
rights.
I am a newcomer to the desert and
as such, I marvel at the amount of
activism all around me, especially by
youths. Actually, activism is not the
right word for what I have been witnessing here for the past three years.
Commitment is a better word. The
level of commitment to social justice
and for the right to a culturally relevant education has been affirming.
What is daily affirmed is the belief
that all human beings are created
equal and all are entitled to full human rights, regardless of race, color,
creed, religion, citizenship or migration status.
All this resistance has occurred as
a result of a relentless campaign
against the red-brown peoples of this
state – whether they have been here
for many thousands of years or if they
just got here today. The racial profiling that everyone fears has always
existed along the U.S.-Mexico border, so much so that labor leader
Cesar Chavez used to refer to the
migra or the U.S. Border Patrol as
the “Gestapo of the Mexican people.”
That’s the reason for the relentless pushback against the state’s SB
1070 law. It seeks to federalize local
police – giving them the “rights” that
the migra has long exercised against
the red-brown peoples they have always illegally and inhumanely profiled. In Tucson, the pushback has
been against both SB 1070, and HB
2281, the effort to ban the teaching
of ethnic studies.
What’s most impressive about the
resistance is that it has been waged
largely by K-16 students. That’s not
to minimize the role of community
organizers and community elders;
quite the contrary. It is precisely this
sector, led by groups such as
Derechos Humanos, that has trained
and essentially grown these young
activists and organizers.
One group that rarely is recognized
by the media – and the group likes it
this way – is Calpolli Teoxicalli – a
family of families that live Indigenous
ways and who live by a sacred calendar. The Calpolli in Tucson or
Tlamanalco as they refer to the Old
Pueblo – has been present the past
several years at virtually all the events
and/or actions in regards to these assaults, albeit with a different role.
A passerby might see them as either simply those that lead the opening or closing prayers at events or
those that provide the cultural expression (Aztec Dancing). But that would
be to fundamentally misunderstand
their role. While I am not a member
of this Calpolli, I do take part in their
runs – ceremonial runs and barrio
runs. All the runs are spiritual and are
not done in response to the actions of
others, though they are indeed done
Más de 50 bailarines en escena, acompañados por el Mariachi Juvenil de México y el conjunto norteño Clave Norte, integran el
espectáculo Danza, magia y tradición, que el Ballet Folclórico Ticuán presentará en la sala de espectáculos del Centro Cultural
Tijuana el sábado 11 de septiembre, en dos funciones: a las 5:00 y 8:00 p.m.
La actuación del Ballet Folclórico Ticuán forma parte del programa de festejos por el bicentenario del inicio de la lucha de
Independencia y el centenario de la Revolución Mexicana, preparado por el CECUT para celebrar éste que es el mes de la Patria.
El costo del boleto es de $250.00 m.n., con 50% de descuentos para estudiantes, maestros y personas de la tercera edad con
credencial del INSEN. Para mayor información sobre nuestras actividades lo invitamos a consultar www.cecut.gob.mx
Astronauta mexicoamericano: “La educación es la clave”
Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz
José Hernández dijo que su sueño
de convertirse en astronauta comenzó cuando, en la noche, salía a los campos de California donde él y su familia
trabajaban y miraba hacia el cielo.
“Podías ver todas las estrellas
desde ahí”, dijo. “Me preguntaba,
‘¿Cómo sería estar allá arriba?’”
Cuarenta años después, Hernández logró su sueño al convertirse en
uno de los pocos astronautas de origen
mexicano, cuando fue parte de una
misión a la Estación Espacial Internacional que se lanzó en agosto del
2009.
Aunque su familia apoyó sus
sueños, y su dedicación y esfuerzo
jugaron un papel importante en su éxito
Hernández dijo que no hubiera podido
lograrlo si no hubiera participado en
Student Support Services en la University of the Pacific en su ciudad de
Stockton, donde completó su licenciatura en ingeniería mecánica.
En Student Support Services, un
programa federal TRIO que provee
apoyo académico a estudiantes de
escasos recursos, Hernández encontró apoyo académico, financiero y
emocional durante sus estudios.
Al principio de este mes, Hernández fue el orador principal en la
apertura de la conferencia anual del
Council for Opportunity in Education
(COE), que tuvo lugar en el centro
de San Diego.
“El astronauta Hernández ha
tenido una carrera distinguida, y es
un gran ejemplo de las colaboraciones que los egresados de TRIO
han hecho al servicio público”, dijo el
Presidente de COE Arnold L. Mitch-
em. “Desafortunadamente, muchos
estudiantes con su potencial no
reciben el entrenamiento y el apoyo
necesario temprano en sus estudios
para iniciar una carrera en las
ciencias”.
Así que la historia de tenacidad de
Hernández fue inspiradora para
muchos de los educadores que
asistieron a la conferencia.
Hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos,
Hernández trabajó junto a su familia
en los campos de California, siguiendo
la cosecha durante el año. Asistió a
muchas escuelas y aprendió a hablar
inglés hasta que tenía 12 años.
Después de la high school, recibió su
licenciatura en ingeniería mecánica de
la University of the Pacific. Después
obtuvo su maestría en la University of
California, Santa Barbara, donde
obtuvo una beca completa.
Astronauta José Hernández
Inició sus estudios para astronauta
en el 2006.
Hernández alentó a los educadores
en el evento a nunca darse por
vencidos con sus estudiantes.
“Por favor siempre díganle a sus
estudiantes que pueden lograr lo que
quieran. Si hace una diferencia en
ellos, aunque a veces sientan que no,
créanme: yo soy prueba de ello”.
The ‘Great Wall of America’ and the Threat From Within
By Richard Rodriguez
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
ANALYSIS
Between cynicism and hypocrisy
lies the 2,000-mile U.S.- Mexico border. America is raising a wall in the
desert to separate Mexican drug exporters from American drug consumers, to separate Latin American peasants who will work for low wages
from the Americans who would hire
them.
The Great Wall of America, straddling less than half the length of the
border, descends into canyons and
across the desert floor. For the Mexican, it represents a high hurdle. For
the American, it is an attempt to stop
the Roadrunner’s progress with an
Acme Border Sealing Kit.
In some places the wall is made
of tennis-court-style cyclone fencing
or dark mesh of the sort used for
barbeque grills in public parks. In
other places the wall is a palisade of
20-foot-tall bars that make a cage of
both sides. The most emphatic segments are constructed of graffitiready slabs of steel.
On the Mexican side, if you stand
with your back to the wall, you will
see the poorest neighborhoods, built
right up to the line. These frayed,
weedy streets have become the killing fields in an international drug war;
they are more daunting than the dan(see Run, page 5) gers of climbing the wall.
An unidentified stretch of the border fence seperating the US from Mexico.
The traditional Mexican accommodation to moral failure — the bribed
policeman — has degenerated to lawlessness in places such as Juarez and
Tijuana, where police kill federal soldiers who kill police who kill drug
gangsters who kill other gangsters of
the sort who did kill, apparently with
impunity, at least 15 teenagers celebrating a soccer victory. Punch 911
and you get the devil.
On the American side, if you stand
with your back to the wall, you will
see distance, as the United States
recedes from the border. There is a
shopping mall with big-box stores half
a mile away. There is a highway that
eventually leads to suburban streets
laid out in uniform blocks, and culde-sacs where Mexican gardeners
are the only ambulatory human life.
The suburban grid belies
America’s disorder. Grandma’s
knockoff Louis Vuitton handbag is so
full of meds it sounds like a snake
rattle. Grandma shares a secret addiction with her drug-addled dude of
a grandson, whose dad prowls the
Home Depot parking lot in his Japanese pickup, looking to hire a couple
of Mexicans to clear out some dry
scrub.
From a distant height, America’s
wall might seem a wonderful stunt,
like Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s
“Running Fence” of 1976 — a 24mile-long curtain that ran over the
Northern California foothills to the
sea. Before it was dismantled, “Running Fence” rippled and swelled with
(see Wall, page 2)
PAGE 2
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
MÉXICO DEL NORTE
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
No fueron
72
Lo leí, cortesía de un
“forward” de mi hermano el
Gato Álvarez, y no lo creí.
Busqué en varias agencias
noticiosas para confirmarlo,
costumbre de viejo y mañoso
periodista que quiere reportar
verdades y no chismes y sí, ahí
están las notas, aunque no en
las agencias mexicanas sino
en la guatemaltecas y en El
Mercurio digital, de España.
“La Superintendencia de
Administración Tributaria
(SAT) mexicana difundió la
intención de construir un muro
en el estado de Chiapas.
Según el organismo la barrera
sería para controlar el ingreso
de mercaderías ilegales. El
intendente de SAT, Raúl Díaz,
indicó que el estado
chiapaneco tiene intención de
construir la muralla a orillas del
río Suchiate, en la frontera
entre ambos países. El motivo
de la construcción sería evitar
el paso de balseros con
productos de contrabando.
Además, Díaz agregó que
podría también evitar el libre
paso de inmigrantes ilegales”.
Sigo sin creerlo a pesar de
la confirmación. Peor aún, el
anuncio está relacionado con
la reacción al asesinato
cobarde de 72 hermanos
migrantes en Tamaulipas.
Pero caigo en la cuenta de
que creerlo o no es
simplemente una reacción de
‘shock’. Todo es cierto. Ahí
está la nota y basta. Igual que
ahí están los cuerpos,
“apilados”, como dice Raúl
Dorantes, “como cosas
desechables”.
En una segunda reacción,
me doy cuenta de la verdad de
la frase fascista aquella, mal
atribuida a José Stalin y en
realidad del periodista alemán
Kurt Tucholsky, de que “una
muerte es una tragedia, un
millón es una estadística”. Es
este caso son 72 las muertes,
pero la cuenta real es de cerca
de 10 mil; 10,000 inmigrantes
cuyas vidas han sido
trastocadas de una forma u
otra, tratando de llegar a
Estados Unidos.
Y no, no me refiero a los 10
mil que han muerto al tratar de
cruzar la frontera desde que el
entonces presidente Bill
Clinton inauguró el primer
muro fronterizo y la fatídica
Operación Guardián a
mediados de los años 1990,
sino a los 10 mil secuestrados
en México por bandas de
traficantes, narcos y
autoridades.
Mexico’s Arizona Moment
FRONTERA NORTESUR
If Arizona’s SB 1070 law,
underlined by the continuing
deaths of migrants in the inhospitable, blazing desert of the
Southwestern state, dramatizes
the crisis of US immigration
policy, then the mass murder of
72 Central and South American
migrants in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas
last week showcases a similar
and widening crisis in Mexico.
The San Fernando Massacre, which occurred August 22
in a rural area about 90 miles
south of the US border, was
widely condemned by human
rights advocates as the horrific
culmination of years of corruption and neglect on the part of
Mexican immigration and law
enforcement officials who are
often accused of collaborating
with human traffickers for extortion and other purposes.
“Immigrants are raped, murdered, beaten and tortured every day,” Ruben Figueroa, coordinator of a migrant shelter in
the southern state of Tabasco,
told the Mexican press. “The
principal zones of danger are in
Veracruz, Tabasco, Mexico
state, Tamaulipas, Baja California, and Coahuila. We think there
are other tombs, clandestine
graves and pits that should be
investigated.”
A new report from the former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party and the affiliated
National Confederation of Popular Organizations claimed 60,000
Central and South American
migrants disappeared while traveling through Mexico to the US
The Wall an
indication of
a great nation
in decline?
(con’t from page 1)
breezes off the Pacific.
David Tomb, an artist known
for his studio portrait paintings,
has for several years been hiking the Southwestern borderlands, drawing the birds of the
region. Tomb tells me he has
noticed how often the American wall interferes with the
movement of the many animals
that inhabit the desert and canyons — wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, even snakes. His bird
subjects are able to fly over the
wall, as are butterflies, as are
Piper Cub cocaine consignments.
In the remotest regions of
northern Mexico, the terrain is
so treacherous that nature itself
Los Otros 10,000
forms the wall against America.
El número consta en el
Desperation moves migrants to
“Informe Especial de la
attempt ever-more-treacherous
Comisión Nacional de los
Derechos Humanos (CNDH ) terrain to achieve U.S. soil.
In recession America 2010,
sobre los Casos de Secuestro
the lament most often heard is
(vea Los, página 10) that the middle class is losing
from 1998 to 2008.
A young man who reportedly
survived the Tamaulipas massacre, 18-year-old Ecuadoran national Luis Freddy Lala Pomavilla, was quoted in the Mexican
press as stating that the migrants
slain in San Fernando were
gunned down after being kidnapped by presumed members
of the Zetas drug cartel.
According to Lala, the victims were lined up and shot after turning down offers to work
for the cartel. Separately,
Daniel Boche, a relative of
three Guatemalans who were
among the victims, confirmed
that his family had received a
phone call from Mexico demanding money for the safe
return of loved ones before
they were killed.
A leading voice for migrant
rights, Roman Catholic Bishop
Raul Vera of Saltillo, Coahuila,
termed the massacre of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador and
Brazil “characteristic of the
holocaust.”
Maureen Meyer, Mexico
and Central America program
associate for the non-profit
Washington Office on Latin
America (WOLA) called the
San Fernando Massacre an
“extreme example” of the routine violence and mistreatment
encountered by migrants traveling through Mexico en route
to the United States.
In a phone interview with
Frontera NorteSur, Meyer said
Mexican officials were well
aware of well-traveled migrant
routes and could be complicit
in human rights violations. Hard
to miss, Central Americans and
members of other nationalities
frequently travel in large groups
on trains, buses and trucks.
In multiple instances, Mexican immigration officials and
security forces have been tied
to the systematic trafficking or
kidnapping of migrants who are
held until relatives, usually in the
US, pay ransom. Other victims
are forced to work for criminal
bands. Meyer compared the
kidnapping of migrants in
Mexico with the same practice
of some human traffickers in
the state of Arizona. The two
situations, she said, highlight the
“vulnerability of migrants in
both countries.”
According to Mexican army
reports, the Zetas, which have
a presence in Central America,
control migrant routes along
Mexico’s southern border
where unsuspecting victims are
lured into traps.
Workers for the Roman
Catholic Church’s network of
migrant shelters that stretches
across the country and provides
food and refuge to travelers
from Central America and
other regions have long denounced serious human rights
violations.
Last March, Mexican
Church representatives and the
Miguel Agustin Pro Human
Rights Center presented testimony to the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights
in Washington, D.C. on the
plight of migrants in Mexico.
The presenters petitioned the
Inter-American Commission to
send a special investigator to
Mexico to probe the conditions
faced by migrants. Months later,
the San Fernando Massacre
splashed the headlines. At the
time of the slaughter, Mexico
and El Salvador were in the
process of revising bilateral
agreements on the treatment
and repatriation of migrants.
Exposed on August 24, the
killings of 58 men and 14
women produced the latest human rights crisis for the
Calderon administration. The
massacre was quickly condemned by Amnesty International, the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights,
the United Nations office in
Mexico, the Organization of
American States and the ambassadors of 24 Latin American countries.
