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DECEMBER 6, 2013Vol. XXXVII No. 49

37 YEARSof Publication

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By Jennifer Chung Klam

Political activism may not be a pri-ority for most teenagers, but one lo-cal teen takes her ability to make adifference very seriously.

Chula Vista resident Maya Medina,17, recently returned from Washing-ton, D.C., where she joined the Fastfor Families movement to protest con-gressional inaction on immigration re-form legislation.

Activists fasting just outside theCapitol are entering their 25th daywithout food. They began the fast Nov.12 in response to House Speaker JohnBoehner’s refusal to schedule a voteon the comprehensive immigrationmeasure before the House. TheDemocratic-run Senate passed animmigration bill earlier this year, but theRepublican-run House has yet to takeup the issue.

At stake is a path to citizenship forthe nation’s 11 million undocumentedimmigrants, nearly a quarter of whomreside in California. San DiegoCounty has close to 180,000 undocu-mented residents, according to thePublic Policy Institute of California.

In the absence of immigration re-form, families and communities con-tinue to suffer the impact of deporta-tions, exploitation and abuse at work,deaths along the border and fear ofliving in the shadows.

“It doesn’t make sense that peoplehave to die because they want to bepart of this country,” Medina said.“These are moms and dads trying to

‘Tis the Seasonof giving inSan Diego

By Pablo J. Sáinz

Dr. Marc Matanza grew up see-ing his parents setting the example ofbeing kind, and loving, to others whowere less fortunate.

“I had humble beginnings and hadvery loving parents,” said Matanza,who is a renowned chiropractor atSan Diego A.C.T.I.V.E. Chiroprac-tic and Wellness Center, in ChulaVista. “As a child, I would alwaysreceive gifts for Christmas. My fam-ily knew the value of kindness. Soevery Christmas holiday, my familywould buy extra gifts to donate to ourlocal toy drive and donate to the localGoodwill. It was a way to show anact of kindness in our community.”

Now Dr. Matanza is following hisparents’ example and his San DiegoA.C.T.I.V.E. Chiropractic and Well-ness Center is currently organizing itsown Holiday Toy Drive to benefithundreds of children served by SouthBay Community Services, a socialservices agency.

“It is heart-warming to know thatevery toy donated went to a child inthe surrounding community who mayotherwise not have been able to opena present on Christmas morning,”Matanza said. “This is a way for ourlocal South Bay community to get to-gether and give back hope to our chil-dren.”

So far, the center has collectedmany toys that will bring a smile tomany children in southern San DiegoCounty this Christmas season, allthanks to the generosity of Dr.Matanza’s patients and friends. Thosewho donate a new toy will not onlyhave the satisfaction of helping a child,but also of receiving perks, such asgift certificates to local restaurants andeven to be able to win a massage ses-sion at Dr. Matanza’s practice.

“The response so far has beenamazing with our current patients andlocal patrons of South Bay commu-nity. The more, the merrier,” he said.“Our patient’s have been supportive,giving and encouraging in responseto the Holiday Toy Drive.”

In addition to the Holiday Toy

Fasting for immigration reform was somethingMaya Medina had to do!take care of families. That’s allthey’re trying to do, and we’re stop-ping them. They are literally dying onour doorsteps.”

Medina took time away from col-lege applications and classes at HighTech High Chula Vista to fly out toWashington on Nov. 17. She joinedother fasters in the large white tentsset up on the lawn at the NationalMall, and for two days she consumednothing but water.

Medina said she was nourished bya warm and welcoming communityof activists and advocates. Othersdropped in to share prayers, encour-agement or their own experiences.She was moved by the heartrendingand inspirational stories she heard.

“It was awesome to be able to hearthe things that people shared,”Medina said. “It makes it easier foryou to connect with them on a morepersonal level and understand wherethey’re coming from when you seehow people have been affected byimmigration and deportation.”

During her two-day stay, speak-ers and special guests stopped by thetent, including Rep. Rush Holt, aDemocrat from New Jersey, andfeminist Gloria Steinem. Steinemkicked off a march to SpeakerBoehner’s office, where the fastersdelivered a letter requesting a meet-ing with the congressman.

The Fast for Families campaign hasdrawn support from the White House.

Top row (left to right): S.J. Jung; Eliseo Medina; Gloria Steinem;Mary Grillo; Cristian Avila; Shoshanah Kay; Rev. MichaelLivingston. Second row (left to right): Alesa MacKool; MayaMedina; Elena Medina; Tom Weis; Sang Hyug Jung; Dae Joong

(D.J.) Yoong. Third row: Lupita Medina

(see ‘Tis the Season’, page 4)

Por Pablo J. Sáinz

La devoción y emoción que mu-estran los católicos latinos porNuestra Señora de Guadalupe es elreflejo del calor que la cultura latinabrinda al catolicismo romano, deacuerdo a un experto en doctrinacatólica.

Así que los católicos estadouni-denses no deben sorprenderse sicientos de fieles acuden este domingo8 de diciembre a la procesión y misaanual en el centro de San Diego enhonor de la llamada Morenita delTepeyac, dijo Tim Staples, director deapologética y evangelización deCatholic Answers, una organizaciónsin fines de lucro en El Cajón que sededica a defender la fe católica.

“Los mexicanos católicos hantraído con ellos una hermosa tradiciónllena de amor y de pasión por NuestraSeñora”, dijo Staples. “Esa emociónque ellos sienten es algo que quizá alos católicos de Estados Unidos se leshace raro, pues aquí la cultura decatólica es más fría. Pero en Latino-américa es normal esas muestras deafecto tan emotivas por la VirgenMaría”.

Este año la procesión será eldomingo 8 de diciembre a partir de

Devoción por la Guadalupana: “Hermosa tradición de los inmigrantes mexicanos”las 10 a.m., dando inicio en la Catedralde San José, ubicada en el 1528 4thAve. en el centro de San Diego.

La ruta es subir por la 3rd Ave &Beech St, dando la vuelta en Datepara bajar por la calle 4ta hasta llegara B St., donde está ubicado el SanDiego Golden Hall. Ahí a las 12 delmedio día se llevará a cabo una SantaMisa Mariana celebrada por losObispos Cirilo Flores y GilbertoChávez, ambos de origen mexicano.

La Confederación Guadalupana deSan Diego, con el apoyo de laComisión Hispana, es la organizaciónque coordina la celebración. Gruposparroquiales y movimientos apos-tólicos llevarán sus estandartes en laprocesión que también incluirá carrosalegóricos.

“La celebración del día de laVirgen de Guadalupe es un gran díapara el pueblo hispano y para todoslos católicos en el área de San Di-ego”, dijo Rodrigo Valdivia, cancillerde la Diócesis de San Diego. “Cele-bramos no solamente el mensaje deamor y esperanza que nos trae LaMorenita pero también el don de lafe en su hijo Jesús que ella nos ayudaa mantener y transmitir”.

(ve Guadalupana, página 4)

(see Medina, page 5)

La Virgen de Guadalupe

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Make the Season Simple and SweetSee page 10

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FRONTERA NORTESUR

If the North American FreeTrade Agreement (NAFTA)were to have its own holiday,it might very well be Black Fri-day Week.

Mimicking their counter-parts in the U.S., Mexican mer-chants this month rolled out aversion of the U.S. shoppingfrenzy for the third year in arow, while more and more Ca-nadians planned to turn out fortheir country’s Black Fridayedition, according to the Bankof Montreal. Almost 20 yearsinto NAFTA, many of the sameretailers, food processors,bankers, advertisers, and me-dia moguls have a preeminentpresence in all three membernations of the trade and invest-ment pact.

U.S.-Mexico border resi-dents had the opportunity to par-ticipate in two Black Fridays:the original one in El Norte andMexico’s El Buen Fin salesevent held November 15-18.Until now, however, the flow ofcustomers is mostly one waynorth. Not surprisingly, lines ofvehicles and pedestriansstretching up to three or fourhours were reported waiting tocross November 28 and 29 inplaces such as Tijuana/San Di-ego and Ciudad Juarez/El Paso.

Bus loads of Mexican pas-sengers were even ferriedacross the border to turn theirpesos into dollars for BlackFriday Christmas shopping,which again sneaked intoThanksgiving Day and beyondthis year. Especially in therealm of consumer electronics,cheaper U.S. prices attract

many Mexican shoppers tothis side of the border.

In Texas’ Sun City, someMexican nationals even ar-rived early in the week to campout at a Best Buy store. A manidentified only as Victor said heand five friends from Chihua-hua and Durango set up theirEl Paso encampment Novem-ber 24 in anticipation of the bigday.

“We come for televisions,movies and games,” Victorsaid. “We spent $6,000 lastyear.” Later, a reporter notedthe predominance of Chihua-hua license plates outside thestore, but few from Texas orneighboring New Mexico.

“I mainly come to El Pasofor the discounts that aren’tgiven over there,” said customerMarilyn Raquel, who works asan economist. “Sadly, we haveto invest in another country.”

Mexican media coverage ofU.S. Black Friday pursuedfour basic angles: the businessstory, the crime story, the so-cial story, and the labor-man-agement story.

A dispatch from the Noti-mex news service cited the Na-tional Retail Federation in cal-culating that fewer people wouldturn out for U.S. Black Fridaythis season, with an estimated140 million shoppers braving thecrowds in comparison with the147 million last year.

“It’s evident that U.S. resi-dents have the Christmas spiritdespite their caution in pur-chases,” Pam Goodfellow, NRFspokeswoman, was quoted byNotimex.

The Mexican daily El Uni-versal reported on outbreaks of

violence and chaos in the SanDiego area, an injury from ascuffle at a Florida store lineand a police shooting of a sus-pected robber in Chicago,among other incidents.

“Blows, stabbed victims,shots and lost babies are someof the events that happened onthe biggest sales day for U.S.business,” led off an articleposted on El Universal’s homepage.

A reporter for a Tijuananewspaper contrasted thescenes of hundreds of peoplejammed outside San Diegoarea stores with a crowd of1,000 people lined up for aThanksgiving dinner served upby Salvation Army volunteers.

Lending her hand to feedthe hungry, Alma Mitchellurged people to return to thegiving essence of the holiday.

Across the U.S., providerswere hard-pressed to supplythe legions of hungry people thisThanksgiving. Only a fewweeks ago, on November 1,food stamps were cut by anaverage $36 per month for afamily of four, affecting an es-timated 47 million people justin time for the 2013 holidayseason.

On its website, La Jornadagave a prominent spot to theBlack Friday labor protests or-ganized by the Wal-Martworker advocacy organization,Our Walmart, and its allies.Bigger in scope and turnoutthan last year’s actions in sup-port of higher pay and im-proved working conditions, thisyear’s protests reportedlydrew tens of thousands ofpeople from coast-to-coast.

The second piece in a se-ries on gender violence andrelated issues in New Mexicoand the Paso del Norte bor-derland. Today’s story is parttwo of a retrospective of theCricket Coogler scandalsthat rattled New Mexico poli-tics and law enforcement af-ter the suspected murder ofa young Las Cruces waitressin 1949. This story was madepossible in part by a grantfrom the New Mexico Hu-manities Council.

