Saving Ethnic Studies With My Tucson Homeys

Saving Ethnic Studies With My Tucson Homeys

36 YEARS
of Publication
1976-2012
1976 2010
Vol.XXXIII
XXXVI No. 04
Vol.
Obama’s State of
the Union:
Eleven Sentences
Too Short
La Prensa Muñoz, Inc., Publications
JANUARY 27, 2012
Saving Ethnic Studies With My Tucson Homeys
Perspective
By Raul Rodriguez
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
BERKELEY — As President Obama
delivered his third State of the Union
Address, the 11 sentences he dedicated to addressing my current immigration status did little to instill in
me any more optimism than did similar statements from the last State of
the Union… or the one before that.
“Let’s at least agree to stop expelling responsible young people who
want to staff our labs, start new businesses, defend this country,” Obama
stated. “Send me a law that gives
them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.”
With that, Obama put the Development, Relief and Education of Alien
Minors (DREAM) Act – which
would provide a path to citizenship for
undocumented students like me –
back on the table.
But I wasn’t completely convinced. That’s because the optimistic picture Obama painted of
the future of America doesn’t
seem to include me.
As my graduation looms, the reality of being undocumented becomes
increasingly stark. Unlike my U.S.citizen classmates, I won’t be able to
do basic things, not the least of which
is working legally.
As the president spoke, among the
coterie sitting next to the president’s
wife was Juan Rose Redín, a former
DREAM student who attended
UCLA and is now a practicing attorney and U.S. citizen. His case
demonstrates how an undocumented
student can become an integral part
of reinvigorating the American work
force.
There are thousands of us.
Yet listening to the president lay
out his “blueprint” for building “an
economy that’s built to last,” I
couldn’t help but think of friends with
degrees in civil engineering or education, recent graduates and fellow
DREAMers with the skills needed to
energize domestic manufacturing and
bolster the creation of green jobs.
But because of their immigration
status, they remain in the shadows.
Of course the DREAM Act alone
wouldn’t solve the problem.
If approved, the DREAM Act
would provide a path to citizenship for
only a select group of undocumented
high school graduates who have enrolled in college or the military, and
meet certain requirements. For example, they must have come to the
United States before the age of 16,
lived here for at least five years, be
within a certain age group, and have
“good moral character.”
But more undocumented students
would be excluded from this than
would actually benefit under the legislation. A Migration Policy Institute
report found that although 2.1 million
young people could potentially be eligible to benefit from the DREAM
Act, in reality only about 825,000
would likely gain legal status under
the bill.
With the niche population the federal DREAM Act targets, it would
seem more of a moderate compromise capable of attaining bipartisan
support, yet not even Democrats
were able to gather the needed votes
to pass the bill during the lame duck
session in 2010.
Left with little sign of a possible
vote this year, combined with a record
number of deportations under the
Obama administration (including
DREAM Act students), the president’s speech seemed more aimed
at garnering campaign support than
enacting substantive change.
I am a supporter of our current
Eleven Arizonians fighting to bring back Ethnic Studies to their schools. From left to right: Alexandro Escamilla, Sean Arce, Maria Federico
Brummer, Curtis Acosta, Norma Gonzalez, Yolanda Sotelo, Jose Gonzalez, Dolores Carrion, Lorenzo Lopez, Sally Rusk, Rene Martinez..
By Ernie McCray
Saving Ethnic Studies is my latest
enterprise because my home state,
Arizona, just can’t shed itself of Jim
Crow kind of thinking, going back to
long before I was born and all through
my growing up in Tucson in the 40’s
and 50’s. Then the 60’s came along
and the state had to sing a different
song. But Jim Crowness doesn’t go
away easily.
Someone came up with the idea
of honoring Martin Luther King and
His Dream with a holiday and Arizonans screamed “No way!” Yet it happened and I thought that signaled that
my beloved state had begun to see
the way.
But along came SB1070, a law that
basically gives cops of every stripe
and kind the authority to profile
Latinos. And before I could go
“What?” Ethnic Studies, via HB2281,
were banned in the Grand Canyon
State.
To me what has happened is particularly sad because the central target of this injustice is the Mexican
American Studies Program at Tucson High, my alma mater. A place I
love dearly. Their curriculum is one
of the best of its kind in the land. It’s
like Arizona can summon Jim Crow
mentality on command.
What an abuse of power, an attempt to get brown citizens to toe the
line, to be American but by “The
Man’s” definition of what that means.
They talk of the academic gap between Blacks and Browns and students of other ethnic backgrounds and
then ignore facts like: how MAS students are making measurable differences compared to other like groups;
how juniors taking the courses are
more likely than their peers to pass
reading and writing tests if they had
previously failed those tests in their
sophomore year, and how seniors are
more likely to graduate than their
peers. The dropout rate in the program is 2.5 percent as opposed to 56
percent nationally.
Such accomplishments mean nothing to the powers that be. Tom Horne,
now the attorney general, vowed
when he was the Arizona superintendent of public instruction to eliminate
the Tucson School Districts’ Mexican
American Program and his successor, John Huppenthal, ran on a platform of eliminating “Raza Studies” in
Arizona and Jan Brewer signed their
sinister wishes into law.
I’ve been in close contact with my
high school over the years, a proud
member of its Hall of Fame, a speaker
at the Class of 2000 graduation, one
who drops by every now and then
when I’m in town to get a feel for
what’s going on and I know from all
I’ve heard and seen just how dynamic
a learning environment Mexican
American Studies students have enjoyed. The lessons, so relevant to their
very lives, have excited them and
turned them on to higher learning.
They’ve learned to embrace the
diversity inherent in their society;
they’ve learned about who they are,
where they’ve been, how they fit in
and the haters deride their lessons as
“promoting resentment of other
races.” They’ve learned how to better serve their communities, their
towns and their state and their country, their world. But Arizona politicians see this as “promoting the overthrow of the government.”
The school district offers them no
support and the students with no recourse took over a a school board
meeting a while back. At the next
meeting they were met with massive
police force. So good luck on overthrowing the government and we can
only hope that resentment of other
races doesn’t rise up in their impres-
sionable souls as a result of how
they’ve been treated by the “system.”
What it comes down to is there is
a significant number of so called representatives of “the people” who
don’t want Latino kids to understand
that knowledge is truly power and
start feeling “uppity” and equal to
THEM.
But I’m working with eleven Tucson Unified School District teachers
administrators and students who are
suing Arizona to bring back Ethnic
Studies. And I’m asking people who
care for justice to come together for
the rights of all children to enjoy learning experiences that help them to learn
about their heritage along with the
histories of others. Join us when we
show PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE,
a powerful documentary that tells the
story of how Mexican American
Studies are changing students’ lives
on:
Saturday, February 25, 2012
at 2:00 PM
at the Lincoln High School Theater,
4777 Imperial Avenue
Bring friends, a $10 donation, a
checkbook and a commitment to
spread the story and support the
cause!
African American, Hispanic High School Achievement Falls to 30-Year Low
By Teresa Wiltz
AMERICA’S WIRE
WASHINGTON — While achievement
levels have improved considerably for
minority elementary and middle school
students, studies show academic performance among high school age
African Americans and Hispanics
has fallen to levels not seen in thirty
years.
How prevalent is the achievement
gap at the high school level?
On average, math and reading
skills for African-American and
Latino high school seniors are at
roughly the same level as 13-yearold white students, according to a
November study put out by the Washington-based advocacy group Education Trust.
“We take kids that start [high
school] a little behind and by the time
they finish high school, they’re way
behind,” says Amy Wilkins, vice president for government affairs and communications at Education Trust.
“Education is supposed to level the
playing field,” adds Wilkins. “And it
does the opposite…While many
people are celebrating our postracial
society . . . there is still a significant
hangover in our schools.”
African-American and Latino students have made little to no progress
in 12th-grade reading scores since
1994, according to the study, continuing to lag behind white students. Math
achievement has also remained flat,
with the gap between white students
and those of color widening.
Causes for the disparity include:
lowered expectations for students of
color, income inequality and a lack of
resources in low-income school districts, unequal access to experienced
teachers, an increase in “out of field”
teachers, and an “unconscious bias”
among teachers and administrators.
These factors, experts say, produce an opportunity gap for students
of color.
“A 12th-grade education in a more
affluent neighborhood is not the same
as the education in a less affluent
(see Obama’s, page 10) neighborhood,” says Dominique
Apollon, research director with the
non-profit Applied Research Center.
“Top students in low-income schools
don’t have the opportunity to be
pushed further and further.”
School advocates say students of
color, regardless of class, are frequently confronted with lowered expectations and requirements from
teachers and administrators. Students
in low-income schools are more likely
to be given an “A” for work that
would receive a “C” in a more affluent school, the Education Trust study
showed.
They are also less likely to be given
advanced-level coursework, an issue
John Capozzi, principal of Elmont
(N.Y.) Memorial Junior-Senior High
School, where a majority of students
are African American and Latino,
sees as a civil rights issue.
“They have preconceived notions
about minority kids,” says Capozzi of
his fellow educators and accreditation officials. “A large part of my job
. . . [is] dispelling the stereotypes of
our kids. It’s long been embedded in
society.”
“African Americans and Hispanics have been denied access to the
more rigorous courses,” Capozzi says.
All students, he adds, “should be
thrown into vigorous classes” and be
given proper academic support to
ensure their success in college and
work.
According to Education Trust,
more white high school graduates
were enrolled in college prep courses
than were their African-American,
Latino and Native American counterparts. Often, schools with large minority populations do not offer advanced classes.
Pedro Noguera, professor of education at New York University, notes,
“Where there’s tracking, [you have]
obstacles to getting into the more rigorous classes, and the teachers aren’t
that committed to teaching. Those are
all signs of a dysfunctional culture.”
Even a middle-class background is
no guarantee that minority students
won’t experience such obstacles.
Wilkins says middle-class black teens
are more likely to be placed in less
competitive classes than their white
peers, and a black child with high
fifth-grade math scores is less likely
to be enrolled in algebra in eighth
grade, the study shows.
“A lot of the time, those [middleclass black] kids are in schools where
they are in the minority,” Noguera
says. “If they don’t have teachers that
are encouraging them, they feel alienated.”
Another obstacle for poor and mi-
nority students is that they are more
likely than white students to have inexperienced and “out of field” teachers — for instance, a math instructor
teaching English or a science instructor teaching history. That, education
experts say, is a recipe for disaster.
So is the prevalence of inexperienced instructors.
“Some of the least experienced
teachers are put in classrooms with
(see School Achievement, page 3)
Talk About Class Warfare!
Why Conservatives Want to Tax Poor
American Children of Immigrants
By Marshall Fitz and
Sarah Jane Glynn
By next month Congress must extend the 2012 payroll tax cut to help
boost our nation’s economic recovery. In 2011 this tax cut resulted in
122 million American households
boosting their take-home-pay worth
to the total tune of $120 billion. The
extension and expansion of the payroll tax holiday through 2012 would
put an average of $1,426 in the pockets of U.S. households and could create more than 1 million new jobs.
Some members of Congress, however, are looking to offset the lost revenue in callous and counterproductive
ways so that they don’t have to raise
taxes on millionaires by a single penny.
A disturbing number of conservatives
are proposing that American-born children in low-income immigrant families should be the ones to foot the bill.
Their proposal is economically selfdefeating and smacks of the class
warfare conservatives deride.
First the facts. Congress enacted
the Child Tax Credit in 1998 to help
keep America’s children from falling
into poverty by allowing families with
children to reduce the amount of federal taxes that they owe. Because the
objective of the credit is to protect
children in low-income families, Congress only requires the Internal Revenue Service to ensure that the child
being claimed is a U.S. citizen or legal resident alien.
Immigrant parents of Americanborn children can claim the Child Tax
Credit using an Individual Taxpayer
Identification Number, which enables
immigrants who are not eligible for
Social Security numbers to file and
pay federal taxes. In practice, this
means that undocumented workers
whose wages are taxed and who file
federal income tax returns are eligible
to claim the credit on behalf of their
U.S.-citizen children.
Conservatives now want to help
pay for the payroll tax holiday by stripping the ability of these Individual
Taxpayer Identification Number tax
filers to claim the credit. Rep. Sam
Johnson (R-TX) has introduced a bill
with 36 Republican co-sponsors titled
the “Refundable Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Reform Act,”
which would require taxpayers to provide their Social Security numbers in
order to claim the portion of the Child
Tax Credit that is refundable. In other
(see Talk About, page 4)
PAGE 2
MÉXICO DEL NORTE
Por Jorge Mújica Murias
El Primero…
Dicen por ahí que en una
competencia siempre que
alguien gana alguien también
pierde. En otra variante,
digamos que cuando hay
solamente dos competidores
en una competencia, no hay
primero y segundo lugar, sino
solamente un ganador y un
perdedor.
La diatriba anterior viene a
cuento porque la semana
pasada alguien le espetó a
una bola de representantes
de los 7 partidos políticos
mexicanos reunidos en
Chicago, capital de México
del Norte, que “vamos a ver
qué país, cuál de nuestros dos
países, nos hace ciudadanos
primero, México o Estados
Unidos”.
La frase y el concepto no
son demasiado nuevos, los
hemos estado repitiendo
desde hace algunos ayeres,
pero se ha popularizado en
los últimos tiempos. Tiene
que ver con el concepto de
“ciudadano” como distinto a
“nacional”. Nacional es el
originario de alguna nación,
nacido ahí y con los derechos
que ese hecho le otorga. El
otro, el Ciudadano, es una
nacional que participa
políticamente en los destinos
de esa nación.
Y ahí entra la cosa de “a
ver quién gana”.
Por obviedad, obvia, los
mexicanos en el exterior
somos nacionales, pero no
necesariamente ciudadanos.
Es más, según los números
preliminares del registro de
mexicanos para votar desde
el exterior, nomás habremos
unos 35 ciudadanos
mexicanos viviendo en el
extranjero a mediados de
año. Y conste que digo a
mediados, porque en una de
esas muchos de los
registrados ni siquiera
alcanzan a votar.
Así le pasó hace unos
meses a los michoacanos,
que se registraron para votar
y nunca les llegó la boleta
electoral. Se quedaron en
nacionales michoacanos
nomás. De los treinta y
tantos mil registrados para
votar en julio, no me
extrañaría que pase lo mismo
con algunos, y nos queden
menos ciudadanos al rato que
ahorita.
La frase del “a ver quien
gana” no es tan desatinada,
es un desafío porque hasta el
momento México no parece
no tener ningún interés en
darnos la ciudadanía. Al
contrario, para los partidos
políticos que vinieron a
Chicago, parece que lo que
les interesa es que haya
menos ciudadanos, porque en
6 años no fueron capaces de
cambiar un solo parrafito de
la ley electoral para darnos el
(vea El Primero, página 7)
JANUARY 27, 2012
Mexico’s July presidential election may put PRI back in power
By Salvador Guerrero
WASHINGTON – The United
States isn’t the only country
facing a contentious presidential election this year.
Mexico will elect a new
president in July, and some experts think the National Action
Party (PAN) will be ousted
from office by the Institutional
Revolutionary Party (PRI),
which held power for 71 years
before the PAN took over in
2000.
Roderic Ai Camp, professor
of the Pacific Rim at Claremont McKenna College, said
Friday that two issues are
likely to be important to voters: increasing family income
and reducing violence.
He spoke at a forum sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson
Center for Scholars Mexico
Institute and the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
“It will be interesting to see
what PRI is really proposing
that will be different from
PAN on two major issues,”
Camp said. “One is how do you
increase personal income, and
how do you reduce violence,
therefore increase personal
security.”
Religion may be a third issue, Camp said. The Catholic
Church has played a major role
in politics, coming under fire at
times when it has spoken out
against officials and pushed
democracy in the last 15 years.