Non-governmental groups in
the Americas issued a communi-qué decrying the murders.
The signatories included the
Miguel Agustin Pro Human
Rights Center, Relatives Committee of the Deceased and
Disappeared of El Salvador,
Global Workers Justice Alliance, Casas Migrantes Americas and dozens of others.
Mexican Foreign Minister
Patricia Espinoza pledged that
the investigation of the mass
slaughter, which was turned
over to Mexico’s federal attorney general’s office, would advance “as rapidly as possible.”
Espinoza called the killings
“violent, cowardly and criminal
acts that put all the governments and peoples of Latin
America into a state of mourning”
Mexico plans on issuing
travel advisories in Central and
South America about the hazards facing migrants.
The San Fernando Massacre touched off a new crisis of
confidence in the Calderon administration. The opposition
Party of the Democratic Revolution called for the sacking of
National Migration Institute
Commissioner Cecilia Romero
and a shake-up of the institution that enforces Mexican immigration laws.
Last week, however,
Romero told reporters that her
agency had rescued 2,750 migrants this year and possibly
prevented occurrences similar
to the San Fernando Massacre.
On August 28, hundreds of
migrants and their supporters
staged unusual demonstrations
in Arriaga, Chiapas, and Saltillo,
Coahuila. Demanding the right
of transit and protection from
the Mexican state, the protesters carried signs that bore slogans like “I am a person, not
merchandise” and “I deserve
to live.”
In Arriaga, the administrative assistant for the local migrant shelter revealed that two
Hondurans showed up last
week after being kidnapped,
extorted and released by alleged Zetas in Tierra Blanca,
Veracruz. Hinting at another
possible motive for attacks
against migrants, Carlos Bartolo Solis said the victims were
warned not to continue north on
their journey.
Despite the dangers, another
Honduran in Arriaga, Oscar
Robles Mata, said he still
(see Arizona, page 5)
its grip on the American dream.
(We have redefined the American dream as the ability of a
succeeding generation to earn
more than its preceding generation.)
On patriotism-for-profit talk
radio and television, the illegal
immigrant is, by definition, criminal. She comes to steal the
American dream. But in my
understanding, the dream belongs to the desperation of the
poor and always has. The goddess of liberty in New York
harbor still advertises for the
tired and the poor, the wretched
refuse. I tell you, there is an
unlucky man in the Sonoran
Desert today who will die for a
chance to pluck dead chickens
in Georgia or change diapers in
a rest home in Nevada.
Great empires expand beyond their own borders. Empires in decline build walls.
As it stands, the Great Wall
of America is a fraction of the
length of the Great Wall of
China. China’s dragon-spined
ramparts, once a wonder of isolation, are now a draw for tourists, even while China trespasses its own borders to forge
the Chinese century. The
dragon flies to Africa and to
Latin America. While American soldiers die in Afghanistan,
the Chinese venture to Kabul
to negotiate mineral rights.
The nearer precedent to the
American Wall may be Israel’s
wall in the West Bank. More
than 400 miles long, the Israeli
“barrier” — in some places a
fence, in others a concrete
mass nearly twice the height of
the Berlin Wall — was constructed, according to Israeli
officials, to deter terrorists. After Sept. 11, the fear one heard
in America was that agents of
violence from the Middle East
might easily disguise themselves as Latin American peasants and trespass into our midst.
What more obvious reason
is there for a wall than protection? Any nation should police
those who come and go across
its borders. But in the United
States, as in Israel, the wall has
created a new anxiety. Once
the wall is in place, anxiety
about the coming outsider
changes to an anxiety about
who belongs within.
The question that has lately
been debated in the Knesset is
bluntly stated: Who is a Jew?
In Israel, the answer to the
question concerns religion and
citizenship. But it entails further
practical considerations. Israel
has decided to rid itself of 400
children of illegal foreign workers (some of whom built the
West Bank wall), children who
were born in Israel, speak Hebrew as their mother tongue
and know no other country.
The question that has lately
been taken up by U.S. senators
is bluntly stated: Who is an
American? Republicans have
proposed excising the part of
the 14th Amendment that guarantees citizenship to anyone
born on U.S. soil. GOP Sen.
Lindsey Graham of South
Carolina refers to foreign
women who come to this country to “drop” their babies. Graham chooses diction that describes inhuman beasts of burden.
I cannot guess whether this
new nativism — though it overrules nativity — is serious busi-
ness or merely a play for reelection. The irony remains: The
land of the free that the wall
was built to protect — the literal “homeland,” soil so infused
with sacred legend it was
deemed by the makers of the
Constitution more important
than blood in determining citizenship — is threatened from
within. And the wall that is supposed to proscribe the beginning
of America becomes the place
where America ends.
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“Noche Mexicana” at Oceanside Library
The public is invited to celebrate Mexican culture and independence in Oceanside on Wednesday, September 15, from
4:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Civic Center Library and Plaza area,
located at 330 N. Coast Highway. The annual fiesta, called
“Noche Mexicana,” is free and open to the public. It will be
particularly special this year as neighboring Mexico celebrates
its bicentennial—two hundred years of independence.
The event, whose program this year features the theme
“Así se lleva México en la Piel” (“That’s the Feeling You Get
from Mexico”) will begin at 4:00 p.m. with a welcome from
“Charro” singer Jorge Estrada, who like all performers donates his time to this event. Traditional Mexican dance will
be offered by Calpulli Omeyocan, directed by Sandra
Carmona, and two Ballet Folklorico troupes: Tapatío, directed
by Luis Oceguera; and Tierra Caliente, directed by Jose
Jaimes.
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Teach For America Celebrates Its Hispanic Mexican-American astronaut: “Education is the key”
Teachers During Hispanic Heritage Month
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
National Organization During a Teach For America
event at GeorgeRecruiting Now for 2011 recruitment
town, Flores listened to a corps
Teaching Corps
member narrate what seemed
During Hispanic Heritage
Month, Teach For America celebrates the accomplishments of
its Hispanic corps members and
alumni, who are working to ensure that their students have the
educational opportunities they
deserve. In its 20 years of existence, the organization has
reached more than 3 million
students in low-income communities, almost half of whom are
Hispanics. Aida Flores and
Marco Martinez are among
those whose lives have been
impacted by Teach For America in extraordinary ways.
24-year-old Aida Flores, of
Mexican origin, grew up in a
predominantly Hispanic neighborhood of Chicago. She became a mother at 14, but that
didn’t stop her from earning a
B.A. in Spanish and history
from Georgetown University,
the first person in her family to
attend college.
Against all odds, Flores
completed high school at
Benito Juarez Community
Academy, where she crossed
paths with four Teach For
America teachers who were
instrumental in her education.
Her classmates described her
as “not interested in attending
college,” but one of her Teach
For America teachers encouraged her to work hard and apply to Georgetown. Although
she had never considered college as an option, Flores decided to take on the challenge.
Her Teach For America teachers helped her through the process, and she still keeps in touch
with two of them, who have
become her life mentors.
like her own life story. She decided to apply to Teach For
America. Her parents, who had
always supported her efforts in
the past, were surprised by her
decision; at first, they didn’t
understand Teach For America’s mission of building the
movement to end educational
inequity. Now they recognize
how critical this mission is, as
well as the important role Teach
For America has played in their
daughter’s development.
Today, Flores teaches Spanish at Rudy Lozano Leadership
Academy in Chicago’s Pilsen
neighborhood. Her students
face the same academic and
social challenges that she confronted not long ago. They are
increasingly responsive to her
teaching, and their progress
confirms her belief that it is
possible to close the achievement gap that distances them
from students in more affluent
communities.
“Although I may not be a
teacher my entire life, ensuring that every child in this nation gets a great and meaningful education will be one of my
lifelong goals,” says Marco
Martinez, who just completed
his second year as a Teach For
America corps member and
plans to continue teaching for
a few more years. Martinez, a
24-year-old Mexican American, grew up in Elsa, Texas.
In high school, he met a handful of great teachers who challenged him to excel and exposed him to a world of new
things. His first experience
with Teach For America was
through his physics teacher,
Ms. Sung, and other corps
members who taught in his
school. Their determination
and perseverance impressed
him and changed his perspective on learning. As Martinez
worked toward his high school
diploma, he realized for the first
time that he could do anything
with his life.
Four years later, he graduated from Brown University
with an honors degree in Latin
American studies. He says he
“knew that the world was mine
for the taking.” Martinez is the
first in his family to earn a degree from a four-year college.
During his junior and senior
years, he interned with Teach
For America, and because of
his high-school experience, he
felt that he was part of the organization already. He decided
to join Teach For America’s
corps after college graduation.
As a Teach For America
corps member, Martinez returned to his hometown, where
he has taught fifth grade science for the past two years at
PFC David Ybarra Middle
School. Next year, he will
teach sixth grade world geography and cultures at IDEA
Public Schools in San Juan,
Texas. “Teaching has been one
of the most difficult-and fulfilling-things I have ever done,”
Martinez says, adding that his
biggest challenge was getting
his students to believe in themselves.
Today, Martinez’s driving
goal is to spark the love of
learning in his students to help
them meet their academic
goals and lead successful lives.
Although he still wants to become a doctor (a dream he has
harbored since he was 10
years old), he is in no rush:
(see Teachers, page 4)
José Hernández said his
dream of becoming an astronaut began when, at night, he
would be out in the California
fields he and his family worked
looking up to the sky.
“You could see all the stars
from there,” he said. “I would
ask myself, ‘How would it be
to be up there?’”
Forty years later, Hernandez
realized his dream of becoming one of the few astronauts
of Mexican descent, when he
was part of a space shuttle
mission to the International
Space Station that launched in
August, 2009.
Although his family supported his dreams, and his
dedication and effort played an
important role in his success,
Hernández said that he couldn’t have done this without having participated in Student Support Services at the University
of the Pacific in his hometown
of Stockton, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in
mechanical engineering.
In Student Support Services,
a federal TRIO program that
provides academic support for
low-income, first-generation college students, Hernández found
academic, financial, and emotional support during his studies.
Earlier this month, Hernández was the keynote speaker
at the opening plenary session
during the Council for Opportunity in Education’s (COE)
29th Annual Conference, held
in Downtown San Diego.
“Astronaut Hernández has
had a distinguished career, and
he is a brilliant example of the
contributions TRIO alumni
have made to public service,”
said COE President Arnold L.
Mitchem. “Unfortunately,
many students with his potential don’t receive the training
and support necessary early in
their schooling to pursue a sci-
entific career.”
This year’s conference
theme was “Fitting STEM into
the College Opportunity Equation,” which focuses on increasing science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics
(STEM) educational opportunity for low-income and firstgeneration students. The event
featuredd nearly 100 enriching
networking and educational
sessions along with an exhibit
hall displaying the newest and
best products and services
available to college opportunity
professionals.
So Hernández’s story of tenacity was inspiring for the
many educators who attended
the conference.
One of four children in a migrant farming family from
Mexico, Hernández worked
alongside his family and other
farm workers throughout the
fields of California, harvesting
crops and moving from one
town to another. He attended
many schools and didn’t learn
to speak English until he was
12. After graduating from high
school in Stockton, Hernández
enrolled at the University of the
Pacific in Stockton. Hernández
earned a degree in electrical
engineering and was awarded
a full scholarship to the graduate program at the University
of California in Santa Barbara,
where he continued his engineering studies.
In 1987, he accepted a fulltime job with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
where he had worked on developing quantitative x-ray film
imaging analysis techniques for
the x-ray laser program. In
2001, Hernández joined the
Johnson Space Center, in Houston, Texas as a materials research engineer, and he completed astronaut candidate training in 2006. In 2001, COE
named him a TRIO Achiever,
a national award which honors
former TRIO participants for
their professional accomplishments.
Hernández encouraged the
educators to never give up on
any student.
“Please always keep telling
your students that they can
achieve anything they want. It
does make a difference in
them, even though you might
feel it doesn’t, believe: I am
proof of this,” he said.
Hernández said that his
farmworkers parents always
emphasized the importance of
education, and with the support
of encouraging teachers, including his second grade teacher,
Ms. Young, he was able to
achieve all his goals.
Hispanic Heritage
Month 2010: Sept. 15
– Oct. 15
those who trace their roots to
Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central
America, South America and
the Caribbean.
Sept. 15 was chosen as the
starting point for the celebration because it is the anniversary of independence of five
Latin American countries:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and
Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and
Sept. 18, respectively.
In September 1968, Congress authorized President
Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim
National Hispanic Heritage
Week, which was observed
during the week that included
Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance was expanded in
1988 by Congress to a monthlong celebration (Sept. 15 –
Oct. 15), effective the following year. America celebrates
the culture and traditions of
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FIRST PERSON:
Hand Me
Backs
Getting back clothes
from your teens once
they outgrow them
By Al Carlos Hernandez
Now that it’s back to
school time, I realize that I am
a member of a generation
victimized by the familial
tradition of wearing clothes
your older siblings have
outgrown or have grown tired.
These clothes were called
“hand me downs.” Like many
of you, I grew up “working
class poor” in a family of five
siblings. I suffered from this
tradition from the very
beginning of my lackluster
academic career.
My older brother, who is
one year and fifty four days
older than me (not that I was
stigmatized by that), was the
captain of the football team
while president of the student
body. I was in pre-remedial
woodshop. He purchased a
new sweater and, to punish
me, gave me one of his
famous black sweaters with
brown panels. Let’s make this
crystal clear and let the record
show that as the standing
Minister of Information
emeritus for the Brown
Berets, I have never been a
sweater person. One
unusually cold day I made the
mistake of wearing his hand
me down sweater and the
smart kids asked me really
hard questions I couldn’t
answer. This reinforced my
negative self image so I cut
the sleeves off. Okay, so I
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
was stigmatized by that whole
age thing after all. I did try to
wear my brothers shoes after
he grew out of them, but he
always had that 45 degree
slant to them making me bow
legged. It usually felt like I
was walking on a taco and for
some strange reason always
wanted to go to the library or
a debate team meeting.As a
grown man I have overcome
all the stigmas from high
school and hold no malice
toward my older brother who,
as it turns out, is a presiding
Superior County Judge of one
of the largest jurisdictions in
the country. And yes, I am still
taller than he is.
Lately I have been
experiencing a variation of the
Hand Me Down, which I call
the Hand Me Backs. Let me
explain. A hand me back is
something you buy for one of
your kids to wear to high
school. It can be a sweatshirt,
football/basketball jersey and
or high ticket athletic shoes.
Don’t even try the pants
because I will tell you right
now that they will be way too
baggy, and an older guy in
baggy pants is usually a fat
drunk or a former high school
quarterback. Suddenly, it
seems overnight, the
ungrateful child somehow
outgrows the one-hundred
dollar item. Inexplicably the
item of clothing or the sports
team it represents slips out of
vogue. Nobody wears
Chicago Bulls stuff anymore
except divorced dads. Some
adolescents, in bowing to peer
pressure, have chosen never
to wear the item again. I call
this “shirt-a-non-grata.” This
is when you repossess and/or
ask for the item back so that
you can wear it. Ergo, “Hand
it Back to me, because I
bought it for you in the first
place and it’s still new and
way too nice to send it to the
segunda (the second hand
store). So I will wear it
because it’s warm and it fits.”
