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Vol. XXXIX No. 36
High School
sports losing
out to clubs?
By Susan Luzzaro
Is it curtains for high
school sports? Are high
school athletes playing their
hearts out, but nobody’s
scouting them for scholarships? Are club coaches,
who are also school coaches,
recruiting student-athletes?
Will all student-athletes have
a level playing field?
Joe Heinz, Sweetwater
Union High School District’s athletic director, made
this surprising statement to
the board of trustees July
13: “Over the last ten years
far and few between is there
a coach that comes to a high
school [game] to recruit kids,
they are getting those kids in
the outside club region. The
[club] parents know that,
and that’s why they’re willing to spend those tons of
dollars to get that exposure
for their kids, because in a
college recruiter’s mind [at
the club games] he’s seeing kids at the highest level
playing against similar competition.”
According to board dialogue, club sport fees can
range from $1200-$2500.
Heinz said the lure of the
clubs is a country-wide issue and that his research reveals that some even believe
club teams might be the end
of high school teams.
In an evolving response
to the situation, Sweetwater
schools have begun to create out-of-season opportunities for student-athletes so
that coaches can continue to
work with students to hone
their skills in winter baseball teams or summer basketball teams, etc.
Until now the Sweetwater’s out-of-season programs
have varied from school to
school, but trustees are anxious to see uniformity in the
district. Heinz, in his July
presentation, stressed that
“this is a big animal.” Heinz
is tasked with bringing “consistency and equity” to outof-season sports.
The inherent problems
are: facilities use, wear and
tear on facilities, where to
get liability insurance—and
money—how to collect it,
and how to ensure appropriate oversight of it. The other issue that needs to be addressed is, according to the
California Interscholastic
Federation, CIF, the teams
need to be separate from the
school and the district.
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Urban Corps youth make a difference in Chicano Park
By Pablo J. Sáinz
For Alfredo Silva, Chicano Park represents community, family.
“It’s a place where my
family gets together, for
carne asada, for a good
time,” said Silva, who grew
up and lives in Barrio Logan, just a few blocks from
the park.
So now that Silva is part
of a group of Urban Corps
of San Diego County students working on a Chicano Park recreation improvement project, the 21-yearold said it gives him pride to
be involved.
“It feels good to help,”
said Silva, who is working
towards his high school diploma at the Urban Corps’
charter school. “I feel really
excited about helping make
these improvements at Chicano Park because I grew up
around here.”
The improvement project at Chicano Park is funded through a $1.08 million
state grant the City of San
Diego received. The project
broke ground in early May,
and since then some 14 students from Urban Corps of
San Diego County, a program that gives youth in San
Diego an alternative to traditional education through
work skills and hands-on
training, have been working
at the park.
Urban Corps students
have installed a new handball court, begun construction of a skate area, and performed demo work on the
existing playgrounds. Future improvements include
installation of new play
equipment, fountain repairs,
and landscaping work. The
project is to be completed
by December.
“Chicano Park is the
crown jewel of Barrio Logan and a region-wide attraction for its rich display of
art and culture,” said Robert
Chávez, Chief Executive Officer for Urban Corps. “Just
as the mural themselves
must be maintained, keeping
the park’s amenities updated
Urban Corps members pouring cement for the handball court.
Jóvenes de Urban Corps hacen una diferencia en Chicano Park
Por Pablo J. Sáinz
Para Alfredo Silva, Chicano Park representa comunidad, familia.
“Es un lugar donde mi
familia se reúne, para una
carne asada, para pasar un
buen rato”, dijo Silva, quien
creció y vive en Barrio Lo(See Urban, page 5) gan, a unas cuadras del
parque.
Así que ahora que Silva
es parte de un grupo de estudiantes de Urban Corps of
San Diego County trabajando en mejoras a las áreas
recreativas en Chicano Park,
el joven de 21 años dijo que
le da mucho orgullo estar involucrado en esto.
“Se siente bien ayudar”,
dijo Silva, quien también
trabaja hacía su diploma de
high school en la escuela
de Urban Corps. “Me siento muy emocionado de hacer estas mejoras en Chicano
Park porque yo crecí alrededor de aquí”.
(Vea Jovenes, pag. 5)
Dancer Unites Flamenco and Doctors without Borders
By Mimi Pollack
Dancing flamenco and
giving back to others have
been part of Sonia [Sonny] Burton’s life since she
was a child. These two passions will come together
for one evening at The Abbey restaurant in Hillcrest.
Sonny’s school, Flamenco
with Roots Performing Arts,
with the help of Hornblower Cruises and Events, will
host a fundraiser for Doctors
without Borders on Friday,
July 31st at 6:00 pm.
Sonny was born in Jerez
de la Frontera in Andalusia,
Spain. Her Jewish grandparents arrived in Spain as
immigrants from Russia,
Turkey, Iran and Syria. At
home, they spoke Ladino,
an ancient Spanish. However, outside of the home, being Jewish was kept quiet.
Sonny’s mother was a
single mom in a very conservative society, so feeling like she didn’t belong
has been a big part of Sonny’s life. As Jews, they were
viewed as outsiders in this
southern Spanish town, and
thus dancing flamenco was
a way to integrate into the
society.
Sonny’s beloved late mother
passed her love of dancing
on to her child. She also instilled in her the importance
of helping others, knowing
alienation herself.
(see Sports, page 8)
Sonny’s mother married
an American Military man,
and when Sonny was ten
years old, they moved first
to Rhode Island and later
to San Diego. Feeling lonely, dancing brought her solace in this new land where
she learned to speak perfect
English while maintaining
her thick Castilian accent in
Spanish.
While still in high school,
her mother converted her
garage to a dance studio and
Sonny began to give classes. In 1983, Flamenco with
Roots Performing Arts was
born. She has been giving private classes, working with after school programs, and various boys and
girls clubs ever since. She
has worked at Otay Mesa
and Montgomery Elementary schools. Currently, she
is working with Roosevelt
Middle and McKinley Elementary schools.
Sonny also followed in
her mother’s footsteps becoming a single mom at the
ages of 18 and 19. She has
two children, Erik and Soraya. She and her partner of 23
years, Daniel Lichterman,
later adopted Erik’s two children, and raised them. She is
also a proud grandmother to
Soraya’s five children.
Despite being a mother
at an early age and working to take care of her children, Sonny continued to
take dance classes at Southwestern College, and danced
with several dance troupes,
studying under Johanna
Wiekel.
However, teaching classes herself became her path.
Her private classes are given
at her home, and she is happiest when surrounded by
students. These classes are
free because as she says, “I
don’t want anyone to miss
out because they can’t pay,
and I want all my students to
feel equal. If I charged some
students and not others, I’d
have to give special attention to the paying students.
This way, I can give special
attention to them all.”
It is this same altruistic
life view that led her to get
involved with Doctors without Borders. At one of her
schools, she had a student
whose parents were deported. Worried about her fate,
Sonny and her mother went
to check on the girl who was
living with her neighbors.
Later on, that same girl returned to Mexico and became a doctor, and became
involved with Doctors without Borders. She never lost
contact with Sonny or her
mom and they decided to
get involved, too, by hosting
benefits in San Diego for the
organization.
The first benefit was selling cookies in 2007. This
evolved little by little into
something bigger and the
first dinner fundraiser was
given in 2010. Sonny does
Sonny Burton in her dance studio.
all the work herself, and it
has been a daunting task.
Some years they barely
break even, but she is confident as the word gets out,
more people will want to
take part in contributing to
this worthy cause.
Doctors without Borders
is a worldwide organization
that goes where the need
is the greatest, delivering
(see Dancers , page 5)
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MÉXICO DEL NORTE
Por Jorge mújica Murias
¿Cobrarle a
México?
JULY 24, 2015
La Prensa San Diego
Pope Francis Takes a First Step Toward Revoking the Papal Bulls
By Steven Newcomb
On July 9 the Associated
Press reported that while visiting La Paz, Bolivia, “Pope
Francis apologized…for the
sins, offenses and crimes
Ojalá pudiera portarme
committed by the Catholic
tan profesional como la
Church against indigenous
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peoples during the colonialPost, que declaró que
era conquest of the Ameridejará de cubrir la campaña cas,” (story by Nicole Winelectoral de Donald Trump, field and Frank Bajak). The
por considerarla un puro
pope’s statement in Bolivia
circo. “Si quieren encontrar was made in advance of his
notas de Trump”, declaró
trip to North America where,
la publicación, “las tendrán he plans to give sainthood to
que buscar en la sección de Junipero Serra as the foundEntretenimiento, junto a las er of nine of the 21 Califorde Kim Kardashian”.
nia missions which proved
Pero no puedo. Ellos
so deadly and destructive
no son inmigrantes ni les
for the Native peoples of
importa el tema. Pero a
California.
mi sí. Y además el tipo es
As the representative of
francamente divertido. Es
the Holy See, Pope Francis
tan ignorante que de plano
is the successor to previous
da miedo.
popes, such as Nicholas V
Su chorrada de la semana and Alexander VI, who crees que, como presidente,
ated, on behalf of the Holy
“le facturaría a México por See, the institutional framecada persona que envíe a
work within which “the
Estados Unidos”. “Cada
sins, offenses and crimes” to
vez que México decida
which Pope Francis referred
inteligentemente enviar a
were committed, including
su gente a EU le cobramos in the Spanish Catholic mis100,000 dólares por cada
sion system.
persona que envíe”, dijo
We must not overlook a
Trump a sus simpatizantes key fact: the edicts of varien Arizona, entre los
ous popes created the predcuales andaba Joe Arpaio,
atory framework of Chrisel alguacil de Maricopa
tian empire (“emperii Chrisque está en juicio por
tiani”) and domination in the
docenas de violaciones
name of Christian “evangede los derechos humanos
lism.” That framework bede cientos de inmigrantes
came the basis for centuindocumentados.
ries of death and devastation
El Trompas insiste en
experienced by our origique “muchos inmigrantes
indocumentados de todo
el mundo están llegando
a Estados Unidos por
la frontera sur” y ya no
solamente propone un
By Sofia Rada
“muro impenetrable” en la
frontera (¿en dónde hemos
Ismael Díaz López, a
escuchado eso antes?), sino Mexican journalist in the
que quiere que México
southeastern state of Tabaslo construya. En rara
co, died in June after being
declaración, el Secretario
stabbed in his own home by
mexicano de Relaciones
unidentified intruders. The
Exteriores se rió de la
Attorney General of Tabaspropuesta.
co said in a statement, “the
Luego el Trompas aclaró strongest line of research
que no solo es bronca
suggests that a domestic
de México, sino que los
conflict caused the murinmigrantes “Vienen desde der.” However, Article 19,
el Medio Oriente, y es
a prominent press watchdog
mejor que tengamos mucho group from the U.K., has
cuidado”. Si los mexicanos urged authorities not to dissomos “violadores” y
miss Díaz López’s profes“criminales”, los árabes
sion as a possible cause for
seguramente serán
his murder.
“terroristas”, y aunque
Díaz López’s death is
tengan petróleo el trompas particularly disconcerting in
no propuso cobrarles nada. light of uncovered statistics
concerning the press in Mex¡Pagarle a México!
ico: a journalist was assaultYa alguna vez hemos
ed every 26.7 hours in 2014.
propuesto exactamente la
Currently, under the Enfórmula contraria. Yo creo rique Peña Nieto Adminisque México debía cobrarle tration, assaults on the press
a Estados Unidos por cada
have nearly doubled cominmigrante, con papeles
pared to those during former
o nó, que vive en estos
President Felipe Calderón’s
lares. Yo digo que este país term. Attacks against communicators are rising and,
in most cases, impunity pre(Vea Cobrarle, pag. 4) vails. Furthermore, more
than half of the perpetrators
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of coverage is the fact that
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teca—have
come to domSan Diego, California
inate the Mexican media.
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governments often abuse
nal free nations and peoples (now typically called
“indigenous”) throughout
the western hemisphere and
elsewhere.
What terminology did the
Holy See use to create the
framework found in the papal bulls or edicts? It was
that terminology which provided the very basis for the
sins, offenses, and crimes to
which Pope Francis alluded.
In the papal edict Dum Diversas of 1452, as one example, Pope Nicholas V authorized King Alfonso of
Portugal, or his representatives, to sail to non-Christian lands, and “to invade,
capture, vanquish, and subdue, all Saracens, pagans,
and other enemies of Christ,
to reduce their persons to
perpetual slavery, and to
take away all their possessions and property.”
The king was further instructed to “convert” the
lands of the non-Christians.
In legal terms, the word
“convert” can mean “to unlawfully or wrongfully take
away that which rightfully belongs to another.” Accordingly, Pope Nicholas V
then declared the king’s actions against the non-Christians to be “just and lawful.”
The above quoted terminology (invade, capture,
vanquish, subdue, reduce
to slavery, and convert the
lands and property of the
non-Christians) not only declared war on the non-Chris-
tian world. It also created a
framework or paradigm of
DOMINATION that continues to operate in plain sight
while generally going unnoticed and unnamed.
In La Paz, Pope Francis
was said to be addressing
“the indigenous” peoples
of Bolivia and elsewhere.
What is the definition of
“indigenous” at the United
Nations? As stated in one
definition, our nations and
peoples are considered “indigenous” because we regard ourselves as “distinct
from other sectors of society now prevailing.” To prevail is “to gain ascendancy,”
and ascendancy is defined
as “governing or controlling influence: DOMINATION.” (Webster’s Third
New International Dictionary Unabridged, 1993).
To be taken seriously, an
“apology” or “begging of
forgiveness” by Pope Francis, or any other pope, must
be the basis for the papacy explicitly addressing the
system of domination that
the Holy See created and set
into motion in the name of,
“Him from whom empires,
and dominations, and all
good things proceed” (papal
bull of May 3, 1493). That
same system of domination is what ended up being
spread by the Holy See and
Christian monarchies, and
missionaries such as Serra.
To this day that system’s
domination framework is
still being used against our
original nations and peoples.
This being the case, Pope
Francis can show true courage and moral authority for
the Catholic Church by taking a next logical step: Revoke those papal bulls that
have resulted in the domination and dehumanization
of our original nations and
peoples. In 1993, the Indigenous Law Institute wrote
a letter to Pope John Paul
II calling on him to revoke
the Inter Caetera papal bull
of May 4, 1493 in representation of the entire series of
papal documents. We wrote
another to Pope Benedict
XVI. We have maintained
that campaign ever since
the 1990s with the spiritual guidance and leadership
of Birgil Kills Straight, an
Elder and Traditional Head
Man of the Oglala Lakota Nation, and with the solidarity of many Christian
supporters throughout the
world.
Given his statement of
papal contrition in La Paz,
Pope Francis has taken an
important first step toward
revoking the papal bulls of
empire and domination. Yet,
as the saying goes, actions
speak louder than words.
The pope has some choices to make regarding possible papal edicts. For the
Church, a lot is riding on his
decision.