“They were critical in urging ordinary Mexicans to vote,
both in 1994 and in 2000,”
Camp said.
He said there is little academic work done on the relationship between politics and
religion in Mexico because
scholars choose not to explore
the subject.
“The church plays two
roles. It has always been a
critic of neoliberalism,” Camp
said. “There is an agreement
on human rights. They would
stand up for human rights, and
they actually practiced this in
the ‘90s. … What is interesting to me is they haven’t been
outspoken as they have been.
Only a few selective bishops
have made very clear statements.”
The country has been
plagued by a drug war that has
taken thousands of lives. Camp
said the problem does not arise
just from Mexico but stems
from the drug consumption of
Americans.
“Members of Congress
don’t have the courage to address it. That’s the fundamental issue. If you don’t have the
demand, you don’t have the
drug problem,” Camp said.
Roderic Ai Camp, left, and Miguel E. Basáñez talk about Camp’s recent books about
politics in Mexico. SHFWire photo by Salvador Guerrero
He said 9 percent of all
Americans over the age of 12
use some type of illegal drug.
“Why don’t members of
Congress talk about this? Because it is so much easier to
say the problem is next door
rather than to admit it is a social problem,” Camp said.
“Why are people consuming
the drugs? That is a much more
common message.”
The political atmosphere in
Mexico has been a tumultuous
one the last few decades, with
the drug war and the shakeup
in presidential elections.
Camp is one of the foremost
experts on politics in Mexico
and is frequently consulted in
the areas of comparative elites,
church-state relations and
civil-military affairs. Last year,
he released three books, “Oxford Handbook of Mexican
Politics,” “Mexican Political
Biographies” and “Mexico,
What Everyone Needs to
Know,” that discuss the lives
of politicians and topics relat-
ing to political institutions.
“He in a way is a synthesis
of so much knowledge of
Mexico,” Miguel E. Basáñez,
professor at the Fletcher
School of Tufts University,
said. “When you look at the
structure of the handbook, you
can see what is Rod’s brilliance.”
Reach reporter Salvador Guerrero
at [email protected]. Reprinted
from the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire (http://shfwire.com/).
Inauguran Exposición Pictórica del Artista Iraki Adeeb Maki Jasim
“Sufismo: Mística musulmana originada en Persia”
Por: Paco Zavala
Inauguran extraordinaria
exposición pictórica denominada “Ritmo Sufi:
Variaciones de un mismo
tema/ Variations on Sufi
Thems” que presenta el artista
iraki Adeeb Maki Jasim, el
próximo viernes 27 de enero,
a las 19:00 horas, en la Galería
de la ciudad en el Palacio de la
Cultura de Tijuana.
“El sufismo es la doctrina
de los sufíes, es una mística
musulmana originada en
Persia, que ha inspirado la
mas alta poesía en esa lengua”. Esta muestra pictórica
reúne estas características,
pero llevadas al lienzo con
colores creados por el mismo
artista, así estos trabajos tienen
el sello personalizado de Adeeb
Maki Jasim.
En la obra de Adeeb Maki
Jasim, utiliza la idea del santuario como un enfoque y
fundamento que al artista le
inspira un símbolo que evoca
al sufismo como una practica
de “abstracción y minimalismo”. El sufismo, indicó el
artista: “para mí corresponde
a un ejemplo de amor, de una
pureza espiritual o un sentimiento indemne, libre de
intereses o anhelos”. Como
tradición el sufismo también
juega con temas de amor de
niño: espontaneo, libre, nostálgico y de ensueño.
La exposición reúne 22
pinturas, de diversos tamaños,
con dimensiones desde 39 x 47,
36 x 36 hasta 12 x 12 pulgadas.
El artista indicó que: “despues
de experimentar por más de 20
años, utiliza actualmente sus
propios materiales, emplea
además diferentes medios que
contribuyen a lograr la
tridimensionalidad de sus
obras”. Y dice ademas: “Constantemente intento concebir
una topografía para mi obra,
como si estuviera creando una
pintura esculpida, y así voy
produciendo el efecto que me
interesa lograr. Conforme
añado colores, voy acercándome a una impresión o
evocación similar a la de un
mural o relieve sobre una
pared. Pocas veces uso pincel,
salvo para darle definición a la
caligrafía”.
El artista ha exhibido sus
El artista Adeeb Maki Jasim trabajando en su taller.
pinturas en el mundo árabe, en
EE.UU y en el Reino Unido,
ahora lo hace en Mexico. Va
a estar muy interesante el
visitar esta exposición, ya
tendremos oportunidad de
Carlos Lugo to be GM for Helix Water District
Helix Water District Board
President
DeAna Verbeke an651-C Third Avenue
Chula Vista, CA 91910
nounced that Director of EnPh: (619) 425-7400
gineering Carlos Lugo has
Fax: (619) 425-7402
been selected as the new genEmail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.laprensa-sandiego.org eral manager of the Helix Water District.
Director Verbeke noted,
“After a comprehensive process with a number of qualified candidates, the board has
determined that Carlos Lugo is
the best person for the posiFounded: December 1, 1976
tion. His 20-plus years of
San Diego, California
experience at Helix and
leadership style will sustain
Founder:
the organizational excellence
Daniel L. Muñoz
of the District and maintain the
Publisher/Editor:
outstanding service we provide
our customers.”
Daniel H. Muñoz, Jr.
There were 61 applicants
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newspaper of general circulation for the City for the position, including a
and County of San Diego, Fourth Judicial District number from out of state. Of
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qualified individuals were exPress releases, photos, and advertisements are tensively interviewed by the
accepted. Submit by mail, fax or email. La
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The selection was made pubor reject material sent.
lic after this morning’s board
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formally approves his employment agreement at the Feb. 1
board meeting.
Lugo has been with the
Helix Water District since
1991. He began his career in
the District’s engineering section as an assistant engineer.
He became director of engineering 10 years ago where he
currently oversees a staff of
25.
Lugo holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in civil engineering from San Diego State
University. He is a member of
American Water Works Association, American Society of
Civil Engineers, American Public Works Association, and is a
licensed professional engineer.
Helix’s engineering section
includes planning design, right
of way, survey, and inspection.
Lugo has full responsibility for,
and oversight of, the District’s
Capital Improvement Program. Under his direction, the
District embarked on an ambitious Cast Iron Replacement
Program, which replaced an
average of five miles of pipe
Carlos Lugo
per year over the past 10 years,
with the goal of removing all
remaining cast iron pipe from
the District within the next 10
years.
Between 1998 and 2002,
Lugo oversaw the upgrade to
the R. M. Levy Water Treatment Plant from 80 million to
108 million gallons per day and
the addition of Ozone as the
primary drinking water disinfectant.
Helix Water District serves
267,000 customers each day
with a staff of 146.
comentar un poco mas sobre
el artista y su trabajo en fecha
posterior.
Para concluir adicionaremos
las siguiente nota: El Museo
de Historia de Tijuana, instalado en uno de los espacios
del Palacio de la Cultura de
Tijuana, a partir del pasado jueves
19 de enero, ya no cobrará más
la entrada, ahora el acceso es
completamente gratuito.
Esta decisión se tomó para
beneficiar a la población, de
esta manera tiene acceso a
interiorizarse en la historia de
Tijuana, en su proceso de
desarrollo desde que se fundó
hasta nuestros días.
El museo cuenta con una
sala de exposición permanente
en su segunda planta y dos
salas de exposiciones temporales en su planta baja.
Actualmente se exhibe la
exposición temporal “Historia
de familias tijuanenses”, en la
que se muestran fotografías,
objetos y documentos. El
museo permanece abierto de
martes a domingo de las 10:00
am. a 18:00 pm. Para información solicítela al 01152 (664)
688-1721 Ext. 107.
PHONE: 619-993-5778
FAX: 619-286-2231
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PAGE 3
Job hunting and the high En busca de trabajo y el alto costo de vivir en San Diego
cost of living in San Diego
By Mariana Martínez
Long lines snake through the
halls at the San Diego Marriot.
Women dressed in suits and
men wearing ties, all holding on
to their resumes and hopes of
finding a job.
This is a job fair with 17 companies and schools, including
the army and the Border Patrol, seeking to find new recruits, amongst people looking
for a career or a career
change.
“We´ve quadrupled the
number of attendees compared
to previous job fairs held in November and December” said
Job facilitator Robert Brown.
“We usually had about 150
searchers, we had 200 at the
last event but today over 800
people came looking for a
chance” he added.
The number is very telling
of a faltering economy affecting thousands of San Diegans.
According to Labor Statistics unemployment in San Diego had dropped from 10.6 in
July to 9.2 in November 2011,
but the drop might be explained
by seasonal hires for the Holidays, and those same people
found themselves without a job
in January.
“Unemployment is high,
people are desperate to get
back to work. I see people with
Master´s degrees willing to go
into sales, and kids fresh out of
high school doing the same.
I´ve been surprised to see
people in mid-career willing to
go back to school to become
more employable” Brown
adds.
His perception is backed up
by a recent study by the nonpartisan think tank Equinox that
just released its annual Quality
of Life Dashboard. Researchers found the number of jobs
has increased over the last decade, but the increase has been
in low paying sectors such as
leisure, hospitality and food services.
San Diego as a region has
lost jobs in mid-high paying sectors, bad news considering the
cost of living in the area is increasing at a faster rate than
the national average and other
major cities in the West coast.
Amongst the job hunters
was 24 year old Israel Cayetano, who recently quit his job
as manager at a pizza chain
and is now thinking of joining
the Border Patrol as a way to
get some job security.
“What convinced me is the
possibility of earning up to $75
grand a year, after three years
on the job” Cayetano explains,
School Achievement falls
to a low for minority
students
“what I want more than anything is a steady job, I want to
stop feeling anxious that I will
lose my job at any moment.”
But not only the very young
where among the crowd, but
36 year old Joel Gutierrez, a
family man who used to make
a good income as a phone
salesman.
“I used to earn up to
$60,000 a year as a salesman
and now I could be happy to
secure $20 grand. I have a job
but need more because the bills
keep coming every month and
are starting to pile up,” he explains.
Amongst the job offers is
the direct sale of women´s
clothing by Jockey, hoping to
recruit women to start their
own business.
“It is the new division of the
firm and we are hoping to
recruite 500 women in the first
quarter of the year” said sales
representative Marijane Ralph.
But those offers and others
including going back to school
are not what Gutierrez is looking for.
“There are too many
schools and direct sales offers
here” Gutierrez lamented,
“Those sales companies ask
you to invest and that is not
solution for my problems at the
moment.”
Gutierrez might not be interested, but many others seem
open to getting back to school
and changing careers all together. One of the booths with
the longest lines to ask for information was Link 2 Life, a
technical program for Emergency Technicians and patient
care personnel.
They offer paramedic training for 10 weeks, intensive
course for 14 days y guarantee financial support to pay for
studing.
Melissa Lundsford was the
one in charge of giving out information in the booth, in her
experience San Diegans are
not so much out of a job but in
low paying jobs that don’t allow them to pay off their debts.
“This career path is mostly
attractive for the very young,
recent high school graduates
that are looking for a career
and those in their 50s and 60s
that made a career in fields that
are no longer as profitable as
they used to be, such as insurance, real estate and sales”
she explained.
“Those people are looking
for job security that their old
jobs no longer offer, in fact,
people are looking for a sure
thing which is more elusive
than ever”, she added.
Las filas para entrar serpentean por los pasillos del hotel. Las mujeres en traje sastre
y hombres de corbata desfilan
por entre los puestos de reclutamiento en busca de trabajo.
Esta es una feria de trabajo
en la que 17 empresas y
escuelas entre ellas las fuerzas
armadas y la Patrulla
Fronteriza, que ofrecen
oportunidades para jóvenes y
viejos en busca de un trabajo
una carrera.
“En este evento hubo cuatro
veces más demanda de buscadores de empleo que en
ediciones pasadas en noviembre y diciembre” explicó
Robert Brown, uno de los
facilitadores y organizadores
de la feria.
“Generalmente habíamos
tenido 150 personas buscando
trabajo, tuvimos 200 en el
evento pasado en noviembre,
pero hoy han sido más de 800
personas buscando nuevas
oportunidades” agrega.
La feria es un termómetro
de la economía y lo que está
sucediendo en miles de hogares en San Diego.
Aunque según las estadísticas de la Secretaría del
Trabajo, el desempleo había
disminuido de 10.6 en Julio a
9.2 en Noviembre, esta mejora
puede responder a la contratación de personal de ventas
durante la navidad, quienes
vuelven al desempleo entrando
el año.
“El desempleo es muy alto,
la gente está desesperada por
volver a trabajar; hay gente con
posgrado dispuestos a entrar en
ventas y personas recién
egresadas de la preparatoria,
pero también personas que ya
tenían una carrera pero ahora
buscan volver a estudiar para
mejorar sus oportunidades”.
Su percepción parece ser
comprobada por un estudio de
investigadores del Instituto
Equinox, que han publicado su
informe anual de Calidad de
Vida en la región y encontraron que el número de
trabajos disponibles en San
Diego ha aumentado, pero el
aumento se ha dado sobre todo
en el sector de trabajo con
bajos salarios, como en entretenimiento, hotelería y
servicio a cliente.
La region en cambio ha
perdido trabajos mejor remunerados, lo cual es una mala
noticia considerando que el
costo de vivir en San Diego ha
ido en incremento vertiginoso,
muy por encima de la media
nacional y de otras ciudades de
la costa Oeste del país.
Entre los cazadores de
oportunidades estaba Israel
Cayetano, quien recién renunciara a su trabajo como
gerente de una pizzería; ahora
contempla volverse agente de
la patrulla fronteriza con tal de
dejar de sentir incertidumbre.
“Mas que nada aquí me
dijeron que podría estar ganando 75,000 al año después
de 3 años; lo que busco más
que nada es un trabajo fijo, que
no esté con el miedo de que
me van a dejar ir, no tener
miedo de perder mi trabajo”.
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También estaba Joel Gutierrez, de 36 años de edad,
quien siempre ha trabajado en
ventas y había logrado buenos
ingresos.
“Yo llegue a ganar 60,000 al
año vendiendo celulares, ahorita
me conformaría mínimo con
20,000 al año, Si tengo trabajo
pero necesito algo más porque
los recibos que llegan cada mes
y siguen y siguen llegando” dijo
Gutierrez.
Entre las opciones ofrecidas
en la feria está la nueva venta
por catálogo de la ropa Jockey
que busca reclutar a mujeres
para la venta de ropa.
“Es una nueva división que
busca reclutar a 500 mujeres
para ventas en la primera
mitad del año” explico la
sandieguina Marijane Ralph
representante de la marca.
Gutierrez agregó estar un
poco decepcionado de la feria.
“Hay muchas escuelas o
empresas de ventas directas
donde tienes que invertir, pero
en realidad eso no me ayuda
en este momento”
Aunque no resultara atrativo para todos, uno de los
puestos más populares (además del de la Patrulla Fronteriza) era el de la compañía
Link 2 Life, una escuela de
entrenamiento técnico para
paramédicos y personal de
salud.
Ofrecen entrenamiento de
paramédico en 10 semanas,
cursos intensivos de 14 días y
garantizas apoyo financiero
para poder pagar los estudios.
En la experiencia de Melissa Lundsford la gente está
buscando como pagar sus
deudas de manera más rápida.
“El interés viene de grupos
de jóvenes recién egresados
de la preparatoria que buscan
una carrera con mucha demanda y trabajo seguro, pero
también de personas entre los
50 y 60 años de edad que
estaban trabajando en seguros,
bienes raíces o ventas, y
buscan una seguridad que ya
no les proveen esos trabajos”.