By Kent PatersonFNS SPECIAL FEATURE

In the Coogler affair, theFourth Estate played a crucialrole in exposing a vast under-world that was poised to be-come the latest conquerors ofNew Mexico and the state of-ficials who were willing to fa-cilitate the take-over. Thescandals that flowed from the1949 disappearance and mys-terious, violent death of 18-year-old Cricket Coogler out-side Las Cruces, New Mexico,became hot regional copy.Soon, the story even made theNew York Times and Timemagazine. A young journalistfor United Press Internationalnamed Tony Hillerman wasone reporter who followed thetrails leading from CricketCoogler’s desert grave nearthe village of Mesquite.

Hillerman never forgot thestory. Decades later, when theNew Mexico author was a re-nowned fiction writer, he wasinterviewed for the 2000 docu-mentary “The Silence of Cric-ket Coogler: A Political Mur-der,” which was ironically nar-rated by John Ehrlichman ofWatergate fame. Nominatedfor a Pulitzer Prize because ofhis relentless and impactingreporting, Walt Finley of the ElPaso Herald Post even movedto Las Cruces to cover thestory. Finley later claimed hewas threatened by a boozed up,gun-waving Sheriff HappyApodaca.

Cricket Coogler’s associa-tions with individuals suspectedof involvement in illegal gam-bling soon turned a homicide

probe into a full-blown orga-nized crime and public corrup-tion scandal that threatened tobring down the state’s powerstructure. In the Land of En-chantment of the 1940s, illicitgaming was an open industry.

“There were slot machinesat the service station and pros-titutes hanging around,” Me-silla Valley resident GeraldSmith recalled. “It was like LasVegas. It was totally corrupt-the whole state.”

A retired New Mexico StateUniversity administrator, Quin-tin Ford, too, has vivid memo-ries of the era, and even hasgaming artifacts including aBritish-style slot machine anda “punch-board.” Widely avail-able in bars, a punch board heldsmall pieces of paper that wereremoved from the back with akey and contained eight pos-sible winning number combina-tions with prizes of up to tenbucks.

“There was table gamblingand roulette gambling in themore organized sense, but thatwas not unusual in everywherein New Mexico,” Ford added.

Prior to the rise of Las Ve-gas, mobsters from Clevelandand other Mafia strongholdswere scoping out New Mexicoas a potential “gambling Mec-ca,” according to Paula Moore,author of a 2008 book on theCricket Coogler case.

Coogler’s mysterious death,which smelled of murder,stirred law enforcement intoclosing illegal gambling housesthat operated between LasCruces and El Paso, includingthree businesses in Anapra, asmall community on the NewMexico-Texas line which laterbecame part of the city ofSunland Park.

In an interesting tidbit un-covered by Moore, the mod-ern-day water supply problemsSunland Park residents con-front are nothing new. Back inthe 1940s, some Anapra resi-dents complained that one ofthe gambling houses had pri-ority use of a well.

Called the “hottest spot” be-tween Las Cruces and the bor-der by Moore, Anapra wasstrategically placed to draw the

potential, steady clientele fromFort Bliss in El Paso.

“Some FBI informants al-leged that protection pay-offsfrom those three and otherjoints between (Las Cruces)and Juarez were paid to statepoliticians, a judge and SheriffApodaca,” Moore said in aninterview earlier this year.

In the months after CricketCoogler’s body was recovered,a grand jury convened to probethe case issued a slew of in-dictments. In an unprecedentedfashion, grand jury-led law en-forcement raids shut downDona Ana County gamblinghouses. Dona Ana CountySheriff Happy Apodaca and hisfriend, State Corporation Com-missioner Dan Sedillo, weretried on a variety of chargesranging from gambling to mor-als violations but either acquit-ted or otherwise set free.

In addition, Apodaca wasaccused of raping a Canadiannational and at least one otherlocal woman, a 17-year-olddomestic worker, but neverconvicted of any crimes inthose cases, according toMoore.

In 1950, however, Apodacawas less lucky. Along withNew Mexico State PoliceChief Hubert Beasley andstate police officer Roy Sand-man, Apodaca was convictedof civil rights violations arisingfrom the torture of African-American vet Wesley Byrd,who was initially held incom-municado as a suspect inCoogler’s murder. Conductedin the state capital of Santa Fe,the trial proceeded far from thelocal pressures of Dona AnaCounty and Las Cruces.

The three men receivedone-year prison sentences andwere sent to La Tuna federalprison down the road in An-thony, Texas, but got out early.The Santa Fe civil rights trialof the three lawmen was thefirst of its kind in a nation atthe dawn of the Civil RightsMovement.

In a 2005 book, Sandman’sson, the late Peter R. Sandman,challenged the culpability of hisfather as well as aspects ofByrd’s torture account, a story

which was backed up by theFBI.

The author, who was a veryyoung child at the time of theCoogler-plus scandals, con-tended that his father was anhonest cop who was killed in1953 after he was close tobreaking the case on his own.Peter Sandman also questionedthe mysterious deaths of otherindividuals linked to the Cooglerepisode.

As for Happy Apodaca, theformer sheriff and ex-con laterreturned to politics and waselected a magistrate judge inDona Ana County in 1974. Hedied in 1981 after falling fromhis roof.

Both Moore and Sandmanconcluded that all the heat gen-erated from the death ofCricket Coogler caused orga-nized crime groups to pull backfrom their grandiose plans forNew Mexico.

Citing Hillerman, Mooreopined that “if it hadn’t beenfor the Cricket Coogler case,Santa Fe might well have beenLas Vegas and maybe LasCruces would have been akind of Reno.”

Not unlike criminal enter-prises in Italy or Mexico, mafiainterests in 1940s’ New Mexi-co commanded a complex sys-tem of official pay-offs to dif-ferent levels of government

and law enforcement and heldexclusive rights to local mar-kets, using intimidation whennecessary to secure their busi-ness supremacy.

“They threatened tavernand café owners who refusedto allow their (gaming) ma-chines onto their property,”Sandman wrote. “Proprietorsused their machines or else!”

As Moore points out in herbook, New Mexico eventuallyturned out to be a gamblingcenter, albeit not quite on thescale of Las Vegas. Nonethe-less, the contemporary rev-enues generated by legalizedgaming make the amount ofmoney that traded hands in the1940s look like peanuts.

In a recent report, the NewMexico Racing Commissionand Gaming Control Board,calculated the money flowingthrough the state in the racingand casino industries was in the$1.55 billion ballpark for fiscalyear 2012. The number ex-cludes money spent on lotterytickets.

Just up the road from theAnapra gambling joints raidedin the 1940s, the Sunland ParkRacetrack and Casino offersslots and seasonal, live horseracing. Growing from bingo inthe 1980s, gaming has become

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Black Friday: The Perfect NAFTA Holiday?More than 100 people werearrested in different citiesacross the nation. Wal-Martdownplayed the demonstra-tions, claiming fewer than 20workers participated.

“That’s laughable and it isdisrespectful to workers andsupporters who are raising realconcerns about low wages ..,”a spokesperson for the UnitedFood and Commercial Work-ers e-mailed a writer forSalon.com.

In recent years Black Fri-day has become not only acommercial ritual in all theNAFTA nations, but a multi-dimensional cultural phenom-enon as well.

Black Friday encompassesmass consumerism, linguisticevolution, transnational com-merce, shopping tourism, ad-vertising power, and social hys-teria.

In the age of social media,the day is sensationally por-trayed for posterity on You-Tube, where scenes of fights,shouting customers and policetake-downs of belligerent shop-pers abound.

In the U.S., Black Fridayhas also emerged as a new dayof worker rights in the last twoyears.

The day comes amid aweek-long blow-out of drink-ing, feasting, binging, spendingand venting. It begins with thetavern-packed Blackout Wed-nesday, as the evening is calledin the spirits serving industry,followed by Turkey Day, or“Gray Thursday” in commer-cial lingo, and extending into thebig shopping adventure.

But the action doesn’t stop

on Friday. “With Black Fridaysavings all weekend!” barks aradio ad. For those who missout on the mall or super-storefun, there is now “Cyber Mon-day,” a day in which onlinesales could exceed $2 billionthis year.

In monetary terms, thisyear’s Black Friday in the U.S.and El Buen Fin in Mexico hadmixed results, according to thepreliminary reports.

Mexico’s National Confed-eration of Chambers of Com-merce, Services and Tourismreported sales up from last year,topping $15 billion for the threedays of El Buen Fin, whichmeans “The Good Week-end”in English.

On the other hand, the UBSMexico business advisory firmmonitored department storesand concluded that it did notdocument “the great multi-tudes” of the first two yearsof the event.

A U.S. analyst interviewedby Marketwatch.com blamedless-than-stellar sales in thiscountry on lagging pay. WallStreet was not overly im-pressed by Black Friday 2013.Although the Nasdaq was up15 points in Friday’s partialtrading, the Dow and S&P 500were down 11 and 1 points,respectively.

To paraphrase a formerU.S. president: “It’s the wages,stupid!”

Frontera NorteSur: on-line,U.S.-Mexico border newsCenter for Latin Americanand Border Studies NewMexico State University LasCruces, New Mexico

The Waitress Who Shook New Mexico: Part Two

(see Waitress, page 7)

MÉXICO DEL NORTEPor Jorge Mújica Murias

¿Puede o NoPuede?

Escuché la consigna “SiSe Puede” por primera vezpor allá por el 2001. Desdeentonces la he escuchado,literalmente, miles de veces.En su campaña electoral,Barack Obama nos la bajó yla tradujo, y le juró a todo elmundo que “Yes, We Can”.Hasta la fecha sabemos queel sí pudo, por lo menos pudohacerse de la Casa Blancapor dos períodos, pero ahoradice que “no puede”.

Lo dijo clarito otra vezhace unos días, cuando leinterrumpieron el discurso enSan Francisco demandándoleque pusiera un alto a lasdeportaciones. Una de dos (ode tres). O Barack todavíano sabe cuáles son lospoderes y capacidadesconstitucionales delPresidente de EstadosUnidos (raro, siendo abogadoconstitucionalista), o es elsegundo presidente gringocon Alzheimer, después deRonald Reagan, osimplemente no sabe ni queestá haciendo ni qué hacercon la situación deinmigración.

De las tres, me inclino porla tercera. Por lo menoscinco veces durante supresidencia, Barack Obamaha aliviado la situaciónmigratoria de varios gruposde personas. Primero, con elfamoso “MemorándumMorton”, dando ampliospoderes de “discreción” a laMigra para dejar de deportarpersonas que no fuerancriminales (que nomás secumple a medias, pero enfin…). Segundo, con DACA,el Deferred Action forChildhood Arrivals para losjóvenes conocidos como los“Dreamers”. Tercero, con la“Provisional UnlawfulPresence Waivers”, queconcede la posibilidad depermanecer en EstadosUnidos mientras se tramita lavisa en vez de irla a recibir alextranjero. Cuarto, con unacosa llamada “Parole inPlace for Military Families”,que permitirá a los familiaresindocumentados de militaresen activo permanecer en elpaís y tramitar su residencialegal. “Para reducir laincertidumbre de nuestrossoldados en activo y retiradosque tienen familiares con unestado ̀ incierto”, dijo PeterBoogaard, vocero delDepartamento de SeguridadNacional.