Possible papal edict one:
Pope Francis can make a
clean break with the domi-
nating tradition of the papal
bulls by issuing an edict officially revoking those documents issued by his predecessors, and by refusing
to canonize Junipero Serra. Possible papal edict two:
Pope Francis can go through
with his decision to bestow
sainthood on Junipero Serra,
and thereby choose to validate, legitimize, and sanctify the deadly trajectory of
Christian empire and domination formed by the papal bulls. If he does, he will
thereby demonstrate the
emptiness of his expression
of contrition. As a less likely papal “wild card,” he may
even try a complete contradiction: Grant sainthood to
Serra and revoke the papal
bulls, which would be an attempt to simultaneously reject and embrace the domination tradition.
Steven Newcomb (Shawnee,
Lenape) is co-founder and
co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute and author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the
Doctrine of Christian Discovery (Fulcrum, 2008). He
is co-producer of the soonto-be-released documentary movie, The Doctrine of
Discovery: Unmasking the
Domination Code, directed
by Sheldon Wolfchild (Dakota), with narration by Buffy
Saint-Marie (Cree). Reprinted from Indian Country Today http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Blood, Manipulation, and Lies: Press Freedom in Mexico
their power by intimidating journalists. Thus a lack
of press freedom pervades
Mexico, seriously damaging
the prospects for democracy
in this country.
Endemic Violence
More than 80 journalists
have been killed in Mexico in the past decade and 17
more have disappeared.[6]
In 2014 alone, there were
142 physical attacks against
journalists, 53 cases of intimidation or pressure, and
45 arbitrary detentions.
Journalists are often the victims of threats and armed attacks, especially in northern Mexico. These acts of
violence are sometimes the
work of drug cartels trying
to prevent the coverage of
organized crime and related violence. However, political authorities and police
forces have been responsible for the largest share of
these attacks, according to
Freedom House, a conservative watchdog organization.
Still, Freedom House affirms that participants in organized crime are “primarily behind the most chilling
incidents.”
Violence has also taken a psychological toll on
Mexican journalists. A 2012
study by researchers at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico found
that 35 percent of Mexico’s
press professionals experienced symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.[10]
This level was significantly higher for those who directly covered the drug war.
The Women’s Communication and Information Association found that women were especially at risk
for psychological trauma. In
addition to being killed and
disappeared, like their male
coworkers, female journalists faced threats directed toward their children and personal attacks related to their
gender.
Censorship, Anonymity,
and Escape
The constant threat of violence has led many journalists to censor themselves.
Many members of the media
Students and the community protest for a free press.
have said they will no longer cover drug trafficking
for fear of violent reprisals.
Those who do cover sensitive topics such as the drug
war and government collusion with organized crime,
often leave information out
of their reporting. Complete
information about the country’s violence and corruption therefore never reaches
the citizenry.
In an effort to report more
freely on violence and organized crime, journalists are
turning to online social networks. According to Reporters Without Borders, the Internet has in many cases become the only place to find
information on violence
linked to the drug cartels.
This also allows for a greater degree of anonymity than
traditional media, and therefore greater freedom to report on risky topics. Use of
the Internet has led to the rise
of “citizen journalists,” who
report on violence, threats,
and corruption related to the
drug war. Valor por Tamaulipas (Courage for Tamaulipas), for example, is a citizen
news group, which runs on
Twitter and Facebook. The
group publishes information
about missing persons and
news alerts about violence,
which include the location
and time of incidents. Even
so, one of its members, who
used the pseudonym “Felina” (Feline) to report information about violence, was
killed by drug cartels after
receiving repeated threats,
indicating that this new generation of journalists is not
immune from danger.
Many journalists have
found that fleeing is the only
way to ensure their safety and that of their families. The majority has fled
to Mexico City or abroad.
According to the newspaper
El Universal, 18 journalists
sought aid from the Mexico
City Human Rights Commission in 2012, compared
to 5 in 2010 and 10 in 2011.
Impunity and Ineffective
Legislation
Articles 6 and 7 of the
Mexican constitution establish freedom of expression.
Mexico decriminalized defamation on the federal level in 2007 and a number of
states have also eliminated their own criminal defamation statutes, including
the state of Mexico, which
is the most populous. Still,
freedom of expression is not
well protected and few who
perpetrate threats and violence face punishment. According to Reporters Without Borders, the police and
judicial investigations into
these cases are often closed
quickly or are paralyzed by
bureaucracy. There is widespread complicity between
organized crime and government authorities, which
have been “corrupted or infiltrated by the cartels at all
levels.” Most recently, the
escape of notorious drug
trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán from Mexico’s
highest-security prison has
demonstrated the weaknesses of the government’s judicial capabilities, especially in the face of organized
crime.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes
against Journalists, established in 2006, has been
largely ineffective, having
made only one conviction
since its inception. Jurisdictional weaknesses, a lack of
transparency, an insufficient
number of investigators, and
the need to draw upon the
resources of several rival
agencies, all hamper the office’s capacity. Additionally, journalists are often unwilling to turn to the government for help due to a lack
of trust.
In 2012, the Mexican legislature passed a constitutional amendment allowing
federal authorities to take
charge of investigating and
prosecuting crimes affecting
the work of journalists. This
has led to the creation of a
Federal Mechanism for the
Protection of Human Rights
Defenders and Journalists,
but this body has been widely criticized as inadequate.
As mentioned, despite the
new legislation, attacks on
journalists have actually increased during Peña Nieto’s
term in office.
Additionally, state criminal and civil codes continue
to be used to intimidate journalists. The government of
(See Blood, page 7)
La Prensa San Diego
JULY 24, 2015
Page 3
Fridas everywhere!
South Bay officials celebrate federal
grant for desalination facility
BARRIO LOGAN
By Pablo J. Sáinz
By Elena Victoria
Marques
“I leave you my portrait
so that you will have my
presence all the days and
nights that I am away from
you.”
– Frida Kahlo
A quote perhaps more
true then she realized, leaving us all with her grand
presence over 60 years after
her death. She is a surrealist
queen and an icon, and Barrio Logan was filled with
Fridas this past Saturday at
the first annual Frida Art
Show at La Bodega, which
was a huge success in more
ways then one.
The artwork was stunning, from the bright iconic portraits to the weird and
surreal mimicking her signature style of using symbolism and scenes buried in
scenes. So stunning in fact,
half the show sold on the
opening night.
It was clearly an act of
love, her spirit was truly
alive in that building from
the bright flags, the altar in
her honor, to the fresh new
mural of her well known portrait on the front of La Bodega by Sonia Lopez Chavez.
They also invited everyone to participate in a Frida lookalike contest, and the
crowd loved it, with dozens
of people, adults, and children at the show with flowers in their hair, huipils and
unibrows.
The art was incredibly impressive, far from the same
Frida images seen over and
over again. Some of her
most impressive work, is often the work the least seen,
lost in the commercialization. She was an amazing
surrealist with layers upon
layers of intricate scenes
in her paintings, incredible
landscapes, and visions of
her own pain, suffering and
Fans of Frida, dressing like her, was the highlight of the evening.
The show runs until July rendous pain living a parthoughts…so I was so excited to see so much of the art 28, so I definitely encourage ents’ worst nightmare, are
including these elements of everyone to see it before it’s also struggling to survive financially.
gone.
her body of work.
I invite you to join us with
I think a lot of artists,
On a more somber note,
especially in our art dis- the third “43 artists & musi- four bands, from both sides
trict centered around Chi- cians for Ayotzinapa” fund- of the border, merch and
cano Park, look to the older raiser is this upcoming Sat- gifts, paintings, food from
Mexican giants such as Fri- urday, at the Centro Cultur- Salud Taco shop on Logan
da Kahlo and Diego Rive- al de la Raza at Balboa Park Ave. The $5 cover charge
ra in our own work, some- from 6-10pm. I’ve written goes directly, along with the
times without even know- about it many times, but this rest of what we raise, into
ing it, and it was beautiful to Saturday will be the last in the joint back account of the
see such a large scale group the area for a while before parents, so we hope to see
show, channel her so well, the art work moves on to you there.
Arizona and Nevada before
and with so much love.
In the words of Chris returning home at the end
Zertuche and Sonia Lopez of the year to Southwestern
Chaves, owners of La Bo- College.
dega Gallery, “The Frida
It’s a growing collection
Kahlo Group Art show was of artwork, created by arta phenomenal success. We ists, each one to represent a
were so honored and hum- student, to raise money for
bled to host such a special the families of the missing
event. Over 50 talented art- students who have left their
ists showcased art work. crops and low wage jobs to
With over 2,000 people at- find their children.
tending our gallery was full
This show will be comof vibrant energy and beau- memorating 10 months since
tiful faces. We couldn’t of the mass kidnapping in Iguawishes for a better turn out. la, Guerrero on September
This show was a great way 26, 2014 and the parents are
to honor and celebrate Fri- facing roadblock after roadda Kahlo. We look forward block in reaching answers to
to next year’s second annual what has happened to their
Frida Kahlo Festival”.
sons, and amidst their hor-
Amid the state drought, local officials from the South
Bay are cheering a federal grant that will expand a desalination facility that will benefit the area by increasing the
drinking water available.
Congresswoman Susan Davis made the announcement
earlier this week of a $5.2 million Department of Interior
grant for the Sweetwater Authority that will increase the
desalination capabilities of the Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility from 3,600 acre-feet per year (AFY) of
water to 8,000 AFY.
The water produced by the facility provides drinking
water to residents of South Bay communities like Bonita,
Chula Vista, and National City. Also, the City of San Diego is partnering with the Sweetwater Authority and will
receive half of the water produced.
“Increasing sources of reliable drinking water and our
region’s water independence must be a priority,” Davis
said. “California is in the grips of a historic drought and
improving our water infrastructure will be key to surviving
this drought and any future water shortages.”
Earlier this year, Representatives Duncan Hunter, Scott
Peters, and Juan Vargas, joined Davis in sending a letter to
the Department of Interior urging the federal grant funding
for Sweetwater.
The desalination facility expansion is estimated to cost
$42 million and 75 percent of the project is funded by state
and federal grants, said Leslie Payne, public affairs manager fort the Sweetwater Authority, which owns and operates
the facility located in Chula Vista.
“California is in a water crisis and the federal government should aid communities that are working proactively
to address their water issues,” Davis said.
The facility, in operation since 1999, is designed to produce about five million gallons per day of treated water; the
expansion will increase the amount to 10 million gallons
per day.
Local elected officials in the South Bay celebrated the
grant announcement.
“This is great news as this expanded capability of the
plant will ensure more supply of a precious resource for
Chula Vista and our residents,” said Chula Vista Mayor
Mary Casillas Salas. “This is especially the case with some
of the current drilling projects that Sweetwater is doing in
Chula Vista that would benefit from this facility expansion
by being able to process five million gallons per day in capacity.”
The desalination facility draws brackish groundwater
from six wells grouped near the Sweetwater River, treats
the water using a reverse osmosis filtration process, delivers the water to the distribution system, and discharges the
resulting brine into the Sweetwater River.
(See South Bay, page 4)
WHAT WILL YOU
START?
County Board of Education Seeking to Fill
District 2 Vacancy
The County Board of
Education is seeking candidates to fill the District 2
board seat, which includes
the southwestern portion of
the county from Southern
San Diego to the U.S.-Mexico border. The seat was vacated by Lyn Neylon, who
moved out of district boundaries.
Individuals wishing to
apply for the District 2 appointment must be citizens
of California, residents of
San Diego County Board
of Education District 2, and
registered voters. Individuals can verify their residence in San Diego County
Board of Education District
2 by visiting the San Diego
County Registrar of Voters website, clicking on the
“What are my Electing Districts/Officials” tab, and entering their street address.
“Education is the most
important thing we can give
to our kids,” said County Superintendent of Schools Dr.
Randolph E. Ward. “If you
want to make a difference in
the lives of the region’s students, being a County Board
of Education member is a
great way to do it.”
To apply for the appointment or to download an application for the District 2
vacancy, individuals can
visit sdcoe.net/boardvacancy, or request an application
by calling 858-292-3515 or
emailing the Board of Education executive assistant at
[email protected].
Applications must be submitted no later than Friday,
July 31 at noon.
The board is expected to
interview all eligible candidates, make the appoint-
ment, and swear in the new
board member at its regular meeting on August 12,
2015. In accordance with
provisions of the San Diego
County Charter, the board
has 45 days from the date of
a vacancy to make the appointment.
The vacant seat must be
filled from the district in
which the vacancy occurs
by appointment of a majority of the remaining members of the board.
The appointee will hold
office until the expiration of
the term in January 2017.
Veda Schmigel
COSMETOLOGY
STUDENT
Congresswoman Susan Davis to
Host Retirement Security Forum
Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) will host
a forum on the importance of retirement security to provide helpful information on Social Security and Medicare. The forum will be held in Bankers Hill at the San
Diego Indoor Sports Club located at 3030 Front Street
on Wednesday, August 5 at 5:45 p.m. Space is limited.
Those wanting to attend are asked to RSVP at Davis’s
website or by calling her office at 619-280-5353.
FALL CLASSES START
AUGUST 24
www.sdcity.edu/startnow
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Care Starts With You
by Mónica Cortés Torres
One of my favorite quotes
is by Rosalynn Carter, it
says: “There are only four
kinds of people in the world:
those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who
will be caregivers, and those
who will need caregivers.”
The Hispanic community fully understands and
embodies that notion. They
learn as children that taking
care of their parents once
they age is the natural course
of life.
For Latinos, family is the
base of their caregiving system, and it is very likely that
at some point they will have
to help their parents, grandparents, and maybe even
their spouses, to perform every day tasks like cooking a
meal or taking a shower.
On average, Latinos live
longer than the general population. By 2050, the Hispanic share of the elderly population will almost triple in
comparison to 2005. Combined with health issues that
are prevalent and/or undetected amongst the Hispanic
population —conditions like
diabetes and depression—
the burden on caregivers
could grow exponentially.
Latinos don’t think of
themselves as caregivers because it is part of their upbringing. They consider taking personal care of their
relatives as a duty, but they
also consider it an act of
love. Yet, despite the underlying expectations being ever present, most of
them are caught by surprise
and unprepared to face their
caregiving journey.
Caregivers have no roadmap. Through hard work,
connections with other caregivers, and dedication, they
figure out the answers as
they go. They face challenges every step of the way,
whether that’s helping a
loved one manage a chronic
condition at home, supporting a patient during a hospital stay, helping them recuperate from an illness, or
trying to keep them comfortable at the end of their life.
Hispanic caregivers and
their families also face additional difficulties: they often must deal with both language and cultural barriers
as they navigate the health
and social service systems.
Additionally, there are a
lack of culturally proficient
elderly care services for the
Hispanic population.
Because of the high-care
needed by diabetics and
those with cognitive diseases (both which disproportionally affect many Latinos), caregivers are often
forced to change their work
status or leave their work.