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words, it would disqualify lowincome American children of
undocumented parents from
receiving this economic relief.
How the Child Tax Credit
works
Low-income families often
owe less in federal income
taxes than the amount of child
tax credits they can claim. In
these cases they may be eligible for the Additional Child
Tax Credit—the portion of the
credit that is refundable. The
refundable amount is designed
to incentivize hard work by
linking the credit to earnings:
The more the parent earns
from working, the larger the
available credit. As of 2009 the
value of the Additional Child
Tax Credit refund is equal to
15 percent of earnings above
$3,000 and cannot exceed
$1,000 per child.
Imagine a single mother with
two children, working full time
for minimum wage with a yearly
income of $15,000. Federal,
state, and local payroll taxes are
withheld from her paychecks,
but her income is too low to owe
federal income tax. (Filers who
are not liable for federal income
tax have usually paid other federal taxes such as Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes,
as well as state and local
taxes.) The Additional Child
Tax Credit, however, makes her
eligible for a $1,800 ($15,000
minus $3,000, times 0.15 =
$1,800) refund to help defray
the costs of raising her two children. A similar parent working
in a higher-wage job who has
sufficient federal income tax liability would be able to claim
the full $1,000 per child.
If this woman were an undocumented worker whose
children are U.S. citizens,
when she filed her taxes using
an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, she
would be eligible to receive this
refund under current law. According to a report by the
Treasury Department’s inspector general, in 2010 there were
about 2.18 million taxpayers like
this woman who filed with
ITINs and claimed a refund.
That means millions of American children rely on these parents’ refunds to put food on the
JANUARY 27, 2012
cuts are both important fiscal
policy strategies. Terminating
one policy to pay for the other
is like robbing Peter to pay Paul
and will cause more harm to our
economy in the process. While
Congress considers ways to
offset the cost of extending the
payroll tax cuts, denying tax
credits to the parents of American children should not be
among the options.
It makes zero economic
sense to raise taxes on those
who are already disproportionately likely to be living in povHarsh and counterproductive erty and who are certain to
consequences
pour those additional resources
The average household in- back in to the economy.
come for ITIN filers claiming
Additional Child Tax Credit An obvious alternative
refunds in 2010 was about
The payroll tax cut exten$21,240. This is less than half sion is expected to cost $120
the 2010 median household in- billion, while by his own admiscome in the United States of sion Rep. Johnson’s “Refund$49,445, and would mean that able Child Tax Credit Eligibila family of four with two chil- ity Verification Reform Act” is
dren was living below the pov- expected to save at best only
erty line. Latino children are $24 billion over 10 years. What
more likely to live in poverty if, instead of singling out a subthan any other racial or ethnic set of American children to
group, and more than half of take food out of their mouths,
the 6.1 million Latino children we asked millionaires to pay
in poverty are the U.S.-born their fair share in taxes?
children of immigrants.
America’s millionaires curThese are the more than 2 rently pay an average tax rate
million families threatened by that is significantly lower than
this assault on the ACTC— what it was in the mid-1990s.
hard-working families with Senate Democrats have prochildren who are U.S. citizens. posed a 1.9 percent surtax on
This tax increase could harm adjusted gross income more
as many as 4 million of these than $1 million, which would
American children already liv- generate $155 billion over 10
ing on the economic margin. At years. A paltry 0.2 percent sura time when our nation has the tax on millionaires would result
largest number of people liv- in the same savings as denying in poverty since data were ing Additional Child Tax Credfirst collected 52 years ago af- its to the citizen children of
ter the deepest recession since immigrant parents.
the 1930s, tipping the scales
Congress should be asking
against low-income children is themselves who benefits from
not only immoral but also bad keeping taxes low for millioneconomic policy.
aires (answer: no one but the
Federal assistance to lower- millionaires in question), and
income families has a stimulat- who will benefit from the paying effect on our economy be- roll tax cuts (answer: the entire
cause these families are more economy through increased inlikely to spend these funds on comes and job creation). In spite
the necessities of daily life rather of the political rhetoric, immithan saving them. Every dollar grants and their children conspent on a payroll tax cut gen- tribute positively to the economy
erates $1.25 of economic and will continue to do so in the
growth. According to the Con- future. Asking poor children to
gressional Budget Office, re- bear the brunt of these costs
fundable tax credits to low- and while millionaires continue to
middle-income families have enjoy tax breaks is cruel and
the second-highest positive im- poor public policy.
pact on the economy out of all
the current fiscal policy options. Marshall Fitz is Director of ImmiOnly increased aid to the un- gration Policy at the Center for
employed provides a bigger American Progress. Sarah Jane
economic boost.
Glynn is a Policy Analyst with the
Tax refunds for lower-in- Economic Policy team at the Cencome families and payroll tax ter.
table, buy school books and
clothes, and shelter them.
Approximately $4.2 billion in
refundable credits were issued
in 2010 to ITIN filers, representing about 15 percent of the
total Additional Child Tax Credit
refunds paid. These same 2.18
million filers also contributed
more than $7 billion in federal
taxes toward Medicare and
Social Security, programs from
which they will never recoup
benefits, meaning the U.S.
Treasury still comes out ahead.
Community Notes:....
Public Library Continues Its
“American Book Discussion”
Series in Black History
Month with “Just Some
Stories I Could Tell”
The San Diego Public Library is proud to announce its
annual Black History Month
book discussion series, An
American Book Discussion:
Just Some of the Stories I
Could Tell. The first of two
sessions will feature Drinking
Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ
Packer. Professor Camille F.
Forbes, Ph.D., an African
American literature and culture
expert will facilitate the discussion at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in the
Wangenheim Room on the third
floor of the Central Library, located at 820 E Street in downtown San Diego.
Learn about other events at
the San Diego Public Library’s
Central Library at www.san
diegolibrary.org.
New Year, New Suit
To help start the new year,
Chula Vista.s Recreation Department is providing free swim
suits to young swimmers and
water polo players. The donated suits are available to
children and teens that demonstrate financial need, and
are actively participating in a
competitive aquatic program
or registered for swim lessons
with the City.
Over 200 swim suits were
donated by Lincoln Aquatics,
Knotts Soak City, Q Swimwear,
and the Make a Splash Program through USA Swimming.
The program will continue
through March 30 while supplies last.
For forms, additional information on how to donate, or to
receive free suits, please visit
www.chulavistaca.gov/goto/
swim, or call (619) 691-5088.
Barnard Mandarin Chinese
Magnet School Invites San
Diego to Celebrate
Chinese New Year
WHAT: 2012 Year of the
Dragon Ceremonies for school
community
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4
WHERE: Barnard Elementary
School, 2930 Barnard St.
(92110).
San Diego’s Mandarin Chinese Magnet School will be
celebrating the Chinese New
Year with traditional lion
dance, martial arts demonstrations, classical Chinese
musical performances, and
performances by Barnard’s
incredible students. The students will be performing Chinese songs and dances, with
good food available. Proceeds
help support the programs at
the school.
Oceanside Film Festival call
for entries
Oceanside International
Film Festival announces an
open call for submissions from
professional and amateur filmmakers. The festival is accepting works from both international sources and those local
to San Diego. No experience
necessary. Students are especially encouraged to participate
by taking an advantage of
great discount rates.
The festival showcases features, documentaries, shorts,
animation, and student works
from filmmakers who have not
yet signed distribution agreements and look for recognition
among wider audiences. Elevating the chances for landing distribution deals for movies like “Callous” is one of the
high goals of this non-profit
organization.
For more info call to leave
a message at 760-433-3632 or
email [email protected] See
OIFF Facebook page for more
info: www.facebook.com/
likeOIFF
2nd Annual Stephen
Strasburk 5K Race
WHO: Major League pitcher
and former SDSU star Stephen
Strasburg; Aztecs Coach Tony
Gwynn; the 2012 Aztecs Baseball team; along with thousands
of runners and walkers.
The Aztecs Baseball team
and several celebrities will be
signing autographs at the booth
set-up near the finish line following the race.
WHEN: Saturday, January
28, 2012. Registration: 7:00 a.m.
Conclusion of race, Fun Zone
and Food Court
WHERE: Tony Gwynn Stadium at San Diego State University
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
LA COLUMNA VERTEBRAL
El Soporte Informativo Para Millones
de Hispanos
Por Luisa Fernanda Montero
El deber de participar,
el derecho de votar
El 2012 es un año marcado
por la actividad política, un año
en el que se determinará quien
regirá los destinos del país en
el próximo cuatrienio.
Esta semana el presidente
Barack Obama inició oficialmente su campaña y la contienda por determinar quien
será su rival desde la bancada
republicana cada vez trae más
sorpresas.
El asunto de aquí en adelante es cual es nuestro papel
como miembros de la comunidad hispana. Es bien sabido
que el voto hispano es determinante y que tanto
demócratas como republicanos
lo ambicionan, pero también es
sabido que sus métodos y sus
propuestas son muy distintas,
¿de qué lado está usted?
¿Cuál es su papel individual
como ciudadano en este proceso electoral?
¿Cuáles son los temas que
le preocupan?
¿Es su prioridad el tema
económico o tal vez el migratorio?
Las respuestas solo las tiene
usted. Lo importante es que se
haga las preguntas y participe
activamente en el proceso
político que vive el país.
Si no nos involucramos no
tendremos autoridad moral
para reclamar después por las
consecuencias que generen las
decisiones y las políticas
asumidas por uno u otro bando.
En los últimos años el aumento en las deportaciones y
la ausencia de una política
migratoria clara, efectiva y
humana le han traído muchas
tristezas a la comunidad
hispana que, en gran medida,
continúa siendo objeto de
injusticia y discriminación. Es
claro que eso puede continuar,
puede empeorar o puede mejorar. Esa es nuestra realidad,
por eso, como comunidad
debemos tener muy claro que
sólo participando conscientemente en el sistema democrático que nos rige,
lograremos los cambios que
necesitamos.
Si somos ciudadanos es
nuestro deber, nuestra obligación moral, hacernos sentir
a través del voto.
Si no lo somos, debemos
continuar esforzándonos por
llegar a serlo algún día, claro,
si nuestra intención es seguir
haciendo parte de este país.
Expresar la propia voluntad
a través del voto es un derecho
invaluable que nos da la facultad de tomar parte en las
decis iones que afectan
nuestras vidas y el acontecer
de las comunidades a las que
pertenecemos. Sin embargo,
por diversos motivos, muchos
residentes dejan pasar los años
Luisa Fernanda Montero
sin ocuparse de alcanzar su
ciudadanía.
¿Es asunto de dinero, de
tiempo, de miedo o de indecisión? Es cierto que para
hacerse ciudadano hay que
tener conocimientos de historia
y educación cívica estadounidense y hay que hablar
inglés; pero en el examen de
cívica e historia no le exigirán
redactar un tratado sobre
ninguno de los sucesos que han
marcado la historia de este
país ni le obligarán a hablar con
el acento impecable de su
profesor de inglés.
En www.uscis.gov puede
acceder a una completa guía
en español sobre todos los
pasos a seguir a la hora de
buscar la ciudadanía, incluidas
las preguntas del examen, los
requisitos en general y el
formulario N-400 que deberá
llenar para presentar su aplicación.
Si la cuestión es de dinero,
prográmese y ahorre, recuerde
que está invirtiendo en su futuro y en el de su familia.
Hacerse ciudadano le traerá
muchas ventajas individuales,
pero además, le abrirá la
puerta a un mundo en el que
tendrá voz y voto.
Latinas Have the Highest Rates of
Cervical Cancer in California
While cervical cancer affects all races, Latinas are diagnosed with cervical cancer
nearly twice as often as Caucasian, African American and
Asian Pacific Islander women.
Latinas and African American
women are also more likely to
die of cervical cancer than Caucasian and Asian Pacific Islanders - due in large part to a lack
of screenings and vaccinations.
Because of this prevalence,
the California Medical Association (CMA) Foundation recognized four organizations for their
outstanding work to reduce cervical cancer disparities within
California’s Latina communities. The four awardees include:
Altamed Health Services,
Latinas Contra Cancer, UMMA Community Clinic and
Worksite Wellness LA. To help
raise awareness for Cervical
Health Awareness Month,
award winners are hosting
events and clinics for early cervical cancer detection and vaccines during the month of January.
Cervical cancer is the second most common form of cancer worldwide and is responsible for more than 4,000 deaths
in the United States. Each year
approximately 1,400 California
women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and more than 400
die from the disease.
It is one of the few preventable cancers that can easily be
detected through an inexpensive pap test and also prevented through a vaccine. Pap
tests can find abnormal cells
that may turn into cervical cancer, and can find cervical cancer early, when the chance of
being cured is very high.
According to the American
Cancer Society’s California
Cancer Facts and Figures
2012 report, the vaccine has
the potential to prevent up to
70 percent of cervical cancer
cases and deaths in California
each year.
Most cases of cervical cancer are caused by the Human
Papillomavirus, or HPV. Millions of American women are
infected with HPV, but due to
its often symptomless nature,
a woman can be unaware of
her risk of developing cervical
cancer.
The Director of Reproductive Health for Los Angeles
County Department of Public
Health, Diana Ramos, MD,
MPH stated, “As a physician
it is a tragedy to see so many
deaths from a preventable disease. No and low-cost pap
tests and vaccinations are
widely available. I urge women
to schedule pap tests for themselves and vaccinations for
young women.”
Pap tests are available free
of charge for lowincome women through California’s federally funded “Every Woman
Counts” program and HPV
vaccines are covered by insurance and the “Vaccines for
Children” program.
To see if you qualify for a
free cervical cancer screening,
call Every Woman Counts at
1-800-511-2300. Operators
speak English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and
Vietnamese. If you qualify, you
will be referred to participating doctors in your neighborhood.
To see if your child qualifies
for a free HPV Vaccine, ask
their doctor if they offer “Vaccines for Children” (VFC)
shots. Children eligible for
California’s Child Health and
Disability Prevention (CHDP)
program may also be eligible for
free or low-cost shots.
The CMA Foundation is part
of the nationwide Cervical
Cancer-Free campaign, which
aims to reduce the prevalence
of cervical cancer through increased screening and vaccination. California’s campaign
focuses on Latinas and other
groups at greatest risk, those
with continued high rates of
cancer and low rates of screening and prevention. A comprehensive array of resources and
multilingual patient education
materials are available on the
project’s website.
“With the availability of no
or low-cost screenings and
vaccines, we can eradicate this
preventable disease. It is our
goal to make sure that women
and their families know their
options and where to access
vital services so that we no
longer have to endure more
senseless deaths,” said Carol
Lee, Esq., president and CEO
of the CMA Foundation.
Someone
you know is
planning her
pregnancy.
To make an appointment call 1-888-743-PLAN (7526)
plannedparenthood.org | Se habla Español
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JANUARY 27, 2012
PAGE 5
Getting Your Goat . . .
La Inauguración de la Oficina del
Centro de InmigraciónPara
Mujeres y Niños en San Diego
A remembrance: Fixin’ infertile men the old fashioned
way
El Centro de Inmigración
para Mujeres y Niños (ICWC)
es una organización sin fines
de lucro que ofrece servicios
legales de inmigración de bajos
recursos para mujeres y niños
a quienes le falta representación legal en California.
ICWC se esfuerza para proporcionar seguridad y estabilidad para niños que han sido
abusados, abandonados o
descuidados y para mujeres y
niños que han sido víctimas de
violencia doméstica, asalto
sexual o de crímenes violentos.
ICWC proporciona servicios
legales en un sistema de escala
móvil que está basado por
ingresos y tamaño familiar.