Quinto y último, la semanapasada, con un permiso paralos indocumentadosfamiliares indocumentados deciudadanos, provenientes depaíses que no requieren visa.

(vea Puede, página 7)

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Holiday in the Park - Featuring Las PosadasOn Sat. Dec 14, Old Town San Diego State Historic Park hosts Holiday in the Park. All of

the museums, stores and restaurants in the park will be open and richly decorated. Guests willenjoy special holiday treats, activities and extended shopping hours, along with strolling carolerson this evening until 8 p.m. Guests will also be able to view gingerbread houses in the merchantshops and enjoy s’mores by the bonfire.

The beloved Las Posadas procession is hosted on Sunday, Dec. 15. This centuries-old tradi-tion is being celebrated in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park for the 63rd consecutiveyear. The Park Merchants Association and Write Out Loud reenact the biblical journey of Maryand Joseph through the town of Bethlehem. The event begins at 2 p.m. with a musical pre-showin the state park, with the live theatrical procession starting promptly at 5 p.m. A piñata partyand bonfire follow at 6 p.m.

During the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, winter evenings are celebrated inOld Town San Diego State Historic Park. Join carolers and other performers from dusk to 9p.m. Sponsored by Fiesta de Reyes, free s’mores ‘round the bonfire are the highlight of theevening.

This school year Club Blue,Bonita Vista High’s Instrumen-tal Music Program, has beeninvited to perform at the Heri-tage Festival at CarnegieHall. This honor is presentedto a select few groups in thecountry, and in preparation forthis once in a life time oppor-tunity the group will be per-forming at the school’s annualWinter Festival Concert, them-ed appropriately as “A Christ-mas Carnegie Kick-off.”

Bonita Vista High School,Winter Festival Concert, “AChristmas Carnegie Kick-Off”, Friday, December 13,2013 7:00 pm at Ruth ChapmanPerforming Arts CenterEastlake High School, 1120

Eastlake Pkwy, Chula Vista,CA 91915.

Tickets: $10 Adults; $8 Stu-dent / Military Children 5 &under free

Program will include holi-day and winter themed music,as well as a reprise perfor-mance of the 2013 Fall FieldShow and Special Guest nar-rator for the performance Pe-ter and the Wolf.

Carnegie Hall invites school band from ChulaVista - they prepare a Winter Concert

Christmas Tree Lightingon Brick Row on Dec. 12

The sixth-annual tree-light-ing ceremony and food drivereturns to National City onThursday, Dec. 12, from 5 p.m.to 8 p.m. Entertainment andactivities will be provided for

attendees including Christmascarolers, live musical perfor-mances, a children’s craftarea, a classic car show, freemuseum tours and a specialguest appearance by SantaClaus. Toys and canned foodwill be collected to benefit LaMaestra Community HealthCenter toy drive and the Na-tional City food bank, respec-tively. The event is free to thepublic.

A Sherman HeightsChristmas

Supervisor Greg Cox willwelcome Santa Claus to She-rman Heights as he arrives forthe annual Sherman Heightsholiday festival. 2 p.m., Satur-day, Dec. 7, Sherman HeightsElementary School, 450 24th

Street, San Diego

If home-grown music isyour thing, then the place to bethis Friday night is the Cuya-maca College Performing ArtsTheater, the venue for the al-ways eclectic and entertainingWinter Wonder Jam, producedby students in the college’s Mu-sic Industry program.

Set for 7-10 p.m. Dec. 6,concert-goers will be treatedto music ranging from rock,pop, jazz, acoustic and hip- hop.

Headlining this year’s showis the genre-defying group,Lyrical Groove, a 2013 SanDiego Music Award winner forbest hip-hop artists. Sharing theCuyamaca stage will be theheavy metal sounds of It AllStarts Here; the electronicaband, D.L.O.D. (Digital Liz-ards of Doom) and rock/jazzinstrumentalist Jay Williams.

Admission to the annualevent is three cans of food to

Winter Wonder Jam music fest at Cuyamaca Collegebe donated to the San DiegoFood Bank or $5.

The entirely student-pro-duced event is designed toteach students what it takes toput on a large-scale production.

Music Industry Studies is atransfer degree program thatfocuses on all aspects of de-veloping a career in the musicindustry, providing training andinstruction in music, technol-ogy, and business.

When Lyrical Groove’s leadartist and founding band mem-ber Kendrick Dial steps footon the Cuyamaca College cam-pus, he’ll be coming full circleas a community college alumwho transferred from City andMesa colleges to San DiegoState University and continuedon to earn a master’s in socialwork from the University ofSouthern California.

Ultimately, the North Park

resident would love to focussolely on his music career, butwith a wife and 7-year-olddaughter at home, the real-world demands are pressing.

So for now, he juggles mu-sic gigs – of which there aremany and the audiences var-ied – with his day job.

Lyrical Groove was formedto have live music accompanyhis performance of poetry. Thecollaboration began with friendand drummer, Glenn “GK”Sanders and keyboardist MikeSmith. The group officiallyformed in November 2010, af-ter a gig at the Ruby Room inSan Diego. Guitarist Mike“Token” Benedetto, and bassplayer Jacob Miranda werenext to come on board. In2012, vocalist Brisa Laurensigned on.

The band is currently work-ing on its first full-length album.

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LA COLUMNA VERTEBRALEl Soporte Informativo Para Millones

de HispanosPor Luisa Fernanda Montero

Luisa Fernanda Montero

Aunque el consumo degrasas trans en Estados Unidosha venido disminuyendo gra-cias a las medidas tomadas porel gobierno en los últimos años,hace poco sorprendió el a-nun-cio de la Agencia de Drogas yAlimentos – FDA – de que lasgrasas trans ya no estarán másen la lista de alimentos seguros.

Eso quiere decir que losalimentos que contienen dichasgrasas serán erradicados delmercado lo que beneficiará amuchos comensales distraídosque sin saberlo ponen en peligrocotidianamente su salud.

De acuerdo con la FDA lareducción en la ingesta degasas trans tiene el potencialde prevenir miles de ataquesal corazón y muchas muertesal año. Generalmente cuandoleemos, vemos o escuchamoseste tipo de estadísticas lasasociamos con un conceptoabstracto del que solemosexcluirnos. En otras palabraspensamos, o sentimos que esono nos toca o no nos pasa anosotros.

La mala noticia es que sinos toca. Hacemos parte deesas estadísticas y si no actua-mos o tomamos conciencia deciertas amenazas, podemosenfermarnos y morir.

Pero volvamos a las grasastrans. Ya sabemos todos queson nefastas para la salud,pero, ¿de dónde salieron?

En 1890 el nobel de química

Paul Sabatier desarrolló laquímica de hidrogenación devapores y a partir de ahí, añosdespués, en 1901 WilhelmNormann patentó el procesopara convertir aceites líquidosen mantecas sólidas.

Así fue que, enterado de laimportancia de las grasasendurecidas en términos ali-mentarios para el mundo delsiglo XX, Normann construyóla primera planta productora enWarrington, Inglaterra, pocodespués Procter& Gamble seharía con los derechos de lapatente en Estados Unidos ydaría inicio al gran mercado delas grasas trans. Estas grasasreemplazaban las grasas ani-males, de uso hasta entonces,que resultaban costosas y porlo tanto poco rentables a nivelindustrial.

Entonces, ¿qué son? Sonsustancias químicas que hacenque ciertos alimentos creadosde manera artificial sean másdurables y tengan buen sabor.Están en las margarinas enbarra, en papas, pizzas ypasteles congelados, en pro-ductos de panadería y pas-telería industrial, en algunosalimentos procesados, comopostres y palomitas de maízpara microondas, en los susti-tutos de crema para el café yen ggalletas saladas y dulces.

Ya en los años 70 se ahablaba de que las grasas transpodrían aumentar el riesgo de

enfermedades de las arteriasy el corazón, pero no fue hasta1988 que un artículo del NewEngland Journal of Medicinepublicó un estudio que de-mostraba que estas grasastaponaban las arterias muchomás fácilmente que cualquierotra grasa.

En 1994 las autoridades desalud estadounidenses lasrelacionaron con 30.000 muer-tes al año, basadas en laevidencia de que afectaban nosolo las arterias y el corazón,sino también el cerebro, elhígado y la piel. Desde en-tonces se vincula a las dichosasgrasas con procesos infla-matorios en todo el cuerpo ydistintas disfunciones celularesa nivel molecular.

Y es que solo en EstadosUnidos estas grasas causancerca de 20.000 infartos y10.000 eventos cerebrales yrenales cada año. Por eso serecibe con gratitud la decisiónde la FDA de eliminar sucirculación.

Recuerde, las grasas trans noofrecen ningún beneficio parala salud y no existe un nivel deconsumo que sea seguro. Re-vise la etiqueta y verifique quelos alimentos que escoge esténlibres de este tipo de grasas. Sucorazón se lo agradecerá.

San Diego’s longest-runningprofessional theatre productionis celebrating its 23rd anniver-sary this year, but Lucifer issneering. The F. Scott Fitz-gerald-quoting Prince of Dark-ness and his minions are mak-ing plans to ruin Christmas.

“La Pastorela del Cielo,” thenewest in Teatro MascaraMagica’s award-winning seriesof Mexican-inspired Christmasmusicals, once again featuresthe timeless battle betweenLucifer’s forces of evil andMichael the Archangel’s cham-pions of goodness set in today’sworld of chaos and hope. An-gels and devils do battle in 2013disguises including zombies, theLone Ranger and Tonto, Cap-tain Kirk and Spock, and theMan of Steel. Even the GreatGatsby throws a party, OldSport.

“La Pastorela is our gift tothis great community,” saidplaywright Dr. Max Brans-comb. “It is a lot of fun and areminder that people of goodwill can make a difference inour world.”

“La Pastorela del Cielo” isa contemporary borderlandstwist on the traditional story ofthe shepherds’ journey to

Bethlehem to witness the firstChristmas. Called to action byArchangels Michael and Gab-riel, the shepherds face temp-tation and danger from evilLucifer and his nasty crew.The bilingual script is primarilyin English with Christmas car-ols sung in Spanish.

Written by Dr. Max Brans-comb and directed by WilliamVirchis, “La Pastorela delCielo” runs Dec. 12-15 and 18-22 at 7:30 p.m., and 2 p.m.Dec. 14, 15, 21 and 22 at the

Angels and Devils Battle Again in San Diego’s MostPopular Holiday Show at San Diego REP

Lyceum Theater in HortonPlaza. Tickets are $15 foradults, $10 for students, mili-tary and groups and $7 for chil-dren under 12 or groups of 10or more. For reservations call(619) 544-1000.

A pastorela is the tale of theshepherd’s journey to Beth-lehem to witness the first Christ-mas. A journey fraught withtemptation, distraction and mor-tal peril as the devils try to pre-vent the shepherds from reach-ing their special destination.