As a writer, and an
educator. I work mostly at
home in a home office so I
don’t spend much money at
all on work attire. All I need
are jeans, t-shirts, and tennis
shoes. When I teach I wear
nice jeans, a collared shirt and
vintage cowboy boots. (One
“B” student made it a practice
before each class to ask, “Dr.
Hernandez, which endangered
species are you wearing on
your feet this evening?”)
Back in the day, hand me
downs were simple unless you
were a dude with older sisters
or a young girl with all older
brothers. This could result in
two things: gender
identification issues or all new
stuff all the time.
Some people have a
problem wearing someone
else’s clothing, these people
are called Republicans. What
is weird is wearing someone
else’s high miler shoes. I have
mentioned before that a gay
friend of mine’s credo is:
unless the shoes hurt, they
cannot be considered cute.
One of my sons recently gave
me an expensive pair of tennis
shoes which matched a
particular outfit. Although the
shoes were, in theory, the right
size, they were puffy,
somehow high, round and
tamale-like. This kid has since
been forced on a low carb
diet.
An interesting thing has
happened since I instated the
right of first refusal when we
buy an article of clothing for
the kids. My wife noticed that
when I am draped in hand me
back attire, I am dressed
exactly like a 19 year old
urban kid would be dressed
exactly one year ago. This
makes me look like an old
dude trying to be young when,
in fact, I’m a cheap dad trying
to be resourceful.
I am proud to say that all of
my sons are taller than my
5293 stature and well over my
175 pound girth. This is
because they eat up all of our
food like locusts and they
never have to come out of
pocket at Costco. They wait
at the house and schlep all
groceries up the stairs to their
rooms. I was with my boys a
few weeks ago in one of
those really hip athletic wear
shops. One of the shop
keepers asked me, “Excuse
me sir. Where did you get that
Jersey? It’s sick!” I bought it
in New York all on my own,
and my boys were proud.
Then my wife reminded me
that I’m too old to wear
football jerseys in public. So
she promised it to one of the
boys.
Hernandez is editor of
LatinoLA.com
Baja Flavors on the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence
It’s the bicentennial of Mexican Independence and you
may not know how to serve up
Mexican food with Baja flavor, but Ann Hazard sure does.
Join her on September 16th, the
day that marks 200 years of
Independence from Spanish
rule and 100 years since the
Revolution of 1910 that toppled
dictator Porfirio Diaz. Ann will
be at the Upstart Crow Bookstore and Coffeehouse at 7 pm
sharing Cooking with Baja
Magic Dos as part of the
“Third Thursday” author series.
Cooking with Baja Magic
Dos expands on the 175 recipes from the original book, resulting in 250 mouthwatering
recipes that will transport your
taste buds to the beautiful
shores of Baja California.
Learn to make tamales, chile
rellenos, and guacamole, plus
elaborate sauces, cocktails,
and desserts. The text includes
colorful all-new artwork by
Gayle Hazard and Terry
Hauswirth, plus lively stories
about Ann and Terry’s adventures.
Ann Hazard, long-time
travel and cookbook writer and
author, is passionate about all
things Mexican. A third generation Baja aficionada, Ann
followed her father and
grandfather’s footsteps up and
down the world’s longest peninsula since she was nine. Ann
is the author of Cooking With
Baja Magic, Cooking With
Baja Magic Dos, Cartwheels
in the Sand, and Agave Sunsets.
Don’t miss this chance to
hear Ann share her stories from
Baja and her tips on cooking,
Teachers
changing lives
equity by impacting its root
causes. As Teach For America
begins recruiting for its 2011
corps, the organization once
again seeks to increase the
number of Latino teachers who,
like Flores and Martinez, demonstrate the characteristics necessary to raise student achievement levels. Teach For
America provides these dedicated individuals with an opportunity to give back to their community by helping their students
fulfill their potential.
The next two deadlines for
submitting applications to Teach
For America are September 17
and October 27. Application
materials are available online at
www.teachforamerica.org or
www.ensenaparaamerica.org.
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“I’ve taken the scenic route,
and will get there eventually.”
Aida Flores and Marco
Martinez demonstrate the lifechanging impact that Teach For
America corps members can
have on the students they serve.
This school year, 8,200 corps
members will impact more than
500,000 children across 39 regions in 31 states and Washington D.C. At the same time, more
than 20,000 alumni continue
working to end educational in-
not to mention the chance to
sample a few tasty tidbits.
Thursday, September 16th, 7
pm at the Upstart Crow Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 835C
West Harbor Drive, Seaport
Village, San Diego.
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones
de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
De la red y sus peligros
En un proceso que no alcanza a ser tan veloz como se
quisiera, el mundo está legislando cada vez más, los asuntos
relacionados con las redes
sociales de Internet. Pero,
mientras las leyes de los
hombres se adaptan a los
avances tecnológicos que
determinan como nos comunicamos y con quien, nosotros
debemos tomar medidas de
precaución.
Muchos de nosotros crecimos - y maduramos – en un
mundo en el que lo más avanzado, en términos de comunicaciones inmediatas era el
teléfono, y las cartas se tomaban su tiempo en llegar a su
destino; por eso a veces nos
resistimos a creer que lo que
pasó en la fiesta de anoche
pueda estar publicado en la red
mucho antes de que nos tomemos nuestro cafecito mañanero.
Las redes sociales, son una
forma de relacionarnos con el
mundo exterior, con el mundo
en el que vivimos, y queramos
o no, tenemos que aprender a
vivir con ellas; máxime, si
tenemos hijos, porque si nosotros logramos escapar a sus
encantos, ellos no.
Por eso, no solo debemos
saber de que van sitios como
Facebook, My Space o Twit-
ter si no que debemos establecer normas claras para su
uso en nuestra casa.
Para empezar, habría que
desempolvar las reglas básicas
de urbanidad y enseñarles a
nuestros hijos que su comportamiento en la red es tan
importante como el que tienen
fuera de ella.
Las malas expresiones –
para no hablar de los horrores
de ortografía – van dejando
huella en los perfiles cibernéticos que con el tiempo van
contando una historia clara de
quienes somos, como hablamos, lo que pensamos y lo que
hacemos.
Perfiles cibernéticos que
seguramente jugaran un papel
importante a la hora de obtener
un empleo o ingresar a una
institución educativa.
Así las cosas, no sobra
recordar que nuestros hijos
deben conocer, no sólo las
virtudes de la red, sino también,
los riesgos a los que esta los
enfrenta.
No falta quien ha pagado
con su vida – o su dinero - la
osadía de publicar toda su
información en lugares como
Facebook. Hay que cuidar lo
que se pública en la red y no
olvidar que nuestros hijos
pueden ser víctimas de personas desconocidas que los
Luisa Fernanda Montero
contacten con malas intenciones. ¿Sabemos quienes son
los amigos de nuestros hijos en
la red?
Debemos restringir la publicación en Internet de datos
sensibles como la dirección de
la casa, el teléfono o el nombre
del colegio.
El computador en el que
‘navegan’ sus hijos debe estar
en un área abierta de la casa,
en la que se puedan supervisar
permanentemente sus actividades, si son adolescentes,
porque si son más pequeños
deben estar siempre acompañados por sus padres o
adultos responsables.
La comunicación entre padres e hijos es vital. En la
medida en que usted inspira la
confianza de sus hijos puede
convertirse en un guía efectivo; pero no olvide revisar con
frecuencia el historial de las
páginas que visitan sus hijos y
recuerde que existen pro-gramas especiales en el mercado
para controlar el uso de material inadecuado.
Don Omar apoya campaña “Manejar Borracho es un Crimen.
Seras Arrestado” para reducir las tragedias de conducir borracho
Washington. – Al mismo
tiempo que Don Omar y el
Orfanato Music Group lanzan
su nuevo tema y video titulado
Danza Kuduro del esperado
album “Meet The Orphans”,
Don Omar y varios integrantes
del Orfanato unen sus voces a
la campaña nacional para
prevenir que conductores
borrachos manejen y arrebaten
más vidas inocentes.
El pasado 18 de agosto la
Administración Nacional de
Seguridad del Tráfico en las
Carreteras, (NHTSA, por sus
siglas en inglés), lanzo la
campaña de enforzamiento de
la ley en contra de conductores
borrachos bajo el lema “Manejar Borracho Es un Crimen.
Serás Arrestado.”; que busca
advertir a los conductores
hispanos de todas las edades
sobre el gran peligro que
implica mezclar el tomar alcohol y el manejar.
Esta campaña anual tiene el
propósito de reducir las trágicas muertes causadas por
conductores borrachos. Según
las estadísticas de NHTSA en
el 2008 en este país, aproximadamente 12,000 personas
murieron a causa de ellos. Y
en el 2007, 1,687 hispanos
murieron en choques relacionados con el consumo del
alcohol.
En esta ocasión la campaña
producida por Hispanic Communications Network cuenta
con la participación del astro
puertorriqueño Don Omar, que
una vez más, demuestra su
JOHN H. SERRANO
Abogado
Tel: (619) 267-7300
E-Mail: [email protected]
Asuntos Criminales, Accidentes, Divorcios
sensibilidad y compromiso social con el bienestar de su
comunidad latina, y que al ritmo
de su nuevo tema Danza
Kuduro nos recuerda que
beber y conducir puede ser
mortal.
“Pasala bien pero no te
metas en problemas. No manejes borracho, no arriesgues tu
vida ni la de los demás. Si lo
haces, el error te costará más
que una multa, perderás tu
libertad. Recuerda, manejar
borracho es un crimen. Serás
Arrestado”, indicó Don Omar,
insistiendo en la importancia de
respetar la ley y evitar, a toda
costa, la fatal combinación del
alcohol y el manejar. La campaña, cuenta también con la
participación de artistas del
sello musical Orfanato Music
Group de la talla de Syko y
Kendo Kaponi.
Don Omar y NHTSA les
recuerda a nuestra comunidad
latina; “Si va a salir a celebrar
y tomar, designe de antemano
a un conductor que se comprometa a mantenerse sobrio,
y quien les podrá llevar a sus
hogares sanos y salvos o tome
transporte público.”
“Para nosotros en es un
gran honor contar con la
participación este año de uno
de los representantes más
importantes de la escena latina
actual, un líder, una voz única
que, estoy seguro llevará muy
lejos el mensaje de prevención
que es vital para nuestra
comunidad hispana en todas
partes”, dijo Carlos Alcazar,
presidente de Hispanic Communications Network.
Para más información
puede comunicarse con Susan
Stipcianos (786) 683-6749
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LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
PAGE 5
Media Arts Center Selected to Receive Starbucks Run for
Shared Planet Youth Action Grant
ourselves
This Fall, San Diego and
Tijuana teens will work together
to create a series of short digital stories as part of Media Arts
Center San Diego’s Teen Producers Project. Media Arts
Center helps teens serve as
leaders and catalysts for positive action through the use of
media technology, and to support these efforts, was awarded
a Youth Action Grant by Starbucks Coffee Company to encourage young people to drive
change in their communities.
Through collaboration and
creation of digital stories, Teen
Producers Project students will
explore issues that they are
faced with everyday including
immigration and border matters. Students will learn all aspects of filmmaking from interviewing skills to editing and
graphic design through handson experience in start to finish
video creation.
“We believe it’s important for
teens to work together and become a part of the conversations affecting their communities,” said Melissa Johnson,
Media Arts Center San Diego’s
Education Coordinator. “These
youth-produced videos represent more than just the skill of
learning how to create videos,
but more importantly, how to be
an active citizen in our country.”
Throughout the project,
Media Arts Center will compile the collection of youth-produced videos highlighting their
unique perspectives. Once
completed, the videos will be
distributed online and will be
made available to the public to
encourage further conversation.
This effort aligns with Starbucks Shared Planet commitment to community involvement. In 2008, the company
announced a goal to engage
50,000 young people to innovate and take action in their
communities by 2015. In 2009,
Starbucks awarded Youth Action Grants totaling $2.1 million
to more than 70 community
organizations across the country, engaging over 20,000 young
people in service activities.
“We’re pleased to support
organizations that are dedicated
to cultivating tomorrow’s
change makers,” said Rodney
Hines, Starbucks director of
Community Investments. “We
hope our Youth Action Grants
will enable a new generation
of creative problem-solvers to
make a meaningful impact in
their communities while gaining valuable life skills.
Youth, ages 14-18, from
throughout San Diego County
and Tijuana are encouraged to
apply. The classes will be on
Saturdays from 10am - 2pm
starting September 11th and
running until November 27th.
The San Diego class will be
held at the Media Arts Center
San Diego’s new location
(2921 El Cajon Boulevard San
Diego, CA 92104). The Tijuana
class location will be announced on our website. Space
is still available. Interested students can sign-up on www.
mediaartscenter.org/upcoming
tpp.
For almost 10 years, Media
Arts Center San Diego has
helped “change lives through
film” with the Teen Producers
Project. The program has
helped over 1,000 local high
school students have a voice
in their community via film production.
The Imperial Beach
International Film
Festival
tricts Visual & Performing Arts
department. The two day event
begins on Friday September
17th 7 pm at the Marina Vista
Center located at 1075 8th
Street Imperial Beach. Directly following the event attendees can enjoy an evening
of food and live music at the
festival’s opening night gala.
On Saturday September
18th enjoy a day down at the
pier for the festivals “Cinema
by the Surf” event. This yea’s
feature film is “Back to the Future” sstarring Michael J. Fox
that starts at dusk. Prior to the
main film event there will be live
music starting at 3pm followed
by the participation of Nohemi’s
Zumba Group to help get everyone back in shape. This
year’s event is made possible
through the generous support of
the Unified Port of San Diego,
Cox Communications, Pacific
Realty, APS Marine Services,
Leak Control Services, & The
Chula Vista Brewery.
The Imperial Beach International Film Festival is produced by Imperial Beach based
Corporation the South County
Renaissance Project. For more
information log onto the new
website at www.ibscrp.com
The South County Renaissance
Project announces the 8th annual
International Film Festival
September 17th & 18th.
The Imperial Beach International Film Festival kicks off
its 8th season highlighting the
work of student filmmakers
from the San Diego region that
include works of students from
San Diego State, UCSD, and
the Sweetwater School Dis-
Free Food, Fun, and
Entertainment at the
Fifth Annual Spring
Valley Library Fiesta
The Spring Valley library,
836 Kempton St, is hosting their
fifth annual Fiesta on September 18 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The theme of this year’s fiesta
is “Nurturing Minds and Bodies,” and will feature live entertainment, speakers, music,
art, refreshments, and community booths.
The Spring Valley Fiesta is
free to the community and has
events and activities for children, teens, and adults. Included on the agenda are performances by singer/songwriter Nicole Torres nd Ballet
Folklorico, a Low Rider Car
Display, and a photography display by Manuel Cavada, photographer and curator. Spring
Valley Branch Manager, Christine Plante, sees the Fiesta as
“a great opportunity for the
community of Spring Valley to
come together and celebrate a
culture rich in music, dance, and
art.”