And that little free time that
Latino caregivers have, is
typically dedicated to their
family members in need of
help. All of these factors
combined make them more
likely to experience emotional stress, physical and financial strain, and impacts
on their health.
As a nonprofit, nonpartisan social mission organization for people over 50 years
of age, AARP has worked
tirelessly in multicultur-
JULY 24, 2015
Mónica Cortés Torres
al communities to support
and aid families so they can
live their best life possible.
This is why we recognize
the selfless commitment and
the difficulties of the task
that you as a caregiver have
taken on. We want to let you
know that you are not alone.
The AARP Caregiving Resource Center is an easily
accessible place available
around the clock that provides an easy way to join an
online community of Hispanic caregivers, learn about
local services, and get access
to Spanish language tools
and information to help you
care for your loved ones and
yourself. Just contact our
Call Center hotline (1-888971-2013) or click on www.
aarp.org/cuidar and you will
find tips and information on
how to take care of yourself
in your role as caregiver.
Care starts with you.
AARP is here to help you
better answer your calling
to the duties of caregiving,
through a comprehensive
network of information and
resources, so that you can
attain your real possibilities.
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ya ni mencionamos ropa,
alimentos, transporte,
entretenimiento y diversión,
atención a la salud, y
todavía menos la vivienda,
carreteras, drenaje y demás
servicios públicos.
Al llegar a Estados
Unidos, ya viene entrenado,
capacitado para chambear,
cuidar un jardín o un par de
bebés, trabajar en fábrica,
oficina u hotel u lu que sea.
Y todo eso es gratis para
este lado. El país del que
salió el migrante paga y
gasta cada año antes de que
el migrante se vuelva tal.
Según el reporte “Costo
de Criar a un Niño” del
Departamento gringo de
Agricultura, hasta 2013
costaba 304 mil 480 dólares
que bebé llegue a los 18
años en Estados Unidos. En
promedio, entre 12 mil 800
y 14 mil 970 por chamaco
por año en una familia
con salarios entre 61 mil y
106 mil bolas. Los costos
de educación superior,
universidad o de embarazos
tempranos no cuentan.
Así que yo propongo que
South Bay officials
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“In a time when this exceptional drought has constricted water supplies, this
ground water desalination
project will give our District
a level of water supply reliability enjoyed by very few
in our region,” said National
City Mayor Ron Morrison.
The expansion project includes the construction of
five additional wells in the
vicinity and also relocates
the concentrate disposal
pipeline that serves the facility, which assures continued compliance with federal
and California water quality
regulations.
“Despite the rains this
weekend, our region remains
in a drought and this grant
will help boost the drinking water supply for South
County on an on-going basis,” said San Diego County
Supervisor Greg Cox. That’s
a real asset.”
To learn more about the
Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility, please visit
www.sweetwater.org.
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones
de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
El problema del cigarrillo
es la dopamina
¿Cobrarle a México?
ahorra millones de dólares
por cada uno de nosotros.
Piénselo así: Cuando un
inmigrante llega a Estados
Unidos digamos a los 25
años, este país se ahorra
cientos de miles de dólares.
No gastó en servicios de
salud a la mamá cuando
estaba embarazada, ni al
bebé cuando nació. ese
niño por burro que sea, fue
a la escuela y los gringos
no pagaron ni maestros,
ni escuelas, ni gises y
borradores ni uniformes
ni libros. Ni gastaron en
parques públicos ni en
mantener Chapultepec ni en
lonches para los chamacos.
Ni las fracturas de huesos
rotos de los que se cayeron
de la resbaladilla, ni en los
zapatos que no le quedan a
los niños cada cuatro meses.
Menos en ropa o
alimentación. De hecho,
sus padres migrantes se
encargaron de los gastos,
con los salarios miserables
que les pagaban sus
patrones en los Esteits.
Luego fueron a la Prepa,
barata pero no gratuita, y
La Prensa San Diego
apoyemos al Trompas para
que se vuelva presidente,
que le “cobre” a México
y entonces le mandemos
una buena factura. Como
buen empresario capitalista,
seguro entenderá la
transacción.
Incluso sin contar
inflaciones ni devaluaciones
ni nada por el estilo, y
dándole un descuento por
volumen, digamos que
le cobremos un cuarto
de millón de dolarucos
por cada inmigrante, por
lo que le ahorramos a
Estados Unidos. Saldrían
como 37,500,000,000,000,
o sean 37 billones 500
mil millones de dólares.
Equivale, si las matemáticas
no me confunden con
tanto cero, a diez años del
presupuesto total de Estados
Unidos. Si nos lo pagan, ahí
si que habrá que poner un
muro, para que los gringos
no se quieran pasar para
México de “ilegales”...
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Después de haber superado el tabaquismo—cosa que
no fue nada fácil—y haber
descubierto que la vida
sin cigarrillo es mejor en
muchos sentidos, me he detenido a pensar qué hizo que
me apegara tanto a un vicio
tan dañino.
Llegué a concluir que
el asunto tiene que ver con
la dopamina. Con esa sensación de placer que genera
la dichosa hormona al ser estimulada por los componentes del tabaco, la nicotina, el
alquitrán o cualquiera que
sea el culpable. Eso, claro,
no es nuevo para nadie, pero
me obliga a pensar por qué
algunos humanos nos vemos
abocados a buscar esas sensaciones en fuentes tan nocivas...creo que ahí hay una
clave muy importante.
¿Qué me da el cigarrillo? ¿Por qué me siento satisfecho con uno en la mano?
¿Cuál es el vacío que pretendo llenar con el vicio?
Todos sabemos que fumar hace daño, que causa estragos en nuestro organismo,
que puede llegar a matarnos,
que nos hace oler mal, que
nos da mal aspecto, que envejece , y sin embargo fumamos. Aun a sabiendas de
los daños, fumamos. También, creo que para aquellos
que están tratando de dejar
de fumar, esa es una clave:
la dopamina. ¿Cómo reemplazar la sensación de satisfacción que me da aspirar el
humo de un cigarrillo?
Yo por ejemplo, descubrí que me daba seguridad
y entendí que mi problema
no era el cigarrillo, si no mi
inseguridad. En ese camino,
empecé a trabajar para convertirme en una persona más
segura de mí misma, y así,
pude deshacerme del fastidioso humo que lo abarcaba todo. Si la meta es dejar
el cigarrillo atrás, tenemos
que averiguar que nos lleva
a él. Muchas veces, cuando
pensamos en dejar de fumar,
nos enfocamos en la ansiedad que nos producirá el no
hacerlo y empezamos a desesperarnos aun antes de intentarlo.
¿Por qué no pensar mejor
en la sensación que puede
producirnos saber que somos dueños de nuestra vida?
¿Qué somos capaces de tomar decisiones? ¿Qué estamos respetando nuestro cuerpo?
Cuando apagamos el último cigarro, los efectos en
el organismo son casi inmediatos. A las pocas horas,
disminuye el riesgo de
muerte súbita y se elimina
el monóxido de carbono en
la sangre, poco a poco empieza a mejorar la capacidad física, como también
nuestro olfato, nuestro sentido del gusto y nuestra piel.
Pero aun más debemos pre-
Luisa Fernanda Montero
guntarnos, ¿Qué gano al dejar de fumar?
Por ejemplo, pocos saben
que los efectos son inmediatos: a los veinte minutos de
dejar el cigarrillo, se reduce
el ritmo cardiaco y la presión arterial; a los tres meses
mejora la función pulmonar
y la circulación, y al año se
reduce el riesgo de enfermedad cardiaca coronaria, entre otros.
Esas son buenas razones;
pero cada uno tiene sus motivos, sus respuestas y sus
caminos. La invitación es a
descubrirlos, lo que encontremos solo puede hacernos
bien, es hora de darse cuenta
que nunca es tarde para mejorar nuestra salud y estilo
de vida.
Si está tratando de dejar de fumar puede obtener
ayuda en 1-855-DÉJELOYA o 1-855-335-3569, una
línea de recursos y apoyo totalmente gratuita y visitando
LaRedHispana.org para más
información.
La Prensa San Diego
JULY 24, 2015
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Jóvenes de Urban Corps hacen una diferencia Cuyamaca College joins community college
en Chicano Park
collaborative focusing on minority males
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El proyecto de mejoras en
Chicano Park de Ciudad de
San Diego tiene fondos estatales de $1.08 millones. El
proyecto inició en mayo y
desde entonces unos 14 estudiantes de Urban Corps of
San Diego County, un programa que le da a la juventud en San Diego una alternativa a la educación tradicional a través de entrenamiento laboral práctico,
han estado trabajando en el
parque.
Los estudiantes de Urban Corps han instalado
una nueva cancha de pelota
de mano, han iniciado construcción de un área de patinaje y han hecho trabajos en
los juegos actuales.
Futuras mejoras incluyen la instalación de nuevos
equipos de juego, reparaciones de la fuente, y trabajo
de jardinería. El proyecto se
completará en diciembre.
“Chicano Park es la joya
de Barrio Logan y una atracción en toda la región por su
rica exhibición de arte y cultura”, dijo Robert Chávez,
presidente de Urban Corps.
“Así como los propios murales se deben mantener, mantener los servicios del parque
actualizados es un aspecto
importante de su preservación. Para Urban Corps es
un honor ayudar a proporcionar a este vecindario las
mejoras recreativas tan esperadas para los residentes
locales y los visitantes”.
Julio Salas es un estudiante Urban Corps que está
trabajando en el Chicano
Park. Dijo que el programa
del Urban Corps, en el que
los estudiantes se les paga
el trabajo de varias horas a
la semana, ha hecho un gran
cambio en su vida.
“Me ha dado la disciplina
que necesitaba para concentrarme en mi educación y en
el aprendizaje de nuevas habilidades”, dijo Salas, quien
tiene 19 años y está terminando la escuela secundaria
a través del Cuerpo Urbano.
“Al mismo tiempo, estamos
ayudando a nuestra comunidad.”
Para el Planificador Principal de la Ciudad de San
Diego, Brian Schoenfisch,
el proyecto de Chicano Park
es muy inclusivo.
Urban Corp member, Alfredo Silva on the BobCat
“Este proyecto es un
ejemplo de reconocimiento
de la importancia de las voces locales dentro de la comunidad y dar a conocer la
energía creativa de Urban
Corps en una asociación
única con la ciudad”, dijo.
“Esta es una gran manera de
colocar a la juventud en los
roles de trabajo positivos en
la comunidad y demostrar
que podemos hacer la diferencia trabajando juntos”.
Urban Corps ha trabajado
mano a mano con el Chicano Park Steering Committee y otros miembros de la
comunidad para diseñar el
plan de mejoras, de acuerdo
con Klara T. Arter, gerente
de Desarrollo y Comunicaciones para Urban Corps.
“He estado viendo a estos
estudiantes del Urban Corps
a diario desde el comienzo
de la construcción de este
proyecto”, dijo Tommie Camarillo, presidenta del Chicano Park Steering Committee, que administra el parque.
“Veo emoción y orgullo en
su trabajo. Los estudiantes
están ahora no solo trabajando en el proyecto, sino que
sienten orgullo de ser parte
de la comunidad y del Chicano Park”.
José Casillas, un estudiante Urban Corps que también está aprendiendo inglés, dijo que el programa le
ha ayudado a aprender nue-
vas habilidades laborales.
“Ahora sé cómo utilizar las herramientas de construcción, y aprendí cómo
operar la maquinaria, que
me ayudará a conseguir un
trabajo cuando me gradúe”,
dijo Casillas.
Chávez dijo que el Chicano Park representa una
gran oportunidad para Urban Corps.
“Este es un proyecto
histórico para nosotros y es
emocionante ver a miembros de Urban Corps ampliar sus habilidades al trabajar
en un sitio de construcción
importante”, dijo.
Urban Corps tiene actualmente varias posiciones abiertas para adultos jóvenes
entre 18 y 25 años que quieran participar en el programa. Los aprendices reciben capacitación laboral
pagada al tiempo que ayudan a su comunidad y obtienen un diploma de high
school de la Urban Corps
Charter School.
Los jóvenes trabajan en
la comunidad tres días a la
semana y asisten a la escuela dos días por semana.
Si usted o alguien que conoce necesita un trabajo y
un diploma de high school,
averigüe cómo aplicar llamando al (619) 235-6884, al
número gratuito (855) SDCORPS o visite www.UrbanCorpsSD.org.
Urban Corps youth make a difference in Chicano Park
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is an important aspect of its
preservation. Urban Corps
is honored to help provide
this deserving neighborhood
with much-anticipated recreational improvements for
local residents and all visitors to enjoy.”
Julio Salas is an Urban
Corps student who is working at Chicano Park. He said
the Urban Corps program,
in which students get paidwork several hours a week,
has made a big change in his
life.
“It’s given me the discipline I needed to focus on
my education and on learning new skills,” said Salas,
who is 19 and is completing
high school through Urban
Corps. “At the same time,
we’re helping our community.”
For City of San Diego
Principal Planner Brian
Schoenfisch, the Chicano
Park project is very inclusive.
“This project is an example of acknowledging the
importance of local voices
within the community and
showcasing the creative energy of the Urban Corps in
a unique partnership with
the City,” he said. “This is a
great way to place youth in
positive working roles in the
community and show that
we can make a difference
working together.”
Urban Corps has worked
hand-in-hand with the Chicano Park Steering Committee and other community
members to design the improvement plan, according
to Klara T. Arter, Communications and Development
manager for Urban Corps.
“I have been watching
these Urban Corps students
on a daily basis from the
very beginning of construction of this project,” said
Tommie Camarillo, chairperson of the Chicano Park
Steering Committee, which
manages the park. “I see excitement and pride in their
work. The students are now
not just working on the project, but they are feeling pride
of being part of the community and Chicano Park.”
José Casillas, an Urban
Corps student who is also
learning English, said the
program has helped him
learned new job skills.
“Now I know how to use
construction tools, and I
learned how to operate machinery, which will help me
get a job when I graduate,”
Casillas said.
Chávez said that Chicano
Park represents a great opportunity for Urban Corps.
“This is a landmark project for us and it’s thrilling to
see Corpsmembers expand
their skill sets by working on a major construction
site,” he said.
Urban Corps currently
has several open positions
for young adults ages 18 to
25 who would like to join
the program. Corpsmember trainees receive paid job
skills training while helping
their community and earning
a high school diploma at Urban Corps Charter School.
Youth work in the community three days per week
and attend school two days
per week. If you or someone
you know needs a job and
a high school diploma, find
out how to apply by calling (619) 235-6884, toll free
(855) SD-CORPS or visit
www.UrbanCorpsSD.org.
Cuyamaca College has
joined a national consortium dedicated to improve
student success among men
of color in community colleges.
The Rancho San Diego
college joins its sister campus, Grossmont College,
and about 50 other community colleges and universities across the country in
signing on with the National Consortium on College
Men of Color, a project of
the Minority Male Community College Collaborative,
also known as M2C3.