Spanish Stage Plays “ACTOS” Premieres at Mesa CollegeRevolution in the stars —

Border crossings with thepower of great spirits — Chi-cana rights in the ‘70s — Loveand crime in poverty-drenchedBogota are the focus of student-produced one-acts

Four original one-act plays,each written, produced andperformed in Spanish by teamsof college honors students willbe showcased on Friday, Dec.6, at 7:30 p.m. at the ApolliadTheatre at San Diego MesaCollege campus in KearnyMesa. The annual one-nightproduction is the only opportu-nity to see Spanish theatre inSan Diego.

“ACTOS” presents vignet-tes of the challenges of powerstruggles in contemporary U.S.and Latin American society.

The one-act plays touch onthe following topics: a US-Mexico border crossing, wheresupernatural help is summonedto cross the line in safety; arevolutionary debate that takesplace in the stars between poetand freedom-fighter; and awake-up call of the Chicana’sfight for workplace in a sillycomedy of the ‘70s. The finalplay transports the audienceinto the new genre of “NarcoNovela,” about life in the drugworld of Bogota, Columbia.

Offered each fall since2009, the annual Mesa CollegeSpanish plays are written andperformed by advanced Span-ish language honors students,and produced by theatrical de-sign majors. Courses aretaught and guidance is providedby Spanish Professor DoraSchoenbrun-Fernandez andDrama Professor John Polak,with the cooperation and helpfrom the Mesa College The-atre Company.

General admission of $5 isrequested. Call 619-388-2228for further information or visitwww.sdmesa.edu/drama formore information.

¿Cómo es el asunto de lasgrasas trans?

PastoDevils

Drive, San Diego A.C.T.I.V.E.Chiropractic & Wellness Cen-ter has a fundraiser for two in-dividuals with serious medicalconditions. Also, the center isaccepting donations (clothing,shoes, and personal hygieneitems) for the victims of recenttyphoon Haiyan in the Philip-pines.

Visit San Diego A.C.T.I.V.E.Chiropractic and WellnessCenter at 2559 Mast Way,Chula Vista, to make your do-nation. You can also call (619)934-1777 to make an appoint-ment. The clinic specializes inauto accidents and is openMonday to Friday from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from10 a.m. until 4 p.m. To learnmore about Dr. Matanza andhis services go to www.sdactivechiropractic.com.

Other local non-profit orga-nizations and businesses willhave toy drives this Christmasseason.

In San Ysidro, social ser-vices agency Casa Familiarwill give out toys to studentsfrom the San Ysidro SchoolDistrict on Dec. 14 from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the San YsidroCivic Center located at 212 W.Park Ave.

“San Ysidro is one of theneediest areas in the City of SanDiego,” said Executive Direc-tor Andrea Skorepa. Our dutyas citizens is to give a betterfuture to our children. Casa Fa-miliar gives this little token sothat children in the South Baycan have a merrier Christmas.”

For more information on theCasa Familiar toy drive, call(619) 428-1115 or visitwww.casafamiliar.org.

HomeStart Inc., a socialservices agency in the CityHeights area, is also holding itsown toy drive to be distributedamong City Heights families,40 percent of them of Latinoorigin.

“Home Start’s Holiday ToyDrive is an integral part of ourseason’s efforts to help some

of the neediest families in SanDiego to provide a happy holi-day for their children,” saidCEO Laura A. Mustari. “Somany of these children wouldbe receiving no gifts at all, if itwere not for this toy drive andall the generosity that so manydonors bring each season. Weare incredibly grateful for thesupport of the community inhelping us to make the seasonhappy and bright for these de-serving families.”

Popular Magic 92.5 FM DJXavier the X-Man is support-ing several toy drives this year.On his official website,www.xmanshow.com the old-ies DJ is inviting the commu-nity to donate toys to the Tacosfor Toys Toy Drive that will takeplace on Sunday, Dec. 8, atFoodland Supermarket, locatedat 303 Highland Ave., in Na-

tional City.The X-man’s official annual

toy drive will once again be atthe world famous Luzitas TacoShop in Chula Vista on Dec.14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thefirst 100 people who donate anew unwrapped toy will re-ceive a free Xavier The X-Man’s Oldies Show CD sam-pler.

“This is a free event and allare welcome to attend,” wroteThe X-Man on his website.“All car and bikes are welcomeas well. Santa will also be mak-ing appearance from the NorthPole, so bring the kids and acamera.”

Pero no todos los cristianosmiran a María como un puenteentre los creyentes y Jesu-cristo. Más bien, acusan a loscatólicos romanos de con-vertirla en un puente hacía laidolatría. Sin embargo, Staples,quien está casado con unamexicana, dijo que ahoracomprende mejor la emociónque los latinos inyectan a sudevoción mariana, indicó quelos católicos no adoran a María,solo la respetan y le dan el lugarque se merece como madreterrenal de Jesús.

“En los Evangelios Maríadice que futuras generacionesla llamarán ‘bienaventurada’ yeso es exactamente lo quehacemos los católicos: larespetamos, como un hijorespeta a una madre, como la

respetó Jesús por ser su ma-dre”, dijo Staples.

Valdivia no quiso dar unadeclaración a fondo sobre lascríticas que la Iglesia CatólicaRomana recibe de otras de-nominaciones cristianas por suénfasis en la veneración yoraciones hacía María.

“Mi cargo es uno de ayudaren la coordinación y promociónde este evento, como de tantosotros en la iglesia local, y nouno de entrar en polémica”, dijoel canciller de la diócesis. “Hayvarias fuentes de informaciónsobre las apariciones de lavirgen para los que tieneninterés de profundizar suconocimiento”.

La celebración de la a-parición de Nuestra Señora deGuadalupe se remota al 12 dediciembre de 1531, cuando,según la tradición católica, laVirgen María se presentódelante de un indígena mexi-cano llamado Juan Diego. La

imagen de la Guadalupana jugóun papel importante en laevangelización de los indígenasen el continente americano,según Staples.

Durante la procesión delaño pasado, María Félix, presi-denta de la ConfederaciónGuadalupana, aclaró que laVirgen María no es una diosapara los católicos.

“De ninguna manera laconsideramos una diosa”,aclaró. “María es la madreintercesora entre nuestropueblo y su hijo, que es nuestroSeñor Jesucristo. ¿Qué lepuede pedir una madre a un hijoque no se lo conceda? Lavirgen nos ayuda a llegar aJesús”.

Para obtener más infor-mación acerca de la procesióny misa en honor de NuestraSeñora de Guadalupe, puedellamar al (619) 729-1703 ovisitar www.diocese-sdiego.org.

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By Pablo J. Sáinz

The devotion and emotionthat Latino Catholics show forOur Lady of Guadalupe is thereflection of the passion thatLatino culture brings to RomanCatholicism, according to anexpert on Catholic doctrine.

So American Catholicsshould not be surprised if hun-dreds of faithful gather for theannual procession and Mass onSunday, Dec. 8th, in downtownSan Diego, in honor of theMorenita del Tepeyac, saidTim Staples, director of apolo-getics and evangelization ofCatholic Answers, a non-profitorganization in El Cajon that isdedicated to defending theCatholic faith.

“Mexican Catholics havebrought with them a beautifultradition full of love and passion

for Our Lady,” Staples said.“That emotion they feel is some-thing that perhaps Catholics inthe United States find strange,because here Catholic cultureis more cold. But in LatinAmerica it is normal to seethese exciting displays of affec-tion for the Virgin Mary.”

This year the procession willbe on Sunday, December 8,starting at 10 a.m. at the St.Josepth Cathedral, located at1528 4th Ave., and ending atGolden Hall, where at noonBishop Cirilo Flores and BishopGilberto Chavez will celebratea Marian Mass.

The Confederación Guada-lupana de San Diego, with thesupport of the Hispanic Com-mission, is the organization thatcoordinates the celebration.Parish groups and apostolicmovements will carry their

banners in the procession thatwill include floats.

“The celebration of the Vir-gin of Guadalupe is a great dayfor the Hispanic people and toall Catholics in the area of SanDiego,” said Rodrigo Valdivia,chancellor of the Diocese ofSan Diego. “We celebrate notonly the message of love andhope that La Morenita bringsbut also the gift of faith in hisson Jesus that she helps usmaintain and share.

The celebration of the appa-rition of Our Lady of Guadalupegoes back to December 12,1531, when, according to Catho-lic tradition, the Virgin Mary ap-peared before a Mexican Indig-enous man named Juan Diego.The image of La Guadalupanaplayed an important role in theevangelization of indigenouspeoples in the Americas.

Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe: “Abeautiful tradition of Mexican immigrants”

LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO DECEMBER 6, 2013 PAGE 5

What: By serving the His-panic entrepreneurial market-place, Crowdismo is a rela-tively new startup that is tak-ing a fresh approach towardsthe already crowded crowd-funding market.

Why is it important: Newmedia ventures targeting theLatino market are learning thatculture, and not language, is thebinding substance that Hispan-ics have in common. Online andoffline strategies are equallyimportant so as to build en-gagement, particularly if busi-nesses want to be perceivedas community-relevant.

As commented by Forbes’Giovanni Rodriguez back in Sep-tember, Hispanics are begin-ning to understand that startupsfrom a wide range of creativedisciplines -technology, media,arts and design- have massiveimpact on local economies.They can help create jobs. Theycan help create tax revenue.Best of all, they can help cre-ate a new identity for the entireHispanic community.

Or as Vista Hispano saidin February, the power and in-fluence of the U.S. Latino col-lective is undeniable: if theU.S. Hispanic market were anation, it would boast one ofthe largest economies in theworld, with spending power ofUS $1.2 trillion. The realitiesof today’s Hispanic market arethat of opportunity, motivation,aspiration, altruism and hustle.

Crowdismo (https://www.crowdismo.com/) is a Latinocrowdfunding platform found-ed by José Huitrón and JoséGuevarra, aimed at poweringcreativity and innovation withinthe Latino community throughcrowdfunding. Crowdismo is adigital destination and site forindividuals to join a groundswellof people driven by the will tohelp power the prolific.

Here’s how it works:1. Pitch your project to an

online community of earlyadopters and believers.

2. Incentivize backers topledge to your project withunique rewards.

By Berenice RocíoTaboada

Historically, the UnitedStates and Ecuador have main-tained close ties based on mu-tual interests. This past week,the Trade Office of Ecuadorin Los Angeles launched theirinaugural Ecuador-USA Busi-ness Matchmaking event,seeking to attract internationalinvestors and trade contractsbetween the South Americanexporters and American im-porters.

The meeting was held in theHyatt Regency Century Cityand counted with the presenceof the Consul General of Ec-uador in Los Angeles, EddieBedón, the Trade Commis-sioner, Dick Vega and the

Crowdismo, an Hispanic startup targeting Latinocrowdfunding market niche

3. Hit project’s funding goal.The belief is that Crowdismo

will have an enormous impacton the Central Coast, amongother communities with thriv-ing Latino populations. Huitrónbelieves that not only tech com-panies but also the whole His-panic creative economy de-serve funding, and that Crow-dismo could be the way to doit by creating jobs, tax revenue,and even help reshape the iden-tity of the entire Latino com-munities.