Estamos muy contentos en
anunciar la inauguración de
nuestra nueva oficina en San
Diego, que está ubicada en el
domicilio 427 C Street, Suite
208 San Diego, CA 92101.
Actualmente, ICWC tiene tres
oficinas a través del estado de
California en Los Ángeles, San
Francisco y San Diego. Estamos en el proceso de comunicarnos con los medios de
comunicación, y con organizaciones que proveen servicios
legales y sociales en los condados de Imperial y San Diego. Estamos haciendo una
By Andy Porras
Just imagine if there were a
Super Bowl of medical miracles,
perhaps this year’s encounter
would feature the Brinkley Goats
vs. the Turek Tootsie Rolls. But
enough fiction.
A recent news story reports
that a men’s health medical
practice in San Francisco,
headed by Dr. Paul Turek, is
on the threshold of producing
an artificial testicle that could
produce human sperm, thus
enabling previously infertile
men to conceive children.
Ho-hum.
Back in my home town of
Del Rio, Texas, once upon a
time, Dr. John Romulus
Brinkley was transplanting
goat glands onto men for the
same purpose.
The good Doc was responsible for putting our “sleepy
border town” on world maps.
Never mind that our most infamous citizen would later be
featured in books, magazines,
medical journals and TV as “the
world’s most famous quack.”
One wonders if goat glands
looked better on their recipients
than the latest innovation being proposed. According to Dr.
Turek, his creation will closely
resemble a cylindrical bag a
few inches long that will look
something like a transparent,
oversized Tootsie Roll.
Whereas recent studies
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Support For Tucson, AZ
Students Affected By
School Board Decision
Banning Books,
Cancelling Mexican
American Studies
Program
Last week, the Tucson
school board outraged America
when they cancelled its high
schools’ Mexican American
Studies program and forcibly
banned a series of books dealing with race. The reason? Apparently teaching respect for
other cultures amounts to “racial hatred” and is in violation
of Arizona’s statewide ban
against ethnic studies - passed
have shown it’s possible to
treat infertile male mice by producing sperm using stem cells
from the mouse, the same has
not been done for humans, said
researchers at the Turek Clinic,
in a recent Bay Area television
interview. Turek and his fellow
researchers, however, hope to
develop a human “sperm-making biological machine.”
Back in the day, the controversial Dr. Brinkley experimented with goat glands in
other states before being
forced to seek friendlier folks
and borders, thus the Del RioAcuña, Mexico destination. It
was there that Dr. Brinkley developed into an advertising and
radio pioneer who is credited
with giving birth to the “Mexican- border-blaster radio” era.
He is also credited with creating the first ‘infomercials.’
“At one time he employed
over three hundred people and
threw lavish Christmas parties
for the poor, mostly Latinos,”
my late father, José, would often tell me when we’d drive
by the Brinkley Mansion on our
way to an international bridge
that linked Del Rio to Mexico.
Dad enjoyed recalling when
he and his pals discovered Dr.
Brinkley traveled the world
and enjoyed royal-like attention
and press wherever they visited. They relished hearing that
a Del Rioan truly traveled to
faraway places and even
owned a yacht.
“After a trip to the Galapagos Islands, he returned
with giant tortoises, penguins
and other beasts,” he said. “He
established the nearest thing to
a zoo Del Rio ever had and
we’d gather around the fenced
area to admire the exotic creatures.”
Other Del Rioans recalled
he had his own fleet of Cadillacs and that he built several
hospitals in Texas and other
states. He also leased the top
three floors of the town’s sixstory Roswell Hotel to accommodate his patients before and
after the transplants.
One of his lasting monuments was the creation of a
50,000-watt radio station, later
becoming a 150,000 mega-station that soon morphed into a
one-million watt wonder that
became the most powerful
broadcasting tool in the world.
American GIs could pick it up in
the Philippine Islands with a signal so strong that it turned on car
headlights, light bulbs and even
made bedsprings hum.
“Besides Dr. Brinkley’s
medical commercials,” recalled my Dad, “His station
sold air time to a host of hucksters who peddled everything
from fake-diamond-rings to
religious paraphernalia and
country music.”
It was not uncommon for
some writers to refer to Del
Rio as the “Hillbilly Hollywood” because Dr. Brinkley
helped launch the careers of
The Carter Family, Gene Autry,
Jimmie Rodgers, Red Foley
and others.
in conjunction with SB1070.
“Arizona has been ground
zero for attacks against immigrant and Latino families, creating a hateful environment
where it’s acceptable to attack
Latino youth in a place where
they need affirmation - their
classrooms,” said Arturo Carmona, executive director of
Presente.org. “Tucson’s Mexican American Studies program
gave Latino students a sense
of dignity and connection to
their own history and other students were offered an insight
to a community that is a huge
part of the local culture but all
too often demonized.”
Continued Carmona: “Latino
students in Tucson making up
more than half of the student
population - educators, parents,
and students are fighting back.
Over 20,000 people across
America have joined together
in signing a petition demanding
that Tucson Superintendent
John Pedicone & the Tucson
School Board reverse their decision banning those books &
reinstate the Mexican American Studies program. Students
in Arizona are fighting to keep
these programs in spite of the
wave of anti-immigrant hysteria in the state. They need
our help in keeping up the
fight.”
The petition can be seen
here: http://act.presente.org/
sign/ethnicstudies
Dr. John Romulus Brinkley
Writers of the time joked
that the station even sold
“autographed photos of Jesus
himself.”
Eventually Dr. Brinkley was
stripped of his license to practice medicine. His rise to fame
and fortune was as precipitous
as his eventual fall; at the
height of his career he had
amassed millions of dollars, yet
died sick and nearly penniless,
on account of the numerous
malpractice, wrongful death
and fraud lawsuits brought
against him, one a US Post
Office twelve million dollar mail
fraud suit.
The Brinkley Mansion is
now a bed and breakfast in Del
Rio, and no longer does music
gush from the huge pipe organ
in the basement with its 1,063
pipes built into the walls of the
three story structure.
If Dr. Brinkley were alive,
would he team-up with Dr.
Turek?
Andy Porras is Sacramento writer
just back from Houston. Reprinted
from LatinoLA.com
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JANUARY 27, 2012
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
GUEST EDITORIAL:
Waiver for NCLB the Right Choice
for California
By Arun Ramanathan
NEW AMERICA MEDIA
OAKLAND — Around this time every
year, millions of parents in California are
working through the school enrollment
process. Unfortunately, while many don’t
have a choice regarding what school their
child will attend, those who do often find
their options bewildering.
My wife and I are both educators (her
currently, me formerly). We know the
education system well, and what qualities to look for in a school. Still, even
we were confused when we moved from
San Diego to Oakland and began looking
at local public schools.
After months of research and hours
spent talking about the pros and cons of
schools, we filled out our “options” form
with our top three school choices. In
some ways, this final step was a leap of
faith. The school we picked had low
scores but we liked the Spanish immersion program and believed that the principal and teachers could turn it around.
Our experience is not uncommon, as
conversations with numerous other parents showed us. As parents, we know that
the schools we select will have lifetime
implications for our children’s success.
But as we make these choices, we lack
high-quality information on school performance.
The first problem is the school rating
system. Every school in California has
two separate ratings.
California has a state system called the
API (Academic Performance Index) that
ranks schools on a point system up to
1000. However, schools are also ranked
by the federal rating system based on
AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). A
school can be highly ranked in the state
system and do poorly in the federal system. Neither system provides a full picture of how well a school is performing.
For instance, California’s API system
doesn’t tell parents how groups of students – such as English Learners, students with disabilities, Latinos or African-Americans – are doing. The federal
model provides this information but fails
to give the school any credit for the academic progress of students who haven’t
achieved grade level standards.
Under the state system, nothing happens to even the very worst schools.
Under the federal system, schools that
are making considerable progress can be
labeled failing and suffer sanctions. Neither system really tells parents whether
the majority of students in the school are
on track for graduation and collegereadiness.
Recently, the Obama Administration
gave state leaders the opportunity to apply for a waiver from the federal No
Child Left Behind law, which mandates
that states apply assessments in basic
skills to all students in certain grades if
they are to receive federal funding. Such
a waiver would allow California the opportunity to develop and use a single
Accountability is a buzz word we hear all
the time. That is why the voters passed a law
that held politicians accountable when it
comes to passing a real budget. Seems they
don’t like that so they are suing so that next
time they pass a crappy budget the State
Controller won’t dock their pay…
Last week’s editorial about Mayor
school rating system that provides complete and transparent information on
school performance for parents and
community members.
Eleven states around the country took
the option and applied in the first round.
Thirty other states have signaled their
willingness to apply in the second round
in February. California remains undecided, with leaders in Sacramento throwing up an array of excuses as to why we
should not join that list.
At a recent State Board of Education
meeting, supporters of the waiver asked
leaders to quickly come to a decision.
Among those gathered were superintendents from the Central Valley’s Sanger
Unified School District, Long Beach
Unified School District, and Morgan Hill
Unified School District in the Bay Area.
Advocacy groups including Children
Now and Education Trust-West were also
at the meeting.
The arguments put forward ranged
from building a better accountability system to allowing districts to focus on the
highest-need and lowest performing
schools, targeting them with the attention, resources and reforms they need
to improve. Such steps would help ease
the widespread confusion prevalent
among parents by providing more concise and accurate information and could
also help resolve the widening achievement gap.
Additionally, a waiver from NCLB
would offer increased flexibility with federal dollars so state and local leaders can
target those dollars at vital areas such as
improving teaching and leading, implementing our new state standards, and increasing academic rigor so all of our students graduate college and career ready.
Sadly, no decision was forthcoming
form the State Board during the hearing.
Instead, leaders stated that they will postpone making a final decision on whether
or not to apply for a waiver until March.
In the meantime, it is critical that parents and community groups let state
board members know that it is time for
California to submit a waiver application.
We can’t afford to lose this opportunity
to build a transparent, high-quality system for rating schools and districts, one
that provides crucial information on how
well our schools are doing in preparing
all children for college and career.
As parents, we deserve to have all the
information we need to make the right
educational choices for our children’s
future.
Tucson Mexican-American Studies program,
Latin American history, U.S. history
By Andrew Kordik
Latin American countries attempted to use the
ballot box to remedy their problems and kick
out American companies, the United States
helped overthrow democratically elected leaders (Guzman in Guatemala; Allende in Chile)
while imposing leaders who supported U.S.
business interests, and who happened to be
brutal dictators (General Armas in Guatemala;
General Pinoche in Chile).
Such stories undermine American pretensions
to democratic values, revealing that the United
States government cares more about financial
interests than democracy. The danger here is
when people become aware of how the past
creates the present, they are empowered to
make changes in the present for the benefit of
the future. Mr. Huppenthal, who has a master’s
degree in business, is unlikely to support any
program questions the status quo, since, of
course, he is a beneficiary of the status quo.
A more serious problem posed by MexicanAmerican Studies classes is their ability to reveal that this history is still with us, embedded
in the very framework of our international organizations. Colonialism is practiced today, but
under different names and usually veiled in the
obscure jargon of economics. Colonialism is
now achieved through U.S.-backed organizations and policies, such as the International
Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
And by studying these issues, students can see
how poverty is created in Latin America, giving them an historical understanding of the politically-charged immigration issue.
With the help of the IMF and the World
Bank, Latin America has been opened even
further to exploitation. Many financially struggling countries, often controlled by U.S.-backed
dictators, accepted loans from these organizations. When these countries struggled to repay
their loans, the IMF and World Bank offered
to lower interest rates in exchange for the
privatization of public resources. For example,
the IMF offered billions of dollars to Bolivia,
under the condition that Bolivia sell its oil and
water rights to foreign companies. President
Evo Morales refused such offers and, as a result, is vilified by the U.S.
Among the problems plaguing the MexicanAmerican Studies program is the fear that students will realize U.S. policies have provided
Mexicans with few options other than immigration. Mexicans don’t immigrate the U.S. for
the weather or the natural beauty; Mexicans
make the trip up North because they are destitute, and they are destitute because of centuries of Euro-American exploitation, corruption,
and unfair trade policies, like NAFTA.
Under NAFTA, heavily subsidized American corn has flooded the Mexican market, having the effect of displacing millions of Mexican
farmers who simply could not compete with
U.S. government subsidies (hence the distinction between free-trade and fair-trade). These
Mexican farmers move to Mexican cities and
create a surplus-labor force, which drives down
the cost of labor for Mexican businesses and
American maquiladoras. The result of this surplus labor force is high unemployment, which
leads to higher rates of immigration. It is not a
coincidence that rates of immigration have skyrocketed since NAFTA’s inception.
There is a legitimate pro-American side to
these stories, of course, but it is taught to children throughout their public education experience. In our history classes and textbooks, the
perspectives of Latin American nations are
non-existent. But these stories, when combined
with the traditional U.S. view of the past, give
us a more complete understanding of how the
United States developed its role in the world.
So, why can’t kids in Arizona be exposed to
Mexican-American studies? It’s not that John
Huppenthal doesn’t want them to be indoctrinated; it’s that he doesn’t want his state’s efforts of indoctrination to be undermined by
teaching children the other half of America’s
story. Teach your kids Mexican-American and
Latin American history, even if the State will
not; it’s our duty to the future.
Arun Ramanathan is executive director of The
Education Trust—West, a statewide education
advocacy organization. He has served as a
district administrator, research director,
teacher, paraprofessional and VISTA volunteer
in California, New England and Appalachia.
He has a doctorate in educational administration and policy from the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. His wife is a teacher and
they have two children in a Spanish immersion elementary school in Oakland Unified.
For readers of history, it was not shocking
when the Arizona Department of Education
decided to close Tucson’s Mexican-American
Studies program. In a debate on the popular
news program Democracy Now!, Superintendent John Huppenthal defended his position,
saying, “I want to make sure these students
aren’t being indoctrinated . . . what we want
to do is create a society in which everybody is
working for a better tomorrow, not working to
get even.”
In reality, Mr. Huppenthal’s policies have
precisely the opposite effect, leading to the indoctrination of students by ensuring their only
exposure to American history is through statemandated curriculum for U.S. history courses.
Mexican-American history is not shunned
because of what it reveals of Mexican culture,
but because of what it can teach us about the
United States. The history of the United States
is strikingly different when viewed from the
experiences of Latin America, and these perspectives are avoided in public schools because
they fail to meet the goals of state education.
The story of Latin America, since 1519,
serves to undermine the most fundamental
myths of the United States’ mission. It is in this
story, which is only a microcosm of a global
phenomenon, that we see how “the West” developed its position of preeminence by stripping the world of its resources, using these resources to feed a developing industrial
economy, and eventually forcing the rest of the
world (whose most valuable resources had already been stolen) to compete with well-developed European manufacturing.
To be fair, part of this story is found in textbooks, where it is usually viewed as an unfortunate, but ultimately justified movement of
“progress.”
Upon arrival in the Americas, the Spanish
and Portuguese (and eventually the English)
quickly relieved the Aztecs and Incas of their
gold and silver possessions.
Looking to gain more from the Americas,
Europeans forced monocultures upon much of
Latin America, imposing upon them an international division of labor, whereby each region grew
only one crop, which was to supply European
markets — in many places, it was illegal to grow
anything other than the plantation cash crop
(sugar in Brazil, cacao in Venezuela, coffee and
bananas in Guatemala, Chiapas, Costa Rica,
Colombia, and Ecuador), thus forcing natives and
African slaves into dependence upon Europe for
other foods. As historian Eduardo Galeano explains, Latin American economies were designed to be dependent on Europe.