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planned to travel to the US
since he would do whatever it
took to help his family.
WOLA’s Maureen Meyer
contended that Mexico must
ensure that not only are the perpetrators of the San Fernando
Massacre brought to justice,
but that government agents involved in violations of migrants’
human rights are held accountable and prosecuted.
On a broader note, Meyer
stressed how the treatment of
runs prior to the one for
Consuelo. All are important. If
you would like to participate in
or support them, in preparation
for the February run, please
contact Calpolli Teoxicalli at:
[email protected] or
[email protected].
Regardless if you take part
in the Barrio Runs, please consider fulfilling Consuelo’s
dream about educating our
communities about cancer this
February.
Rodriguez is an assistant
professor at the University
of Arizona. Published on
LatinoLA: www.latinola.com/
story.php?story=8896
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Come and learn about the work Foundation for Women is doing
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has
economic security.
When her family has economic security, her
community has
economic security.
When communities have economic security, the
nation has economic security.
When the nation has economic security, the
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moment
with an awareness of all the
negative forces – external and
internal – that continually beset our communities.
We run for ourselves and
those closest to us. We do the
runs to help heal our communities – whether it is from diseases such as drugs and alcohol or gang and domestic violence – or from the diseases
of hate and bigotry. A summer
run last year included one from
Tucson to Phoenix to defeat an
attempt to eliminate Raza
Studies statewide while another one was done as an effort to bring consciousness to
our communities regarding the
sky-high high rates of obesity,
diabetes and heart disease.
The barrio/ceremonial runs are
connected to the Peace and
Dignity Journeys that take
place every four years from
Alaska and Chile to Central
Sunday,
September 19
11am- 4 pm
Bonitafest Melodrama “Ms. Sweetwater Valley”
Beauty is only skin deep,
maybe even less if you are the
evil villains Cadwell von Fowl
and Lickpenny trying to ruin the
region’s premier pageant.
South Bay’s favorite bad
guys return to wreck havoc
and provide laughter in the 33rd
Annual Bonitafest Melodrama
“Ms. Sweetwater Valley,”
Sept. 17, 18, 24 and 25 at the
Bonita Vista High School
Bolles Theatre. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Written and directed by
Sunnyside playwright/songwriter Max Branscomb, “Ms.
Sweetwater Valley” was inspired by a controversial local
pageant. Branscomb’s musical-
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America. They are part of an
Indigenous prophecy that
seeks to unite Pacha Mama –
Abya Yalla or North and South
America.
The early morning barrio
runs have a powerful effect,
especially upon onlookers
when they see the ceremonial
staffs we run with. Onlookers
might think that this is how we
protest in Tucson, but we run
not for the media nor for or
against politicians. As the
youngsters say, we speak with
our feet and our feet do leave
huellas or footprints.
In a few months, there will
be a very special barrio run,
co-sponsored by the American
Cancer Society, to bring about
cancer awareness to our communities – part of a dream of
one of our young leaders –
Consuelo Aguilar – who passed
away a year-and a half ago in
the heat of battle at the age of
27. That run will mark the second anniversary of her death
in February and we expect our
entire community to be there.
She too will be there. ¡Presente!
There will be a number of
comedy is a tuneful and uplifting story of a young woman
who draws from a strong upbringing to overcome tragedy
and disappointment to encourage others by her example.
Melodrama institution Timothy Paul Evans returns for his
30th production as Lickpenny.
Gabriel Orendain-Necochea is
back again to play the bumbling
villain Cadwell von Fowl.
Talented 15-year-old singer/
actress Natalee Nordfelt plays
the leading lady Lindsey
Magnuson. Chantal Marie
Branscomb plays her little sister, Paulette. Chloe Yantis
plays the spacey but goodhearted Melody Sue McGuire
and Ginny Mabrey plays the
shy singing sensation Shannon
May.
San Diego County’s longestrunning theatre production, the
Bonitafest Melodrama features original musical-comedies
based on South Bay history. Its
multicultural, family-oriented
shows are known for their
tuneful songs, comical villains
and uplifting storylines.
This year’s production
opens with its traditional Picnic-on-the-Green on Sept. 17
at 6 p.m. For $15 theatre-goers
receive a catered dinner by
Chic fil A and tickets to the
show. For ticket information
call (619) 850-7126.
migrants passing through
Mexico has worsened since
the US began demanding that
the Mexican government take
more action in controlling migrant routes, thus channeling
thousands of people into the
hands of organized criminal networks.
In both the US and Mexico,
she added, the push factors
behind migration are largely ignored in current policy debates.
“We view migration as a legislative issue,” Meyer said.
“People will keep coming 10
years from now if we don’t
start having a focus on economic policy and trade policy.”
In Tamaulipas, meanwhile,
the gravity of the situation on
the ground was demonstrated
in the immediate days after the
grim discovery in San
Fernando. On August 27, two
car bombs exploded in the state
capital of Ciudad Victoria; one
of the devices blew up outside
the local Televisa affiliate. Two
days earlier, Roberto Javier
Suarez Vazquez, the investigator for the Tamaulipas state attorney general’s office who was
initially assigned the San
Fernando case, vanished from
the face of the earth.
Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line,
U.S.-Mexico border news Center for
Latin American and Border Studies
New Mexico State University Las
Cruces, New Mexico.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Sept 11, 2001: A Day to Never
Be Forgotten
I
t has been nine years since the terrorist attacks on the United States
when four airliners were hijacked
by al-Qaeda terrorists. Two airplanes, loaded with passengers, crashed
into the Twin Towers of the World Trade
Center in New York City. The third
crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth
airplane crashed into an open field after
heroic passengers stormed the cockpit.
There were no survivors from any of
the planes. The world mourned the 2977
deaths that day. The impact of the devastating events reached beyond the immediate deaths of passengers, office workers, and public safety officials. The Twin
Towers collapsed, the Pentagon suffered
major damage, and the United States, on
a whole, changed that day.
For the editor, it was like any other day,
waking up to the news on the radio. But
then the news broke. My wife was
startled, “Did you hear that?” she exclaimed. We could not believe our ears.
We turned on the television to watch the
first reports as they showed the planes
crashing into the towers. Even seeing it
with our own eyes, it was hard to believe
that this was happening, the United States
was under attack!
That whole day and for weeks thereafter, we followed the news. We heard the
shocking stories of destruction, and
learned of the heroic efforts of the flight
crew and passengers who sacrificed their
lives in order to prevent the fourth plane
from reaching its intended destination, the
White House. We saw and heard of the
heroic actions of the New York Fire Department, the stories of individuals acting heroically in the face of danger, and
the country coming together in this time
of shock, confusion, grief, and anger.
Al-Qaeda was identified as the terrorist group under the leadership of Osama
bin Laden.
The War on Terror was launched when
the United States invaded Afghanistan to
depose the Taliban, who had harbored alQaeda terrorists, and find, if not kill,
Osama bin Laden.
From there the war on terrorism went a
little sideways. The focus shifted from Afghanistan and bin Laden to Iraq and the
deposing of Saddam Hussein as president.
The rationale for the war on Iraq was based
on a foundation of lies including assertions of weapons of mass destruction.
However, when those weapons weren’t
found after military action had begun,
there was no turning back. President Bush
and his administration was intent on seeing this war through and there was no political will to question the rational.
Finally after seven years of war in Iraq
(the war on Iraq was declared in 2003),
after the destruction of that country,
President Barrack Obama declared an
end to the war this month. The war against
the Taliban and bin Laden continues on
in Afghanistan.
The United States was forever changed
after 9/11. We lost a bit of our innocence
on that day. Historically, United States
civilians had never been under this type
of attack. The idea of what war is has
changed, and the threat of another terrorist attack possibly happening is with
us every day.
We shall always remember September
11, 2001 not only for what happened that
day but for the changes that have happened
since that day and that will continue on
into the future.
God Bless America as we pray for the
day when we can all live in peace.
Ground Zero: build an all-faith peace center
By Partha Banerjee
On Sept. 11, 2001, my daughter was on
her fourth day at Stuyvesant High School, just
a couple of blocks off the World Trade Center. She saw the terror and hurt up close. She
saw innocent people jumping off the towers
to death in panic and desperation.
My wife and I lost touch with her for the
entire day. Then, finally, at 10 at night, she
came back home — covered with ashes and
dust and asbestos off the towers. We’ll live
for the rest of our lives with fear that she might
get some horrible disease from it.
The attacks on 9/11 were all too real for us.
So I deeply understand why people want
Ground Zero to be respected. I share that sentiment.
But I do not respect the knee-jerk politics
around the so-called Ground Zero mosque.
Republican presidential aspirant Newt
Gingrich has said, “Nazis don’t have the right
to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington.”
There’s a huge difference here. Gingrich is
implying either that all Muslims were behind
the 9/11 attacks, or that the leaders of the proposed Islamic community center near Ground
Zero are disciples of Osama bin Laden.
Neither is true.
President Obama initially said, “Muslims
have the same right to practice their religion
as everyone else in this country.” He properly
reminded us that “this is America.” Unfortunately, he later equivocated.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in the
midst of a tough senate re-election battle in
Nevada, said that “the mosque should be built
someplace else.” Election fears are real, after
all!
It is disappointing that seasoned politicians
like Obama and Reid did not anticipate ahead
of time the exploitation of the issue, even
though common sense indicated it was bound
to happen. Now, even moderate Democrats
are playing the compromise and catch-up
game to placate an unsure electorate and an
angry, unemployed work force. It’s not going
well. Just a couple of weeks ago, a group of
workers demonstrated at Ground Zero against
building the Islamic center near the site.
A non-issue is suddenly an explosive election issue. That is bizarre, since we ought to
be talking about the unemployment and housing crises, the BP oil spill and the war in Afghanistan.
Here’s a proposal for a new house of worship: What if we put our energy instead toward building an all-faith peace center on that
sacred ground, where all Americans would be
able to come and pray for global peace, inclusion, understanding and tolerance in
America, and denounce bigotry and violence
of any kind?
And what if we chose a less politically sensitive time to do it?
Today, our country is careening down a dangerous road.
This is not my America. This is not my
daughter’s America.
Partha Banerjee is a college teacher and a human rights
and media activist in New York. He can be reached at
[email protected].
What Controls Immigration?
It’s The Economy, Stupid
By Peter Schrag
It’s hardly news that, like Arizona, many
states and scores of cities have been looking
for ways to drive illegal immigrants out – ordering cops to detain people who can’t show
documents verifying their right to be here, passing measures to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and employers who hire them.
And there are the Republicans who want to
fiddle with the Constitution to deny children born
to illegal aliens birthright citizenship.
So obviously Americans must be panicking
because illegal immigration has been spiking,
right?
Wrong. A new report from the Pew Hispanic
Center, like a similar Census report earlier this
year, indicates a dramatic decline not only in
the number of people entering the country illegally between 2007 and 2009 — for Mexicans,
it’s down by 70 percent from three years ago
— but in the number of illegal aliens living here,
down from roughly 12 million in 2007 to 11.1
million today.
It’s not a new paradox, if it’s a paradox at
all. Nobody can be sure how much of the decline in illegal immigration and in the number of
resident illegal aliens in recent years is due to
more stringent enforcement, as anti-immigration groups like the Center for Immigration Studies claim, and how much is the recession.
And since recessions and unemployment inevitably feed the backlash against immigration,
it becomes even more difficult to tease them
apart. The Pew report fastidiously avoids any
making choice between them. Almost certainly
it’s some of each.
But if you look at the economic cycles of the
past, especially in the years when there was no
federal enforcement – before there were “illegal” immigrants, before the Border Patrol, the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, before
ICE – there was a consistent link between the
U.S. economy, events abroad (the Irish potato
famine, for example; or the Russian pogroms)
and the flow of aliens to this country.
The Depression of the 1870s drove annual
immigration down from 460,000 in 1873 to
178,000 in 1879. Similarly, the severe Depression of the 1890s drove the annual number of
arrivals from an average of more than 500,000
in the 1880s to less than 270,000 a year in the
middle of the not-so-gay nineties and to 229,000
in 1898. With recovery after the turn of the
century immigration climbed to historic highs,
sometimes running to over one million annually
in the decade before World War I.
To oversimplify only a bit, immigration has
always been a trailing indicator of the U.S.
economy. When times were good, they came;
when times turned bad, they not only came in
much smaller numbers, but many went back.
Sometimes the migrations took a few months
to slow; sometimes it took a year. Given modern communications and the speed of travel,
the contemporary effects come faster, but they
probably come just as surely.
The new numbers from Pew also reconfirm
earlier data indicating the great shift in the des-
any problem with the board meeting before
the regular school board meeting to “ask questions” of the Superintendent while they all sit
around munching on goodies at the tax payers expense. In two years this board has voted
unanimously all issues, except one, the one
exception was on the order of things not a
Russell Coronado is confused and look- biggie… In the old days this board would be
ing for answers. Coronado announced his called a rubber stamp… hell today we call it a
move to North County and not sure what to rubber stamp…
do about his seat on the Chula Vista Elementary School Board. Here is a suggestion, don’t Talk about taking it in the shorts: San Didelay in vacating your seat, do it now and let ego water users are going to have pay more
the voters decide in Nov., on your replace- for their water so that broken and old pipes
ment. The longer you wait you’ll miss the elec- can be replaced. Of course this should have
tion date and in all likelihood then becomes been taken care of a long time ago, but the
city decided they needed a downtown
yet another appointment…
ballpark instead… Now the residents have to
CV elementary school board doesn’t see pay a defacto tax for a ballpark that not all
tinations of new immigrants. Where the greatest flow had once gone to California and the
Southwest, it was now going to the packing
plants of the Midwest and the farms of the
Southeast. Nonetheless, California still has a
larger share of the immigrant labor force other
than Nevada. California is also home to 23 percent of illegal aliens, far and way the largest
percentage of any state.
Because border enforcement had been concentrated on the historic routes into Texas and
California, it pushed much more of the traffic
into Arizona. Inevitably, the backlash followed,
especially in places that had never seen Latinos
before.
Yet, notwithstanding the declines of the past
three years, the numbers of aliens living in this
country without documentation still remains far
higher than it was a decade ago and triple what
it was in 1990.
That increase, in the view of scholars, is the
really ironic unintended consequence of upgraded enforcement at the border. Because they
made the border crossing ever more expensive and dangerous, the beefed-up Border Patrol, now with four times the manpower it had
twenty years ago, the walls and fences, the
sensors and other electronics changed the historic migration pattern.
Millions who once shuttled seasonally between jobs in the U.S. and their homes in
Mexico or further south simply stayed put, sent
for their families and became permanent, if
sometimes reluctant, residents of the United
States. The immigrants come when the
economy needs them. They leave when it
doesn’t.