Huitron is quite optimisticabout Hispanic philanthropystatistics. According to Ex-perian Simmons data, 47% ofHispanics living in the UnitedStates donated to a charity ornonprofit philanthropic organi-zation in 2011. According to aForbes study released lastyear, 69% of Hispanic surveyrespondents ranked the impor-tance of helping people in needvery highly. So, Crowdismocapitalizes on the philanthropicattitudes and creative energyof the Hispanic community.

Ecuador looking to open new trade opportunites onthe West Coast

movie star Billy Zane.More than 30 companies

from Ecuador representing theFishery, Edible Fruit and Nuts,Snacks and Apparel industriesand over 80 America-basedcompanies participated in theone-day event convened by theTrade Office of Ecuador in LosAngeles.

The main purpose was topromote Ecuadorian exports,attracting —at the same time—foreign investment and tourism.Since the office is settled in theWest Coast, the US expects toimport more crude fuel, sea-food, fruits and live trees andplants and export oil, electricalmachinery, plastic and vehiclesthrough Los Angeles port. Atthe same time Ecuador is im-porting manufactured goods

and exporting raw materialsmostly, these kinds of meetingsseek to facilitate trade con-tracts between Ecuadoreanexporters and American im-porters.

American investors targetedEcuador when, in 2011 and2012, this country became thelargest Latin American importpartner for the Port of LosAngeles and it´s one of thecountries with the fastestgrowing among other Centraland South American countries.

“We are delighted that itcreated a successful show-case for the benefits of astrong working relationship be-tween Ecuador and the UnitedStates, moreover, we are in-credibly pleased participantshad such a successful day con-solidating business that willbenefit trade in both coun-tries”, expressed the TradeCommissioner for Ecuador inLos Angeles, Dick Vega.

For an opportunity to talktrade with commission contactthe Trade Commission for Ec-uador in Los Angeles, at 1-323-557-1036, or email: losangeles@proecuador.gob.ec.The also have a Facebook pagethat can be found by Googlingthe Ecuardor Trade Commis-sion in Los Angeles.

The MiraCosta CollegeBoard of Trustees has votedto adjust its trustee area bound-aries to accommodate NorthCounty’s growing populationand to change from an “atlarge” voting method to anarea-specific system.

The board also adopted the“by-trustee-area” election sys-tem. The seven elected mem-bers of the MiraCosta CollegeBoard of Trustees will eachrepresent and must reside in aspecific area of the college dis-trict and will be elected onlyby the voters residing in thattrustee’s area. The MiraCostaCommunity College Districtcurrently utilizes the “at-large”method to elect board mem-bers, which means trustees areelected by voters in the entiredistrict.

The change of election sys-tem and the revised trustee-area map must be approved bythe Board of Governors of theCalifornia Community Colleges.Following approval, the docu-ments must be submitted to theSan Diego County Registrar ofVoters before April 24, 2014, inorder to be in effect for theNovember 2014 election.

Current board members areJeanne Shannon, Area 1, SolanaBeach and Del Mar; Ron Ruud,Area 2, Encinitas and RanchoSanta Fe; Jacqueline Simon,

Area 3, South Carlsbad andEncinitas; Leon Page, Area 4,Carlsbad; George McNeil, Area5, South Oceanside; DavidBroad, Area 6, NorthwestOceanside and William Fischer,Area 7, Northeast Oceanside.

The MiraCosta College dis-trict includes the communitiesof Oceanside, Carlsbad, Enci-nitas, Cardiff, Olivenhain,Leucadia, Solana Beach, Ran-cho Santa Fe, Del Mar, andparts of Carmel Valley.

College to Redraw Trustee Boundaries, Change Election System

President Barack Obama andFirst Lady Michelle Obama vis-ited the activists the day afterThanksgiving. The presidenttold them “it is not a question ofwhether immigration reformwill pass, but how soon,” ac-cording to a White House state-ment. Vice President Joe Bidenhas also visited the site, as wellas Secretary of AgricultureTom Vilsack, Secretary of La-bor Tom Perez, other top WhiteHouse officials and members ofCongress.

Boehner, however, has yetto visit or respond to thefasters.

This was Medina’s first timefasting for a cause, but she isno stranger to political activ-ism. She has participated inparades and rallies in supportof issues including AIDSawareness, reproductive healthcare, gender equality and im-migration, said her mother,Claudia Martinez, who workswith Planned Parenthood.

“I’m extremely proud of her,not just about her being therephysically, but the dedicationand passion she’s shown,”Martinez said of her daughter.

“When she came back, I sawa different person. She grewup a little bit in that time, and itwas amazing to see her drive,her passion for it, and howmuch pride she took in stand-ing up for others.”

Medina’s grandfather isEliseo Medina, one of the or-ganizers of the Fast for Fami-lies campaign. He is among acore group of fasters – includ-ing Dae Joong Yoon of the Na-tional Korean American Ser-vice and Education Consortiumand Cristian Avila with Mi Fa-milia Vota – who have vowedto go without food until immi-gration reform is passed ordoctors determine their livesare at risk.

He is a longtime labor ac-tivist who participated in thehistoric United Farm Workers’strike in 1965 in Delano, Ca-lif., while a teenager himself.He worked alongside CesarChavez and would serve as theUnited Farm Workers’ nationalvice president and go on towork with the Service Employ-ees International Union (SEIU)for 27 years.

“I’ve seen him take actionfor what he believes in his en-tire life,” Medina said of hergrandfather. “He’s one of myheroes. He’s used his power,his smarts to make a differencein our world, even if it’s slow.It was an honor to be by his

side, to take action as well andto follow in his footsteps.”

Medina’s grandmotherworked with California RuralLegal Assistance and is now ajudge. Her aunt, Elena Medina,is an attorney for SEIU, andaccompanied Medina to Wash-ington. She is still there withthe fasters

“I have had amazing peopleto look to for guidance.They’re some of the best rolemodels in my life,” Medinasaid. “When I realized I hadthe opportunity to actually takeaction and do something, to bea small part of a really bigmovement … I wanted to takea stand and tell people what Ibelieve in.”

The activists have a permitto be on the National Mallthrough Dec. 31. As the yearcomes to a close, the fastersgrow weaker and continue toshed pounds.

What if immigration reformisn’t passed this year?

“It would be really hard tohear that,” Medina said. “Atsame time, my grandfather isnot only stubborn, but very per-sistent, and this will be some-thing he continues to work onno matter what. We’re not go-ing to stop pushing for this.

“We’re still confident.”

Chung Klam is a San Diego-based freelance writer.

ProEcuador Business Matchmaking 2013

Holiday Giving by Don Diego Post and Auxiliary to ourMilitary Families in the Community

Front: Jr. vice Pres. Marcella Smith, Past Dept President, Emma T. Lopez, ConductressMercy Gastelum Back; Members Lorene Diaz, Guard Socorro Willis, Chaplain OliviaJ. Solomon, Honey Hawley, Edna Fugazzi, along with three of our eight VA familiesand photograph member

Linda Vasquez. Submitted byChaplain/ Publicity Chair-

man Olivia J.Solomon

“America’s Next TopModel” Open Casting Callin National City

An open cas t ing ca l lf o r “America’s Next TopModel” will be held at TheBellus Academy in NationalCity, Sunday, December 15th

from 8am-12n.Casting directors are look-

ing for females and males, ages18 to 27.

Applications and eligibilityrequirements and details can befound at: www.sandiego6.com.

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PAGE 6 DECEMBER 6, 2013 LA PRENSA SAN DIEGO

By Mike Aguirre

Stanford pension researchers report that in2009-2010, the annual service retirement ben-efit for miscellaneous San Diego City Employ-ees Retirement System (SDCERS) retireeswas $39,032, notably higher than the 20-sys-tem average ($31,912) and third highest amongthe state’s 20 largest independent pension sys-tems. For safety retirees, the average annualservice retirement benefit was $66,431, againhigher than the 20-system average ($64,851)and eighth highest among those systems.

Increasing pension costs compounded thechallenges posed by a sharp decline in revenues.According to Stanford pension researchers, SanDiego City pension costs increased from 6.5percent of total city expenditures in 1999 to 14.2percent in 2011. In 1999, the city’s annualrequired contribution to SDCERS totaled $229.1million, or an annual average growth rate of 15.3percent. On average, pension costs grew 7.3percent faster than other city expenditures. Thecosts continue to grow to this year’s contributionof $275 million.

For Fiscal Year 2014, the SDCERS ARCwas determined by the SDCERS’ actuarialvaluation to be $275.4 million as of June 30,2012. This is an increase of $44.3 million fromthe Fiscal Year 2013 Adopted Budget, $27.0million of which is due to the effects ofProposition B.

Taxpayers were told there would be sav-ings from the “pensionable pay freeze” negoti-ated in labor contracts in place for the nextfive years that would reduce taxpayer paymentsto the pension.

However, on 8 November 2013 the SDCERSBoard of Administration agreed to lower theassumed rate of return on pension investmentswhich will increase the amount taxpayers willhave to pay into the pension. The pension boardadmitted the lower discount rate will increasetaxpayer contributions to the pension.

SDCERS can continue to raise the amounttaxpayers have to pay into the pension systemby further reductions in the SDCERS discountrate. In fact Stanford University pension ex-perts recommend a “risk free” discount ratebecause it coincides with the risk free paymentobligation governments assume under theirpensions like the one in place in San Diego.The Stanford researchers provided a criticalanalysis of the San Diego City pension:

The financial health of SDCERS declined

steadily from 1997 to 2010, though the de-cline accelerated in recent years. Using theactuarial value of assets, its funded ratiounder the assumed 7.75 percent discountrate fell from 94.2 percent in 1997 to 62.1percent in 2010, the date of its latest actu-arial valuation. Although SDCERS saw ahigh positive return on its investments in2010-2011, the system still has yet to real-ize the full extent of its 2008-2009 losses inthe actuarial value of its assets, and so itsfunded ratio on an actuarial basis will im-prove only marginally as the recent gainsare applied to offset past losses. Based onthe market value of assets, SDCERS has acurrent funded ratio of 67.8 percent.

SDCERS currently fails to meet the 80 per-cent minimum funded ratio requirement, evenat its 7.75 percent investment rate assumption.At this risk-free rate, SDCERS’ funded ratiois 44.4 percent, well below the 80 percentbenchmark.

This is the third time SDCERS has loweredits discount rate since 2008, when it changedfrom 8.0% to 7.75%. The next change was in2011 to 7.50. The SDCERS press release an-nouncing the reduction to 7.25% explained:

“If the two major market downturns ofthe last decade have taught us anything, it’sthat pension plans need to manage risk,”stated Cheiron CEO and principal consult-ing actuary Gene Kalwarski. “Trustees forany plan should decide how much risk, ifany, they are willing and can afford to take.Based on that risk appetite, the appropri-ate funding and investment strategies willemerge. SDCERS has adjusted the ratebased on their risk appetite and appropri-ate funding strategies for the long termhealth of the System.”