This dependency continued, as a well-entrenched political construct, deep into the 19th
and 20th centuries. In large part, the United
States became a great industrial power by exploiting the resources of Latin America. The
tin used for aluminum came from Peru and
Bolivia; copper, with its myriad uses, was taken
from Mexico, Peru, and Chile; the rubber used
for car tires, among other things, came from
the Brazilian Amazon; and, until late in the 20th
century, the petroleum used to drive those cars
came from Venezuela.
As U.S. companies grew wealthier from the
exploitation of Latin American goods, Latin
Americans themselves saw almost no benefit
or increase in the standard of living, with the
exception of a few wealthy plutocrats. When
Sanders, his State of the City speech, and
his disregard for Hispanic communities
received a bit of attention. Univision wanted
to tape a segment about it with the Mayor,
but it didn’t happen... the mayor choose not
to respond… qué lástima, only goes to prove
the point of the editorial… Sanders not
responsive to this community…
Councilman Steve Castaneda it is said is
eying the Assembly seat race, as is Ed
Valario, and according to the rumor mill
Union president Lorena Gonzalez will move
into the South Bay to run for Assembly….
Los hombres de South Bay would welcome
Gonzalez into the South Bay with open arms,
muy guapa!!!
A lot of political movidas in the South
Bay: Mary Salas is now in a tough race
with Linda Wagner throwing her hat
into the race. Wagner has been
Councilman Castaneda’s aide and
campaign manager. She has already
received some big time support from the
Chula Vista community
On the good news front: Humberto
Peraza from the Southwestern Community
College board flexed a bit of political muscle
when he got his proposal to limit campaign
contributions through committee. The issue
will come before the full board in
Andrew Kordik, a long-time resident of
February… the right thing to do would be to Escondido, holds an M.A. in history from
pass it….
Fordham University.
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
JANUARY 27, 2012
PAGE 7
Commentary/Opinion Page
Primaria republicana en Florida: batalla campal por el voto cubanoamericano
Por Maribel Hastings
AMERICA’S VOICE
MIAMI - Ambas campañas prometieron una
lucha cuerpo a cuerpo y sin perder tiempo, los
precandidatos a la nominación presidencial
republicana, Newt Gingrich y Mitt Romney, se
lanzaron dardos en su búsqueda del voto latino
o más bien cubanoamericano de cara a las
primarias republicanas del 31 de enero en
Florida.
Curiosamente, uno de los temas que los
enfrenta es la inmigración, precisamente el que
los republicanos han evadido por los pasados
años cuando de buscar soluciones se trata, y
que han explotado cuando el objetivo ha sido
sacar ventaja política atizando a su base más
conservadora.
En Florida, los aspirantes al abanderado
republicano en la contienda presidencial
pretenden demostrar que son pro inmigrantes
y pro hispanos cuando en pasados años
guardaron silencio cuando las voces más
extremistas definieron el mensaje y la imagen
del Partido Republicano entre la comunidad
hispana, o se sumaron al coro de voces
extremistas apoyando medidas antiinmigrantes
para avanzar sus objetivos políticos.
Ambos precandidatos participaron, por
separado, de un foro auspiciado por
Univision.com, la Cámara Estadounidense de
Comercio (USHCC), y el Miami Dade College con entrevistas conducidas por el periodista
y presentador del Noticiero Univisión, Jorge
Ramos.
Gingrich le tiró con todo a Romney a quien
tildó de antiinmigrante en un comercial radial que
retiró del aire tras ser criticado por líderes
hispanos republicanos, y se burló de la sugerencia
de Romney de la autodeportación como forma
de abordar el tema de los 11 millones de
indocumentados que viven en Estados Unidos
catalogándola de una “fantasía”. Reiteró además
su apoyo únicamente al componente militar del
DREAM Act, así como a su propuesta de buscar
algún tipo de alivio migratorio para quienes lleven
más de dos décadas de vivir en Estados Unidos
que tal y como apuntó Ramos, deja fuera a la
mayoría de los indocumentados.
En su turno, Romney se declaró pro
GOP played Keystone card, lost
By Maria Cardona
If you missed the press conference after the
State Department announcement that the Keystone XL pipeline had been canceled, you
missed a heck of a show.
House Speaker John Boehner was mad. And
the Republican lawmakers behind him were
furious. Over and over, Boehner and the gang
asked angrily “What happened?” knowing full
well that the answer was, well … them.
Despite their indignation, everyone on that
stage knew their actions forced the cancellation of the pipeline.
For those of us who follow Congress, their
feigned indignation was more akin to that of a
spoiled child throwing a fit when things don’t
go his way, and yet another example of why
people hate Congress.
The Keystone XL pipeline was proposed to
bring bitumen, a low grade Canadian pseudo
oil that is strip mined out of the sandy soil in
Canada’s Alberta province (it is also referred
to as “tar sands” oil and “oil sands”) all the
way down to Houston. That 1,700-mile route
crosses the Canadian-U.S. border, which
means the president has to approve the project.
Because of the dirty nature of the oil, it has
been a long process to evaluate the merits and
safety of the project.
Nebraskans were concerned about the route
through a sensitive portion of the Ogallala Aquifer, which is central to the region’s agriculture.
Environmentalists hate bitumen because it has
more greenhouse gas pollution associated with
it than normal oil and there have been troubling
questions raised about safe transportation of
the new, highly corrosive forms of the oil that
would run through the pipeline.
The oil industry, on the other hand, desperately wants the pipeline because Canada’s oil is
largely stuck in the Midwest, where it has to be
sold at a discount. The pipeline gives them new
access to foreign markets and the ability to sell
their oil for more money: win-win for them!
When prospects for the project looked bad,
the Republicans got involved. They stepped in
on behalf of their big campaign donors in the
oil industry and tried to score on an issue they
believe they could use against the president.
What followed was a campaign of misinfor-
mation to convince the public that the pipeline
was a massive public service from Big Oil that
would create loads of jobs while also weaning
us from Middle Eastern oil, filling our tanks with
fuel from our friendly neighbors. Both couldn’t
be further from the truth.
Still, truth is a scarce commodity these days,
and even on Wednesday, Boehner kept claiming the project would have brought 20,000 jobs,
with others saying it would be hundreds of thousands — all even as the pipeline builders themselves admitted that the permanent jobs would
number only in the hundreds (the State Department puts that number at 20 — ouch). With
unemployment at 8.5%, this is about the most
cynical way I can imagine to sell a project to
America, especially when you know the numbers are wrong.
Also unmentioned? The fact that much of
the oil coming out of Keystone XL will not end
up in American gas tanks, meaning that it won’t
offset our ongoing and unfortunate reliance on
the Middle East for oil.
The Obama administration understands that.
So when the president announced that a decision on the project would be delayed until 2013,
the GOP went into overdrive, passing a law
that forced the president to make a decision on
the project within 60 days, despite the fact that
a map of the pipeline route doesn’t even exist,
making a reasonable decision impossible.
They seemed convinced they had Obama
cornered. They were wrong. The Obama administration would not be bullied. So Wednesday, the president laid the blame for canceling
the pipeline exactly where it should be – with
Congress. Both he and the State Department
made clear that this was what would happen if
an arbitrary deadline were attached to the
project. And he followed through with the eminently reasonable decision to deny approval of
the project.
Reasonable decisions in Washington? Now
that, not theatrics, is what we need more of.
Maria Cardona is a Democratic strategist and a principal at the Dewey Square Group, where she founded
Latinovations (http://blog.latinovations.com). She is also
a former senior adviser to Hillary Clinton, and former
communications director to the Democratic National
Committee.
Ayuntamiento, contra unos 17 y 17 de los
otros grupos étnicos mayores, y uno de
propina para los demás.
Pero como las matemáticas no cuentan en
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la política excepto a la hora de contar mal los
votos que se hayan depositado en una urna,
chance de votar.
el “acuerdo” de una bola de políticos
tramposos, mentirosos y corruptos como
…Y el Último
siempre, es que a los latinos les van a tocar
nomás 13 curules. Los negros bajan de 19 a
Y lo mismito nos pasa de acá de este lado.
18, y los blancos se quedan con los 17 que
Tampoco hay interés en que nos hagamos
hasta hoy tienen. El resto son “distritos” de
ciudadanos de verdad.
Hace un par de días se aprobó en Chicago influencia pero no de mayoría”, dicen, o sea
la llamada “redistritación”, engorroso proceso que cualquier raza los puede ganar si se
entiende con otra raza.
que obliga a todo el país a recomponer los
Lo curioso del caso es que uno de los
mapas electorales según los resultados del
distritos
de indudable mayoría latina está
Censo de 2010. La altamente democrática
representado,
desde hace como tres décadas,
obligación se resuelve de la manera más
por
un
blanco.
Como quien dice, serás
antidemocrática posible, para varias, y en la
mayoría
en
población,
pero no
que los ciudadanos no tienen nada que ver y
necesariamente
te
van
a dejar ganar las
difícilmente se enteran de por dónde anda la
elecciones.
bolita.
En conclusión, ni aquí ni allá nos toca la
En el caso particular de Chicago, el Censo
ciudadanía
de verdad. La de México porque
dice que en un chico rato y nos hacemos más
ni
siquiera
nos
dejan votar, y la de Estados
que los demás. Nuestra población es un 32
Unidos
porque
en caso de votar de todas
por ciento negra, un 32 por ciento blanca, y
formas
hay
que
elegir a un blanco para que
un 29 por ciento morena. El resto está
nos
“represente”.
compuesto de todos los demás colores del
arcoiris mundial.
Siendo así, a los latinos les corresponderían Contactio Jorge Mújica Murias e
[email protected]
matemáticamente 15 asientos en el
El Primero
inmigrante, “me gustan los inmigrantes”.
Aunque ha prometido que si es presidente
vetaría el DREAM Act si la medida llegara a
su escritorio, aseguró que no está tratando de
“castigar” a los jóvenes indocumentados que
no llegaron a este país sin documentos por
decisión propia pues de todos modos pueden
estudiar en universidades costeables —que
algunos de todos modos no pueden pagar— y
aunque lo hicieran, obtienen títulos universitarios
que no pueden emplear por carecer de
documentos.
Romney también insistió en que no propone
ir por el país rodeando inmigrantes y sacándolos
en autobuses, pero que con un plan E-Verify
bien implementando y severas sanciones a los
empleadores, su plan de autodeportaciones
funcionará.
Finalmente criticó a Gingrich por los ataques
que ha lanzado en su contra especialmente en
el rubro migratorio.
“Es muy tentador presentarse ante una
audiencia como ésta y decirles lo que quieren
oír”, afirmó Romney.
Momentos más tarde, el ex gobernador de
Massachusetts, quien perdió la primaria de
Florida en 2008 ante el senador John McCain,
fue a la emblemática Torre de la Libertad a
hablar ante una audiencia cubanoamericana
para decirles lo que quieren escuchar:
prometerles mano dura contra los hermanos
Raúl y Fidel Castro en Cuba, prometer que
revocará la ley Helms-Burton, y que no le
temblará la mano para enfrentar a figuras como
Hugo Chávez en Venezuela.
Romney estuvo flanqueado por importantes
líderes y funcionarios electos de la comunidad
cubanoamericana: el ex senador Mel Martínez,
el ex Secretario de Comercio, Carlos Gutiérrez,
la congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, y el ex
congresista Lincoln Díaz-Balart, todos
promotores de la reforma migratoria integral y
del DREAM Act que Mitt Romney rechaza,
pero quienes argumentan que el tema central
es la economía y que Romney es el hombre
para sacar al país del atolladero y con
posibilidades reales de vencer a Barack Obama
en la general.
Se calcula que los latinos representan 11%
del voto republicano en Florida, con la mayoría
concentrada en el Sur del estado, 59% sólo en
el condado de Miami-Dade, con el voto
mayormente cubano y cubanoamericano
cortejado por Gingrich y Romney. En general,
los latinos representan 13% del voto hispano
del estado y ese voto general está más diluido
por la influencia del voto puertorriqueño en la
zona central del corredor I-4 el considerado en
esta región uno de los más oscilantes y vitales
en una elección general. De hecho, sólo el 32%
de los votantes hispanos registrados en Florida
son cubanoamericanos.
Pero de momento la atención se centra en el
voto republicano hispano de la primaria y en
esa lucha uno de los desarrollos más
significativos de esta semana fue la carta
enviada por un grupo de líderes republicanos
hispanos a Gingrich pidiéndole que sacara del
aire el comercial en que llama antiinmigrante a
Romney porque no es “veraz” y es “ofensivo”.
El senador republicano de Florida, Marco
Rubio, quien se ha mantenido neutral en la
interna republicana y a quien se nombra
insistentemente como un potencial compañero
de fórmula del nominado republicano, también
criticó el comercial.
Quizá la parte realmente más risible de la
carta es cuando estos líderes afirman que llamar
antiinmigrante a Romney “lastima el progreso
que los republicanos han tenido con los
hispanos”.
A qué progreso se refieren porque un nuevo
sondeo de Univision.com, Latino Decisions y
ABC News encontró que en una elección general Obama le ganaría a Romney el voto latino
67% sobre 25% y a Gingrich 70% sobre 22%.
Quizá se refieran al progreso obtenido entre
los hispanos del Sur de la Florida.
Quizá insistan en creer erradamente que ese
voto es representativo del voto hispano nacional
que necesitan para ganar la presidencia.
Maribel Hastings es asesora ejecutiva de
America’s Voice.
¡ASK A MEXICAN!
By Gustavo Arellano
or . . . you know.
He’s a
“purebred”
Australian Cattle
Dog (simón, a
canine mestizo)
and came off a
reservation. But I bathe him once a
year, brush him daily—más o menos—
and he doesn’t even have piojos. Me,
either.
I guess my queston is: how can the
gentry know that he’s Spanishsurnamed, bilingual and mestizo, since
they’ve even never talked to us? And is
there anything I can do so Manchas
doesn’t grow up with a pocho complex
and think he’s inferior to a gringo’s
Dear Gabacho: Groveling? Chulo, this is dog?
the only column in the country that refers to
Yankee Hipsters Go Home!
gabachos as gabachos instead of the
candy-ass “gringo” like your gabacho ass
Dear Wab: Gotta pay our respect to our
uses. No desire to fix Mexico? What’s
veteranos—they can ramble as awesomely
billions of dollars of remittances, then—or
as any gabacho at a retirement home! I
the Reconquista, for that matter? Or those
think what you’re complaining about is the
marches of millions rallying for amnesty?
gentrification of historically Mexican
That’s a movement as epic as Solidarity or neighborhoods by hipsters, a phenomenon
glasnot (and last I checked, a chingo of
happening everywhere from Denver to Los
Eastern Bloc refugees worked from los
Angeles, SanTana to Chicago and beyond.
Estados Unidos to liberate their
It’s important to fight the encroachment of
homelands). Pride for America? All I hear
pendejos with no ties to the area who start
from Know Nothings is how horrible the
demanding changes—get rid of quinceañera
U.S. is, yet they do nothing to improve it
shops, of crowing roosters, of cars parked
other than rant—they sound just like
on lawns or corn grown in the backyard and
Mexicans used to until we started doing
nopales in the front. At the mismo time,
instead of crying. Self-hatred and selfthough, raza really angry with gentrification
shame? The only thing this Mexican is
should practice gente-fication, the process
ashamed of is his panza—and even then,
of young locals getting over their pocho
it’s a panza more glorious in its contentment complex opening their own businesses to
and fire than any gabacho panza can ever pump enough money back into the area so
hope to attain. Huevos that, pendejo.
that city bureaucrats don’t have any excuse
to use the ruse of redevelopment on raza.