The collaborative, which
is affiliated with San Diego
State University’s doctoral
program in Community College Leadership, partners
with colleges to find ways
to improve student success
of a historically underrepresented and underserved student population.
Co-directed by Frank
Harris III and J. Luke Wood,
faculty members in SDSU’s
College of Education, the
M2C3 consortium provides
opportunities for member
campuses to exchange ideas
through webinars, discussion boards and a working
group meeting held annually in San Diego. M2C3 provides the data so that decisions could be made to serve
students of color effectively
and equitably.
“The M2C3 consortium
is an innovative group of
college leaders that will be
instrumental in implementing cutting-edge practices
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emergency medical aid to
people affected by conflict,
epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care.
The fundraiser will be
held at the Historical Abbey
at 2825 5th Ave in Hillcrest.
Tickets are $45. There will
be a Mediterranean dinner,
and policies to address the
achievement gap facing underrepresented men,” Wood
said.
The data reflects the
achievement gap among
black and Latino males -- 17
and 15 percent, respectively,
who earn a community college certificate or degree, or
who transfer on to four-year
campuses within six years
of starting at a two-year college. Figures for men from
other ethnic groups such as
American Indian and Southeast Asian also point to a
great need for improvement.
“Closing the achievement gap for disproportionally impacted students is imperative in higher education
in order to train the future
leaders of the state,” said
Wei Zhou, interim president
of Cuyamaca College. “The
M2C3 National Consortium
on College Men of Color
provides Cuyamaca College, a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, with a unique opportunity to focus our efforts.”
Harris and Wood gave a
workshop in spring 2014 at
Cuyamaca College that focused on the critical role that
community colleges play in
the education and career development of black and Latino males and the degree of
the achievement gap for this
demographic.
In California, four out of
five of all Latino and black
male students enrolled in
public postsecondary educa-
tion are enrolled in community colleges, according to
a M2C3 report. And while
community colleges serve
as a primary entry into higher education, access is not
always synonymous with
success.
“While community colleges are certainly dedicated to the students and communities they serve, many
men of color experience disparate outcomes in comparison to their peers,” the report states.
For example, 58 percent of black men who enrolled in credit courses during spring 2013 passed those
courses with a grade of C or
better, compared to almost
75 percent of white males.
Completion rates - which
measure the total percentage
of males who earned certificates or degrees, or transferred or became transfer eligible – were only about 38
percent among blacks and
Hispanics.
Launched in February
2015, the M2C3 has already
seen much success in information-sharing between
community colleges. An average of more than 1,000
consortium members participates in each webinar.
“It is inspiring to see educators collaborate and openly share innovative ideas for
serving men of color,” Harris said. “We look forward
to the future of M2C3 and
the future success of men of
color.”
along with a flamenco show
and a performance by renowned guitarist, David de
Alva.
Sonny Burton will be in
her element there, sharing
her love of flamenco, displaying her students’ talents,
and helping out doctors doing good work.
For more informtion or
to buy tickets to the Doctors
without Borders fundraiser
you can go on the web to:
www.flamencowithroots.
com
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JULY 24, 2015
La Prensa San Diego
DANIEL L. MUÑOZ
Founder / Publisher
DANIEL H. MUÑOZ
Editor
Founded 1976
The immigration issue continues to
dominate
I
mmigration was on the mind of
most folks with the presidential
campaigns starting to take off. It
started with the racially charged
comments by presidential candidate,
Donald Trump. Initially this candidacy was viewed as nothing more than
a sideshow, then a funny thing happened, his comments propelled him
into the lead that shows for at least
one-quarter of the Republican voters
he is their first choice.
This turn of events has dragged the
Republican Party into a quagmire,
Trump is now driving the narrative for
the Republican Party, which is of particular concern with the first nationally televised coming up on August
6. These poll numbers will put Trump
front and center at the debate figuratively and literally, he will be center
stage between the remaining candidates.
The Republican Party, and everyone
else, knows that they need to reach the
Hispanic voter and the minority voter
if they have any chance at winning the
next presidential election. Trump is
driving a wedge between the Republican Party and those voters they need to
appease.
Trump is also destroying the Republican Party from within by moving the
right wing segment of the party even
further right by taking away those
voters from candidates such as Scott
Walker. Walker who started out as a
darling, along with Ted Cruz, of the
more conservative segment of the Party, Trump is taking away the limelight
and the votes.
On the heels of Donald Trump then
came the sad case of the shooting
death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco
by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, an
undocumented immigrant with a history of crime. As an undocumented per-
son Lopez-Sanchez was in that city because he felt safe there with it being a
Sanctuary City.
The Republican Party jumped on
this issue and Congress is now in debate about removing Homeland Security funding from Sanctuary cities.
This is a knee-jerk reaction by the Republican Party. The problem or issue
is not Sanctuary cities but the issue of
immigration reform. The Republicans
do not want to discuss that issue! Comprehensive immigration reform would
have gone a long way toward preventing this situation from every happening.
Lastly, this past week the State of Texas was once again a hot button state
when it comes to immigration. In the
last year, the state has refused to issue
birth certificates to children who were
born in Texas to undocumented parents. This flies in the face of the Constitution which states that every person
born in the States is a citizen.
As Nativo Lopez of Hermandad
Mexicana, stated: “Unless one desires
to enter a contract with the State in order to receive some benefit or privilege,
their State birth certificate is unnecessary. We don’t need their stinking
badges!”
In May a lawsuit has been filed on
behalf of four women who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services alleging constitutional discrimination
and interference in the federal government’s authority over immigration.
Throughout the Republican presidential campaign season, imnmigration will continue to be a hot button
issue, an issue that the Hispanic community will have live through, until a
candidate steps up and talks about immigration reform.
part of a future candidate, they even say
his gold cuff links are so big that if the sun
hits them just right the shine off them will
blind you….
Turns out that running for office is out
of the question unless you can raise over
$100,000 to start with… damn that leaves
most of us out in the cold… only those
folks who have already sold their sole can
raise that amount of money….
In 2014 Sweetwater Authority got a
proposal passed that would increase the
water rates annually for the next five
years without any public input…. Apparently the rate increases laid out back
then wasn’t enough to cover their lavish
spending so now, less than a year later,
the Authority is going back to the voters
to ask for even more money, more money, from the ratepayers…. Ay caramba!!!
And guess who is going to get stuck with
the biggest increase… the poor!!!
With a little less than a year to go some
candidates are already reporting $160,000,
$300,000, $120,000 and on and on it
goes…. It is getting to where you need to
raise a half a million dollars and in some
If you want to see Congressman Juan
cases a million dollars to run for office…. Vargas, or one of his aides, be prepared
Too rich for this poor Indio!!!
to sign a CASEWORK AND PRIVACY
AUTHORIZATION FORM, per Privacy
This tid bit a couple of weeks old but Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552). Folks are
still good: State Senator John Moor- wondering if indicted millionaire José
lach (R-Costa Mesa) forgot himself when Susumo Azano Matsura had to fill out a
introducing the new, female, Mexican “privacy authorization form?” What hapConsul General for Scramento as “hot.” pened to the good old days when your repClearly a lack of respect here. Moorlach resentative used to have an open door polmuch be one of those Cro-Magnon who icy??? Now you have fill out forms just to
only see women as sex objects….
have a conversation…. Then again if you
have a contribution to make you can just
Steve Miesen of Chula Vista, the ap- walk right on in….
pointed representative who is a temporary
fill-in and who misses a lot of votes due
An interesting tid-bit from the Departto a conflict of interest issues, is hosting a ment of Justice regarding the Privacy Act
coffee clutch for the citizens… some are of 1974: “the Act’s imprecise language,
wondering if this is more for his aide Ja- limited legislative history, and somewhat
son Paguio who appears to be Miesen’s outdated regulatory guidelines have renprodigy and the future candidate to re- dered it a difficult statute to decipher and
place Miesen…
apply. Moreover, even after more than
forty years of administrative and judicial
One observation made about council analysis, numerous Privacy Act issues reaide Paguio is that he sure dresses the main unresolved or unexplored.”
Sanctuary Cities: A Statement by
Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone
Archbishop of San Francisco
Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
The recent senseless killing of Kathryn
Steinle was a tragedy beyond description
not only for her loved ones, but for all San
Franciscans and, indeed, all Americans.
I offer my deepest condolences to Kathryn’s family and friends, and invite everyone in our community to join me in offering
prayers for them at this difficult time, and
to pray as well for Francisco Sanchez, who
has been charged with her death.
This horrible tragedy has ignited a national conversation about our nation’s immigration enforcement policies. While it
is important that we learn from this incident and work to prevent it from happening
again, it is also important that we recognize
that the vast majority of immigrants—both
those with and without papers—are not a
violent threat to society and so should not
be subject to guilt by association. In fact,
statistics show that immigrant communities
are by and large safe and that a cooperative
relationship between law enforcement and
those communities enhances public safety
and reduces crime.
In this regard, I ask our local, state, and
federal elected officials to work together in
a bipartisan manner to ensure that all persons—U.S citizens and newcomers alike—
are protected from individuals who pose a
threat to national security or public safety.
However, they should avoid the implemen-
tation of policies that punish all immigrants
for the transgressions of a small minority. I
also ask that our elected officials and others refrain from using this tragedy for political expediency or political gain. This is a
disservice to Kathryn’s memory and to any
effort to find a just solution that prevents a
reoccurrence of this type of event.
I applaud the commitment to public safety of the City of San Francisco and other
local jurisdictions and support their right to
exercise reasonable and appropriate discretion in the handling of immigrant detainees,
consistent with their need to maintain public safety. At the same time, greater cooperation is needed between local and federal
authorities in identifying those who represent a violent threat to our communities. A
just and humanitarian policy should not be
abandoned because of flaws in the system.
Rather, proper authorities should make prudent adjustments in the application of the
law in order to protect the public safety of
all those living in our country.
Over the long-term, and in conjunction
with my fellow bishops, I call upon Congress and the Administration to work together to comprehensively repair our nation’s flawed immigration system, a system
that divides families and undermines human
dignity. Such reform, long overdue, should
preserve family unity, ensure the due process of law, protect those fleeing persecution, and ensure the integrity of our nation’s
borders.
The Public Forum/El Foro Publico
A District map is only the beginning
Last week, the City Council approved the
boundaries for the four city council districts
in Chula Vista. While historic, this should
be viewed as only the first step in representative government - now, it’s up to the residents to take it to the next level.
Having districts means that the council
member will need to live in one section of
the city, and, in theory, understand the issues that affect that area. Unfortunately, the
council member will continue to be susceptible to lobbying from outside forces that
come in with money and other means of influence.
That is where the second step of the process comes in: the formation of community/neighborhood groups. Forming these
groups will create “micro-districts” within
each of the four districts. If one or more of
these groups are formed, the council member will need to pay closer attention to the
residents of that neighborhood and less attention to the outside influence.
Each neighborhood is unique and different from every other neighborhood. This diversity of community can only surface as
additional community groups emerge.
William Richter
Cuula Vista
Orange Park - Regulation Soccer Field Safe Children Playground - Dog Park
Southwest Chula Vista needs a regulation soccer field, promised secure off-leash
Dog Park and a safe, healthy children’s
playground.
The City of Chula Vista has announced
that the promised Orange Park next to the
Southwest Chula Vista International Orange
Library is close to completion. The people
of Southwest Chula Vista on Jan. 20, 2010
agreed to a design plan for a park with personality and a sense of place, after a decade
of planning. The original park was safe, secure and had a regulation soccer field, dog
park in the center, basketball court with a
proper drainage system. The park was separated from the library so that the children
had a healthy environmentally balanced
playground that the vagrants and addicts
can’t take over like the two other parks in
the Southwest Chula Vista. At the Feb. 11,
2014 meeting the changed park design that
was kept from the southwest community
park advocates was deceptively presented.
This is what you are going to get now.
The small dog park that was in the center
of the park to the south was moved to the
hillside in front of the main entrance. This
replaced the hillside which had an amphitheater with a stage on the bottom. The
specimen trees on the hillside had exceptional beauty. It was destroyed so that the
design – build contractor could maximize
his profit by taking the topsoil and using it
to the south.
The huge dog park is not graded properly and will result in it becoming a cesspool
because of faulty drainage. The dog park is
surrounded by a much too low, very ugly,
chain link fence and is insecure for unleash
dogs. It makes renowned Mexican Architect Ricardo Legorretta masterpiece library
look like a prison yard and his gifted landscape vision has been destroyed. The design- build huckster decided to make the socalled soccer field LOPSIDED and saved a
lot of money by not bringing in outside topsoil to make the promised regulation soccer field. Is this the result of a self-serving
developer, contractor with special interests,
who are allow to surreptitiously make as
much money as they can and leave?
The Orange Street Library was designed
as cultural destination and educational resource for the community. Architect Ricardo Legorretta designed the building with
interior courtyards, fountains, reflecting
pools, pyramid, vaulted ceilings and a combination of brilliant colors. The fountains,
reflecting pools and interior courtyards with
their beautiful imported lavender Mexican
tiles have been destroyed by someone who
converted them into planters.
Southwest Chula Vista needs a regulation soccer field, promised secure off-leash
Dog Park and a safe, healthy children’s
playground.
Jerry Thomas
Chula Vista
La Prensa San Diego
JULY 24, 2015
Commentary / Opinion Page
Reflecting on the First Anniversary
of the Garner Police Killing
By Angelo Falcón
It seemed like the other day when that
video of Eric Garner being killed by a police
chokehold appeared in the media, sparking,
along with Ferguson, a long overdue reassessment of police-community relations in
this country. The case still has many open
questions, such as the results of the police’s
internal investigation of the incident, the
call by the family for a federal investigation, and so on.
However, while the case has resonated
deeply within the Latino community. The
frustrating thing is how the general discourse on the issue of police-community relations keeps reverting to an almost purely
binary Black and White problem, minimizing its applicability to the Latino community.
Despite this, the problems of police bias
and brutality, and of mass incarcerations
and the resulting criminalization and racial profiling of a group also disproportionately affect Latinos throughout the United
States.
When we asked Latino opinion leaders
back in April what they thought about this
issue, most of them (87 percent) felt that
the criminal justice system in the United
States is racially based, favoring non-Latino Whites. Only 3 percent felt it treats all
groups equally and less than 1 percent that
it favors non-Latino Blacks.
Based on the racial self-identification of
the Latino opinion leaders, it surprised us
that, among those Latino leaders identifying
as Black, the highest percentage (19 percent) felt the criminal justice system treats
everyone equally. This is in comparison to
less than 1 percent of those identifying racially as White and none of those identifying as some other race.