Following market trends over the past de-cade, lowering the discount rate has becomemore common among municipal pension sys-tems across the country and within California.According to a 2012 survey by the NationalAssociation of State Retirement Administra-tors (NASRA), many plans have reduced theirinvestment return assumption since 2009. Themedian assumption is 7.8%; however, the num-ber of plans assuming 7.5% or lower has in-creased significantly, according to NASRA.

The annual taxpayer contribution to the pen-sion exceeds the amount the City spends onroads, library, parks and even the fire depart-ment.

By Megan WeinandLATINALISTA

“Today we say, enough is enough! We havebeen denied the most elemental preparation sothey can use us as cannon fodder and pillagethe wealth of our country. They don’t care thatwe have nothing, absolutely nothing, not evena roof over our heads, no land, no work, nohealth care, no food nor education.”

This First Declaration of the LacandonaJungle, published in Chiapas, Mexico by theZapatista (EZLN) anti-neoliberal movement in1993 sparked the “new” Mexican Revolutionof the 20th century, and was in part a responseto the signing of NAFTA by the Mexican gov-ernment.

NAFTA, or the North American Free TradeAgreement was and still is a controversial trade“partnership” between the United States,Canada and Mexico and was quickly followedby the mass exodus of newly further-impover-ished Mexican farmers from the primary farm-ing epicenters of their nation: Chiapas, Guerrero,Oaxaca, Puebla — and into the United States.

In short, NAFTA severely eliminated Mexi-can tariffs on foreign crop prices (among othergoods), rendering small-scale and local Mexi-can farmers unable to compete even within theirown hometowns.

Prices paid to Mexican corn farmers fell 66%overnight and after 3 years of NAFTA’s imple-mentation the percent of rural Mexicans whodid not have enough money for food rose from36% to 50%. With American farming productsstreamlining into the Mexican nation at subsidyand NAFTA-infused prices via the U.S. Con-gress, we had rendered the Mexican farmerjobless overnight and a migrant worker “with-out papers” soon after.

Today however, “enough” may not be enoughfor the Office of the United States Trade Rep-resentative; while a 2010 report by theMonterrey Institute of Technology in Mexicoestimates that 50 million, or close to 46% ofMexicans live in poverty, we may be striving toout-do ourselves.

Our government’s newest and largest ver-sion of NAFTA is a currently proposed tradeagreement known as the Trans-Pacific Part-nership, or TPP. TPP could potentially encom-pass up to 21 countries, many of which alsostruggle with poverty, such as Vietnam, whereover half of the population lives on less than $2a day, and Peru where 35% of the populationlives in poverty.

If you don’t know what TPP is, you are notalone; the entire process to negotiate the treatyhas kept the global public in the dark, and wasonly recently leaked in November on WikiLeaksas the “Secret” TPP Agreement.

It might also be worth noting that the secrecyof the U.S. government surrounding TPP isgreater than any other trade agreement in thepast; even President Bush’s FTAA, discussedbelow, had published the entire text of the docu-ment on a U.S. governmental website.

The secrecy is alarming considering the mag-nitude of the deal; TPP is the largest trade agree-ment in existence since the formation of theWorld Trade Organization in 1995, and encom-passes 40% of world trade among 800 millionpeople.

Revelations of the WikiLeaks confidentialdocument among activists characterized TPPas “NAFTA on steroids,” and was labeled byone journalist as “a Christmas wish-list for majorcorporations…Hollywood, the music industry,big IT companies such as Microsoft and thepharmaceutical sector would all be very happywith this.”

Equally critical of TPP is Doctors WithoutBorders (MSF), which recently sent PresidentObama an open letter to express their “seriousconcern” of the treaty poised to wreck havocon the health of millions worldwide by enforc-ing stricter patent protections that would elimi-nate the generic drugs that are used to savethe lives of millions.

Within their letter MSF writes that “80% ofthe antiretroviral drugs used in developing coun-tries are produced generically in India”. MSFalso cites that the cost of the antiretroviral drugtreatment needed for HIV/AIDS, as well as tu-berculosis, malaria and many other diseases, hasbeen reduced by 99% due to the competitioncreated by generic drug companies and has low-ered the per person cost yearly drug cost to un-der $140 USD for one HIV/AIDS patient.

Our largest international aid organizations, in-cluding PEPFAR, UNITAID, and The Global

Fund for AIDS, all rely on generic drugs tocontinue the life-saving work they performworldwide.

The MSF slogan against TPP asks the U.S.Trade Representative, Stan McCoy to “stoptrading away health”, however it’s proposedlegislation would move far beyond just the realmof international trade.

Only 5 of the 29 chapters of the TPP docu-ment involve trade, whereas the rest of the 24chapters cover other provisions that LorisWallach, a journalist covering TPP, summarizedby saying “there is almost no part of your lifethat TPP couldn’t undermine.”

Wallach characterized the other 24 chaptersof TPP as “either handcuffing our domesticgovernments, limiting food safety, environmen-tal standards, financial regulation, energy andclimate policy, or establishing new powers forcorporations.”

Furthermore, the regulations invoke a “copy-right” portion that would allow a part of SOPA,previously struck down in Congress after pub-lic outrage, to be incorporated into TPP, therebyprompting some activists to label TPP as “theson of SOPA.”

While a full list of TPP ramifications can befound online at ExposeTheTPP.org, a few ofthe ways that TPP proposes to undermine glo-bal health and human rights also include:

Giving pharmaceutical companies the rightto sue national governments that enact policiesthat hurt profits of drug companies, known asexta-judicial “investor state” tribunals, wherethe judges on the “investor-state” tribunals arecorporate attorneys, and give unlimited cashdamages to corporations; these damages arepaid for by the taxpayers.

Expanding pharmaceutical patent protections,thereby eliminating the generic drug competi-tion, (known as “parallel importations”), thatMSF and other global health organizations re-port is necessary to give access to life-savingtreatment

As medical students at Boston University invarying stages in our training, we join healthorganizations like MSF, labor unions such asAFL-CIO, and countless other advocates inasking President Obama and other global lead-ers to reject the deal proposed by TPP.

There is a strong precedent for advocacy thathas been able to stop behind-closed-doorsagreements that support the 1% of our world.The FTAA, or Free Trade Area of the Ameri-cas was proposed again by President Bush in2003 as a mega-expansion of NAFTA among34 countries in the Americas yet failed to passthe last negotiation stages; Latin America’sBolivarian Alliance, or anti-neoliberal politicalclimate and public backlash was able to defeatthe “partnership”.

Then-president of Venezula, Hugo Chavez,had called the FTAA a “tool of imperialism”during the height of negotiations and the legis-lation received public dissent similar to that ris-ing against TPP. Other restrictionary legal actssuch as SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act thatpoised to eliminate internet sharing freedomsby strengthening copyright laws, was also de-feated with public outcry, including a Wikipedia24-hour blackout in 2012.

Past advocacy shows that it is possible tostop these devastating laws that threaten thehealth and livelihoods of millions, but onlythrough a concerted public outcry.

We ask you to step forward and help join usin spreading the word about TPP and its poten-tially devastating effects. Upon signing of theNAFTA treaty in 1993, the Zapatistas acknowl-edged that this was a message from the globalneoliberal community that “they don’t care thatwe have nothing”.

Use any medium and action you can to showthat we are different, that we stand in solidar-ity with health and human rights globally, andthat we deeply care.

The Occupy movement has written that, “ifpeople knew the contents [of TPP], it couldnot pass.”

Let us make sure everyone knows; wecouldn’t stop NAFTA over two decades ago,but that doesn’t mean we will let an even largeragreement pass today.

Enough is enough!

Megan Weinand, a medical student at Bos-ton University School of Medicine, was aFulbright scholar in Mexico for 2012-2013.Weinand wrote this post on behalf of a Glo-bal Health Advocacy student action-groupat Boston University School of Medicine.

By Teo Ballve

Twenty years ago this month, U.S. authori-ties helped bring down Colombian drug lordPablo Escobar, but Washington’s global waron drugs has not let up. In fact, it has becomecostlier, bloodier, more widespread and fu-tile.

Escobar died in a hail of bullets on Dec. 2,1993, fleeing from police on a rooftop in hisnative city of Medellin. It took a 3,000-strongelite force of Colombian police — supportedby U.S. intelligence agencies and $73 millionin aid that year alone — to bring down thedrug baron.

Today, the war on drugs costs U.S. tax-payers more than $51 billion a year. Colom-bia itself has received more than $10 billion inmilitary assistance from Washington sinceEscobar’s death.

But U.S. authorities have almost nothing toshow for it. In fact, a major study publishedby a British medical journal this fall showedthat illegal drugs have actually become cheaperand more potent over the last 20 years.

Like any lucrative industry, the drug tradeexhibits Hydra-like resiliency: Cut off one headand two more sprout in its place.

After Escobar’s demise, for instance,Colombia’s cocaine business fragmented intomicro-cartels controlled by armed militias, giv-ing Mexican cartels a stronger foothold in theglobal supply chain. Although Colombia andPeru are the world’s top producers of cocaine,it’s the Mexican cartels that move the productinto the United States.

And the drug business is expanding geo-graphically — in part, due to the supposed

success of anti-drug efforts. So, business isnot just booming; it’s moving. Analysts call itthe balloon effect: Squeeze the trade in oneplace and it simply bulges up elsewhere.

With Caribbean maritime routes heavily pa-trolled by the Pentagon, the cartels have madeCentral America their main transshipmentpoint. One reflection of the shift is that Hon-duras is now home to the murder capital ofthe world — a title once held by Escobar’shometown of Medellin.

Today’s violence is unprecedented, evenwhen compared to the bloodiest days of theMedellin cartel. Since 2006, drug-related vio-lence has claimed the lives of more than70,000 people in Mexico alone. And the mur-der rate in Guatemala is now higher than itwas during the country’s 36-year civil war,which was a globally recognized genocide.

Desperate for an end to the carnage, LatinAmerican leaders have increasingly clamoredfor a paradigm shift in drug policy. At the U.N.General Assembly in September, for example,they made a collective call for drug control tobe handled internationally as a public healthissue with a focus on human rights and harmreduction.

But Washington has stubbornly defendedthe status quo, which will only ensure that wewill be endlessly battling the Pablo Escobarsof the future.

Teo Ballve lives in Colombia and is a fel-low of the Social Science Research Coun-cil (SSRC). Reprinted from the ProgressiveMedia Project. He can be reached atpmproj@progressive.org. Copyright TeoBallve.

GUEST EDITORIAL:20 Years After Escobar’s Death, the

Drug War Drags On Secretly negotiated trade agreement could be “TPP”ingpoint in creating a future none of us should want

Promises made, promises broken. Pension fundcost continue to rise!

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¡ASK A MEXICAN!By Gustavo Arellano

Dear Mexican: I find myself at oddswith my peers because I don’t likecoffee or coffee drinks. I need to find asubstitute beverage that will be tastyyet somehow hip. I’ve heard thatMexicans have magical chocolatedrinks called atole, champurrado, andchocolate, but I don’t know what is inthem or what they taste like. Do youhave any advice?