Cada día me and my perro Manchas
Think of that strategy as our economic
go for an afternoon walk in this North
Mexican-American War—and if there are
Denver parque. We often pass the
hipsters who are respectful of the old guard,
gringo gentry who are temporarily
like the San Patricios that joined our side
“improving” the neighborhood as an
against the invading Yankees so long ago,
investment. You know how the gentry
then I say embrace their ranks, pound a
are—they move into the barrio but send PBR with them, and teach them the secrets
their precious güeritos to the charter
of scaring insufferable hipsters away from
schools so they won’t get piojos from
the barrio by blasting Banda El Recodo at
our kids or wind up pregnant with halfall hours of the noche.
brown babies. Anyway, I swear, every
time me and Manchas pass one of these Ask the Mexican at [email protected],
purebred, hyper-trained gentry dogs,
be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter or
the owners pull their pinches perros
ask him a video question at youtube.com/
away from mine so they can’t sniff cola askamexicano!
Dear Mexican: It’s so sad to see your
wimpy answers. Your replies scream
self-hatred and self-shame for your
raza. You’re pathetic! No plan or desire
to fix Mexico’s problems. You’re a puto
with no huevos. My DREAM Act would
be that you Mexicans would stop
groveling to gringos, and scream about
fixing Mexico, like WHITE PEOPLE
did against the Iron Curtain thing.
ONLY THEN will your Mexican selfshaming and self-hatred of your unmacho, puto, groveling raza change to
real pride, which you know you deserve,
like gringos got about America.
Groveling is Puto Stuff
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JANUARY 27, 2012
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ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
FOR
VIEWS WEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ADA
UPGRADES DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT
K-12-5168-DB1-3-B
This is the City of San Diego’s (City) first step (in a 1-step
process) in the selection process to provide Design-Build services for the VIEWS WEST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ADA UPGRADES DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT (Project). The DesignBuilders shall disregard references to RFQ and SOQ documents
in this RFP.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK:
Work and Services required of the Design-Builder include those
during design, construction. The Design-Builder shall provide
all management, supervision, labor, services, equipment, tools,
supplies, temporary facilities, and any other item of every kind
and description required for the complete design and construction of the Project, as described in Attachment ‘A’.
LICENSE CLASSIFICATION:
In accordance with the provisions of California Law, the successful construction entity must possess a valid Class “A or
B” license at the time that a proposal is ultimately submitted for
this project. In addition, all contractors, including subcontractors will be required to secure a City of San Diego license for
the work contemplated.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP):
The Proposal shall be received no later than 12:00 Noon local
time, February 16, 2012 at the office of:
City of San Diego
PURCHASING & CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT
1200 Third Avenue, Suite 200, MS 56P
San Diego, CA 92101
Attn: Clementina Giordano, Contract Specialist
Pre-Submittal Meeting:
All questions regarding the RFQ should be presented in writing
to as soon as possible, but no later than the pre-submittal meeting
date shown below.
Elif Cetin, Project Manager
Engineering & Capital Projects Department
Address: 600 B Street, Ste 800
San Diego, California 92101
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (619) 533-5107
Fax: (619) 533-5476
A MANDATORY Pre-proposal meeting will be held on February
2, 2012 @ 10:00 A.M. at 1200 3rd Avenue, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92101,
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:
It is the policy of the City not to discriminate with regard to
race, sex, national origin or disability in the award of contracts.
The City will ensure that full access to programs, services,
meetings, and activities comply with section 504 Title V of the
Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
1990, Public Law 101-336. Participation by Minority Business
Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) or Disabled Veteran
Business Enterprises (DVBE) are strongly encouraged. Prime
consultants are encouraged to subcontract or joint venture with
these firms.
This RFP does not commit the City to award a contract or to
defray any costs incurred in the preparation of an SOQ pursuant to this RFQ. The City reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all SOQs received as a result of this RFQ. If the City
revises the RFQ, all RFQ holders of record will be notified in
writing by the City.
Al Rechany
January 19, 2012
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
The San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is soliciting proposals for Janitorial Cleaning Services. Interested and qualiPETITION
TO small
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women owned
ADMINISTER
ESTATE
businesses are invited to submit a proposal.
The solicitation
with
complete instructions is available for download at
www.demandstar.com. If you do not have a username or password for the Onvia DemandStar website, please register at
www.demandstar.com/register.rsp.
San Diego Housing Commission
1122 Broadway, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92101
Contact: Anthony Griffin (619) 578-7517
Email: [email protected]
A pre-proposal conference will be held on Monday February 6,
2012 at 10:00 am (PST) at the address listed above. Proposals
marked “Janitorial Cleaning Services (PM-12-12) RFP Documents — Do Not Open” will be received on or before Friday
February 15, 2012 at 2:00 pm (PST). Late proposals will not be
accepted.
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ON-CALL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND
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The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is seeking Statements of Qualifications (“SOQ”) from qualified consulting firms with documented experience in providing innovative active transportation and transportation demand management planning and implementation services on an as-needed
basis, project-by-project basis to assist in implementation of
the regional bicycle network, and to assist in the development
of transportation demand management strategies.
A Pre-SOQ meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 1,
2012 at 10:30 a.m. in SANDAG Conference Room 7. Attendance at the Pre-SOQ meeting is not mandatory.
A copy of the RFQ (No. 5001556) can be accessed from the
SANDAG Web site at www.sandag.org/contracts or by contacting:
Janet Yeh
SANDAG
401 B Street, Suite 800
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 699-6952
[email protected]
SOQs are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2012.
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PETITION TO
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Audio Video Equipment and Supplies Bid as a sub-contractor or
a supplier. Awarding department
is the North County Educational
Purchasing Consortium. Please
reference Solicitation” P201201C “Work is to be performed
in San Diego County. Bid opening is February 10th 2012. Bid
is available upon request.
Please contact Bill Bryant at
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be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.
The petition requests authority
to administer the estate under
the Independent Administration
of Estates Act. (This authority
will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.
Before taking certain very important actions, however, the
personal representative will be
required to give notice to interested persons unless they have
waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent administration authority
will be granted unless an interested person files an objection
to the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not
grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will
be held in this court as follows: Date: FEB 21, 2012. Time:
11:00 am. Dept: PC-1. Room:
ROA #1
Address of court: SUPERIOR
COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 1409
Fourth Avenue, San Diego, California 92101. Central
If you object to the granting of
the petition, you should appear
at the hearing and state your
objections or file written objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may
be in person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim
with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by the court within four
months from the date of first
issuance of letters as provided
in Probate Code section 9100.
The time for filling claims will not
PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
EVANGELINE M. CRISTAN
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00150818-PR-LA-CTL
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and
persons who may otherwise be
interested in the will or estate, or
both of: ESTATE OF EVANGELINE
M. CRISTAN aka-EVA M. CRISTAN, EVANGELINE GARCIA,
EVANGELINE CHAVEZ, EVANGELINA MARY CRISTAN
A Petition for Probate has been
filed by: S. VILLANUEVA, E.
DAWLEY, C. VAZQUEZ, E.
CHAVEZ in the Superior Court
of California, County of San
Diego
The Petition for Probate requests
that: EVANGELINE L. DAWLEY
PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE
PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE
expire before four months from
the hearing date notice above.
You may examine the file kept
by the court. If you a person
interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a Request for
Special Notice (form DE-154) of
the filing of an inventory and
appraisal of estate assets or of
any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the
court clerk.
Petitioner: Evangeline Dawley,
1224 Okinawa Rd., Coronado, CA
92118; Cynthia Vasquez, 844
Arcadia Pl., National City, CA
91950 - Susan Villanueva, 115
S. Clairmont Ave., National City,
CA 91950 - Eugene Chavez, 204
S. Kenton Ave., National City,
CA 91950. Tel. (619) 435-3494
or 395-7230
the Independent Administration
of Estates Act. (This authority
will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.
Before taking certain very important actions, however, the
personal representative will be
required to give notice to interested persons unless they have
waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent administration authority
will be granted unless an interested person files an objection
to the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not
grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will
be held in this court as follows: Date: FEB-16-2012. Time:
1:30pm. Dept: PC-2
Address of court: SUPERIOR
COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY
OF SAN DIEGO, 1409 Fourth
Avenue, San Diego, California
92101. Madge Bradley - Probate
If you object to the granting of
the petition, you should appear
at the hearing and state your
objections or file written objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may
be in person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim
with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by the court within four
months from the date of first
issuance of letters as provided
in Probate Code section 9100.
The time for filling claims will not
expire before four months from
the hearing date notice above.
You may examine the file kept
by the court. If you a person
interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a Request for
Special Notice (form DE-154) of
the filing of an inventory and
appraisal of estate assets or of
any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the
court clerk.
Attorney for petitioner: James
J. Blackburn, 3055 India Street,
San Diego, CA 92103. Tel. (619)297-7330
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
LEONOR ARREOLA
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00152267-PR-LA-CTL
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and
persons who may otherwise be
interested in the will or estate, or
both of: ESTATE OF LEONOR
ARREOLA
A Petition for Probate has been
filed by: RICARDO VARGAS in
the Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego
The Petition for Probate requests
that: RICARDO VARGAS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of
the decedent.
The petition requests authority
to administer the estate under
the Independent Administration
of Estates Act. (This authority
will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.
Before taking certain very important actions, however, the
personal representative will be
required to give notice to interested persons unless they have
waived notice or consented to
the proposed action.) The independent administration authority
will be granted unless an interested person files an objection
to the petition and shows good
cause why the court should not
grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will
be held in this court as follows: Date: 2-9-2012. Time:
1:30pm. Dept: PC-2
Address of court: SUPERIOR
COURT OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 1409
Fourth Avenue, San Diego, California 92101.
If you object to the granting of
the petition, you should appear
at the hearing and state your
objections or file written objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may
be in person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim
with the court and mail a copy to
the personal representative appointed by the court within four
months from the date of first
issuance of letters as provided
in Probate Code section 9100.
The time for filling claims will not
expire before four months from
the hearing date notice above.
You may examine the file kept
by the court. If you a person
interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a Request for
Special Notice (form DE-154) of
the filing of an inventory and
appraisal of estate assets or of
any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section
1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the
court clerk.
Petitioner: Ricardo Vargas, 305
Lemire Dr., Chula Vista, CA
91910. Tel. (619)-207-0685
Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:
ALBERT MUNOZ
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00152225-PR-LA-CTL
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and
persons who may otherwise be
interested in the will or estate, or
both of: ALBERT MUNOZ
A Petition for Probate has been
filed by: SAGRARIO MUNOZ in
the Superior Court of California,
County of San Diego
The Petition for Probate requests
that: SAGRARIO MUNOZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of
the decedent.
The petition requests authority
to administer the estate under
Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00074621-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS
Petitioner: ALAN FERNANDO
MOSQUEDA, filed a petition with
this court for a decree changing
names as follows:
ALAN FERNANDO MOSQUEDA
to ALAN FERNANDO GOMEZ
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 2-24-12. Time: 8:30 AM
Dept: 4.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, South County Division, 500 3rd Avenue, Chula
Vista, CA 91910
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: 01/11/12
WILLIAM S. CANNON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00090430-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: LORENZO HERNANDEZ AND IRENE JIMENEZ,
on behalf of BRENDA NAHIELY
CHANGE OF NAME
CHANGE OF NAME
HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ, a minor, filed a petition with this court
for a decree changing names as
follows:
BRENDA NAHIELY HERNANDEZ-(MN) JIMENEZ to
BRENDA NAHIELY (N.M.N.)
HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ-(last
name)
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: FEB 23, 2012. Time: 8:30
a.m. DEPT 8
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 11, 2012
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
a.m. DEPT 8
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 11, 2012
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00070449-CU-PT-EC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: LUCIA OROS, Filling
o n b e h a l f o f K R I S TA L M .
MARTINEZ AND JHESSE ANGEL MARTINEZ, minors, filed a
petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
KRISTAL MICHELLE MARTINEZ
to KRISTAL MICHELLE OROS
JESSE ANGEL MARTINEZ to
JESSE OROS
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: MAR 07, 2012. Time: 8:30
a.m. Dept.: E-14. Room: 4 th
Floor.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, East County Division, 250 E Main St., El Cajon,
CA 92020
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 17, 2012
EDDIE C. STURGEON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00090496-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: JONATHAN LANE
GUARNIERI ETHERINGTON,
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as follows:
JONATHAN LANE GUARNIERI
ETHERINGTON to JONATHAN
GUARNIERI MORENO
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: FEB 23, 2012. Time: 8:30
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2011-00071179-CL-PT-EC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: NANCY ZELAYA on
behalf of XAVIER RAMIREZ, a
minor, filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing
names as follows:
XAVIER ISAIH RAMIREZ to
XAVIER ISAIAH ZELAYA
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 02/29/12. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept.: D-14
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, East County Division, 250 E. Main St., El Cajon,
CA 92020
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 12, 2012
EDDIE C. STURGEON, Judge
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00090593-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: PRISMA LOZANO aka
PRISMA PARRA RODRIGUEZ,
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as follows:
PRISMA LOZANO aka PRISMA
PARRA-RODRIGUEZ to PRISMA
PARRA-LOZANO
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 2/28/12. Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept.: 8. Room: 2nd Fl.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 13, 2012
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
CHANGE OF NAME
CHANGE OF NAME
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE reasons for the objection at least
court days before the matFOR CHANGE OF NAME two
ter is scheduled to be heard and
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00091171-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: MOSES MARQUEZ,
filed a petition with this court for
a decree changing names as follows:
MOSES MARQUEZ to MOSES
MARQUEZ SIMONET
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: MAR 07, 2012. Time: 8:30
a.m. Dept.: 8.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, Central
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 24, 2012
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00090456-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: CHRISTINA GALLEGOS
on behalf of YULIANNA SANCHEZ,
a minor, filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing
names as follows:
YULIANNA MICAELA SANCHEZ
to YULIANNA MICAELA
GALLEGOS
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: MAR 07, 2012. Time: 8:30
a.m. Dept.: 8.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, Central Division
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 23, 2012
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00090695-CU-PT-CTL
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: MARIA ELENA LIZARRAGA GARCIA, filed a petition
with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
MARIA ELENA LIZARRAGA
GARCIA to MARIA ELENA
GARCIA
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: FEB 29, 2012. Time: 8:30
a.m. Dept.: 8.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101, Central Division
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: 01-13-12
ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTA
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
(CCP 1277)
CASE NUMBER:
37-2012-00074635-CU-PT-SC
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: SARAH GENTRY and
ROBBIE PRATER, filed a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows:
JEFFERY BRADEN PRATER to
JEFFERY BRADEN GENTRY
THE COURT ORDERS that all
persons interested in this matter
shall appear before this court at
the hearing indicated below to
show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should
not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes
described above must file a
written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least
two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and
must appear at the hearing to
show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the
court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: 3/28/2012. Time: 8:30a.m.
Dept.: 4.
The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County
of San Diego, 500 3rd Ave., 3rd
floor, Chula Vista, CA 91910,
South County Regional Center
A Copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition in the
following newspaper of general
circulation printed in this county
La Prensa San Diego, 651 Third
Avenue, Suite C, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
Date: JAN 26, 2012
WILLIAM S. CANNON
Judge of the Superior Court
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
SELL ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
NOTICE OF
APPLICATION TO SELL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application:
December 7, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the Applicant(s)
is/are:
BY THE BORDER WINGS INC
The applicants listed above are
applying to the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to
sell alcoholic beverages at:
932 HIGHLAND AVE
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
Type of license applied for:
41-ON-SALE BEER AND
WINE-EATING PLACE
Published: 1/13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
NOTICE OF
APPLICATION TO SELL
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application:
November 15, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the Applicant(s)
is/are:
MAE F MULL
The applicants listed above are
applying to the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control to
sell alcoholic beverages at:
4252 BONITA ROAD
BONITA, CA 91902
Type of license applied for:
41-ON-SALE BEER AND
WINE-EATING PLACE
Published: 1/20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
GERARDO DELIVERY
1023 Outer Rd., San Diego, CA,
County of San Diego, 92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Gerardo Morales, 1023 Outer Rd.