But the most significant thing the Pew numbers seem to show – and what California seems
to prove – is that it’s not absolute numbers that
drive anti-immigrant backlash, but the pace of
immigration – and the degree of familiarity with
the ethnic diversity that immigration brings.
California had its Arizona episode in the first
half of the 1990s, when we passed Proposition
187, the initiative that sought to deny all public
services, schooling included, to illegal aliens.
It’s unlikely that California will have such a
period again. Nor, in the long run, will the nation. In another thirty or forty years, the United
States will no longer have a non-Hispanic white
majority. Well before then, our immigration politics – and our policy – are likely to be radically
different. .
Already most younger Americans seem far
more comfortable than their elders with our
growing diversity, just as they are more comfortable with gay marriage and other social issues that drive some of their parents to the wall,
or maybe the Tea Party. Nothing is forever.
Peter Schrag’s column appears every Monday in the
California Progress Report. He is the former editorial
page editor and columnist of the Sacramento Bee. He is
the author of Paradise Lost: California’s Experience,
America’s Future and California: America’s High Stakes
Experiment. His new book, Not Fit for Our Society:
Immigration and Nativism in America is now on sale. To
reach Peter, email him at [email protected].
that many people seem to be going too…
Not to be out done the Otay Water Board
raised the water rates for its customers by
5.6% this week. Guess the board needed to
pay for all their junkets and extra perks. Jose
Preciado didn’t seem to have a problem with
the tax/rate increase; at least Ron Morrision
had enough sense to vote against the tax.
Crossroads II seems a bit peeved over a
public relations contract associated with the
future building going on at Southwestern College. Crossroaders are calling this a waste of
taxpayer money… okay… hopefully they will
go after the Sweetwater school board and the
South Bay school board who all have PR support with their building projects… they must
be wasting taxpayer money too… right?
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
PAGE 7
Commentary/Opinion Page
Top Five Reasons Carly Fiorina
“No Es Mi Amiga”
By Rebecca Greenberg
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION
funded Medicaid programs serving approximately seven million Californians.
3. Fiorina is notorious for outsourcing
and mass layoffs. While serving as CEO of
Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina fired 18,000 people
and outsourced tens of thousands of jobs – a
move she calls “right-shoring.” She still brags
about this decision every chance she gets, and
has said that her only regret is not firing those
workers faster.
4. Fiorina doesn’t care about the uninsured and the under-insured. She wants to
repeal the new health care reform law, which
provides much-needed access to affordable
healthcare for as many as eight million uninsured Californians, as well as countless others
with pre-existing conditions who have been
denied care.
5. Fiorina refuses to recognize the essential role that immigrant workers play
in our community and economy. According
to Fiorina, “Illegal immigration has eroded
Americans’ trust in government, threatened our
national security and hurt our fellow Californians.”
Carly’s job-cutting proposals would devastate Latino workers who, like all Californians,
are struggling with the economic devastation
caused by her friends on Wall Street. She opposes health care reform that will benefit thousands of Latinos and has said she would cutoff unemployment checks for hundreds of thousands who are still looking for work during this
economic crisis.
California Labor Federation’s Art
Pulaski:
She’s pushing more of the same failed policies that destroyed our economy and forced
millions of Latinos and other workers into the
unemployment line. The last thing California
Latinos need is Carly’s anti-immigrant, jobslashing agenda.
The bottom line, according to protestors today, is that despite Fiorina’s bogus rhetoric,
“Carly No Es Mi Amiga.”
The viedo “Carly No Es Mi Amiga” can be
view at: http://www.facebook.com/TheReal
Carly?akid=1203.1050536.gMx_HQ&rd=
1&ref=ts&t= 1&v=app_4949752878
Problemas sin resolver
Por Maribel Hastings
AMERICA’S VOICE
WASHINGTON – Dos desarrollos en una
semana: un reporte sobre el descenso en la cifra
de indocumentados en Estados Unidos, y una
demanda contra un alguacil, Joe Arpaio, notorio
precisamente por perseguir indocumentados, y
señalado por emplear perfiles raciales y
violentar derechos civiles en el proceso.
El Departamento de Justicia demandó a
Arpaio, alguacil del condado de Maricopa, Arizona, por no colaborar con la pesquisa que se
conduce en su contra por prácticas discriminatorias y violaciones al Título VI de la
Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964.
De otra parte, un reporte del Centro Hispano
Pew documentó una baja de indocumentados
en Estados Unidos. Entre marzo de 2007 y
marzo de 2009 ingresaron, en promedio, 300
mil inmigrantes anualmente comparado con 850
mil por año entre 2000 y 2005.
El informe no ofrece razones, pero indica que
“durante el lapso cubierto por el análisis han
habido importantes cambios en el nivel de
aplicación de leyes y estrategias migratorias,
así como significativas fluctuaciones en la
economía de Estados Unidos”.
Obviamente la crisis económica es factor para
el descenso.
Y obviamente, el gobierno apuntará al
reforzamiento de la frontera, las redadas y el
alza en las deportaciones como factores para
desalentar los cruces, aunque la masacre de
Tamaulipas y el aumento de muertes de
migrantes en el desierto de Arizona son prueba
de que otros siguen arriesgándolo todo, incluso
su vida, para llegar a Estados Unidos.
Arpaio también se acredita miles de deportaciones. Según reportó la Prensa Asociada, la
oficina del alguacil de Maricopa “fue responsable de la deportación o salida forzosa de
26,146 inmigrantes desde 2007”, casi una cuarta
parte de las 115,841 deportaciones adjudicadas
a 64 agencias que participan del programa
287(g) que convierte a policías estatales en Maribel Hastings es asesora ejecutiva y
agentes de inmigración.
analista de America’s Voice.
Con todo, aunque los indocumentados sean
Much like her CEO pal Meg “Wall Street”
Whitman, GOP Senate candidate “Corporate”
Carly Fiorina has been pretending to be a friend
to Latinos as of late, in a cynical ploy to garner
votes.
But the more Latinos learn about the real
Carly, the less they like. The fact is, Fiorina’s
positions on the issues that Latinos care most
about, like immigration, jobs, education and
health care, put her in direct opposition to Latino
values and California values.
SEIU-USWW President Mike Garcia:
Carly Fiorina is trying to get Latinos to vote
for her, but her positions clearly demonstrate
that she does not share our values as Latinos
and she does not share our values as Californians. She is against comprehensive immigration reform, supports Arizona’s discriminatory
SB 1070 and has outsourced California jobs.
We will not be fooled.
To expose Fiorina’s hidden agenda, we’ve
worked with Brave New Films and SEIU California to release a new online short produced
by Brave New Films. The video, entitled “Carly
No Es Mi Amiga,” highlights Fiorina’s far-right
positions on immigration and other issues that
matter most to Latinos.
Today, dozens of Latino workers, supporters
and labor leaders came out for the world premiere of “Carly No Es Mi Amiga,” which was
held right outside of Fiorina’s Sacramento office. The film played numerous times on a screen
so large Fiorina’s staff couldn’t help but see it.
As part of the video release, Brave New
Films launched a new online campaign spotlighting the top five reasons why Carly Fiorina
is no friend to Latinos:
1. Fiorina thinks racial profiling is A-OK.
She fiercely supports SB 1070 — the Arizona
immigration law that essentially legalizes racial
profiling. In fact, Fiorina was quoted saying,
“This law [SB 1070] is necessary, because the
federal government isn’t doing its job and the
people in Arizona are in danger.”
2. Fiorina opposes vital funding for education and health care in our communities.
She spoke out against the emergency state aide
bill, which saved the jobs of approximately Rebecca Greenberg works for the Califor13,700-16,500 teachers in California and also nia Labor Federation.
By Gustavo Arellano
Investing in Education
By Rep. Henry Cuellar
The cliché is true. ‘Education is the gateway
to opportunity’ has been said so many times
that it’s almost an empty expression. But it’s
still very true.
Earning an education is the greatest investment a person can make and adhering to that
axiom has paid off for million Americans, including myself.
As individuals, as a community and as a country- we can all agree that keeping Americans
equipped with knowledge and skills is of the
highest importance.
But, today, what once was a path to prosperity is leading us to second place—or actually
18th place internationally according to a recent
study on secondary education by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Indeed, the statistics paint a stark picture. According to the OECD study, only 75 percent of
American students graduate from high school,
compared to 93 percent in South Korea.
The figures are especially disheartening in
the Hispanic community. The Pew Hispanic
Center released earlier this year that 41 percent of Hispanic adults in the U.S. do not have
a high school diploma, compared with 14 percent of white adults.
You don’t need a degree in economics to know
that those who have gone on to college level
coursework typically earn more money than
high school graduates. In the district I represent in South Texas- which is largely Hispaniconly about 20 percent of adults have college
degrees.
Approximately 40 states currently have a deficit
or are in a deficit situation and many are cutting
spending on education, leading to major job losses
for teachers. In August, Congress was called
back in session and passed emergency legislation for the education community, providing
$10billion total for the nation. This legislation will
save or create 319,000 jobs, including 161,000
teacher jobs with 13,400 jobs in Texas.
Last April in Laredo, over 300 middle school
students participated in a program called STEM-
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. Hispanics lag in these fields and it’s vital
that our schoolchildren are aware of opportunities in these industries. They met with scientists and engineers from NASA, Texas Instruments, Mercedes Benz Technology, Society of
Hispanic Professional Engineers, Texas A &
M International University among others.
Through hands-on work stations and labs, these
students were exposed to a whole new world
of career options. I’m proud to say that this
event will grow and continue annually.
More than any other commodity, the industrious mind is America’s greatest resource and
we need to make sure we are maintaining our
investment to compete globally.
Thomas L. Friedman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the NY Times, summed it
up when he wrote, “My parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are
starving.” I tell my daughters, ‘Finish your
homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.’”
One of the biggest investments in education
doesn’t even cost a penny. All it takes is time.
Being involved in your child’s education is more
than buying a pack of pencils during back-toschool shopping. It means keeping the lines of
communication open with teachers, students
and parents. Don’t wait for a problem to talk
to teachers. Review your child’s school records
each year. It is your right, and you should know
what information is in the file. Keep informed
about your child’s grades and test results.
America is one of the few places in the world
where if you dream big enough and work hard
enough you can improve your lot in life. Let’s
reaffirm our commitment to education to
strengthen our communities. Let’s keep education as a path to success and not a bridge to
nowhere.
Congressman Henry Cuellar was sworn into office in
January 2005. Prior to his election to the U.S. House of
Representatives, Congressman Cuellar served as
Texas’102nd Secretary of State and as a fourteen-year
member of the Texas Legislature. Reprinted from
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menos, siguen viviendo 11.1 millones entre
nosotros. El Centro Hispano Pew dice que “a
pesar del reciente descenso, la población de
inmigrantes no autorizados en 2009 era casi
una tercera parte (32%) mayor que en el año
2000 cuando eran 8.4 millones. El tamaño de
este sector se ha triplicado desde 1990, cuando
eran 3.5 millones”.
La realidad es que a nadie ayuda que
prevalezca esta situación. Ni a nuestra
economía ni a nuestra seguridad nacional, ni a
nuestros valores como nación.
En su columna en el diario The Washington
Post, Edward Schumacher-Matos escribió que
en 2007 el fondo fiduciario del Seguro Social
recibió un beneficio neto de entre 120 mil y
240 mil millones de dólares de inmigrantes
indocumentados. Se calcula que en el año 2007,
dos terceras partes de los trabajadores
indocumentados, casi seis millones de personas, estaban pagando impuestos al Seguro Social contribuyendo a la solvencia del programa.
“El beneficio que recibimos de los inmigrantes
no autorizados es especialmente irónico”,
escribió Schumacher-Matos.
Otra realidad: Arpaio seguirá escudando sus
cuestionables prácticas bajo el manto de la
seguridad aunque violente derechos civiles, ignore más de 40 mil órdenes de arresto por
delitos graves en su condado, desbarate la
relación entre la comunidad y las agencias del
orden que se suponen la protejan, y ponga en
peligro 113 millones de dólares en fondos
federales para su condado condicionados a que
no se discrimine contra los residentes.
La demanda del Departamento de Justicia
contra Arpaio por no colaborar es bienvenida,
pero más lo sería que, tras 17 meses de
pesquisa, realmente le pusieran un hasta aquí
a sus excesos porque ni las acciones de Arpaio
ni el descenso en la cifra de indocumentados
reportado por Pew borran la mayor de las
realidades: el problema de fondo sigue sin
resolverse.
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
Why are
Mexicans in
SPECIAL MEXICAN INDENDENCE
Southern
DAY EDITION
California
professing so
Dear Readers: ¡VIVA MÉXICO,
much hate
CABRONES! Happy 200th cumpleaños to against AfricanAmerica’s favorite country, to the land of
Americans?
pretty señoritas and eternal economic crises, Especially since
to the world’s greatest, drunkest bola de
they are mostly Catholics and I believe
hijos de la chingada! Celebrate this 16th,
racism is against all Catholic teachings?
drive safe, and guys: remember to wear a
Whose teaching these mostly young
helmet before going into battle with a
Mexicans to hate and kill Africangabacha, if you coger my drift. On with the Americans? I’m not talking about killing
questions!
gang-banging African Americans, but
innocent people like the girl murdered in
Dear Mexican: On the Fourth of July, Long Beach. I’m sure you know that an
my mother’s neighbors in Pico Rivera
African was the president of Mexico, and
decided to rope off the street and have a fought for its independence! So, what’s
block party. She was given a flier that
the problem?
said in English, “Come Celebrate
Know Nothing, and Proud
Independence Day!” but on the flip side,
in Spanish, it said, “Vengán a Celebrar el
Dear Readers: I received the above carta
Día de la Manzana!” I’ve Googled my
a couple of years ago, when a spat of
culo off and I can’t find any reference to murders and beatings between Mexicans and
celebrating Apple Day in July. Is this just African-Americans because of race got the
a made-up holiday by illegal immigrants media to do specials, write breathless stories,
so they can party down on the Fourth and and wonder out loud if the reason that
still thumb their noses at the gringos by Mexicans targeted negritos was because of
NOT celebrating American
an anti-black gene embedded in the Mexican
Independence Day? It doesn’t make
soul. Know Nothings, of course, used the
sense—my wife’s family snuck over here anti-negrito crimes to further push their claim
illegally in the 70’s and they always
that Mexicans are evil and thus worthy of
looked forward to the 4th of July
deportation. Flash-forward to this year, in
barbecues, etc., and the only Apple Day I Staten Island, where it emerged that
can find is in Great Britain in October.
Mexicans were being targeted by AfricanMy mom said that if they had put
Americans because of their ethnicity. Did the
“Independence Day” on the flier, they
media push the story that the perps targeted
would have all shown up two months late Mexis because African-Americans are
on September 16th. What gives?
inherently racist? No, because that’s faulty
Ready to Pop Some Picollo Petes logic, just like the anti-black-gene canard.