Thirsty in OC

Dear Gabacho: You’re a smart gabacho,you know that? Coffee is among mankind’smost overrated drinks, and has created anation of babosos who think it’s perfectlyfine to hacer cola at Starbucks everymorning to buy some overpricedchingadera. Mexicans, on the other hand,line up for far-more-flavorful-and-healthyhot drinks every morning. Atole is a gruelmade of masa and usually piloncillo(unrefined brown sugar) and cinnamon;Mexis have imbibed it since the Aztecs werestuck in caves in Aztlán. Champurrado isatole mixed with chocolate; chocolate (or,in gaba speak, “Mexican hot chocolate)is—you got it!—hot chocolate, except thesweet stuff is of the bitter, better varietyinstead of some Nestlé heresy. These drinksare sold year-round at panaderias, but mostMexican restaurants in American barriosstart whipping up batches come December,when the cold comes in and a steamingcup of any of the three will take you throughthe day. Christmastime also brings aseasonal specialty: ponche. Every family hastheir own ponche recipe; ours includesguayabas, orange, pineapple, apples,cherries, cinnamon, grapes, cloves,piloncillo, tejocotes, and whatever else mytías throw in. And, after the kiddies havetheir fill, un piquito de tequila, of course!

It’s literally just hotfruit punch, but youknow us Mexicans:we take the menialand turn it into thecelestial.

I was shoppingat a swap meet onetime, and I sawthat a little 12-year-old girl was tryingto dress her fresh-from-the-border uncleinto some black shades, big ol’ baggypants, and a Fubu jersey. My actualquestion is: Why do border brotherswho cannot speak any English at all liketo shave their heads and dress like acholo? Because, as luck would have it,that uncle was standing in front of me inline and his gross, pimply newly shavedhead with fat rolls in back of his headwas staring at me.

More of an Affliction Guy

Dear Gabacho: I tengo que take issuewith your generalization of our borderbrothers—if they all dressed like cholos,then Stetson would’ve been out of businesslong ago. But if they do dress like cholos,it’s just the usual tale of immigrants sheddingthe traditions of their mother country anddressing to mimic what’s around them. Putthem in fancy neighborhoods, they’ll dress inBrooks Brothers; put them out in the fields,it’s all about jeans and long-sleeved shirts toguard against the sun and pesticides. Andput them in gang-infested neighborhoods,and it’s no surprise they’ll dress like cholos.Fashion no es rocket science, cabrón.

Ask the Mexican at themexican@ askamexican.net,be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter@gustavoarellano or ask him a video question atyoutube.com/askamexicano!

the driving enterprise of New Mexico tribes,with casinos dotting Native American landsfrom Mescalero in the south to San Juan in thenorth.

In the 21st century, casinos are both culturalsignposts and economic mainstays of the LandEnchantment. In 1996, the New Mexico StateLegislature even decided to address the crisisin higher education affordability by creating astate lottery scholarship for eligible universitystudents. The New Mexico Lottery reportedthat purchasers spent $1.91 billion on lotteryticket sales between fiscal years 1996 and 2011.

The spread of legal gambling even continuedduring the Great Recession. According to theNavajo Nation Gaming Enterprise (NNEG), thetribe opened three New Mexico casinos fromNovember 2008 to January 2012. Located nearGallup, Fire Rock Navajo Casino alone boastslive roulette, bingo, 9 table games, and 917 slotmachines. Overall, 1,500 people, mostly Nava-jos, are employed by the NNEG, the agencysaid in a recent press release.

Additionally, New Mexico counts 55 smallcasinos licensed to veterans’ and fraternal or-ganizations like the VFW and Moose Lodge,95 licensed bingo and raffle operators and fiveracetrack/casinos, according to the NewMexico Gaming Control Board’s 2012 annualreport.

Although legal gambling is now prevalent, il-legal forms of the activity persist.

In November 2013, state and ValenciaCounty law enforcement cracked down on anillegal horse track operating seven miles westof Los Lunas south of Albuquerque, arrestinga couple on felony charges of commercial gam-bling. Valencia County Sheriff Louis Burkhardsaid his office had been working on the casefor a “number of years.”

The events attracted “a whole lot of trafficfrom around the state and even out of state,”Burkhard told FNS. “People travel the circuits.We’re still working on the inner-workings ofthe organization.” Similar horse tracks have alsobeen detected around Bernalillo County, Grantsand Roswell, the country sheriff said.

Earlier, in September 2013, federal prosecu-tor Douglas Gardner was quoted by the El PasoTimes saying that the 2010 million-dollar Futu-rity Race at New Mexico’s Ruidoso Downswas likely fixed by members of Mexico’s no-torious Zetas drug cartel.

The winning horse, “Mr.Piloto,” was seizedby the U.S. government as part of a massive,Zetas-linked money laundering investigation inthe horse racing industry and later sold off withmore than 400 other confiscated quarter-horsesfor nearly $12 million, according to the US At-torney Office for the Western District of Texas.

Back in Las Cruces, the Cricket Cooglerstory has largely faded from public discussion

but it lives on as a defining moment for a NewMexico town, a political watershed in state poli-tics and an enduring example of impunity.

In light of recent public corruption scandalsin El Paso, Sunland Park and many other placesin New Mexico, the Coogler episode stands asan important frame of reference to gauge howfar the region has progressed or regressed inmeeting standards of good government, honestlaw enforcement and equal access to justice.

In 1949, the political and social atmospherein New Mexico favored “heady” individuals im-bued with an almost unlimited sense of power,Moore said. “I think vestiges of that resoundtoday-in every state,” she said.

Likewise, the Coogler case exists as one his-torical yardstick to measure how New Mexicodeals with violence against women, and metesout justice when the victim and victimizer(s)do not share equal status in the halls of power.

Was Cricket killed because she knew toomuch about powerful men and criminal activi-ties? Did a violent “date” abuse and kill her?Was she raped and murdered in a vicious at-tack? Was she even murdered?

Gerald Smith, whose discovery of Coogler’sremains and subsequent exposure to grand juryproceedings as a young man helped inspire himto choose the legal profession for a career,speculated that Coogler was in company of “bigshot politicos,” probably including HappyApodaca, when she made a drunken leap froma moving car, a behavior she was said to havepreviously engaged in to escape the clutchesof some men, and then died from the fall. Hop-ing to avoid embarrassment, Cricket’s erstwhilecompanions dumped Cricket’s body in thedesert, Smith hypothesized.

The late Peter Sandman held that evidenceunearthed by his father indicated that Cooglerwas picked up by a man after the bars closedearly on March 31, 1949, driven out-of-town,raped and brutally killed near Mesquite.

A tireless researcher, Moore encounteredtrouble compiling all the necessary backgroundinformation on a nagging mystery. The crimi-nal file, she said, simply vanished from the DonaAna County Courthouse. According to the LasCruces author, other papers related Coogler’sdeath were reportedly stolen from her mother’shome after the older woman died in 1994.

From the very beginning of Cricket Coogler’sdisappearance, the truth was clouded by dif-ferent levels of law enforcement, Moore said.

Will historical justice ever emerge in theCoogler case? “I hope there is someone, some-where who left a letter in a wall or something,”Moore pondered. “You know, these miraculousthings do happen. Someday there might actu-ally be a solution to it, but it’s doubtful aftermany years…”

For eternity’s sake, Happy Apodaca, CricketCoogler and Roy Sandman are buried in closeproximity to one another in Las Cruces’ Ma-sonic Cemetery.

Frontera NorteSur: on-line, U.S.-Mexicoborder news Center for Latin American andBorder Studies New Mexico State Univer-sity Las Cruces, New Mexico

para venir a Estados Unidos y se quedaron avivir a la brava. Podrán solicitar la residencialegal.

Demasiados ejemplos como para salir conla chorrada de que “no se puede”.

Querer o No QuererPor si le falla la memoria, habría que

recordarle a Obama que el Ejecutivo tiene lassiguientes facultades: otorgar una “accióndiferida” (deferred action). Eso ya lo hizocon los “dreamers”; lo puede extender, porejemplo, a sus padres, y en última instancia atodos los menores de edad, tengan o notengan los requisitos de estudios oreclutamiento militar.

Puede ordenar una “libertad bajo palabraen el lugar”, (parole-in-place), que es dehecho lo que ya hizo con los haitianosdespués del terremoto que devastó la isla y loque está haciendo con los familiares de losmilitares. Eso lo hizo también Bill Clinton conlos cubanos del Mariel.

También puede hacer una “acción paradiferir la partida (Deferred Action Departure-DED), que es comúnmente conocida comoTPS (Temporary Protected Status), seguidade un DED. Esa es una acción para losinmigrantes de países en estado de conflictoarmado, desastres naturales y otrascondiciones “inseguras”. (¡Con eso se

quedaban por acá la mayoría de losmexicanos!). Bush se la dio a lossalvadoreños, y Obama mismo se la concedióa los ciudadanos de Liberia afectados por laguerra civil. Primero se les protege de ladeportación, y cuando las condiciones en elpaís cambian y ya no hay guerra o ya sereconstruyó y hay trabajos y demás, se anulay se puede conceder el DED, que quieredecir que no se les obliga a salir de EstadosUnidos.

La cosa pues, no es que “no se puede”,sino que simplemente “no se quiere”. Obamaestá en la rayita de los dos millones dedeportados según él, para convencer a losRepublicanos de que voten por la “reformamigratoria”. Para su desgracia, lossusodichos le han pintado un violín.

Las acciones presidenciales serían como laproverbial arma de doble filo. Seríareconocer la derrota de una estrategia, elhecho de que le quiso lamer las botas a losRepublicanos y que ni siquiera lo pelaron,pero podría también ser usado para“castigarlos” por tercos y anti-inmigrantes.

Pero ni una ni la otra. Ni fú ni fá.Será por eso que el 53 de los entrevistados

de la última encuesta de la CNN dicen que“Obama no es honesto ni confiable”.

La presión pública ahorita no debe sercontra John Boehner, líder de la mayoríaRepublican; debe ser contra el “olvidadizo”de Obama.

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A proposal that would enable community col-leges to offer baccalaureate degrees in selectedmajors with high workforce demands has beenendorsed by the leaders of the nine communitycolleges in San Diego and Imperial counties.

Twenty-two other states already offer bac-calaureate degrees at their community colleges,and the proposal is gaining momentum in Cali-fornia.

On December 2, the chief executive officersof the San Diego and Imperial Counties Com-munity Colleges Association (SDICCCA) votedunanimously to endorse the concept. SDICCCAmembers include all of the region’s communitycolleges and community college districts.

“Our local community colleges excel at pre-paring students to enter the workforce in careertechnical fields such as nursing and allied health,”

said Dr. Melinda Nish, president of the San Di-ego and Imperial Counties Community CollegesAssociation and superintendent/president ofSouthwestern College. “This proposal wouldenable community colleges to grant four-yeardegrees in similar fields. It’s time for Californiato join this national movement and address ourlocal workforce and student needs.”

SDICCCA members are writing individualletters of endorsement to California Commu-nity Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris, who con-vened the Baccalaureate Degree Study Groupthis year.

The proposal would require state legislation.State Senator Marty Block has already said heplans to introduce new legislation early in 2014,and State Senator Joel Anderson has indicatedhe would co-author the bill.