Sp. 23, San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Gerardo
Morales
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 27, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-035249
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
C AND J CONSULTING
303 47th St. Unit A17, San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92102
Mailing Address: Same as above
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
January 5, 2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Carlos Manuel Lopez, 303 47th
St. Unit A17, San Diego, CA
92102
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Carlos
M. Lopez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 29, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-035536
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
UNIVERSAL SERVICES
8441 Westmore Rd. Apt. 120,
San Diego, CA, County of San
Diego, 92126
Mailing Address: PO Box 304,
National City, CA 91951
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
09/27/2005
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Sergio Santiago, 8441 Westmore Rd. Apt. 120, San Diego,
CA 92126
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Sergio
Santiago
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 30, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-035649
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
ELIZALDE TRANSPORTATION
551 Oxford St. Apt. #7, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91911
This Business is Conducted By:
A General Partnership
The First Day of Business Was:
11/15/11
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Jose Elizalde, 551 Oxford St.
Apt. #7, Chula Vista, CA 91911
2. Jesus Elizalde, 551 Oxford St.
Apt. #7, Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose
Elizalde
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 03, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000039
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
MANZO COTA SERVICES
3732 10th Ave. Ap. A, San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92103
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Jose Luis Manzo Cota, 3732 10th
Ave. Ap. A, San Diego, CA 92103
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose Luis
Manzo Cota
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 29, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-035565
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
EXCEL LANDSCAPE SERVICES,
INC.
2535 A Ave., National City, CA,
County of San Diego, 91950
Mailing Address: Same as above
This Business is Conducted By:
A Corporation
The First Day of Business Was:
3/21/2010
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
EXCEL LANDSCAPE SERVICES,
INC., 2535 A Ave., National City,
CA 91950, California
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose G.
Perez, CEO
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 29, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-035404
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
LITTLE ADVENTURE FAMILY
CHILD CARE
2825 Quadra Ave., San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92154
Mailing Address: 2825 Quadra
Ave., San Diego, CA 92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
5/26/11
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Araceli Perez, 2825 Quadra Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Araceli
Perez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 04, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000223
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
corder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 05, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000409
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
THE SWAP MEET STORE
310 E 8th St., National City, CA,
County of San Diego, 91950
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Ron Pivaro, 3722 37th St., San
Diego, CA 92105
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Ron
Pivaro
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 21, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-034906
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
VALENCIA DELIVERY
PUBLISHING
1200 Grand Ave. Spc. 78, Spring
Valley, CA, County of San Diego,
91977
This Business is Conducted By:
Husband and Wife
The First Day of Business Was:
12/16/11
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Manuel Valencia, 1200 Grand
Ave. Spc. 78, Spring Valley, CA
91977
2. Socorro Valencia, 1200 Grand
Ave. Spc. 78, Spring Valley, CA
91977
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Manuel
Valencia
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 16, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-034559
Fictitious Business Name:
THE FURNITURE OUTLET
170 Mace St., Chula Vista, CA,
County of San Diego, 91911
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Ruben Coronado, 514 Dahlia
Ave., Imperial Beach, CA 91932
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Ruben
Coronado
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 15, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
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Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
or common law.
NAME STATEMENT
Assigned File No.: 2011-034358
Fictitious Business Name:
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
CALDERON DIST.
La Prensa San Diego
1216 So. 31 St., San Diego, CA,
County of San Diego, 92113
This Business is Conducted By:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
An Individual
NAME STATEMENT
The First Day of Business Was:
11/26/2011
Fictitious Business Name:
This Business Is Hereby RegisBIRRIERIA EL PRIETO
3031 Main St., Chula Vista, CA, tered by the Following:
Juan Calderon V., 1216 So. 31 St.,
County of San Diego, 91911
Mailing Address: 1036 Dennery San Diego, CA 92113, CA
Rd. Apt. 102, San Diego, CA I declare that all information in
this statement is true and cor92154
This Business is Conducted By: rect.
Signature of Registrant: Juan
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was: Calderon V.
This Statement Was Filed With
12/29/2011
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Ditered by the Following:
Isela Castaneda, 1036 Dennery ego County JAN 09, 2012
Rd. Apt. 102, San Diego, CA The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
92154
I declare that all information in this state of Fictitious Business
this statement is true and cor- Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Isela or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000640
Castaneda, Owner
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re- Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
corder/County Clerk of San Di- La Prensa San Diego
ego County DEC 29, 2011
The filing of this statement does
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
not of itself authorize the use in
NAME STATEMENT
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights Fictitious Business Name:
of another under federal, state, PEDROZA DELIVERY
or common law.
2626 Coronado Ave. Spc. 135,
Assigned File No.: 2011-035459 San Diego, CA, County of San
Diego, 92154
Published: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
This Business is Conducted By:
La Prensa San Diego
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
This Business Is Hereby RegisNAME STATEMENT
tered by the Following:
Jose Pedroza, 2626 Coronado
Fictitious Business Name:
Ave. Spc. 135, San Diego, CA
ROCK N ROCKOLAS
2414 Grove Ave., San Diego, 92154
CA, County of San Diego, 92154 I declare that all information in
Mailing Address: 2414 Grove this statement is true and correct.
Ave., San Diego, CA 92154
This Business is Conducted By: Signature of Registrant: Jose
Pedroza
Husband and Wife
The First Day of Business Was: This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re12/27/2011
This Business Is Hereby Regis- corder/County Clerk of San
Diego County DEC 28, 2011
tered by the Following:
1. Jesus A. Valenzuela, 2414 The filing of this statement does
Grove Ave., San Diego, CA not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
92154
2. Jessica M. Valenzuela, 2414 Name in violation of the rights
Grove Ave., San Diego, CA of another under federal, state,
or common law.
92154
I declare that all information in Assigned File No.: 2011-035312
this statement is true and corPublished: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Jesus A. La Prensa San Diego
Valenzuela
This Statement Was Filed With
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReNAME STATEMENT
corder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 27, 2011
Fictitious Business Name:
The filing of this statement does DESERT DAWGZ TACTICAL
not of itself authorize the use in 684 Elder Ave., Chula Vista,
this state of Fictitious Business CA, County of San Diego, 91910
Name in violation of the rights This Business is Conducted By:
of another under federal, state, Husband and Wife
or common law.
The First Day of Business Was:
Assigned File No.: 2011-035251 01-01-2012
This Business Is Hereby RegisPublished: 1/6,13,20,27/2012
tered by the Following:
La Prensa San Diego
1. Antonio Villalobos Jr., 684 Elder Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910
2. Caralee Thomsen, 684 Elder
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91910
NAME STATEMENT
I declare that all information in
Fictitious Business Name:
this statement is true and corA’S ELECTRIC
rect.
312 Rancho Drive #D, Chula Signature of Registrant: Antonio
Vista, CA, County of San Diego, Villalobos
91911
This Statement Was Filed With
This Business is Conducted By: Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReAn Individual
corder/County Clerk of San
The First Day of Business Was: Diego County JAN 11, 2012
N/A
The filing of this statement does
This Business Is Hereby Regis- not of itself authorize the use in
tered by the Following:
this state of Fictitious Business
Alejandro Vera, 312 Rancho Name in violation of the rights
Drive #D, Chula Vista, CA 91911 of another under federal, state,
I declare that all information in or common law.
this statement is true and cor- Assigned File No.: 2012-001050
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Alejandro Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
Vera
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re-
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
E.C. GLAMOUR
1338 Blue Sage Way, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91915
Mailing Address: Same
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
07/10/1993
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Edith I Brassea Cook, 1338 Blue
Sage Way, Chula Vista, CA
91915
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Edith
Cook
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County DEC 15, 2011
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2011-034320
Published: 1/13,20,27,2/3/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
PANCHO CAB
1057 Granjas #212, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91911
This Business is Conducted By:
Husband and Wife
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Francisco J Maldonado-Perez,
1057 Granjas #212, Chula Vista,
CA 91911
2. Julia H. Tombleson, 1057
Granjas #212, Chula Vista, CA,
91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Francisco Maldonado Perez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 17, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001414
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
SAFELOCK USA
33 Sandalwood Drive, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91910
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/06/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Alma Engelsman, 33 Sandalwood
Dr5ive, Chula Vista, CA 91910
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Alma
Engelsman
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 06, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000607
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
SUGAR GLITZ
1411 Caminito Garibay #2, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91915
This Business is Conducted By:
Co-Partners
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
1. Jenny Chavez, 1411 Caminito
Garibay #2, Chula Vista, CA
91915
2. Jessica Cervantes, 1411
Caminito Garibay #2, Chula
Vista, CA, 91915
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jenny
Chavez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 13, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001305
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
VERA’S ELECTRIC
312 Rancho Dr. #D, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91911
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/05/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Alejandro Vera, 312 Rancho Dr.
#D, Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Alejandro Vera
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 17, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001413
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
COAST TITANS FLOORING
INC.
5618¼ Gotham St., Bell Gardens,
CA, County of Los Angeles,
90201
This Business is Conducted By:
A Corporation
The First Day of Business Was:
01/05/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
COAST TITANS FLOORING
INC., 5618¼ Gotham St., Bell
Gardens, CA 90201
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Israel M.
Cruz, President
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 05, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000464
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
AC DC TRANSPORTS
8516 Avenida Costa Blanca, San
Diego, CA, County of San Diego,
92154
Mailing Address: 1412 Ashford
Castle Dr., Chula Vista, CA
91915
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/01/12
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
David Contreras, 1412 Ashford
Castle Dr., Chula Vista, CA
91915
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: David
Contreras
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 11, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001022
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
SDE
8468 Airway Rd., San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92154
Mailing Address: 2498 Roll Dr.
#1510, San Diego, CA 92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/01/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Jesus A. Carranza, 2498 Roll Dr.
#1510, San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jesus A.
Carranza
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 11, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001025
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
MARTHA’S CLEANING
SERVICES
205 Quintard St. #E-14, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91911
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/01/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Martha Loera, 205 Quintard St.
#E-14, Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Martha
Loera
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 11, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001030
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
V.I.P. AUTO CARE
1592 Masterson Ln., San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92154
Mailing Address: 1592 Masterson
Ln., San Diego, CA 92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/01/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Eusebio Placencia, 1592 Masterson Ln., San Diego, CA 92154
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Eusebio
Placencia
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 11, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-000982
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
LIGHTHOUSE AUTO REPAIR
2920 Commercial St., San Diego,
CA, County of San Diego, 92113
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
1/9/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Rosalba Narvaez, 2920 Commercial St., San Diego, CA
92113 - California
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Rosalba
Narvaez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 12, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001215
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
ZAKER GROUP
336 Euclid Avenue #503, San
Diego, CA, County of San Diego,
92114
This Business is Conducted By:
A Corporation
The First Day of Business Was:
01/01/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
ACTNOW ENTERPRISES, 336
Euclid Avenue #503, San Diego,
CA 92114, California
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Majid
Max Zaker, Treasurer
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 18, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001621
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Patricia Rojano, 29 Quintard St.,
Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Patricia
Rojano
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 18, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights of
another under federal, state, or
common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001666
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001497
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
Fictitious Business Name:
ALBERTO BORJA DISTRIBUTOR
352 Broadway Spc A-14, Chula
Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
91910
Mailing Address: Same as above
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
01/24/2012
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Alberto Borja Rodriguez, 352
Broadway Spc A-14, Chula Vista,
CA 91910
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Alberto
Borja Rodriguez
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 25, 2012
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-002260
Fictitious Business Name:
LA CHIQUITA 99 CENT’S &
MORE
322 Highland Ave., National City,
CA, County of San Diego, 91950
Mailing Address: 5118 Imperial
Ave. #5, San Diego, California
92114
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
Nov. 10, 2011
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Mireya Sanchez, 5118 Imperial
Ave., San Diego, CALIF. 92114
I declare that all information in Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
this statement is true and correct. La Prensa San Diego
Signature of Registrant: Mireya
Sanchez
PUBLIC NOTICE
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San DiPUBLIC NOTICE OF THE
ego County JAN 18, 2012
SAN DIEGO HOUSING
The filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the use in COMMISSION’S MOVING
this state of Fictitious Business TO WORK FISCAL YEAR
Name in violation of the rights of 2013 PLAN, AMENDMENT
another under federal, state, or
TO THE MOVING TO
common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001652 WORK AGREEMENT, AND
Fictitious Business Name:
SECOND STEP BOUTIQUE
8684 Avenida de la Fuente #4,
San Diego, CA, County of San
Diego, 92154
This Business is Conducted By:
An Individual
The First Day of Business Was:
N/A
This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
Jose Palomino, 540 Canyon
Drive, Bonita, CA 91902
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and correct.
Signature of Registrant: Jose
Palomino
This Statement Was Filed With
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County JAN 19, 2012
The filing of this statement does Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
not of itself authorize the use in La Prensa San Diego
this state of Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
of another under federal, state,
NAME STATEMENT
or common law.
Assigned File No.: 2012-001787 Fictitious Business Name:
Published: 1/20,27,2/3,10/2012 a. FANTASY BY MODATELAS
b. FANTASY DE MODATELAS
La Prensa San Diego
1058 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91911
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Mailing Address: 7577 Airway
NAME STATEMENT
Road Suite 107, San Diego, CA
Fictitious Business Name:
92154
CASA MARIA MEXICAN
This Business is Conducted By:
RESTAURANT
A Corporation
16375 Bernardo Center Drive, The First Day of Business Was:
San Diego, CA, County of San 01/23/2012
Diego, 92128
This Business Is Hereby RegisMailing Address: U.S. Post tered by the Following:
Office Box 91, Escondido, CA MODATELAS USA INC., 1058
92033-0091
3rd Avenue, Chula Vista, CA
This Business is Conducted By: 91911, California
An Individual
I declare that all information in
The First Day of Business Was: this statement is true and correct.
N/A
Signature of Registrant: Paul
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Isaac Martinez Avalos, President
tered by the Following:
This Statement Was Filed With
Maria Rosario Leones, 2071 Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReSummit Drive, Escondido, CA corder/County Clerk of San Di92025
ego County JAN 23, 2012
I declare that all information in The filing of this statement does
this statement is true and cor- not of itself authorize the use in
rect.
this state of Fictitious Business
Signature of Registrant: Maria Name in violation of the rights of
Rosario Leones
another under federal, state, or
This Statement Was Filed With common law.
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re- Assigned File No.: 2012-002109
corder/County Clerk of San DiPublished: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
ego County DEC 29, 2011
The filing of this statement does La Prensa San Diego
not of itself authorize the use in
this state of Fictitious Business
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
Name in violation of the rights
NAME STATEMENT
of another under federal, state,
or common law.
Fictitious Business Name:
Assigned File No.: 2011-035490 TACOS EL JEFECITO
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012 1680 Hilltop Drive, Chula Vista,
CA, County of San Diego, 91911
La Prensa San Diego
Mailing Address: 2488 Faivre
Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910
This Business is Conducted By:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
An Individual
NAME STATEMENT
The First Day of Business Was:
Fictitious Business Name:
01/19/2012
FIRESIDE RESTAURANT
This Business Is Hereby Regis280 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, tered by the Following:
Solana Beach, CA, County of Fernando Garfias, 2488 Faivre
San Diego, 92075
Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Mailing Address: U.S. Post I declare that all information in
Office Box 312, Rancho Santa this statement is true and correct.