Ethnic conflict in the United States is as
Dear Wab: I think what we see here is
American as Apple Day—not excusing it,
what Chicano scholars like to call rasquache: and not denying that Mexico does have its
the uniquely Mexican art of creating beauty
own unique racial pendejadas, but the
from crap. I’m talking black velvet Elvis
Mexican finds its highly amusing at how easily
portraits, additions to homes, fitting 19 to a
the media and Know Nothings cast us as
car, the entirety of Mexico City, and the
inherent racists yet don’t apply the same
comedic styling of George Lopez.—all
standard to our persecutors. What’s good for
rasquache. In this case, it seems your
the ganso isn’t good for the gander,
neighbors apply rasquachismo to semiotics apparently. Finally, yes: Mexico had a black
by associating the Fourth of July with apple
president (Vicente Guerrero) and a freedom
pie and creating a new nickname for the
fighter (José María Morelos).
holiday, so don’t take offense. Hey: at least
they translated the invitation, instead of the
Ask the Mexican at themexican@ask
usual gabacho ruse of calling the police when amexican.net, be his fan on Facebook,
Mexis start parking on lawns because they
follow him on Twitter or ask him a video
invited too many people to the house again.
question at youtube.com/askamexicano!
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Boxing gets back to business with Pacquiao vs. Margarito
By Steve Galindo III
Contrary to what you may
have heard, the sport of boxing is not dying or dead-nor will
it be anytime soon. I know that
news may be hard to fathom,
as even the most loyal supporters of the sport admit that
2010 has been a rather dull
year for the Sweet Science.
Yes, there has been a lack of
big fights this year that can be
attributed to a plethora of
things such as the current
bickering between promotional companies, and the fact
that most big name pugilists
choose to fight once, or twice
a year (or whenever HBO
tells them to).
But despite all the nonsense,
Boxing’s outlook for the remainder of the calendar year
is chock-full of big fights, and
none is bigger than the bout
between the pound-for-pound
best fighter- Manny Pacquiao,
and former three-time Welterweight Champion Antonio
‘Tijuana Tornado’ Margarito.
The two met face-to-face in
Beverly Hills earlier in the
week to formally announce
their November 13th championship match that will take
place at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Since the inception of
the fight, all parties involved
have been met with intense
scrutiny- which is due to the
fact that Margarito is coming
off of a yearlong suspension
for trying to use illegal hand
wraps in his January 2009
match with Shane Mosley.
After being denied a license
by the state of California two
weeks ago, Margarito was
granted a license from the
Texas State Athletic Commission last week.
Despite pleas from many
media members calling for a
boycott of the fight, the show
will go on, as it should. With
70,000 people expected to attend the fight, this is exactly
the kind of spectacle that boxing needs. Like many others,
I much rather see Pacquiao,
and his Mexican nemesis Juan
Manuel Marquez settle the
score once and for all. There
is no disputing the fact that
Marquez is more deserving
than Margarito, but there is
also no disputing the fact that
Pacquiao-Margarito is a bigger fight at this time- for the
simple fact that controversy
sells, and at present time
Margarito is the most controversial figure in the sport.
As he took to the podium to
address the media, Margarito
had the look of relief on his
face. With a new lease on life
he gave thanks to Pacquiao,
and to the Texas State Athletic Commission. As he has
in the past, he declined to
comment on his suspension
but said the following “Everything that’s happened is in the
past, now we are in the present, I have faith that I’ll come
out with my hand raised.”
While Margarito refused to
talk about his suspension, his
Promoter Bob Arum spoke
about it in full detail. “Throughout this long ordeal, certain
things became evident” the 78
year-old promoter said. “Antonio Margarito did not know
that these hand wraps were
illegal, and there was something bad in the wraps, not one
shred of proof.” Arum would
go on to scold members of the
media that were present.
“Some writers talk about well
he got off because there
wasn’t clear and convincing
evidence-bullshit!-there wasn’t one shred of evidence.”
While Arum made the case
for his fighter’s innocence, his
other fighter, Pacquiao was
not buying it. Although Pacquiao believes that Margarito
knew about the illegal inserts
in his hand wraps, he says that
he is willing to give him a
chance. “He made a mistake”
Pacquiao said. “We are going
to give him a chance.” I have
a feeling that a lot more people
are going to be giving Margarito a chance come Nov.13.
De La Hoya on Margarito:
“He was extremely easy to
hit”
It is no secret that there is
genuine disdain between former sparring partners Antonio
Margarito, and Oscar De La
Hoya. The two engaged in a
memorable war-of-words two
years ago, prior to the Golden
Boy retiring from the sport.
Since then, the two have continued to throw verbal jabs at
each other through the media.
Recently, Margarito has become infuriated with De La
Hoya, Margarito feels that De
La Hoya’s influence over the
California State Athletic Commission cost him a chance of
getting relicensed in the State.
Margarito was denied a license from the Commission
by a vote of 5-1, two weeks
ago. De La Hoya has denied
any involvement in the matter,
and was asked about it during
the Saul “Canelo” AlvarezCarlos Baldomir conference
call held earlier in the week.
“Obviously people know how
I feel about the situation” De
La Hoya said. “I’ve never
spoken to the Commission; the
Commission has never spoken
to me.” An impassioned De
La Hoya would then go on to
say “I love this sport, I have
passion for this sport, and I
don’t want to see anybody try
to cheat the sport, that’s all I’ll
say.” But the Golden Boy
didn’t stop there, when asked
Aztecs Look for First 2-0 Start Boost Mobil y 4
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Since 1994
Following a 47-0 seasonopening shutout victory over
Nicholls State, San Diego
State (1-0) looks for its first
2-0 start to a campaign in 16
years when the Aztecs travel
to Las Cruces, N.M., to face
New Mexico State (0-0) on
Saturday. Kickoff is set for 6
p.m. MT (5 p.m. PT).
The game will be televised
by Aggie Vision, a syndicated
package in New Mexico, and
will be simulcast in San Diego
on Channel 4 San Diego. The
game can be heard throughout southern California on
AM600 KOGO.
San Diego State leads the alltime series, 7-1-1, including a
34-17 decision last season in San
Diego. This is the Aztecs’ first
visit to Las Cruces since 1955,
and SDSUis winless in two trips
to Las Cruces (0-1-1).
This is the first of two consecutive road games for the
Aztecs, who travel to Columbia, Mo., for a match-up with
Big 12 Conference member
Missouri (1-0) next week.
Last Saturday at Qualcomm
Stadium, San Diego State
cruised to a 47-0 victory. The
Aztec defense pitched a shut-
out and limited the Colonels to
12 first downs, 171 total yards
and 3-for-15 on third down
conversions. Of Nicholls State’s
63 offensive snaps, 32 went
for zero or negative yards. The
offense posted 313 yards and
two touchdowns through the
air and rushed for 218 yards
and four scores on the ground.
Senior DeMarco Sampson
caught seven passes for 179
yards and two touchdowns and
junior quarterback Ryan Lindley was 17-of-26 for 303 yards,
two touchdowns and no interceptions. Sophomore Walter
Kazee 16 carries, 74 yards, one
touchdown), true freshman
Ronnie Hillman (15 carries, 65
yards, one touchdown) and
senior starter Davon Brown
(11 carries, 65 yards, two
touchdowns) all piled up significant yardage.
With the victory last Saturday, San Diego State will enter this week’s game with a
winning record for the first
time in 69 games. The last
time the Aztecs entered a
game with a winning record
was Oct. 2, 2004 (2-1). In
those previous 68 games,
SDSUowned a .500 record.
Chivas Estarán
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Boost Mobile, el patrocinador
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invita a todos del área de San
Diego a un evento especial
celebrando la llegada de las
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El 13 de septiembre entre las
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Además tendremos la música energética de Cumbre
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about the many challenges
that Margarito has made towards him, his voice took a
more serious tone “Margarito
was my sparring partner for
two years, and he was extremely easy to hit, so to make
a fight with him, for me would
be nothing.”
EL GRAN CHISME
Juan Manuel Lopez vs.
Rafael Marquez rescheduled
The highly anticipated Featherweight Championship bout
between Puerto Rico’s Juan
Manuel Lopez and Mexico
City’s Rafael Marquez will
now take place on Nov. 6.
Originally scheduled for Sept.
18, the fight had to be rescheduled after Marquez suffered an
injury to his right thumb. “Fortunately, my thumb injury did
not prevent me from continuing my conditioning, including
running daily,” said Marquez.
The 12-round bout will be televised on Showtime.
Limond trying to upset
hero Morales on Mexican
Independence Day extravaganza
Scotsman Willie “Hands of
Steel” Limond, will try to play
matador to Mexican bull — 5time world champion in three
different weight classes, Erik
“Terrible” Morales — in their
September 11 showdown.
Limond (33-2, 8 KOs) will be
fighting for the first time outside of the United Kingdom
against living legend Morales
(49-6, 34 KOs), rated No. 2
by the World Boxing Council,
in an outdoor bull ring, Plaza
de Toros, which is being setup to seat 54,000 for “Mexican Fiesta.” Morales, which
is the last to defeat the great
Manny Pacquiao, will be
shooting for his 50th career
Manny Pacquiao (L) and Tijuana native Antonio Margarito (R) will fight
for the World Title on Nov 13. Credit Chris Farina/Top Rank
win in the 12-round main fighting for several months.
event. “Fighting Morales any- “While I wish a speedy recovwhere is a hard fight but to ery for Elio Rojas, I have to
fight him on Mexican Inde- admit that his ailment puts me
pendence Day makes it even in a position that I have to capiharder,” Limond noted. “The talize on,” said Burgos from
man is one of my heroes. It his native Tijuana, Mexico. “I
will be an honor to share the was waiting for my opporturing with him and I’m hoping nity; I knew that it was a matI can spoil the party. Former ter of time until my dream beWBC Light Flyweight Cham- came a reality. All my hard
pion Edgar Sosa (39-6, 23 work will finally pay off, I plan
KOs) challenges WBC Inter- to make my family, promoters
national Flyweight Champion and team proud and continue
Ryan Bito (18-6-3, 6 KOs), with a family tradition to bring
representing the Philippines, in a championship belt to the dinthe 12-round co-feature on the ner table very soon. I think I
“Mexican Fiesta” PPV card. have championship blood running through my veins and this
Juan Carlos Burgos ready one will be for my uncle.” Juan
to battle for Featherweight Carlos is the nephew of former
World Title
IBF light flyweight champion
#1 WBC Featherweight Victor Burgos who ferociously
contender Juan Carlos Burgos battled Vic Darchinyan for 12
(25-0, 18 KOs) is ready and hard rounds at the Home Dewilling to fight and he made it pot Center in 2007. The aforeclear upon hearing news that mentioned encounter resulted
the World Boxing Council has in a near death emergency
mandated him for a bout for brain surgery, a miraculous
the Featherweight World Title recovery, and ultimately retireagainst an opponent that has ment from the sport. “It’s an
yet to be named. The an- honor for me to be able to fight
nouncement was made on the for the World Boxing Council
heels of the news that current featherweight belt and I will
featherweight champion Elio do the title justice by giving
Rojas, of the Dominican Re- everyone a convincing victory.
public, suffered a severe in- I am ready to fight anybody,”
jury that will prevent him from concluded Juan Carlos Burgos
Chivas de Guadalajara vs. Chivas
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Major League Soccer and
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The match will take place on
Tuesday, September 14th at
PETCO Park.
This year’s “ChivaClásico”
- which features Copa Libertadores finalist Chivas de
Guadalajara against its Los
Angeles-based counterpart,
Chivas USA - is the second
edition of the match, with the
teams having squared off almost a year ago at the Rose
Bowl Stadium in Pasadena,
where Omar Arellano scored
two goals to give Chivas de
Guadalajara the 2-0 victory.
Chivas de Guadalajara,
Mexico’s most successful club
in history with 11 league
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and features many of the top
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Other stars on the team include Omar Bravo, Edgar
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In just its sixth season in
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Trujillo and Rodolfo Espinoza
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W Radio is the flagship station for soccer in Los Angeles and San Diego. The station holds exclusive radio
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The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is seeking qualified architectural firms to investigate and assess current conditions on a historical 100 year old, 34 residential unit building
located at 2172 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92102, commonly
known as the Parker-Kier Building. Interested and qualified firms,
including small businesses, minority-, women- and disabled
veteran-owned businesses that have successfully demonstrated
their ability to perform comparable work are invited to submit
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Fictitious Business Name:
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YES WE CAN SAN YSIDRO
RECYCLE, 388 W Calle Primera,
San Diego, CA 92173
Mailing Address: 1361 Tierra
Bonita Place, Chula Vista, CA
91910
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5217 Nannette St., Bonita, CA
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this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Yolanda Aguirre Avalos, President
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
12, 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.: 2010-021958
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010
La Prensa San Diego
Fictitious Business Name:
a. SANDIEGOAUTONEGOTIAT
OR.COM;
b. SDAUTONEGOTIATOR.COM;
c. SANDIEGOCARNEGOTIATOR.
COM
d. SDCARNEGOTIATOR.COM
e. CARRONEGOCIADORES.COM
f. AUTONEGOCIADORES.COM
g. SANDIEGOAUTONEGOTIA
TORS.COM
h. SDAUTONEGOTIATORS.
COM
i. SDCARNEGOTIATORS.COM
j. SANDIEGOCARNEGOTIATORS.
COM; 1122 Elm Ave., Chula
Vista, CA 91911
Mailing Address: 1122 Elm Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Michael A. Schenk, 1122 Elm
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Michael A. Schenk, Owner
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
04, 2010
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
REQUESTING BIDS REQUESTING BIDS
DOCUMENT 00020
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR BID
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 o’clock 2:00 p.m.
of the 6th Day of October 2010, sealed bids for the award of a
contract for Southwestern College: BID No. 182 - Building
570 Project Bid Package 1 – Selective Demolition and Hazardous Material Abatement. Bids shall be received in the office of the Program Manager; Seville Construction Services at
Southwestern College, Building 1688, located at 900 Otay Lakes
Road, Chula Vista, CA 91910, and shall be opened on the date
and the time listed above. Building 1688 is located south of
buildings 1684 and 1687B.
Each bid must conform and be responsive to the contract documents, copies of which will be available after September 14th,
2010 at Escondido Reprographics located at 1130 Simpson Way,
Escondido, CA 92029, phone number: 760-745-8626. Copies of
the above referenced bid packages are the responsibility of the
Contractor to procure at the standard ERI rates. CD’s are $10.00.
Documents can also be viewed and downloaded free at
www.eriplanroom.com – click on Public Bid or by contacting Wendy
Dean at 760-737-3003 or email [email protected]. Please
note that you will need to log in under your company’s name and
password in order to download the plans. If you do not have a
company log in and/or password, please register with the site
first. If you have questions about logging in or registering please
contact ERI at 760-745-8626, contact Neville.
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 not subject to Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise 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 as required by the scope of work required in
the above called out bid packages: B, C10, C20, C21, ASB/
HAZ. Any bidder not 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.