In terms of police-community relations,
a vast majority (72 percent) of the Latino
opinion leaders thought their local police is,
to different degrees, prejudiced against Latinos. Over a quarter of them (27 percent)
believe that most of their local police are
prejudiced in this way. This feeling of antiLatino prejudice was felt regardless of the
Latino opinion leaders’ racial self-identifications, but was felt most intensely by those
identifying racially as White and less by
those identifying as Black, which is somewhat counter-intuitive.
Page 7
Blood, Manipulation, and Lies: Press
Freedom in Mexico
(con’t from page 2)
of Puebla state sued two journalists in October for damaging the reputation of public officials. A list of 19 journalists who were being monitored by the authorities was leaked
hours before the suits were filed. Through
Twitter, the state governor’s press agent announced that the press would continue to be
under “review.”
community broadcasters” and that “only a
handful of community radio operators have
been awarded licenses.”
It’s Not Just Television
Although Televisa is possibly the most
notorious source for biased and inaccurate
reporting, these problems exist outside television media as well. Scandals have delegitimized other forms of media, as they are
found to have censored reporters or provided false accounts of events. Mexican
citizens and journalists have increasingly
brought attention to and protested against
these practices.
Prominent Mexican journalist Carmen
Aristegui has become especially outspoken,
having been fired from her radio show after
the station allegedly tried to censor her. Her
website, Aristegui Noticias, published an
exposé in 2014 on the Mexican first lady’s
mansion and its possible conflict-of-interest
connections with government contractors.
MVS Radio, the radio company where Aristegui was previously employed, fired her
and two other journalists who had worked
on the mansion story this year. MVS radio
stated that it had fired Aristegui’s colleagues
for “compromising resources and brands of
the company without authorization.” The
company also insisted that Aristegui was
fired not as censorship, but because she had
given them an ultimatum to rehire the other
two journalists. Additionally, the fact that
Aristegui had talked about the scandal on
her radio show and used MVS funding and
resources for her investigation signal that
she was not censored, according to MVS.
Aristegui, however, has stated that MVS
Radio tried to suppress her report before she
published it on her own website and insists
that it was limiting her freedom of expression.
Aristegui also insists that the president’s
office was in support of the radio company. MVS has denied the accusation of government involvement with Mexico’s Interior Ministry stating adamantly that it was
committed to a free and independent press.
Nonetheless, Aristegui’s dismissal has amplified the discussion about censorship in
Mexico.
While Aristegui claims to be a journalist
who has been censored while trying to report accurately, other journalists have been
found to be deliberately reporting incorrect
information. This issue came to the fore
when newspapers published misleading articles about Peña Nieto’s visit to Ibero University while he was running for office. After admitting to using public force against
protesters when he was governor of Atenco
in a speech at the university, the politician
was met by crowds of student protesters.
Mexican news outlets, however, reported
that the candidate’s visit had been a success
despite “attempts at boycott.” In addition,
a university professor went on the radio to
say that the protestors were hired thugs.
In response, students submitted videos
showing their university IDs to prove that
they were in fact students and that they had
genuinely protested against Peña Nieto. A
total of 131 clips were compiled and uploaded to YouTube. Students from Ibero
and other universities subsequently formed
a movement now known as “Yo Soy 132″
(“I am the one-hundred and thirty-second.”)
Today the movement’s chief demand is impartiality in media coverage of political
campaigns.
While the dismissal of Aristegui and the
events at Ibero gained a lot of attention in
Mexico, many other cases have occurred
without notice. The deaths of Díaz Lopez,
dismissed by authorities as unrelated to his
profession, and Felina, which occurred in a
state heavily infiltrated by cartels, are just
two of the hundreds of acts of violence that
occur against journalists and go unpunished
each year. However, the dismissal of Aristegui and the misleading coverage regarding Ibero have helped to reveal the serious
problems with the press in Mexico and have
helped mobilize people to demand change
as seen with Yo Soy 132.
The Televisa Empire
“La Dictadura Perfecta” (The Perfect
Dictatorship), a 2014 Mexican comedy
film, depicts how a governor hires a television company to help clean up his image.
The governor’s image had been tarnished
after being caught on camera doing business
with criminals. Yet the company is able to
restore his image by providing sensationalist coverage of the kidnapping of twin girls
and a staged rescue by the governor.
Despite being fictional, the film has been
regarded as a veracious criticism of the television industry in Mexico. The television
company in the film closely resembles Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language
media company. The film’s director Luis
Estrada claims that Televisa had agreed to
distribute the film but later decided against
it after executives saw an early cut of the
film.
In fact, Televisa has been subject to extensive controversy. This has included accusations of propping up the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional
By Gustavo Arellano
Revolutionary Party; PRI), which held
power for 70 years until 2000. When the
PRI returned to power in 2012, Televisa
Mexico has
SPECIAL MEXICANS-AREwas accused of carrying out a pro-PRI camnever ended,
RAPISTS EDITION
paign. In 2012, The Guardian published an
joined in
“alleged
outline of fees apparently charged
recent years
Dear Mexican: Why is it so easy
by
Televisa
for raising Peña Nieto’s proby Korean
file
when
governor
of the state of Mexico.”
to escape from Mexican prisons, and
migrants
These outlines listed nearly 200 news rewhy is it always accomplished the day in Mexico
ports, interviews and features. The Guardian
before execution? And why have not
City and the
specified
that the fees were only “alleged”
the proper authorities figured it out
continued
and
that
both
Peña Nieto and Televisa conyet? See Madero, Pancho Villa, Luis
takeover of Ensenada by Chinese
tended
that
the
document could be a forgery.
Terrazas, Jr., etc.
nationals (their presence in Mexicali,
Despite this, under pressure from Televisa,
Fuga Frank on the other hand, dates back nearly a
the Guardian published a joint statement
century). Not only that, don’t forget that with the media company in 2013 in which
Dear Jailbreak Fred: Don’t forget El our indigenous side came from Asia
the newspaper emphasized the uncertainty
Chapo! The answer is obvious: Mexican thousands of years ago—so don’t be
of the document’s authenticity. For its part,
law enforcement and government
surprised when your cousin grows up to Televisa denied all allegations.
officials are more easily bought than
Although the exposé never cited conclulook like a radiant Burmese tribeswoman
sive
proof, it brought attention both to the
a piratería copy of Star Wars: The
from a Cold War-era National
corruption in the media and the power it
Force Awakens at your local Mexican
Geographic spread instead of however
supermarket parking lot. As for Chapo’s the hell a “normal” Mexican is supposed wields. While university students united in
protest against the alleged corruption, Peña
already legendary escape, all I can add
to aparecer.
Nieto won the presidential election with a
is that I still can’t decide whether Dig
clear majority. Observers continue to see
Dug or Super Mario Bros. is the more
I’m a residential real estate guy, and this victory as a product of Televisa.
hilarious meme for the situation. Oh, and this question came up in my group
Additionally, the lack of pluralism in refuck Mexican President Enrique Peña
recently. Why is it when Mexicans buy porting has had a profound effect on the
Nieto, that pinche prieto cagaleche.
state of the media. Televisa and TV-Azteca
a house, one of the first things they
now maintain 90 percent of free and paid TV
do is put up heavy shades, or even
I’m Mexican. I don’t mind when
blankets, on all of the windows? Why concessions in Mexico. This duopoly limits
my friends ask me questions about
the information available and fosters skeptidon’t they let the sun shine in?
Mexicans. But my Jew-wop friend
Re/Max Ramón cism about the nature of news broadcasting
in Mexico. Because newspaper readership
asked me a question about Mexicans
is low and many Mexicans have no access
that I don’t understand, and have no
Dear Wab: Three possibilities. The
answer to. He asked me “why do some most obvious is that Mexicans like their to the Internet or cable, these media companies are the main source of information and
Mexican chicks look Asian?” Having
privacy. If we want the world to see us,
are
therefore able to exert a powerful influgrown up in SanTana, I immediately
we have no problem being outside—
ence over national politics.
thought of the cholas and every
that’s why we have parties on the front
The Mexican government has addressed
Payasa, Tweetie, and Shorty I knew
the issue of press plurality through new leglawn, couches on the porch, and create
and their amazing skill with a liquid
islation that began with a proposal by Peña
gazebos and benches for the outside.
eyeliner. Several Google searches did
Nieto, later signed in 2014. The law aims to
But once we’re inside, we don’t want
not yield any good results. So neither
metiches nosing around into our activity. make the telecommunications sector more
of us got the much-needed visual to
That leads to the second posibilidad: the competitive and strengthen freedom of exhelp us communicate. So, to reiterate house might be occupied by multiple
pression and access to information. According to the Wilson Center, the passage of the
the original question: why do some
families, who do not want the outside
law “constitutes a significant breakthrough”
Mexican chicks look Asian? Is it the
world to know that what’s supposed to
for the president’s structural reform agenmake-up, his Jew-wop ignorance, or
be a bedroom is actually occupied by a
da and “has the potential to significantly alsomething I am clearly missing?
family of five. The least likely answer is ter Mexico’s media landscape, particularly
La Sad Girl also one that all gabachos immediately
through a strengthened regulatory frameassume—that it’s a drop house for drugs. work charged with curtailing media monopDear Pocha: What you’re missing is
olies.”
The only way to know if that last thing
that a chingo of chinitos are Mexicans.
Others have found fault with the new reis true? If it’s the one house on the block
Asians have been coming to Mexico
forms,
however. Civil society organizations
that gabachos come in and out of. You
since the 1500s, when Filipinos worked
have
been
“strongly critical of the new law,
know what to do…
the Manila galleons that would unload
stating that it limits the powers of the regulating body (which should be autonomous),
in Acapulco and intermixed with the
Ask the Mexican at themexican@
avoids
the necessary mechanisms to fight
population in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and
askamexican.net. be his fan on Facebook.
monopolies
efficiently, restricts public and
beyond. And, give or take a Chinese
follow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano
social
media,
and ignores the rights of aupogrom or a chino, chino, japonés
or follow him on Instagram @gustavo_
diences,”
according
to the Guardian.[31] Sofia Rada is a Research Associate at the
arellano!
schoolyard chant, the Asian presence in
Freedom House points out that there has Council on Hemispheric Affairs
been no movement “to legalize and support
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
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July 24, 2015
Juan Luis Silis Ends the Drought
2nd Corrida of Opportunity in Tijuana
By Mark Schwarz
During the dreadful drip-drip-drip of a
drizzling, dismal afternoon for bulls—or almost anything, really—the perhaps 1,000
brave souls who ventured out to the Plaza
Monumental de Playas for the second of the
three so called “Opportunity” corridas, were
subjected to a numbing variety of the technical and charismatic shortcomings which are
part of the reason that these 6 toreros have
struggled to make headway in this most difficult profession. It was an afternoon of faded and threadbare trajes and stained, worn
muletas, banderilla placements in uneven
pairs or singles or multiple false passes,
tossed capes, soggy zapatillas, half-swords,
full-swords in vaguely lethal locations,
pinchazos of every stripe, and the latest installment of the tragicomedy of the arrastre,
dragging out the dead bull—an afternoon
of mostly honest, but lacking, efforts from
young men who desperately need, and are
not prepared to take advantage of precisely
this: opportunity.
The afternoon began with Ricardo Rivera, whose bull was neither as bad as he made
it seem, nor as good as the crowd seemed to
want it to be, if only to boo the perplexed
matador and his curiously affected free hand
as he prudently avoided proximity.
Following Silis’ revelation, on which
more will be said presently, Tijuana native
Manolo Juarez, known (??) as “El Poeta”,
whose resemblance to the young “Armillita”
is absolutely unnerving, achieved occasional
moments of fusion with “Velador”, including a media-veronica for the ages, and an excellent pair of banderillas “al violin”; placing the sticks over his shoulder as the bull
passed close, before the faena with the red
muleta slowly fizzled between “Velador’s”
lack of enthusiasm and “Poeta’s” utter inability to kill cleanly (a sadly general note for
anyone charged with that task, “puntilleros”
included). However, Juarez bears watching; his intermittent moments possessed that
inimitable magic and “luminosity” that only
the most authentic and “deepest” toreo can
offer; he has charisma and “looks” the part
of the torero. That alone, according to the
venerable Alfonso Ramirez, “Calesero” is
half the battle.
Gerardo Adame spent a great deal of
time and effort with “Cigarron” and even
though he cut the only ear of the day; awarded by ring Judge Galvan with more than a
few reservations, it was a somewhat generous ear for a faena that was more bulldog
perseverance than artistic accomplishment.
Perhaps the very determined ¾ sword to
finish was enough for the rapidly curdling
mood of the crowd.
Lorenzo Garza-Gaona enjoys the surnames of two of the most illustrious toreros
in Mexican taurine history; Rodolfo Gaona, “El Indio Grande” and Lorenzo Garza, “El Ave de los Tempestades”. That,
apparently, is about all he inherited. His efforts with the very manageable “Norteno”
were more like practice sessions than pol-
ished final products; coming from such rich
and volatile personalities as his great-grandfather and great-uncle, one wouldn’t think
personality or charisma would be an issue. A few, isolated naturales with his feet
closed together broke the monotony, but his
ups and downs—and seven descabello attempts, buried his modest effort.
By the time Brandon Campos emerged
from the burladero de matadores to confront “Pinon” and put us all out of our misery, the rain, which had ebbed and strengthened all afternoon, decided to stop, sort of,
leaving us to wonder if anything might have
been better. “Pinon” started well enough,
charging hard at the picador and promising a real opportunity for Campos, who has
been a great tease since his auspicious European apprenticeship. However, to no one’s
particular surprise, “Pinon” took to thinking things over before offering half-charges
or probing searches with his horns instead
of really employing his 540 kilos in honest
attacks. By the time Campos placed a full
sword and the bull fell all were relieved to
call it a long, wet day.
But back to Juan Luis Silis. At 34, Silis
is no longer a “promise”. His difficult career, punctuated by a brutal goring in the
neck and mouth in the Plaza de Toros in Pachuca in 2012, has foundered on the prongs
of his shy, respectful personality—a faithful
recreation of his mentor, the great Mariano Ramos—a distinctly unphotogenic presence, and the lack of a true promotional infrastructure in Mexico. Yet rumors of his
deep talent persist among the most invested aficion, and Sunday we found out why.
His opening veronicas to “Atrevido” were
the very essence of the art; terse, contained,
elegant, supple, rhythmic, perfectly timed
and expertly closed with a caressing media.
He took it on himself to work the bull into
position for the picador with gently controlled “walking chicuelinas”, and, following a thunderous toppling of the picador, a
“quite—taking away” of hair raisingly tight
Gaoneras that would have impressed their
inventor. The faena was similarly elegant;
nothing forced or artificial—deep, authentic
sentiment as man and bull lost themselves in
each other and the two headed beast of toreo
appeared—only to be broken when Silis—in
a moment that owes everything to his deep
commitment to his art AND his lack of practice—left too much daylight between himself and his muleta and “Atrevido” found
him, perforating his upper right calf and
breaking the fibula—which will likely cost
him months of recovery time. That his imminent triumph was upended by the same
lack of experience and “toro-technique” that
purchased his spot on the cartel is depressingly fitting—the ears he would almost certainly have cut would have guaranteed his
inclusion in the August 30 cartel of triunfadores. No matter, when a torero can, as the
expression has it, “poner todos de acuerdo”
as Silis was able to do; you have to believe
he will have his day, again.