Fe, CA 92067-0312
Signature of Registrant: FernThis Business is Conducted By: ando Garfias
Husband and Wife
This Statement Was Filed With
The First Day of Business Was: Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReN/A
corder/County Clerk of San DiThis Business Is Hereby Regis- ego County JAN 23, 2012
tered by the Following:
The filing of this statement does
1. Martin Douglas Wilson, 5205 not of itself authorize the use in
Linea del Cielo, Rancho Santa this state of Fictitious Business
Fe, CA 92067-0312
Name in violation of the rights of
2. Carol May Wilson, 5205 Linea another under federal, state, or
del Cielo, Rancho Santa Fe, CA common law.
92067-0312
Assigned File No.: 2012-002111
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and cor- Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Martin D.
Wilson
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
This Statement Was Filed With
NAME STATEMENT
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Di- Fictitious Business Name:
ego County DEC 29, 2011
VISUAL MEDIA SOLUTIONS
The filing of this statement does 1390 Callejon Segovia #37, Chula
not of itself authorize the use in Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
this state of Fictitious Business 91910
Name in violation of the rights This Business is Conducted By:
of another under federal, state, An Individual
or common law.
The First Day of Business Was:
Assigned File No.: 2011-035487 N/A
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
La Prensa San Diego
Santiago Cohen, 1390 Callejon
Segovia #37, Chula Vista, CA
91910
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
I declare that all information in
NAME STATEMENT
this statement is true and correct.
Fictitious Business Name:
Signature of Registrant: Santiago
B O N I TA M A I N T E N A N C E Cohen
SERVICES
This Statement Was Filed With
2714 Degen Dr., Bonita, CA, Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. ReCounty of San Diego, 91902
corder/County Clerk of San DiThis Business is Conducted By: ego County JAN 24, 2012
An Individual
The filing of this statement does
The First Day of Business Was: not of itself authorize the use in
N/A
this state of Fictitious Business
This Business Is Hereby Regis- Name in violation of the rights of
tered by the Following:
another under federal, state, or
Edgar Eguiza, 2714 Degen Dr., common law.
Bonita, CA 91902
Assigned File No.: 2012-002148
I declare that all information in
this statement is true and cor- Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012
La Prensa San Diego
rect.
Signature of Registrant: Edgar
Eguiza
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
This Statement Was Filed With
NAME STATEMENT
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerk of San Di- Fictitious Business Name:
ego County DEC 30, 2011
SAL CHAVEZ HANDYMAN
The filing of this statement does 1133 Cuyamaca Ave., Chula
not of itself authorize the use in Vista, CA, County of San Diego,
this state of Fictitious Business 91911
Name in violation of the rights This Business is Conducted By:
of another under federal, state, An Individual
or common law.
The First Day of Business Was:
Assigned File No.: 2011-035574 08/31/2002
Published: 1/27,2/3,10,17/2012 This Business Is Hereby Registered by the Following:
La Prensa San Diego
Salvador Chavez, 1133 Cuyamaca
Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911
I declare that all information in
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
this statement is true and correct.
NAME STATEMENT`
Signature of Registrant: Salvador
Fictitious Business Name:
Chavez
CHILDREN HOUSE FAMILY This Statement Was Filed With
CHILDCARE
Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. Re29 Quintard St., Chula Vista, corder/County Clerk of San DiCA, County of San Diego, 91911 ego County JAN 17, 2012
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to the Moving to Work Agreement, and waiting list preferences for the Section 8 Rental
Assistance Program. The proposed plan and amendments
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beginning February 3, 2012.
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plan and amendments. Please
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MTW Annual Plan outlining and
identifying policies the Housing
Commission plans to change as
well as any planned new programs being implemented during
the coming year. SDHC is also
proposing an amendment to their
Moving to Work Agreement and
a change to the waiting list preferences for the Section 8 Rental
Assistance Program. SDHC is
soliciting public comment on the
program and policy changes being considered for Fiscal Year
2013 (July 1, 2012 through June
30, 2013). Examples of the program and policy changes being
considered include: A housing
program designed for homeless
veterans, changes to the VASH
voucher program administration,
and further rental assistance
calculation streamlining. The proposed amendment to the MTW
Agreement will provide further
funding flexibility. The waiting list
preference proposal will update
two of the numbered categories
related to the local preferences
ranked one and three. The proposals are available for review
and comment on SDHC’s website at www.sdhc.org.
PUBLIC HEARING
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for the proposals on Tuesday,
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JANUARY 27, 2012
LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO
Blues Across Borders
By Kent Paterson
FRONTERA NORTESUR
Roberto Fernandez concedes that it’s sometimes lonely
being a bluesman in Culiacan.
The capital of the Mexican
state of Sinaloa, Culiacan is
best known for the banda or
grupera sounds that also provide the drum beat to the narcoculture and violence that’s enveloped the region.
“There’s no blues scene,”
Fernandez chuckles. “We are
the only ones.” The frontman
for the Malverde Blues Experience, Fernandez is a big man
with a voice to match. His
stage projection recalls in some
ways Leslie West of the old US
rock group Mountain, and
Fernandez’s band mates lay
out a thundering sound with
slices of heavy-metal, soul and
the Texas boogie of ZZ Top.
As for the name of the group,
Fernandez offers two explanations, both of them riddled with
Mexican experiences of immigration, contraband smuggling,
banditry and myth-making.
The name “Malverde” (literally “Bad Green”), says the
lead singer, is taken from an Indiana friend’s bummer high on
marijuana that could be considered a “blues experience.”
Pressed further, Fernandez
accepts that Malverde, of
course, is also the patron saint
of Sinaloa’s narcos and poor
people who revere the outlaw
figure outside the formal rituals of the Roman Catholic
Church.
“The name seemed perfect
to me because it situates us in
that mythic context, which in
the final analysis is the basis of
all societies,” Fernandez muses.
The music of Malverde Blues
Experience, he adds, not only
speaks to the realities of a
violent hometown but to
“universal situations that
happen anywhere.”
In a land of mariachis, romantic trios, norteno stars and
cumbia crooners, few probably
would think of Mexico as a
blues country. But swimming
underneath popular musical
currents and far removed from
the radar screen of the commercial mainstream, a dedicated if struggling blues
scene inspired by Mississippi
legends, British interpreters
and contemporary masters
plugs onward against the
grain.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the
capital of Mexico City is the
most visible front of the blues
warriors. The big city hosts the
annual Polanco Blues Festival,
a smattering of radio programs,
regular performances and even
an Internet magazine devoted
to the blues.
Different groups perform
covers and original songs in
both Spanish and English.
Formed by veterans of emblematic Mexican blues bands
like Real de Catorce, a defunct
group named after an old silver mine, Callejon Azul (Blue
Alley) is one of the most active combos on the circuit.
“It´s becoming a big movement in Mexico City, and one
with quality,” says Marycarmen Velasquez, Callejon Azul’s
lead singer.
“(Mexican blues bands) are
not groups that play all covers.
They bring original compositions that are musically finetuned and done by quality musicians,” Velasquez says. Although Callejon Azul samples
some covers, Velasquez says
her group concentrates on producing original tunes in Spanish. The blues singer says she
was influenced by Koko Taylor but early on searched for
her “own style.”
Callejon Azul songwriter and
bassist Salvador Arceo says
that instead of social commentary, his band prefers introspective themes that touch
on sexuality, love and disillusion.
“More than anything we do
personal songs, but all of them
with the feeling of being human,” Arceo affirms.
Callejon Azul and fellow
groups get out their music and
word of their gigs through
Facebook, Myspace and CD.
For Mexican blues lovers, or
bluseros, the Internet magazine
Cultura Blues (culturablues.
com) is a must-read source of
information about upcoming
concerts like the January 28
battle of the harmonicas scheduled for Mexico City’s Rock
Blues Factory club. In addition
to the regular reviews, the current edition of the publication
(January 2012) contains an old
interview with Muddy Waters,
a piece on a Jimi Hendrix
record and a discography of
Spanish-language blues music.
Located about six hours’
driving time north of Mexico
City, Aguascalientes is another
important center of the blues.
Best known for its huge Nissan
factory and mammoth, beersoaked San Marcos Fair,
Aguascalientes also stages the
Aguas Blues festival every
November. Last year’s edition
of the free festival celebrated
the 15th anniversary of an event
that draws blues musicians
from across Mexico and, when
the budget permits, from abroad.
The slogan of Aguas Blues is
simple: “The Blues Lifts Up
the Spirits.”
At the 2011 festival, an enthusiastic crowd of hundreds
packed the elegant and acoustically fine Teatro Aguascalientes to hear blues messengers tell it like it is.
Longtime festival organizer
Juan Manuel Munoz admits he
was surprised by the first turnout for a festival showcasing
music with a decidedly underground presence. Munoz says
that while Mexicans have a different history than the African
Americans of the US South, his
countrymen can relate to the
adverse social situations and
deep emotional feelings that
electrify the blues.
“We identify with the suffering, the pain, the social problems,” Munoz says. “From the
inception, many blues players
try to imitate the greats like
Muddy Waters or those before
him.”
A live wire on stage, Jimmy
Roberto Fernandez
Hernandez has been at the core
of Aguascalientes’ blues scene
for 30 years. In his long career
Hernandez has played with
several bands, and his latest
group is aptly called Los
Amigos del Blues (Friends of
the Blues).
“The music makes my heart
vibrate. For me, it’s life,” says
the singer/harp player. A music teacher by day, Hernandez
says he was influenced by
blues pioneers like Robert
Johnson. He then picked up the
harmonica after listening to
British musician John Mayall.
Concurring with other Mexican
artists, Hernandez says creating and disseminating the blues
is not always an easy task.
Like US musicians, the obstacles confronting Mexican
blues practitioners are many:
juggling day jobs with the demands of the craft, virtual
blackouts by commercial radio
stations, sometimes difficult
National Park Foundation doubles efforts to document
Latinos’ presence in US history
The Trujillo family were first generation Hispanic-American
ranchers in Alamosa County, Colorado in the 1880s.
Wide open spaces and fresh
air are pretty much foreign concepts to most Latino families
who live in cramped urban areas or suburban neighborhoods
with postage stamp-size yards,
where pollution from car emissions or nearby factories are
just facts of life — and far away
from any national park. In fact,
because of safety and health
concerns, the closest most
Latino kids get to one of the
most popular national park
past-times, camping, unless
they’re a scout, is pitching a
makeshift tent — in the den.
So, to say that the National
Park Foundation is facing an
uphill hike when it comes to
turning Latino families on to
visiting national parks is an understatement. It could explain
why the Foundation’s American Latino Heritage Fund
(ALHF http://www.nps.gov/
history/crdi/latino.html) is tak-
ing such a unique approach in
making national parks relevant
to Latinos — an approach that
some would say should be coming from the Dept. of Education rather than the Dept. of Interior.
The National Park Foundation is launching several
Latino-focused initiatives to get
Latino families more involved
with national parks and the
other side to the national park
system — appreciating historically important buildings.
The first initiative is called the
American Latino Theme Study.
The goal of the study project is
to highlight the role of Latinos
in the development of the country.
What does that mean?
Well, the first installment of
the project is due to be released
in June 2012 and is an in-depth
look at Latina/o history since
the 15th century.
Hand-in-hand with the
Theme Study is finding and
designating sites/landmarks
important to Latino history in
the United States.
The 2010 census counted
50.5 million Latinos in the US.
Yet despite a 400-year history
in North America and the existence of vibrant communities
throughout the United States,
only 3% of the 86,000 sites on
the National Register of Historic Places explicitly recognize
and celebrate our country’s ethnically diverse cultures. The
National Park Foundation’s
ALHF will seek to assist the
National Park Service in its
efforts to identify, document,
nominate, and preserve historic
places highlighting Latino contributions.
The final component of the
initiatives is making Latino involvement long-term by getting
young Latinos involved in special park youth summits. The
summits educate young people
about the importance of historic
preservation in communities
and the responsibility of taking
care of historic landmarks,
along with, national parks.
The American Latino Heritage Fund has a web site listing their initiatives and links to
current resources to which
they envision adding the Latino
perspective, such as the
“American Latino Travel Itinerary.” The online itinerary will
showcase Latino historic properties featuring national parks
and National Historic Landmarks. There’s also a link to
current park initiatives related
to Hispanic Heritage Month
(http://www.nps.gov/history/
hispanicheritage/).
Yet, the first step is to remind
this generation that Latinos
have always been an important
part of the history of the United
States.
“American Latinos have
played a pivotal role in shaping
this country,” said Neil Mulholland, President and CEO of
the National Park Foundation.
“We are proud to lead the
charge in creating a movement
to protect and preserve this rich
culture and reaffirm our commitment to fully represent the
nation’s diverse cultural groups
and their role in our national
park system.”
Reprinted from Latina Lista
(http://latinalista.com/).
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president. However, the continuous stream of political
rhetoric without clear action
has slowly begun to eat away
at me.
“The opponents of action are
out of excuses,” he said. “We
should be working on comprehensive immigration reform
right now.”
Agreed. But Republican lawmakers continue to throw up
what Obama termed “excuses,” and the possibility of
any real reform seems out of
reach.
For me, as for thousands of
club owners and fans that don’t
always turn out to smaller, routine gigs that help take care of
the bills.
“(Day) work is our activity,”
Hernandez says, “because
here in Aguascalientes music
doesn’t pay.”
Yet the blues keeps attracting new generations of players
and fans. Luis Sifuentes followed in his father’s footsteps
and played with the old man’s
band, Los Amigos del Blues, at
last fall’s Aguas Blues fest. The
16-year-old guitarist says he
enjoyed seeing the different
musical styles. An admirer of
British axe men like Jimmy
Page and Eric Clapton,
Sifuentes says the blues is a
minority musical preference
among Mexican young people,
but one that nevertheless attracts some like himself.
“You can improvise a lot.
That’s what stirs my interest,”
the budding bluesman says. “If
we can compare (blues) with
other musical genres, it is total
improvisation.”
Even at his young age,
Sifuentes exudes the commitment of a die-hard blues fan.
“The blues is a music that does
not deserve to die,” he adds.
“It’s a great musical tradition
that should continue progressing through the years.”
Blues promoter Juan Manuel
Munoz could not be more in
agreement.
“I think it’s a safe bet to say
that (blues) is among the
genres that aren’t easily forgotten, because it is feeling and
that’s what motivates people,”
he says. “The blues is more
alive than ever.”
Retrospective of
Celebrated Artist
John Baldessari
temporary prints assembled by
collector, business man, and philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer, this
exhibition represents the largest
offering of Baldessari’s graphic
oeuvre ever assembled.
Baldessari took on printmaking in the 1970s and has continued unabated. With laconic wit
and visual restraint, he alters and
crops photographic images to
build a beguiling visual vocabulary. This retrospective of
Baldessari’s prints, including
more than 100 works made between 1973 and 2010 in media
as diverse as lithography, etching, photogravure, aquatint,
photo intaglio, embossing, silkscreen, and beyond.
For Baldessari his collaboration with numerous presses and
printers and his nonstop experimentation with materials and
media are testimony to his devotion to the endless potentials
of printmaking. Baldessari
places a high value on the art
of printmaking, and this exhibition will reveal the rich results
of this engagement.
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents
John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer
and His Family Foundation in
its La Jolla location from February 5, 2012 to May 13, 2012.
John Baldessari is one of the
most influential artists working
today. A native of National City,
Calif., Baldessari has been
making art for decades. In
1960, MCASD—then the La
Jolla Art Center—gave Baldessari his first exhibition. His
relationship with the Museum
has continued, including the
1997 exhibition National City.
MCASD is honored to welcome Baldessari back to the
Museum, this time with an expansive survey of his entire
body of printmaking.
Drawn from the impressively
rich and deep holdings of conother undocumented students
who are looking ahead toward
graduation, the future has
never seemed more uncertain.
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