A MANDATORY bidders conference will be held at Southwestern
Community College, 900 Otay Lakes Road, Chula Vista 91910
on September 23rd, 2010 in Building 570, Room 571 at 10:00
a.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 ninety (90) days
after the date set for the opening of bids. Forward any questions to the Construction Manager: Echo Pacific, Brian Fay at
email: [email protected]. Contractors shall reference the
bid number in the email subject line. The final day for questions
shall be September 30th, 2010.
Dated this: September 14th, 2010
Secretary of the Governing Board
Raj K. Chopra, Ph.D
Southwestern Community College District
of San Diego County, California
a. TAMPICO MULTI SERVICES
29 3rd St., Chula Vista, CA,
County of San Diego, 91910
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Shahin S. Kouhkan, 4585 Excalibur Way, San Diego, CA 92122
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Shahin S. Kauhkan, Owner
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
Assigned File No.: 2010-019680 26, 2010
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 The filing of this statement does
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.: 2010-023378
Fictitious Business Name:
GC TERMITE CONTROL, 2127 Published: 9/3,10,17, 24/2010
Olympic Pkwy Ste. 1006-310, La Prensa San Diego
Chula Vista, CA 91915
This Business is Conducted by:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
A General Partnership
NAME STATEMENT
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
Fictitious Business Name:
This Business Is Hereby Regis- a. HAIR ELEVEN
tered by the Following:
4011 Van Dyke Ave, San Diego,
Gilberto Cortez, 1736 Picket CA, County of San Diego, 92105
Fence Dr., Chula Vista, CA This Business is Conducted by:
91915
An Individual
I declare that all information in The First Day of Business Was:
this statement is true and cor- 08/26/10
rect.
This Business Is Hereby RegisS i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : tered by the Following:
Gilberto Cortez
Bertha A. Mendoza, 2149 BoundThis Statement Was Filed With ary, St., San Diego, CA 92104
David Butler Recorder/County I declare that all information in
Clerk of San Diego County AUG this statement is true and cor20, 2010
rect.
The filing of this statement does S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t :
not of itself authorize the use in Frank Perez
this state of Fictitious Business This Statement Was Filed With
Name in violation of the rights David Butler Recorder/County
of another under federal, state, Clerk of San Diego County AUG
or common law.
26, 2010
Assigned File No.: 2010-022733 The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
Published: 8/27,9/3,10,17/2010 this state of Fictitious Business
La Prensa San Diego
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Assigned File No.: 2010-023290
shore Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91913
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Gilbert Villaseñor
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUL
21, 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.
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
a. APHRODITE’S; b. APHRODITE;
c. APHRODITE’S MASSAGE;
d. APHRODITE’S STUDIO;
e. APHRODITE’S SECRET;
f . KRIZIA; g. KRIZIA’S MASSAGE; h. MASSAGE BY APHRODITE; i. APHRODITE’S WHOLISTIC
MASSAGE THERAPY; j. APHRODITE’S ROOM; k. APHRODITE’S
DAY SPA; l. APHRODITE’S
BEAUTIFUL TOUCH; m. A BEAUTIFUL TOUCH MASSAGE BY
APHRODITE; n. WELLNESS
THROUGH BEAUTY BY APHRODITE; o. KEEPING THE WORLD
BEAUTIFUL BY APHRODITE;
p. A HAUTE FLOURISHING
HOLISTIC ECLECTIC BUZZ BY
APHRODITE; q. WINDOW TO
YOUR SOUL BY APHRODITE;
r. KRIZIA’S SECRET; s. ALLURING THERAPIES BY APHROD1. A payment bond must be filed for a contract involving an expenditure in exITE; t. PEACE OFFERINGS BY
cess of $25,000 (Civil Code section 3247(a)) and may be required for contracts
APHRODITE; u. GODDESS
involving smaller expenditures at the option of the District.
AWAKENING BY APHRODITE,
10801 Palm Row Dr., Lakeside,
Published: 9/10,17/2010
La Prensa San Diego
CA 92040
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1295,
La Jolla, California, 92038
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
12-2-1996
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Sharon Lily Savas, 10801 Palm
Row Dr., Lakeside, California
92040
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Sharon Lily Savas, Owner
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
10, 2010
La Prensa San Diego
The filing of this statement does
Name in violation of the rights
not of itself authorize the use in
of another under federal, state,
this state of Fictitious Business
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
or common law.
Name in violation of the rights
Assigned File No.: 2010-021150
NAME STATEMENT
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 Fictitious Business Name:
La Prensa San Diego
GMD DIAMONDS, 861 6th Ave. Assigned File No.: 2010-021750
Suite 314, San Diego, CA 92101 Published: 8/27,9/3,10,17/2010
This Business is Conducted by: La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
A Corporationi
The First Day of Business Was:
NAME STATEMENT
N/A
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Fictitious Business Name:
This Business Is Hereby RegisNAME STATEMENT
SWEET 1985, 598 Guava Av- tered by the Following:
enue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Knight’s Treasure Inc., 861 6th Fictitious Business Name:
This Business is Conducted by: Ave. Suite 314, San Diego, CA a. CAR SMART COLLISION
A General Partnership
92101, California
b. CAR SMART NETWORK
The First Day of Business Was: I declare that all information in 3628 Birch St., San Diego, CA
N/A
this statement is true and cor- County of San Diego, 92113
This Business Is Hereby Regis- rect.
This Business is Conducted by:
tered by the Following:
Signature of Registrant: Dan An Individual
1. Berenice Diaz, 598 Guava Jachimowicz, President
The First Day of Business Was:
Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910, This Statement Was Filed With 08/25/10
CA
David Butler Recorder/County This Business Is Hereby Regis2. Jenifer Thai, 328 E. 9th Street Clerk of San Diego County AUG tered by the Following:
Apartment #20, New York, NY, 04, 2010
Frank Perez Jr., 3628 Birch St.,
10003, NY
The filing of this statement does San Diego, CA 92113
I declare that all information in not of itself authorize the use in I declare that all information in
this statement is true and cor- this state of Fictitious Business this statement is true and correct.
Name in violation of the rights rect.
S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t : of another under federal, state, S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t :
Berenice Diaz
or common law.
Frank Perez
This Statement Was Filed With Assigned File No.: 2010-021097 This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 Clerk of San Diego County AUG
La Prensa San Diego
11, 2010
25, 2010
The filing of this statement does
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
not of itself authorize the use in
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
this state of Fictitious Business
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
NAME STATEMENT
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
of another under federal, state,
Fictitious
Business
Name:
or common law.
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-021810 FOOTHILLS BUILDERS, 1705 Assigned File No.: 2010-023170
‘L’ Ave., National City, CA 91950
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 Mailing Address: 1705 ‘L’ Ave., Published: 9/3,10,17, 24/2010
La Prensa San Diego
National City, CA 91950
La Prensa San Diego
This Business is Conducted by:
Co-Partners
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
The First Day of Business Was:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
N/A
NAME STATEMENT
NAME STATEMENT
This Business Is Hereby RegisFictitious Business Name:
tered by the Following:
Fictitious Business Name:
F L I E N T E R P R I S E S , 6 5 6 1. Jorge Alvarez, 1705 ‘L’ Ave., a. CHRISTIANO’S HAIR
Palomar St, Suite 201, Chula National City, CA 91950, N/A
LOUNGE
Vista, CA 91911
2. Maria T. Guerra, 2127 Prospect 4535 3Oth St #112, San Diego,
Mailing Address: 13263 Rancho St. #3, National City, CA 91950, CA, San Diego County, 92116
Penasquitos Blvd. Unit K102, N/A
Mailing Address: 875 First Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92129
I declare that all information in Chula Vista, CA 91911
This Business is Conducted by: this statement is true and cor- This Business is Conducted by:
A General Partnership
rect.
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was: Signature of Registrant: Maria The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
T Guerra
08/26/10
This Business Is Hereby Regis- This Statement Was Filed With This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
David Butler Recorder/County tered by the Following:
1. Gerardo A. Felix, 13701 S. Clerk of San Diego County AUG Christiano V. Elzy, 875 First
Budlong Ave., Gardena, CA 11, 2010
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911
90247, N/A
The filing of this statement does I declare that all information in
2. Josue G. Lopez, 13263 Rancho not of itself authorize the use in this statement is true and corPenasquitos Blvd. K102, San this state of Fictitious Business rect.
Diego, CA 92129, N/A
Name in violation of the rights S i g n a t u r e o f R e g i s t r a n t :
3. Milton H. Ironfield II, 127 W. of another under federal, state, Christiano V. Elzy
12th St., National City, CA or common law.
This Statement Was Filed With
91950, N/A
Assigned File No.: 2010-021858 David Butler Recorder/County
I declare that all information in
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
this statement is true and cor- Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 27, 2010
La Prensa San Diego
rect.
The filing of this statement does
Signature of Registrant:
not of itself authorize the use in
Josue G. Lopez
this state of Fictitious Business
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
This Statement Was Filed With
Name in violation of the rights
David Butler Recorder/County
NAME STATEMENT
of another under federal, state,
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
or common law.
Fictitious Business Name:
16, 2010
Assigned File No.: 2010-023461
The filing of this statement does CC&R BUILDING, 832 Southnot of itself authorize the use in shore Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91913 Published: 9/3,10,17, 24/2010
this state of Fictitious Business This Business is Conducted by: La Prensa San Diego
Name in violation of the rights An Individual
of another under federal, state, The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2010-022223 This Business Is Hereby RegisNAME STATEMENT
tered by the Following:
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010 Gilbert Villaseñor, 832 South Fictitious Business Name:
Published: 9/3,10,17, 24/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
ABRAHAM & CARLOS DESIGNS
3797 Coleman Ave., San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92154
This Business is Conducted by:
A General Partnership
The First Day of Business Was:
08/20/10
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Carlos Covarrubias, 3797
Coleman Ave., San Diego, CA
92154
2. Abraham Covarrubias, 3797
Coleman Ave., San Diego, CA
92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
Carlos Covarrubias Rodgriguez
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County SEP
1, 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.: 2010-023881
Published: 9/10,17,24,10/1/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
GTC TRANSPORT
111 Landis Avenue, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91910
This Business is Conducted by:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
05/15/03
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Gabriel Orozco Garcia, 111 Landis
Avenue, Chula Vista, California
91910
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant:
GABRIEL OROZCO GARCIA
This Statement Was Filed With
David Butler Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County SEP
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.: 2010-024194
Published: 9/10,17,24,10/1/2010
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME ABANDONMENT
SUMMONS
CHANGE OF NAME
SUMMONS
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 9/22/10. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept: 4.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego, South
County Division, 500 3rd Ave.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910-5649
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: AUG 06, 2010
WILLIAM S CANNON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 8/13,20,27,9/3/2010
La Prensa San Diego
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00077414-CL-CO-SC
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:
MICHAEL HUESCA, an individual; Does 1 to 10.
YOU ARE BEING SUED BY
PLAINTIFF:
MOISES CUEVAS
You have 30 CALENDAR
DAYS after this summons and
legal papers are served on you
to file a written response at this
court and have a copy served
on the plaintiff. A letter or phone
call will not protect you. Your
written response must be in
proper legal form if you want the
court to hear your case. There
may be a court form that you can
use for your response. You can
find these court forms and more
information at the California
Courts Online Self-Help Center
(www.court.ca.gov/self help),
your county law library, or the
courthouse nearest you. If you
cannot pay the filing fee, as the
court clerk for a fee waiver form.
If you do not file your response
on time, you may lose the case
by default, and your wages,
money, and property may be
taken without further warning
from the court.
There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an
attorney right away. If you do not
know an attorney, you may want
to call an attorney referral service.
If you cannot afford an attorney,
you may be eligible for free legal
services from a nonprofit legal
services program. You can locate
these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site
(www.law helpcalifornia.org), the
California Courts Online Self-Help
Center (www.court info.ca.gov/
selfhlep), or by contacting your
local court or county bar association.
The name and address of the
court is: Superior Court of California, County of San Diego,
South County Division, 500 3rd
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 919105649
The name, address, and telephone number of plaint-iff’s
attorney, or plaintiff without
a n a t t o r ney, is: RAYMOND
BUENDIA, Law Office of Raymond Buendia, 110 West C Street,
Suite 1014, San Diego, CA
92101. Telephone: 619-338-8005
Date: JUN 07, 2010
Clerk of the Superior Court, A.
NARANJO, Deputy
NOTICE TO THE PERSON
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 8/27,9/3,10,17/2010
La Prensa San Diego
(CCP 1275)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00097576-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: GARY SHAWN
JOHNSON has filed a petition
with this court for a decree
changing petitioner’s name to:
SHAWNA MARIE JOHNSON
Petitioner has also filed a petition for a decree changing
petitioner’s gender from male to
female and for the issuance of
a new birth certificate reflecting
the gender and name changes.
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.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: SEP 28, 2010. Time: 8:30
a.m. Dept: D-25.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego, 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: AUG 09, 2010
KEVIN A. ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
SUMMONS - (Family Law)
Published: 8/20,27,9/3,10/2010
CASE NUMBER: D 151068
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:
JOSE DE JESUS RAZO
You are being sued.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PETITIONER'S NAME IS: MARIA FOR CHANGE OF NAME
V PEREZ-DE RAZO
CASE NUMBER:
You have 30 calendar days af- 37-2010-00069969-CU-PT-EC
ter this Summons and Petition are TO ALL INTERESTED PERserved on you to file a Response SONS:
(form FL-120 or FL-123) at the Petitioner: TRANG CAM PHAN
court and have a copy served filed a petition with this court for
on the petitioner. A letter or phone a decree changing names as
call will not protect you.
follows:
If you do not file your Response a. TRANG CAM PHAN to TERRI
on time, the court may make or- TRANG PHAN
ders affecting your marriage, THE COURT ORDERS that all
your property and custody of persons interested in this matyour children. You may be or- ter shall appear before this court
dered to pay support and attor- at the hearing indicated below to
ney fees and costs. If you can- show cause, if any, why the penot pay the filing fee, ask the tition for change of name should
clerk for a fee waiver form.
not be granted. Any person obIf you want legal advice, contact jecting to the name changes
a lawyer immediately. You can get described above must file a
information about finding lawyers written objection that includes
at the California Courts Online the reasons for the objection at
Self-Help
Center
(www. least two court days before the
court.ca.gov/self help), at the matter is scheduled to be heard
California Legal Services Web and must appear at the hearing
site (www.law helpcalifornia.org), to show cause why the petition
or by contacting your local county should not be granted. If no writbar association.
ten objection is timely filed, the
NOTICE: The restraining orders court may grant the petition withon page 2 are effective against out a hearing.
both spouses or domestic partNOTICE OF HEARING
ners until the petition is dis- Date: 10/27/10. Time: 8:30 a.m.
missed, a judgment is entered, Dept: 14.
or the court makes further orders. The address of the court is SuThese orders are enforceable perior Court of California,
anywhere in California by any law County of San Diego, 250 East
enforcement office who has re- Main St., El Cajon, CA 92020.
ceived or seen a copy of them. East County Regional Center.