High School sports losing out to clubs?
(con’t from page 1)
Heinz has suggested two ways to address
the programs. As these are Sweetwater students, one route allows the athletes to use
the facilities for free. Nominal fees would
be paid by students, coaches would be unpaid, and coaches would obtain insurance
and oversight through an outside agency.
The other possibility introduced by Heinz
is that out-of-season teams would obtain
501(c)3 non-profit status. This would allow
the out-of-season teams to have fund raisers and booster clubs. If the teams went this
route they would likely pay their coaches
and the district would charge the teams for
use of the facilities (courts, fields, weight
rooms, etc.)
Both routes are intended to allow coaches
to continue to work with their student athletes after the playing season is over. Both
routes could induce students to stay in the
school programs.
The discussion on sports between Heinz
and the board was wide ranging. Trustee
Frank Tarantino brought up some hypothetical problems with walk-on coaches, coaches who are not regularly employed by the
district but receive stipends for their seasonal work.
Tarantino asked—what if a coach is also
the coach of a club team and sends emails to
the parents with the logo of his or her club?
In other words what if the club coach is recruiting from the school teams? Heinz said
this was a topic that required further investigation.
In a July 21 interview Heinz said it was
very difficult to recruit coaches. In the old
days he said the coaches were drawn from
teachers and staff, but now 82% of the coaches are not employees of the district. He also
pointed out that elite athletes have big tournaments and it’s critical for our sports pro-
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Notice is hereby given that the San Diego Unified School District,
acting by and through its governing board, will receive sealed
bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation,
equipment, and services to:
VERNAL POOL MITIGATION, RESTORATION AND
ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE MONITORING FOR
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30, 2015 at parking lot (west side of Parkdale), Challenger
Middle School, 10810 Parkdale Avenue, San Diego, CA 92121.
After examination of McAuliffe Site, site visit attendees will
proceed to the Carroll Canyon Site. Please see attached ad for
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time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.
The project estimate is between $2.3 million and $2.6 million.
This is not a PSA project, but still requires prequalification.
The District requires that Bidders possess any of the following
classification(s) of California State Contractors License(s), valid
and in good standing, at the time of bid opening and contract
award: A.
All late bids shall be deemed non-responsive and not opened.
Each bid shall be in accordance with all terms, conditions,
plans, specifications and any other documents that comprise
the bid package. The Bid and Contract Documents are
available in three formats, hard copy, CD, or online from Plan
Well. Hard copy bid documents are available at ARC Document
Solutions, LLC, 1200 4th Avenue (4th and B Street), San Diego,
CA 92101, phone number 619-232-8440, for a refundable
payment of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) per set; CD’s are
available for a non-refundable charge of $50. Payments shall
be made by check payable to SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT. If the payment for Bid and Contract Documents is
refundable, refunds will be processed by the District only if the
Bid and Contract Documents, including all addendums, are
returned intact and in good order to ARC within ten (10) days
of the issuance of the Final Bid Tabulation. Online documents
are available for download free of charge on PlanWell through
ARC. Go to www.crplanwell.com, click on Public Planroom,
search SDUSD (Questions? 714-424-8525). All bids shall
be submitted on bid forms furnished by the District in the bid
package beginning July 21, 2015. Bid packages will not be
faxed.
SENATE BILL (SB) 854 REQUIREMENTS: Effective July
1, 2014, no contractor or subcontractor may be listed
on a bid proposal, or awarded a contract for a public
works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless
registered with the Department of Industrial Relations
(DIR) pursuant to Labor Code §1725.5 [with limited
exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only
under Labor Code §1771.1(a)]. This project is subject to
compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. Prime
contractors must add the DIR Registration Number for
each of their listed subcontractors to the Subcontractors
List AND submit a certificate of registration for their own
firm and those of their listed subcontractors upon request
by the District. Failure of the bidding prime contractor to
list their subcontractors DIR Registration Number on the
Subcontractors List at time of bid will result in rejection of
their bid as non-responsive.
Refer to the following DIR Website for further information:
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all public works projects and must be followed per Article 17 of
the General Conditions of this bid.
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to satisfy a minimum DVBE participation percentage of at least
three percent (3%) for this project. In compliance with this
Program, the Bidder shall satisfy all requirements enumerated
in the bid package.
Each bid must be submitted on the Bid Form provided in the
bid package and shall be accompanied by a satisfactory bid
security in the form of either a bid bond executed by the bidder
and Surety Company, or a certified or cashier’s check in favor
of the San Diego Unified School District, in an amount equal
to ten percent (10%) of their bid value. Said bid security shall
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as specified, within five (5) working days of notification by the
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bidding. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of 120
days after the date set for the opening of bids. For information
regarding bidding, please call 858-522-5831.
PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS: Pursuant to Public
Contract Code (PCC) §20111.6, each contractor wishing to bid
as a prime to the District for projects estimated at $1,000,000 or
over, or any subcontractor performing the license classifications
of A, B [if performing the work of] C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 and/or C-46 wishing to submit a bid
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bid. You can apply online by going to https://prequal.sandi.net
or contact Glenda Burbery at [email protected] to request
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must be submitted to the District no later than 10 business days
before the bid opening due date. Any questionnaires submitted
later than this deadline will not be processed for this Invitation
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as a prime contractor, and all MEP subcontractors to request a
questionnaire, complete it and submit it as soon as possible
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Arthur S. Hanby, Jr., CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB, A.P.P
Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Officer
Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Dept.
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Published: July 24, 2015
gram to be enhanced and that to get a coach
with background and training was a plus for
the program.
Another challenge for Heinz is to equitably address the needs of a very large district with diverse funding opportunities. In
the end, he said the trustees might consider
a combination of the two approaches when
they revisit the topic in September.
CIF San Diego Commissioner Jerry
Schniepp said on July 21 that Heinz had
shared his plan with him to address the outof season teams. He applauded Heinz for his
efforts, but he said it’s very complicated and
hard to fit several programs into one mold.
About the forces driving change in the
sports world Schniepp said, “We are an organization that is not built for the 1% of the
students who are going to play beyond high
school; we want to be that venue, we want
we want those quality athletes participating,
but the fact of the matter is that 98-99% who
compete in high school athletics are not going to play beyond high school and we want
to make it a positive experience that isn’t
overly demanding, that allows them to have
a life, and that allows them to succeed academically and have fun as well as be competitive.
“I get the club world and I think there’s
a lot of positive to it, but I also think it’s
geared to the individual and the exposure
of individual, increasing their visibility and
their skill level. But high school should be,
in most cases, about the team and about
learning the life skills that athletics teaches
students. It’s about putting the team first and
seeing that there is life beyond the individual and this program is bigger than me as an
individual. It teaches those skills that athletics teaches that are difficult to find in any
other setting.”
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Bid Date: August 14, 2015 @ 4:00 pm
Requested disciplines include:
Geotechnical Engineer, Traffic Engineer, Landscape Architect,
ADA Consulting, Environmental Support, and Utility Services
All interested firms should e-mail a two-page firm overview
with recent
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AQUÍ SE AVISA que el Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Diego
(el Distrito), como agencia líder, está circulando para revisión
pública el borrador de una Declaración Negativa Mitigada (en
inglés MND) de acuerdo con el Decreto de Calidad Ambiental de
California (en inglés CEQA) para el Proyecto de Modernización
de Todo el Plantel (en inglés WSM) propuesto para la Escuela
Grant K-8.
Título del Proyecto: Proyecto de Modernización de Todo el
Plantel de la Escuela Grant K-8
Ubicación del Proyecto: El sitio del proyecto está ubicado en el
#1425 de Washington Place, San Diego, CA 92103, y dentro de
la Zona de Planificación de la Comunidad de Uptown. Los usos
del suelo de la zona son predominantemente residenciales,
pero también incluyen espacios abiertos. El sitio del proyecto
está delimitado por unidades residenciales unifamiliares y
multifamiliares al norte y al este, al oeste el Parque Pioneer, y al
sur un cañón de espacio abierto y la Calle Washington. El uso
del sitio del proyecto está designado en el Plan General para
“el plantel escolar existente” y su zonificación es residencial
(RS-1-7).
Descripción del Proyecto: El distrito propone una
modernización de todo el plantel (WSM) en el terreno de la
Escuela Grant K-8, que se implementaría en cuatro fases en
un período de aproximadamente 20 años. La propuesta WSM
reemplazaría un número de viejos edificios existentes en el
plantel y también incluiría la construcción de nuevas aulas,
instalaciones deportivas y administrativas, así como varias
otras mejoras.
Las capacidad de inscripciones existentes es de
aproximadamente 768 alumnos con 35 aulas. No obstante,
deberá advertirse que actualmente la escuela no está
funcionando a su capacidad total de inscripciones. Las
inscripciones existentes en la Escuela Grant, K- 8º, son de
717 alumnos (año escolar 2014-2015). La propuesta WSM
del plantel existente reemplazaría las aulas existentes con
nuevas aulas modernizadas y no habría un cambio neto en el
número de aulas. Al terminar la modernización, la capacidad
de inscripciones sería de aproximadamente 770 alumnos
con 35 aulas. Si bien la capacidad estimada de inscripciones
aumentaría mínimamente (menos del 1%), las inscripciones
futuras que se proyectan para la escuela serían de menos
de 770 alumnos. Como tal, el proyecto que se propone no
aumentaría la capacidad existente de la escuela ni el número
neto de aulas.
Disponibilidad: el borrador de la Declaración MND puede
revisarse en las siguientes ubicaciones:
▪ Biblioteca de la Ciudad de San Diego, Sucursal Mission
Hills, #925 de la Calle W. Washington, San Diego, CA
92103;
▪ Escuela Grant K-8 (oficina administrativa), #1425 de
Washington Place, San Diego, CA 92103;
▪ Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Diego (Anexo de
Operaciones de la Planta Física, Oficina 5), #4860 de la
Calle Ruffner, San Diego, CA 92111, (858) 627-7298; and,
▪ En línea en: http://www.sandi.net/page/948.
Comentarios: Los comentarios por escrito referentes al
borrador de la MND deberán dirigirse a Kathie Washington,
BRG Consulting, Inc., 304 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101,
y deberán recibirse a más tardar el 19 de julio de 2015 (el
período de revisión pública es del 19 de junio al 19 de julio
de 2015). Se preparará una Declaración MND que incorpore
los comentarios del público para consideración de la Mesa
Directiva de Educación del distrito en una futura audiencia
pública en el otoño 2015.
Para mayores informes, contacte a Kathryn Ferrell,
coordinadora ambiental y administradora del proyecto al (858)
627-7298 ó en [email protected]. Para enterarse de la fecha y
hora de la junta de la Mesa Directiva de Educación del Distrito
Escolar Unificado de San Diego, llame a la Oficina de la Mesa
Directiva al (619) 725-5550, o visite el sitio electrónico de la
Mesa Directiva en www.sandi.net/boe. La Oficina de la Mesa
también tiene información sobre la forma en que los individuos/
grupos pueden informar a la mesa directiva y/o para hablar en
la junta.
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appear at the hearing to show cause above must file a written objection that
why the petition should not be granted. includes the reasons for the objection
If no written objection is timely filed, the at least two court days before the matcourt may grant the petition without a ter
is scheduled to be heard and must
hearing.
appear at the hearing to show cause
NOTICE OF HEARING
why the petition should not be granted.
Date: AUG-14-2015. Time: 8:30 a.m. If no written objection is timely filed, the
Dept.: C-46. The address of the court is court may grant the petition without a
Superior Court of California, County of hearing.
San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San
NOTICE OF HEARING
Diego, CA 92101
Date: SEP-04-2015. Time: 9:30 a.m.
A Copy of this Order to Show Cause
Dept.: 46. The address of the court is
shall be published at least once each
Superior Court of California, County of
week for four successive weeks prior
San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San
to the date set for hearing on the petiDiego, CA 92101
tion in the following newspaper of genA Copy of this Order to Show Cause
eral circulation printed in this county La shall be published at least once each
Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue, week for four successive weeks prior
Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910
to the date set for hearing on the petiDate: JUL 02, 2015
tion in the following newspaper of genDAVID J. DANIELSEN
eral circulation printed in this county La
Judge of the Superior Court
Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue,
Published: July 17, 24, 31. August
Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910
7/2015
Date: JUL 22, 2015
La Prensa San Diego
DAVID J. DANIELSEN
FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
form. The court may order you to pay
CASE NUMBER:
back all or part of the fees and costs
37-2015-00022555-CU-PT-CTL
that the court you waived for you or the TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
other party.
Petitioner: ISABEL S. DI BELLA and
EXENCIÓN DE CUOTAS: Si no puede LORENZO C. O’BRIEN on behalf of
pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al minor ADRIAN JORDAN MENDEZ filed
secretario un formulario de exención de a petition with this court for a decree
cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted changing names as follows:
pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las ADRIAN JORDAN MENDEZ to ADRIAN
cuotas y costos de la corte previamente JORDAN O’BRIEN
exentos a petición de usted o de la otra THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
parte.
1. The name and address of the court is: before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why
El nombre y dirección de la corte son: the petition for change of name should
Superior Court of California, 325 S not be granted. Any person objectMelrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081.
ing to the name changes described
2. The name, address, and telephone above must file a written objection that
includes
the reasons for the objection
number of petitioner’s attorney, or the
at least two court days before the matpetitioner without an attorney, are:
ter is scheduled to be heard and must
(El nombre, dirección y número de appear at the hearing to show cause
teléfono del abogado del demandante, why the petition should not be granted.
o del demandante si no tiene abogado, If no written objection is timely filed, the
son): J. Jesus Olvera Castillo, 1010 court may grant the petition without a
Bartlett Dr., Vista, CA 92084. Tel.: 760- hearing.
847-0471
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: AUG-28-2015. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Date (Fecha): MAY 07, 2015
Dept.: 46. The address of the court is
Clerk, by (Secretario, por) L. FITASuperior Court of California, County of
SIALOI Deputy (Asistente)
San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San
Published: July 17, 24, 31. August
Diego, CA 92101
7/ 2015
A Copy of this Order to Show Cause
La Prensa San Diego
shall be published at least once each
week for four successive weeks prior
CHANGE OF NAME 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,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Date: JUL 08, 2015
CASE NUMBER:
DAVID J. DANIELSEN
37-2015-00020453-CU-PT-CTL
Judge of the Superior Court
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Published: July 17, 24, 31. August
Petitioner: LEOPOLD CASTRO III filed 7/2015
a petition with this court for a decree La Prensa San Diego
changing names as follows:
LEOPOLD CASTRO III to LEOPOLD RAORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
PHAEL SERVIN
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
CASE NUMBER:
interested in this matter shall appear
37-2015-00022645-CU-PT-CTL
before this court at the hearing indi- TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
cated below to show cause, if any, why Petitioner: ELIZABETH DONNA MAEZ
the petition for change of name should filed a petition with this court for a denot be granted. Any person object- cree changing names as follows:
ing to the name changes described ELIZABETH DONNA MAEZ to ELIZAabove must file a written objection that BETH DONNA MEZA
includes the reasons for the objection THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
at least two court days before the mat- interested in this matter shall appear
ter is scheduled to be heard and must before this court at the hearing indiappear at the hearing to show cause cated below to show cause, if any, why
why the petition should not be granted. the petition for change of name should
If no written objection is timely filed, the not be granted. Any person objectcourt may grant the petition without a ing to the name changes described
hearing.
above must file a written objection that
NOTICE OF HEARING
includes the reasons for the objection
Date: JUL-31-2015. Time: 9:30 a.m. at least two court days before the matDept.: 46. The address of the court is ter is scheduled to be heard and must
Superior Court of California, County of appear at the hearing to show cause
San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San why the petition should not be granted.
Diego, CA 92101
If no written objection is timely filed, the
A Copy of this Order to Show Cause court may grant the petition without a
shall be published at least once each hearing.
week for four successive weeks prior
NOTICE OF HEARING
to the date set for hearing on the peti- Date: AUG-21-2015. Time: 8:30 a.m.
tion in the following newspaper of gen- Dept.: 46. The address of the court is
eral circulation printed in this county La Superior Court of California, County of
Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue, San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San
Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Diego, CA 92101
Date: JUN 18, 2015
A Copy of this Order to Show Cause
DAVID J. DANIELSEN
shall be published at least once each
Judge of the Superior Court
week for four successive weeks prior
Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
to the date set for hearing on the petiLa Prensa San Diego
tion in the following newspaper of general circulation printed in this county La
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Prensa San Diego, 651 Third Avenue,
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Suite C, Chula Vista, CA 91910
CASE NUMBER:
Date: JUL 09, 2015
37-2015-00023006-CU-PT-CTL
DAVID J. DANIELSEN
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Judge of the Superior Court
Petitioner: TAHANEE LEE FUENTES Published: July 17, 24, 31. August
and SHANE ALEX FUENTES filed a pe- 7/2015
tition with this court for a decree chang- La Prensa San Diego
ing names as follows:
a. TAHANEE LEE FUENTES to TAHAORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
NEE LEE TULLY b. SHANE ALEX FUENFOR CHANGE OF NAME
TES to SHANE ALEX TULLY
CASE NUMBER:
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
37-2015-00022529-CU-PT-CTL
interested in this matter shall appear TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
before this court at the hearing indi- Petitioner: EMELYA CRUZ on behalf
cated below to show cause, if any, why of ALEK JOSEPH CRUZ REYES filed
the petition for change of name should
ABANDONMENT OF
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
STATEMENT OF
ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME
Fictitious Business Name: a. ARSO
REAL ESTATE b.ARSO REAL ESTATE
PREMIER, 2506 Catamaran Way,
Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91914.
The Fictitious Business Name referred
to above was filed in San Diego County
on: 02-07-2014, and assigned File No.
2014-003641
Is Abandoned by The Following Registrant: Raul Hector Barcena Salas,
1086 Torry Pines Rd., Chula Vista, CA
91915
This Business is Conducted by: An
Individual
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Raul Hector
Barcena Salas
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 22,
2015
Assigned File No.: 2015-019021
Published: July 24, 31. August 7,
14/2015
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS
NAME
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: UNISUSHI at
555 Broadway Ste. 124, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91910.
This Business Is Registered by the Following: a. Miguel A. Alatorre de Hijar,
430 J St., Chula Vista, CA 91910. b.
Sonia Coronado Robledo, 430 J St.,
Chula Vista, CA 91910
This Business is Conducted By: A Married Couple. The First Day of Business
Was: 06/25/2015
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material
matter pursuant to section 17913 of
the Business and Professions code
that the registrant knows to be false is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].)
Registrant Name: Miguel A. Alatorre
de Hijar
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUN 25,
2015.
Assigned File No.: 2015-016722
Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: SUPREME
BARBERSHOP at 555 Broadway Ste.
2030, Chula Vista, CA, County of San
Diego, 91910. Mailing Address: 2482
B Street, Apartment 9, San Diego, CA
92102
This Business Is Registered by the
Following: Sandro Jr. Fernandez, 2482
B Street, Apartment 9, San Diego, CA
92102
This Business is Conducted By: An
Individual. The First Day of Business
Was: N/A
Judge of the Superior Court
I declare that all information in this
Published: July 24, 31. August 7,
statement is true and correct. (A regis24/2015
trant who declares as true any material
La Prensa San Diego
matter pursuant to section 17913 of
the Business and Professions code
that the registrant knows to be false is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
ABANDONMENT OF
a fine not to exceed one thousand dolFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
lars [$1,000].)
NAME
Registrant Name: Sandro Jr. Fernandez
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
STATEMENT OF
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
ABANDONMENT OF USE
Clerk of San Diego County JUN 18,
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
2015.
NAME
Fictitious Business Name: ISUSHI, 555 Assigned File No.: 2015-016096
Broadway Ste. 124, Chula Vista, CA, Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
La Prensa San Diego
County of San Diego, 91910.
The Fictitious Business Name referred
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
to above was filed in San Diego County
NAME STATEMENT
on: 02-05-2015, and assigned File No.
Fictitious Business Name: CHALLNGER
2015-003505
Is Abandoned by The Following Regis- CAR WASH at 3540 El Cajon Blvd.,
trant: Miguel A. Alatorre de Hijar, 430 J San Diego, CA, County of San Diego,
92104.
St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
This Business is Conducted by: An This Business Is Registered by the
Following: Yacob Brothers Inc., 291 E.
Individual
I declare that all information in this Lexington Suite B, El Cajon, CA 92020
This Business is Conducted By: A
statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Miguel A. Ala- Corporation. The First Day of Business
Was: 06/25/2015
torre de Hijar
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest I declare that all information in this
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County statement is true and correct. (A regisClerk of San Diego County JUN 25, trant who declares as true any material
matter pursuant to section 17913 of
2015
the Business and Professions code
Assigned File No.: 2015-016721
that the registrant knows to be false is
Published: July 3,10, 17, 24/2015
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
La Prensa San Diego
a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].)
STATEMENT OF
Registrant Name: Diao Yacob
ABANDONMENT OF USE
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
NAME
Fictitious Business Name: GOODIES Clerk of San Diego County JUN 25,
BAR&GRILL, 740 Bay Marina Drive, 2015.
National City, CA, County of San Di- Assigned File No.: 2015-016808
Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
ego, 91950.
The Fictitious Business Name referred La Prensa San Diego
to above was filed in San Diego County
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
on: 07-25-2013, and assigned File No.
NAME STATEMENT
2013-021317
Is Abandoned by The Following Regis- Fictitious Business Name: ELSA
trant: The Roadhouse San Diego, Inc., BRENNAN INTERIORS at 4674 Muir
740 Bay Marina Drive, National City, Ave., San Diego, CA, County of San
Diego, 92107.
CA 91950
This Business is Conducted by: A Cor- This Business Is Registered by the Following: Elsa Emily Brennan, 4674 Muir
poration
I declare that all information in this Ave., San Diego, CA 92107
This Business is Conducted By: An
statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Mohammad Individual. The First Day of Business
Was: N/A
Sadighian
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest I declare that all information in this
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County statement is true and correct. (A regisClerk of San Diego County JUL 21, trant who declares as true any material
matter pursuant to section 17913 of
2015
the Business and Professions code
Assigned File No.: 2015-018878
Published: July 24, 31. August 7, that the registrant knows to be false is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
14/2015
a fine not to exceed one thousand dolLa Prensa San Diego
lars [$1,000].)
Registrant Name: Elsa E. Brennan
STATEMENT OF
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
ABANDONMENT OF USE
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Clerk of San Diego County JUN 03,
NAME
Fictitious Business Name: PEDROS 2015.
CANTINA, 534 5th Ave., San Diego, Assigned File No.: 2015-014695
CA, County of San Diego, 92101. Mail- Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
ing Address: 415 Market Street, San La Prensa San Diego
Diego, CA 92101
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
The Fictitious Business Name referred
NAME STATEMENT
to above was filed in San Diego County
on: 07-25-2013, and assigned File No. Fictitious Business Name: CRAFTYMEN RENOVATIONS at 153 Kearney
2013-021323
Is Abandoned by The Following Regis- St., Chula Vista, CA, County of San
trant: Gaslamp Market, Inc., 415 Mar- Diego, 91910.
This Business Is Registered by the Folket Street, San Diego, CA 92101
This Business is Conducted by: A Cor- lowing: Juan Carlos Flores, 153 Kearney St., Chula Vista, CA 91910
poration
I declare that all information in this This Business is Conducted By: An
Individual. The First Day of Business
statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Mohammad Was: 06/30/2015
I declare that all information in this
Sadighian
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest statement is true and correct. (A regisJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County trant who declares as true any material
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 21, matter pursuant to section 17913 of
the Business and Professions code
2015
that the registrant knows to be false is
Assigned File No.: 2015-018881
Published: July 24, 31. August 7, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol14/2015
lars [$1,000].)
La Prensa San Diego
Registrant Name: Juan Carlos Flores
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
FICTITIOUS
NAME
FICTITIOUS
NAME
a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].)
Registrant Name: Alaric Lopez
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 06,
2015.
Assigned File No.: 2015-017503
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: GUZ-TO La Prensa San Diego
HARDWARE AND TOOLS at 3200 D AvFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
enue, National City, CA, County of San
NAME STATEMENT
Diego, 92150.
This Business Is Registered by the Fictitious Business Name: PUNTAZUL
Following: a. Angel Guzman, 3751 ZAFIRO at 223 Via de San Ysidro,
National Ave., San Diego, CA 92113. Suite #9, San Ysidro, CA, County of
b. Nicolas Toledo, 3749 National Ave., San Diego, 92173.
This Business Is Registered by the
San Diego, CA 92113
This Business is Conducted By: A Gen- Following: Joya Group Inc., 223 Via
de
San Ysidro Suite #9, San Ysidro,
eral Partnership. The First Day of BusiCA 92173
ness Was: N/A
I declare that all information in this This Business is Conducted By: A
statement is true and correct. (A reg- Corporation. The First Day of Business
istrant who declares as true any mate- Was: N/A
rial matter pursuant to section 17913 I declare that all information in this
of the Business and Professions code statement is true and correct. (A registhat the registrant knows to be false is trant who declares as true any material
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by matter pursuant to section 17913 of
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol- the Business and Professions code
that the registrant knows to be false is
lars [$1,000].)
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
Registrant Name: Angel Guzman
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest a fine not to exceed one thousand dolJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County lars [$1,000].)
Clerk of San Diego County JUN 30, Registrant Name: Jorge F. Ojeda Garcia
2015.
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
Assigned File No.: 2015-017059
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 08,
La Prensa San Diego
2015.
Assigned File No.: 2015-017847
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: a. EESY La Prensa San Diego
TEES b. CMOREINK at 6435 University
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Avenue, San Diego, CA, County of San
NAME STATEMENT
Diego, 92115.
This Business Is Registered by the Fol- Fictitious Business Name: COMPUTER
lowing: a. Israel Mabalot, 1217 Farmer- DOCTORS at 2010 Highland Avenue,
ville Street, Chula Vista, CA 91913. National City, CA, County of San Dib. Bruce Seymore, 1217 Farmerville ego, 91950. Mailing Address: 136 East
Street, Chula Vista, CA 91913. c. Roy 5th Street, National City, CA 91950
Johnson, 1442 Bermuda Lane, El Ca- This Business Is Registered by the Following: Vanessa Delgadillo, 136 East
jon, CA 92021
This Business is Conducted By: A Gen- 5th Street, National City, CA 91950
eral Partnership. The First Day of Busi- This Business is Conducted By: An
Individual. The First Day of Business
ness Was: N/A
I declare that all information in this Was: N/A
statement is true and correct. (A reg- I declare that all information in this
istrant who declares as true any mate- statement is true and correct. (A regisrial matter pursuant to section 17913 trant who declares as true any material
of the Business and Professions code matter pursuant to section 17913 of
that the registrant knows to be false is the Business and Professions code
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by that the registrant knows to be false is
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol- guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars [$1,000].)
lars [$1,000].)
Registrant Name: Israel Mabalot
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest Registrant Name: Vanessa Delgadillo
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 02, J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Clerk of San Diego County JUN 10,
2015.
2015.
Assigned File No.: 2015-017332
Assigned File No.: 2015-015462
Published: July 3, 10, 17, 24/2015
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
La Prensa San Diego
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: FREEWAY
TIRE COMPANY at 2041 Cerrissa Ct Fictitious Business Name: PROTEC
Unit #B, San Diego, CA, County of San PROFESSIONAL MARTIAL ARTS
EQUIPMENT at 225 Third Ave. Suite B,
Diego, 92154.
This Business Is Registered by the Fol- Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
lowing: Manuel Arciniega, 2041 Cer- 91910. Mailing Address: 615 Moss St.
rissa Ct Unit #B, San Diego, CA 92154 Apt. 28, Chula Vista, CA 91911
This Business is Conducted By: An This Business Is Registered by the FolIndividual. The First Day of Business lowing: Alejandro Cardenas, 615 Moss
St. Apt. 28, Chula Vista, CA 91911
Was: 06/01/2015
I declare that all information in this This Business is Conducted By: An
statement is true and correct. (A reg- Individual. The First Day of Business
istrant who declares as true any mate- Was: N/A
rial matter pursuant to section 17913 I declare that all information in this
of the Business and Professions code statement is true and correct. (A registhat the registrant knows to be false is trant who declares as true any material
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by matter pursuant to section 17913 of
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol- the Business and Professions code
that the registrant knows to be false is
lars [$1,000].)
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
Registrant Name: Manuel Arciniega
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest a fine not to exceed one thousand dolJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County lars [$1,000].)
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 01, Registrant Name: Alejandro Cardenas
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
2015.
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
Assigned File No.: 2015-017247
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 09,
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
2015.
La Prensa San Diego
Assigned File No.: 2015-017887
Published: July 17, 24, 31, August
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
7/2015
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: ELITE PRO- La Prensa San Diego
MOTIONS at 3535 Felton St., San DiFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
ego, CA, County of San Diego, 92104.