1. The name and address of the A Copy of this Order to Show
court is: SAN DIEGO COUNTY Cause shall be published at least
SUPERIOR COURT, NORTH once each week for four succesCOUNTY REGIONAL CENTER sive weeks prior to the date set
325 South Melrose, Vista, CA for hearing on the petition in the
92081
following newspaper of general
2. The name, address, and tele- circulation printed in this county
phone number of petitioner's at- La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
torney, or the petitioner without Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
an attorney, is: ROGER STACY, CA 91910
6046 Cornerstone Court W 221, Date: AUG 26, 2010
San Diego, CA 92118.
PETER C. DEDDEH
Date: MAY 08, 2008
Judge of the Superior Court
Clerk, by J. Walls, Deputy
Published: 9/3,10,17,24/2010
NOTICE TO THE PERSON La Prensa San Diego
SERVED: as an individual
Published: 9/03,10,17,24/2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
La Prensa San Diego
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CHANGE OF NAME
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FOR CHANGE OF NAME
NAME
(CCP 1277)
Fictitious Business Name:
EL GRAN TACO
5059 Federal Blvd, San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92102
The Fictitious Business Name
Referred to Above Was Filed in
San Diego County On: 6/15/2007,
and assigned File No: 2007021608
Is (Are) Abandoned by the Following Registrant(s):
#1 Erica Andrade, 2515 Glebe Rd.
#A, Lemon Grove, CA 91945
#2 Jesus Trujillo, 2515 Glve Rd.
#A, Lemon Grove, CA 91945
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Erica
Andrade
This Statement Was Filed With
David L. Butler, Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County AUG
12, 2010
Assigned File No.: 2010-021915
Published: 9/3,10,17,24/2010
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
AND GENDER
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00078581-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: MANUEL PEREZ
BURGOS and MILAGROS
JACQUELINE URQUIDEZ CRUZ
PEREZ on behalf of minors
JOURDAN MONIQUE URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ, JOSHUAMITCHELLE URQUIDEZ CRUZ
PEREZ, JOSEPH MANUEL
URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ, minors, filed a petition with this court
for a decree changing names as
follows:
a. MANUEL PEREZ BURGOS to
MANUEL BURGOS INZUNZA
b. MILAGROS JACQUELINE
URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ to
JA C Q U E L I N E U R Q U I D E Z
CRUZ INZUNZA
c. JOURDAN-MONIQUE URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ to
JOURDAN-MONIQUE INZUNZA
d. JOSHUA-MITCHELLE URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ to JOSHUA-MITCHELLE INZUNZA
e. JOSEPH-MANUEL URQUIDEZ CRUZ PEREZ to JOSEPHMANUEL INZUNZA
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
CASE NUMBER:
37-2010-00098395-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: RICHARD SANCHEZ
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as
follows:
a. RICHARD SANCHEZ to
RICARDO SANCHEZ
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: 10/12/10. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept: D-25.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego, Central
Division, Hall of Justice, 220 W
Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: AUG 25, 2010
KEVIN A ENRIGHT
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 9/3,10,17,24/2010
La Prensa San Diego
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
E-waste recycling event promotes Community Notes:
environmental responsibility
Town Hall Meeting Notice
The Northwest Civic Association will hold a Town Hall
Meeting on Monday September 13th at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic
Center Library at 4th Ave. &
F St. Jim Sandoval, City Manager, will speak on the budget
and other items, a Representative of the Proposition O
Bond Management Team will
be there to speak about their
construction progress, and
Risa Baron, Manager of
SDG&E Smart Meter Community Outreach, will speak
about the smart meter program. Public comments are
welcome on all Chula Vista
topics. Free. Everyone is welcome & encouraged to attend. Information: (619) 3073460 or www.northwestchula
vista.org.
The e-waste recycle event at Southwestern College is the first of several of such events
that Assemblymember Marty Block will host throughout his district.
By Pablo Jaime Sáinz
Ron LeLande Washington
had several old computers,
printers, and other office
equipment in his garage for a
few years, since he closed a
business.
All of these electronics
were just taking space, and he
had no plans for them.
So when he heard about
Operation Clean & Green, a
series of electronic-waste disposal & recycle drop-off
events organized by Assembly-member Marty Block,
Washington decided to take
them there.
“I really appreciate this
event because it is convenient,
and helped me get rid of all
this junk,” said Washington as
he was unloading the equipment from his minivan. “I always meant to recycle them,
but now, since it is close to my
house, I decided to bring them
here. Now I have more space
in my garage.”
Just like Washington, about
200 families and individuals
took advantage of the e-waste
drop-off event, which happened on Saturday, September
4, at the parking lot of Southwestern College, in Chula
Vista.
ForAssemblymember Block,
it was important to give residents in the 78th Assembly District an opportunity to recycle
their e-waste.
“I want to make it as easy
as possible for people drop off
their old electronics and do
something good for the environment,” Block said during
the event. “This event provides a free and convenient
service to the community, so
people do not have to travel a
long distance to properly recycle their e-waste products.
“Being green and doing
what you can for the environment does not have to be complicated or expensive. The
build up of e-waste is projected to worsen over the next
several years until 2015, when
volume will peak at 73 million
metric tons,” he said.
Sponsored in part by La
Prensa San Diego, this first
event was considered a success, because of the many
personal computers, monitors,
laptops, servers, pc boards,
copiers, televisions, DVD and
players, CD players, electric
typewriters, electronic games,
car batteries, telephones,
VCRs, cell phones, modems,
printers, and remote controls,
that were collected.
¸For Monica Stevens this opportunity was a way of doin
her part in protecting the environment
ı ¸“I never throw electronics
n the trash,” she said as she
was dropping off some DVD
players and a monitor. “I know
they can be recycled, so I save
them. I wouldn’t want them
taking precious space in a
landfill, if I know they can be
recycled.”
Assemblymember Block
said one of the goals of the ewaste recycling event was to
educate the public about the
importance of reducing the volume of e-waste around the
world.
For this, he partnered with
Recycle San Diego to host
these events throughout his district. The date and location of
the next event will be announced soon.
“Whether you have a child
going back to school or you are
cleaning out the old supply
closet, being green could not be
simpler,” Block said. “I urge
you to participate in the process, drop off your old electronics and do your part to keep
our planet clean.”
Imperial Beach Students Return to Newly Renovated Campuses
South Bay Union School District facilities undergo Prop X modernization
“Bayside Elementary” Caption – Newly installed windows at Bayside Elementary will
allow for more daylight in the classroom, significantly enhancing the learning
environment for students
Students returning to Bay- windows, renovated kitchens, Parish. “Students remain our
side Elementary and Oneonta renovated bathrooms and first priority at the District and
Elementary were welcomed handicap accessibility up- we are committed to creating
with revitalized campuses for grades. Additional renovations learning environments in which
the new academic year. at the schools include new they can excel.”
These changes were made fencing and PA systems to
Classroom buildings are curpossible by Prop X, the $59.4 help improve student safety. rently receiving the finishing
million dollar school bond mea- Electrical upgrades and a new touches on renovations, insure renovating schools in fire alarm system have also cluding the installation of inSouth Bay Union School Dis- been completed as well as the teractive Promethean white
trict.
repair of deteriorating plumb- boards to ensure that students
Students and staff at Bay- ing.
are learning in technologicallyside and Oneonta now have
“Prop X renovations are en- modernized classrooms. The
access to modernized librar- suring that our students are in first of these buildings are
ies, administration offices and healthy and safe classrooms scheduled to be complete by
multi-purpose buildings. Im- for generations to come,” said early October with remaining
provements in these facilities South Bay Union School Dis- classrooms reaching compleinclude the installation of new trict Superintendent Dr. Carol tion by December 2010.
National City Candidate’s
Forum
PTE-HOPE, Inc. (PagasaTumainisha-Esperanza) Candidate’s Debate Forum for
National City Council and
Mayoral Candidates on September 19, 2010, Sunday at 2
p.m. at Point Point Joint Restaurant in 916 E. 8th Street,
Unit 1-2, National City, CA
91950. Lunch $7 and up.
National City Council candidates: Frank Lopez (confirmed), Mona Alvarado-Rios
(Rep.), Louie “Luis” Natividad (pending) and Ditas Yamane (confirmed). National
City Mayoral candidates confirmed: Mayor Ron Morrison;
Vice Mayor/City Councilmember Alejandra SoteloSolis; Darryl Gorham. Mitch
Beauchamp (declined). For
info contact Dr. Maxine Sherard, [email protected];
Mateo Camarillo, mateorc1@
cox.net or Marissa Acierto,
[email protected]
and/or (619) 549-0014, ok to
sms, text and mms.
Chula Vista Candidate’s
Forum
Concern Filipino American
Club (CFAC) Candidate’s
Debate Forum for Chula Vista
City Council on September 26,
2010, Sunday at 12 p.m. at
Point Point Joint Restaurant in
916 E. 8th Street, Unit 1-2,
Los Otros
10,000
(con’t de página 2)
en contra de Migrantes”,
presentado en México el 16
de junio del 2009. Asegura la
CNDH que “el secuestro de
migrantes centroamericanos
por parte de grupos armados
es una práctica común”, y
documenta el secuestro de 9
mil 758 migrantes, solamente
entre septiembre de 2008 y
febrero de 2009, casos “”en
los que estuvieron implicados
policías y autoridades
mexicanas en colusión con el
crimen organizado, en
particular con Los Zetas e
integrantes de la Mara
Salvatrucha”.
La respuesta oficial
mexicana era simple hasta
hoy: “son los Zetas” y asunto
arreglado. Desde hoy es el
muro en Chiapas. Y “no
hay”, dice Fernando Batista,
titular de la quinta visitaduría
de la CNDH “una
disminución de los casos”,
por “la impunidad”, y la falta
de una “política pública
concreta a favor de las y los
migrantes por parte de los
tres órdenes de gobierno,
principalmente del federal”,
aunque el mismo Instituto
Mexicano de Migración, la
Migra mexicana, “tiene
contabilizado sólo en
Tamaulipas el rescate de 815
inmigrantes
centroamericanos”, y durante
agosto la dependencia
registró 130 de esos rescates
en todo el país. Los
secuestradores consiguieron,
como resultado de sus actos,
National City, CA 91950.
Lunch $7 and up. Chula Vista
City Council Candidates:
Larry Breitfelder (attending)
and Pat Aguilar (pending).
For info contact Manny Cabildo, Manny.Cabildo.CFAC@
gmail.com or MarissaAcierto.
[email protected]
be served.
The festival will feature
many free activities for visitors of all ages such as contests, relay races, paperflower making, piñatas and
cornhusk-doll making.
Padres Latino Marketing
Manager Alex Montoya to
Speak at El Cajon Library
Not unlike his San Diego Padres, Alex Montoya has experienced and conquered his
share of adversity. The El
Cajon Branch Library, 201 E.
Douglas Av, will host his presentation, “Every Day is an
Opportunity,” and book signing,
on Wednesday, September 15,
at 6:30 PM. Montoya is Manager of Latino Relations for the
Padres. A triple amputee, he is
the author of Swinging for the
Fences: Choosing to Live an
Extraordinary Life.
Montoya will also talk about
his upcoming book, Always
Positive, the Alex Montoya
Story: a Journey of Hope, Faith
and Attitude. With humor and
inspiration, he will share the
story of his move to the United
States, fulfilling a dream of
working in Major League
Baseball, and succeeding in life
through a positive attitude and
determined will.
Small Business Networking Conference
September 16, 2010 at 4:30 6:30 p.m.
Meet with key members of
Hensel Phelps’ San Ysidro
Land Port of Entry Expansion
Project (LPOE) project staff,
as well as some of San
Diego’s largest and leading
subcontractors at our “Small
Business Networking Conference” on September 16th.
Come network with these
larger firms that will be competing for contracts on this
once in a lifetime project. The
Hensel Phelps Team is looking forward to meeting new
partners...
Event Location: San Ysidro
Middle School, Multi-Cultural
Center, 4345 Otay Mesa
Road, San Ysidro, CA 92173.
Event Cost: Free!
Celebrate Mexican
Independence Day
Fiesta Patrias 200th
Anniversary Celebration
Enjoy a former time when
Old Town San Diego celebrated Mexican Independence Day with lively dancing, music, food and drink on
Saturday, Sept. 11, from 4 to
6 p.m. The festival commemorates the beginning of
Mexico’s independence from
Spain in 1810, which is one of
the most important days in
Mexico’s history.
Guests of the festival will be
able to join local dignitaries
including host Governor José
María de Echeandía inside the
beautiful Casa de Estudillo as
they enjoy the play, Bells of
Dona Josepha. Portrayed by
actor Victor Contreras, Governor Echeandía was twice
governor of Alta California
from 1825 to 1831 and from
1832 to 1833. The romantic
play is about Josepha Carillo
and Henry Fitch. Hors d’
oeuvres and refreshments will
9TH Annual Serra Mesa
Family Day
Celebrating its ninth anniversary this year on Saturday,
September 11, the Serra Mesa
Family Day fair will have
something for everyone.
Hosted by the Serra Mesa
Community Council, the funfilled family event is FREE and
open to the public from 10:00
am – 4:00 pm on the lower
grass fields at the Serra Mesa
Recreation Center, 9020 Village
Glen Drive, San Diego.
This year on 9/11, in honor
of the many First Responders
and Service Men and Women
who answered the call on that
fateful day in 2001, and the
many Military Service Members and their families who live
in Serra Mesa, the Serra Mesa
Community Council will be
honoring local heroes who continue to fight for our freedom
and who keep our homes, families and communities safe.
señalando por la falta de un
sistema migratorio funcional,
“igual que manejan nuestra
droga… le dejamos a los
narcos el trabajo de manejar
nuestro flujo de migrantes”.
Tienen razón. No fueron
los Zetas. Es Barack Obama,
los senadores gringos, los
congresistas, Demócratas y
Republicanos, Felipe
Calderón, Carlos Slim, los
gobiernos de Guatemala,
Honduras, el INM, Janet
Napolitano y John McCain, y
el pueblo gringo que está feliz
de pagar un dólar por diez
limones cultivados por manos
sin papeles. Todos ellos
crearon el sistema que impide
que los trabajadores
internacionales vayan
legalmente a donde hay
trabajo, que convirtieron el
movimiento de los obreros en
un negocio y un delito mortal.
según la CNDH, rescates
promedio de “mil 500 a 5 mil
dólares”, unos “25 millones
de dólares” en seis meses.
O sea que además de el
clima que mata en el desierto,
el Río Bravo cuando está
bravo, la persecución policial,
la Migra, las mafias de
polleros, la corrupción en la
venta de contratos de
trabajadores temporales
pactados con varios estados
mexicanos donde las
autoridades cobran más que
los coyotes, ahora el migrante
tiene que lidiar con los
secuestradores que los
quieren para transportar
droga o por simple rescate.
Dicen que los asesinos
mandaron un mensaje a los
gobiernos de México,
Estados Unidos, Centro y
Sudamérica, que dice “aquí
nosotros decidimos quién
entra y quien sale” de
México. Coincide el editorial
del New York Times,
Contacto Jorge Mújica Murias at
[email protected]
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