NAME STATEMENT
This Business Is Registered by the
Following: Fidel Espinosa, 3535 Felton Fictitious Business Name: a. A.V. HOME
IMPROVEMENT b. A.V. JACK at 3712
St., San Diego, CA 92104
This Business is Conducted By: An Main St., Chula Vista, CA, County of
Individual. The First Day of Business San Diego, 91911. Mailing Address:
3712 Main St. PMB #196, Chula Vista,
Was: N/A
I declare that all information in this CA, County of San Diego, 91911.
statement is true and correct. (A reg- This Business Is Registered by the Folistrant who declares as true any mate- lowing: Jack Barragan, 4415 Paseo De
rial matter pursuant to section 17913 La Vista, Bonita, CA 91902
of the Business and Professions code This Business is Conducted By: An
that the registrant knows to be false is Individual. The First Day of Business
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by Was: N/A
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol- I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. (A regislars [$1,000].)
trant who declares as true any material
Registrant Name: Fidel Espinosa
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest matter pursuant to section 17913 of
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County the Business and Professions code
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 02, that the registrant knows to be false is
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
2015.
a fine not to exceed one thousand dolAssigned File No.: 2015-017402
lars [$1,000].)
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
Registrant Name: Jack Barragan
La Prensa San Diego
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 08,
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: LOS SLY- 2015.
DOGZ at 2191 Main St., San Diego, Assigned File No.: 2015-017799
CA, County of San Diego, 92116. Mail- Published: July 17, 24, 31, August
ing Adress: 4767 Lantana Dr. Apt. A, 7/2015
La Prensa San Diego
San Diego, CA 92105
This Business Is Registered by the FolFICTITIOUS BUSINESS
lowing: a. Sergio Garcia Jr., 4767 LanNAME STATEMENT
tana Dr. Apt. A, San Diego, CA 92105.
b. Lester Corral, 2822 Murray Ridge Fictitious Business Name: MASAJES
RELAJANTES LUPITA at 2975 E St.
Rd., San Diego, CA 92123
This Business is Conducted By: A Gen- Apt. #1, San Diego, CA, County of San
eral Partnership. The First Day of Busi- Diego, 92102.
This Business Is Registered by the
ness Was: N/A
I declare that all information in this Following: Maria Guadalupe Ramirez,
statement is true and correct. (A reg- 2975 E St. Apt. #1, San Diego, CA
istrant who declares as true any mate- 92102
rial matter pursuant to section 17913 This Business is Conducted By: An
of the Business and Professions code Individual. The First Day of Business
that the registrant knows to be false is Was: 07/09/2015
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by I declare that all information in this
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol- statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material
lars [$1,000].)
matter pursuant to section 17913 of
Registrant Name: Sergio Garcia Jr.
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest the Business and Professions code
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County that the registrant knows to be false is
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 06, guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one thousand dol2015.
lars [$1,000].)
Assigned File No.: 2015-017480
Registrant Name: Maria Guadalupe
Published: July 10, 17, 24, 31/2015
Ramirez
La Prensa San Diego
This Statement Was Filed With Ernest
J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Clerk of San Diego County JUL 09,
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name: S&F LAND- 2015.
SCAPING at 1340 Sunset Drive, Vista, Assigned File No.: 2015-017899
CA, County of San Diego, 92085. Mail- Published: July 17, 24, 31, August
ing Adress: P.O. Box 671, Vista, CA 7/2015
La Prensa San Diego
92085
This Business Is Registered by the
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Following: Alaric Lopez, 1340 Sunset
NAME STATEMENT
Drive, Vista, CA 92085
This Business is Conducted By: An Fictitious Business Name: PRODUCIndividual. The First Day of Business CIONES MONTIEL at 984 Palm Valley
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istrant who declares as true any mate- Following: Emilio Montiel Barreto, 984
rial matter pursuant to section 17913 Palm Vally Circle, Chula Vista, CA
of the Business and Professions code 91915
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guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by Individual. The First Day of Business
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EXPRESS MEXICAN EATERY at 4277
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of San Diego, 92117.
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ICE CREAM TRUCK at 1037 Harding,
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HAIR NAILS SALON at 3106 E. Plaza
Blvd., National City, CA, County of
San Diego, 91950. Mailing Address:
1741 Regency Way #D, Chula Vista,
CA 91911
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Following: a. Josephine R. George,
1741 Regency Way D, Chula Vista, CA
91911. b. Peter S. George, 1741 Regency Way D, Chula Vista, CA 91911
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CLEANING SERVICES at 2932 E. 19th
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Diego, 91950.
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JULY 24, 2015
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La Ciudad de San Diego Celebra el 126 Aniversario de Tijuana con Arte y Cultura
Por Jorge Morua
El pasado 11 de Julio, la
vecina y hermana ciudad de
Tijuana festejó el 126 aniversario de su fundación.
Las autoridades mexicanas
realizaron diversos eventos
con ese motivo e invitaron
a funcionarios gubernamentales de San Diego.
Esta vez la ciudad de San
Diego se une a estas celebraciones con una serie de programas que se llevan a cabo
a lo largo del mes de Julio
en el recinto de la Biblioteca
Pública de San Diego, con
grandes expositores como
el maestro David Piñera,
miembro de la Academia
Mexicana de Historia, con
el tema “El Centenario del
Parque Balboa de San Diego
y su influencia en Tijuana”.
Ambas ciudades acordaron establecer áreas de
cooperación además del
arte y la cultura como: protección ambiental, planificación municipal y regional,
desarrollo económico, servicios de policía, servicios
de bomberos, acueductos y
alcantarillado, servicios de
biblioteca, parques y recreación, transferencia de tecnología, manejo de desechos
y protección civil.
El semanario La Prensa San Diego entrevistó en
forma exclusiva a Catherine
Hong, encargada de proyectos especiales de la Biblioteca Pública de San Diego, y
de las festividades en el 126
aniversario de Tijuana en
San Diego.
LP: ¿Cómo nace la intención de celebrar el aniversario de Tijuana en San Diego?
CH: La Biblioteca Pública de San Diego (SDPL)
pensó en celebrar el aniversario de la colaboración que
empezó el año pasado, cuando los alcaldes de Tijuana y
San Diego, Jorge Astiazarán
Orcí y Kevin L. Faulconer,
firmaron un acuerdo de entendimiento entre las dos
ciudades. La SDPL pensó
que celebrar este aniversario
sería una fantástica manera
de representar nuestras culturas compartidas.
LP: ¿Por qué festejar el
aniversario de Tijuana en
San Diego?
Catherine Hong: Promueve el intercambio cultural
y educativo transfronterizo
en la región Tijuana-San Diego, y es el vínculo internacional entre el Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura
(IMAC), la ciudad de San
Diego y artistas independientes en el extranjero: SDPL
apoya las traducciones de
español-inglés, las relaciones públicas y la difusión del
programa cultural del IMAC
en medios de comunicación
estadounidenses.
LP: ¿En qué consisten
los eventos a realizar y qué
aportes tienen para la comunidad hispana en San Diego?
CH: Además de la exposición del maestro Piñera,
el Miércoles 22 de Julio,
también tendremos, el Viernes 24 de julio a las 6:00
p. m. la presentación del libro “Welcome to Tijuana”,
de Álvaro Montaño, que
nos lleva en una gran viaje
fotográfico de nuestros vecinos al Sur.
El Sábado 25 de Julio a
las 3:00 p. m. será presentado el libro bilingüe “The
Baja California Art Book”.
Aída Valencia hablará de
cómo se hizo esta obra que
fue seleccionada con mucho
cuidado para representar el
trabajo de varios artistas y
diferentes estilos.
LP: ¿Quiénes son los artistas que participan en los
diferentes eventos?
CH: Los autores incluyen a Rosina Conde, Genaro
Nonaka, Norma Bustamante, David Piñera, Álvaro
Montaño, Aída Valencia,
Luc Delannoy. También
probablemente artistas como
Cosme Noguerón y Antonieta Ochoa Bravo.
LP: ¿Cuáles son los objetivos principales que espe-
ran obtener al terminar las
celebraciones?
CH: El objetivo principal es exponer a residentes
de San Diego a autores, artistas, y expertos de Tijuana
que no son tan bien conocidos en Estados Unidos. Otro
objetivo es exponer a gente
de Tijuana a los muchos
programas y recursos que
SDPL tiene para ofrecer. Un
tercer objetivo es promover
los lazos de individuos de
ambas fronteras.
LP: ¿Cuáles dependencias de los Ayuntamientos
de Tijuana y San Diego participan en el 126 aniversario
de Tijuana en San Diego?
CH: Las oficinas de los
alcaldes de las dos ciudades,
el Instituto Municipal de
Arte y Cultura (IMAC), la
Biblioteca Pública de San
Diego, y el Departamento
de Parques y Recreación de
San Diego.
LP: ¿Aproximadamente
cuántas personas esperan en
cada uno de los diferentes
eventos que llevarán a cabo,
y esperan que venga gente
de Tijuana?
CH: En la medida que
seguimos promocionando
estos eventos transfronterizos, se están haciendo más
populares. La gente que
atiende estos eventos ayuda
a correr la voz entre sus familias y amigos. Aumentando la visibilidad sobre estos
eventos expone a gente en
ambas ciudades a todos los
programas y servicios ofrecidos por IMAC y SDPL
que están a sólo unas cuantas paradas del tranvía de
donde viven.
LP: ¿A cuánto asciende
la inversión económica
para llevar a cabo esta celebración?
CH: Todos los artistas que participan donan su
tiempo y a través de la asociación con IMAC, SDP
proporciona espacio para los
eventos.
LP: ¿Cree la ciudad de
San Diego, qué a partir de
estos eventos se estreche
Norma Bustamante
más la relación binacional
con Tijuana?
CH: Cada vez que hay
oportunidad para que la
gente pueda unirse y conocerse el uno al otro e intercambiar ideas, hay oportunidad para mejorar relaciones.
Los alcaldes de San Diego
y Tijuana reconocieron esto
cuando firmaron el histórico memorándum de entendimiento entre ambas entidades. Al trabajar el uno con
el otro, IMAC y SDPL han
forjado una relación fuerte
con estos eventos que empiezan a afectar positivamente a toda la región.
LP: ¿Tienen pensado o
programado más eventos binacionales donde ambas ciudades participen?
CH: Sí, estamos programando eventos cada mes hasta Diciembre. En Septiembre, presentamos una serie
de películas sobre la Revolución Mexicana a través de
las décadas en la biblioteca
de Logan Heights. También
tenemos varias presentaciones de autores y obras de
arte que celebran días de fiesta como Día de los Muer-
Bomba Estéreo, la banda que no deja de crecer
tos y la Navidad.
LP: ¿Esperan realizar el
evento del aniversario de Tijuana en otros años?
CH: Esperamos que esta
gran asociación sea sólo el
comienzo para muchas oportunidades de colaboración
que todavía tienen que ser
previstas.
LP: ¿La ciudad de San
Diego tiene en mente llevar a cabo algunos pactos
con Tijuana, más allá de la
cuestión artística y cultural,
como en temas turísticos,
económicos o de seguridad?
CH: El memorando de
entendimiento ha sido un
paso importante en la creación de vínculos más estrechos con nuestros amigos a
través de la frontera.
Desde la firma del acuerdo,
hemos estado en comunicación constante. Además,
los directores de departamentos de ambas partes se
reunirán formalmente dos
veces al año para discutir temas binacionales importantes; el medio ambiente, las artes y la cultura,
infraestructura, desarrollo
económico, y la protección
civil.
Nuestros esfuerzos binacionales continuarán. Estas reuniones crean una fundación que fortalecerá y
llevará nuestra región más
cerca.
LP: ¿Recomienda la ciudad de San Diego a sus ciudadanos visitar Tijuana?
CH: Recomendamos altamente a la gente de San
Diego que visite Tijuana.
Como ciudades vecinas San
Diego y Tijuana abarcan
una gran región metropolitana que tienen una historia e
intereses mutuos para el futuro. Al hacer eventos juntos
elevamos la visibilidad sobre todas las oportunidades
gratuitas disponibles para la
educación, entretenimiento
y la riqueza cultural para todos en la región.
Con esta respuesta las autoridades de San Diego y los
organizadores finalizaron
la entrevista, e invitaron a
nuestros lectores a acudir a
estos eventos que tanto bien
hacen a la comunidad hispana.
Bomba Estéreo durante su presentación en Oakland en 20 de julio. La banda está presentando su último álbum,
“Amanecer”. Photo by Tudor Stanley (www.tudorstanley.com)
Por Eduardo Stanley
Tiene el encanto de una
banda nueva, fresca, casi
amateur, aunque su música
evoluciona con cada álbum.
Bomba Estéreo mantiene su
estilo desde que se inició,
hace casi 10 años en Bogotá,
Colombia, bajo el liderazgo
de Simón Mejía y con el talento y encanto de Liliana
Saumet, la voz del grupo.
Hoy el grupo musical colombiano se encuentra de
gira por Estados Unidos
promocionando su cuarto
álbum, “Amanecer”.
“Combinamos
música
tradicional colombiana con
tonos afro, tropical, tecno y
caribeño”, explica Liliana
Saumet durante una entrevista telefónica. Lo dice con
la misma naturalidad conque
ella se mueve en el escenario. “En este nuevo álbum
vamos un poco más lejos,
pero mantenemos nuestras
raíces”.
La evolución de la banda se percibe en los sonidos más elaborados y en una
mejor utilización de la voz
de su cantante.
En 2006 Bomba Estéreo
lanza su primer álbum titulado “Vol. 1”. Era el momento de experimentación,
de búsqueda de identidad.
Poco a poco la sociedad entre Simón y Liliana se solidifica y la banda produce
su segundo CD, “Estalla”
(2008).
Y precisamente el sonido original de Bomba Estéreo estalla y su música llega
a Estados Unidos y Europa.
Las invitaciones a conciertos y presentaciones se suceden.
En 2013 llega el tercer álbum, “Elegancia Tropical”,
y otra vez el éxito.
Pero para Liliana, la banda expone lo mejor de sí
en conciertos. “Bomba Estéreo nació para tocar en
vivo”, dice con entusiasmo
la pequeña pero explosiva
cantante, de 35 años.
Y en 2015, como muestra
de su evolución, el cuarteto colombiano nos presenta
“Amanecer”, su última producción.
En ella, la banda mantiene su estilo de incorporar
sonidos diferentes sin dejar
su base, que es la cumbia
—Colombia vió nacer este
contagioso estilo musical
que se extendió por el mundo a partir de los 1950s—, y
otros tonos locales.
Bomba Estéreo es parte
de un movimiento musical y
cultural colombiano que ahora se esta dando a conocer en
el mundo. “Siempre tuvimos
música, mucha música, pero
no salíamos del país”, explica Liliana. “Muchos extranjeros que visitaban Colombia nos ayudaron a dar
a conocer nuestra música.
Después empezaron a llegar invitaciones, giras… lo
demás ya lo conoces”.
Cada presentación de
Bomba Estéreo es una experiencia vibrante, alegre, que
invita a bailar y escuchar, y
que no quisiéramos que se
termine!
La conexión con Bomba
Estéreo:
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watch?v=MZXlgNMDK3E
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