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Referente a YULISA MIA TORRESMACIAS Fecha de nacimiento 28/06/2009 Menor de edadA: HÉCTOR VEGAPor la presente queda usted notificadoque debe comparecer ante el TribunalSuperior del Estado de California,Condado de San D iego , en e lDepartamento Uno del TRIBUNAL SU-PERIOR DE CALIFORNIA, CONDADODE SAN DIEGO. División Central, Tribu-nal de Menores, 2851 Meadow Lark, SanDiego, Condado de San Diego, CA 92123EL DÍA 13 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2013, ALAS 9:00 DE LA MAÑANA, para mostrarcausa, si la tuviera, de por qué no habríaque declarar la liberación de la custodiay el control parental de la menor YULISAMIA TORRES MACIAS (*para elpropósito de la colocación para adopción)tal y como pide la solicitud.Usted queda notificado que si uno de lospadres o ambos están presentes a lahora y en el lugar arriba indicados, eljuez leerá la solicitud y, si se le pide,podrá explicar el efecto que surtirá laaprobación de tal solicitud y, si se lepide, el juez explicará cualquier términoo af i rmación al l í contenido y lan a t u r a l e z a d e l p r o c e s o , s u sprocedimientos y posibles consecuen-cias y podrá dar continuación al asuntodurante no más de 30 días para permitirel nombramiento de abogados o para daral abogado tiempo para prepararse.Es posible que el tribunal nombre a unabogado para representar a la menorpueda o no la menor asumir el costo deun abogado. Si comparece uno de lospadres y no tiene condiciones de pagara un abogado, el tribunal nombrará a unabogado para que represente a cada pa-dre que comparezca al menos que serenuncie con conocimiento e inteli-gentemente a tal representación.Si usted desea buscar el consejo de unabogado referente a este asunto, deberáhacerlo pronto para que se entregue al tri-bunal su declaración, si la tuviera, atiempo.Fecha: OCTUBRE 25, 2013por K CHHAY, Delegado,Secretario del Tribunal SuperiorPublished: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6/ 2013La Prensa San Diego

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CASE NUMBER: DN 176292NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:AVISO AL DEMANDADO:JOSE SANTANA BELTRANYou are being sued.Lo están demandando.PETITIONER'S NAME IS:NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE:CONCHITA CATAMORAYou have 30 calendar days after thisSummons and Petition are served onyou to file a Response (form FL-120 orFL-123) at the court and have a copyserved on the petitioner. A letter or phonecall will not protect you.If you do not file your Response on time,the court may make orders affecting yourmarriege or domestic partnership, yourproperty, and custody of your children.You may be ordered to pay support andattorney fees and costs. If you cannotpay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a feewaiver form.If you want legal advice, contact a law-yer immediately. You can get informationabout finding lawyers at the CaliforniaCourts Onl ine Sel f -Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at theCalifornia Legal Services Web site(wwww.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by con-tacting your local county bar association.Usted tiene 30 DÍAS CORRIDOSdespués de haber recibido la entrega le-gal de esta Citación y Petición parapresentar una Respuesta (Formulario FL-120 o FL- 123) ante la corte y efectuar laen t rega l ega l de una cop ia a ldemandante. Una carta o una llamadatelefónica no basta para protegerlo.Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo,la corte puede dar órdenes que afectensu matrimonio o pareja de hecho, susbienes y la custodia de sus hijos.Lacorte también le puede ordenar quepague manutención, y honorarios ycostos legales. Si no puede pagar lacuota de presentación, pida al secretarioun formulario de exención de cuotas.Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal,póngase en contacto de inmediato conun abogado. Puede obtener informaciónpara encontrar a un abogado en el Centrode Ayuda de las Cortes de California(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web delos Servicios Legales de California(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndoseen contacto con el colegio de abogadosde su condado.NOTICE: The restraining orders on page2 are effective against both spouses ordomestic partner until the petition is dis-missed, a judgment is entered, or thecourt makes further orders. This order isenforceable anywhere in California byany law enforcement office who has re-ceived or seen a copy of them.AVISO: Las ordenes de restricción quefiguran en la página 2 valen para amboscónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta quese despida la petición, se emita un falloo la corte de otras órdenes. Cualquierautoridad de la ley que haya recibido ovisto una copia de estas órdenes puedehacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar deCalifornia.NOTE: If a judment or support order isentered, the court may order you to payall or part of the fees and costs that thecourt waived for yourself or for the otherparty. If this happens, the party orderedto pay fees shall be given notice and anopportunity to request a hearing to setaside the order to pay waived court fees.AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden demanutención, la corte puede ordenar queusted pague parte de, o todas las cuotasy costos de la corte previamente exentasa petición de usted o de la otra parte. Siesto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagarestas cuotas debe recibir aviso y laoportunidad de solicitar una audienciapara anular la orden de pagar las cuotasexentas.1. The name and address of the court is:El nombre y dirección de la corte son:SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 325 SOUTHMELROSE, VISTA, CA 92081.2. The name, address, and telephonenumber of petitioner's attorney, or the pe-titioner without an attorney, are:(El nombre, dirección y número deteléfono del abogado del demandante, odel demandante si no tiene abogado,son): CONCHITA CATAMORA C/ODIANNE JONES, 25587 Corte ColinaMurrieta, CA 92563, ( 760) 685- 2648Date (Fecha): SEP 25, 2013!Clerk, (Actuario) by K. Hankin, DeputyPublished: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 /2013La Prensa San Diego

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CASE NUMBER: DS 50633NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:AVISO AL DEMANDADO:JENNY VALADEZYou are being sued.Lo están demandando.PETITIONER'S NAME IS:NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE:JAIME VALADEZYou have 30 calendar days after thisSummons and Petition are served onyou to file a Response (form FL-120 orFL-123) at the court and have a copyserved on the petitioner. A letter or phonecall will not protect you.If you do not file your Response on time,the court may make orders affecting yourmarriege or domestic partnership, yourproperty, and custody of your children.You may be ordered to pay support andattorney fees and costs. If you cannotpay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a feewaiver form.If you want legal advice, contact a law-yer immediately. You can get informationabout finding lawyers at the CaliforniaCourts Onl ine Sel f -Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at theCalifornia Legal Services Web site(wwww.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by con-tacting your local county bar association.Usted tiene 30 DÍAS CORRIDOSdespués de haber recibido la entrega le-gal de esta Citación y Petición parapresentar una Respuesta (Formulario FL-120 o FL- 123) ante la corte y efectuar laen t rega l ega l de una cop ia a ldemandante. Una carta o una llamadatelefónica no basta para protegerlo.Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo,la corte puede dar órdenes que afectensu matrimonio o pareja de hecho, susbienes y la custodia de sus hijos.Lacorte también le puede ordenar quepague manutención, y honorarios ycostos legales. Si no puede pagar lacuota de presentación, pida al secretarioun formulario de exención de cuotas.Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal,póngase en contacto de inmediato conun abogado. Puede obtener informaciónpara encontrar a un abogado en el Centrode Ayuda de las Cortes de California(www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio Web delos Servicios Legales de California(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndoseen contacto con el colegio de abogadosde su condado.NOTICE: The restraining orders on page2 are effective against both spouses ordomestic partner until the petition is dis-missed, a judgment is entered, or thecourt makes further orders. This order isenforceable anywhere in California byany law enforcement office who has re-ceived or seen a copy of them.AVISO: Las ordenes de restricción quefiguran en la página 2 valen para amboscónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta quese despida la petición, se emita un falloo la corte de otras órdenes. Cualquierautoridad de la ley que haya recibido ovisto una copia de estas órdenes puedehacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar deCalifornia.NOTE: If a judment or support order isentered, the court may order you to payall or part of the fees and costs that thecourt waived for yourself or for the otherparty. If this happens, the party orderedto pay fees shall be given notice and anopportunity to request a hearing to setaside the order to pay waived court fees.AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden demanutención, la corte puede ordenar queusted pague parte de, o todas las cuotasy costos de la corte previamente exentasa petición de usted o de la otra parte. Siesto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagarestas cuotas debe recibir aviso y laoportunidad de solicitar una audienciapara anular la orden de pagar las cuotasexentas.1. The name and address of the court is:El nombre y dirección de la corte son:SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, 500 THIRDAVENUE, CHULA VISTA, CA 91910.2. The name, address, and telephonenumber of petitioner's attorney, or the pe-titioner without an attorney, are:(El nombre, dirección y número deteléfono del abogado del demandante, odel demandante si no tiene abogado,son): YUNUEN B. MORA, ESQ. SBN27293033H. Street, Suite 6090 ChulaVista, CA 91910, ( 619) 691- 8008Date (Fecha): APR 19, 2013Clerk, (Actuario) by A. ROMERO, DeputyPublished: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 /2013La Prensa San Diego

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Fictitious Business Name: BURRITOSSANTANA MEXICAN FOOD 815 N.Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA, County of SanDiego, 92084.The Fictitious Business Name referred toabove was filed in San Diego County on:06-14-2012, and assigned File No. 2012-016540Is Abandoned by The Following Regis-trant: JCP MEXICAN RESTAURANTLLC, 815 N. Santa Fe Avenue, Vista, CA92084.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Julio PosadaThis Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 13, 2013Assigned File No.: 2013-031972Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

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Tijuana 2013A New Foundation for

Border Toreo

By Mark Schwarz

In April, Casa Toreros, the rising star of Mexican taurine manage-ment groups, scooped up the tattered remains of the moribund PlazaMonumental de Playas, pledging to restore the vitality and vibrancy theworld’s 3rd largest plaza had enjoyed for nearly 30 years after its open-ing in June of 1960. Dedicated to “returning integrity to the spectacle”and involving local tourism, marketing, and promotional professionalsfor a more comprehensive diffusion of the art—the group promised 6corridas featuring some of Mexico’s top new stars as well as the ap-pearance of one of the greatest toreros in history, Julian Lopez, “ElJuli.” Mission accomplished.

Though the auspicious opening day cartel of “Zotoluco”, “El Juli” andthe resurgent “El Payo” was derailed by “Juli’s” inopportune cornadain the Spring fair of Sevilla, the six corridas were delivered as promised,including the appearance of “El Juli” in the last corrida of the year, onNovember 2. Innovative marketing techniques—a savvy and fascinat-ing promotion of the August 11 “confrontation” between Arturo Macias,“El Cejas” and Tijuana favorite son Alejandro Amaya was particularlyingenuous—figured greatly in beginning to re-establish “los toros” inTijuana as a place to be, once again; an important cultural event pre-sented with as much integrity and seriousness of purpose as can beexpected anywhere in Mexico.

In the six corridas a total of 15 matadors appeared, with three, AlfredoRios, “El Conde”, Octavio Garcia, “El Payo”, and Alejandro Amaya,making two appearances each, and one, Aguasclaientes’ happy war-rior, Arturo Macias, “El Cejas” appearing three times. Along with theanxiously awaited appearance of “Juli”, the temporada featured theTijuana despedida of the genial iconoclast “El Pana”, the nostalgic—and brief—reappearance of one time pretender “Mayito”-and the pre-scient pre-Madrid warm-up of Joselito Adame—now consideredMexico’s odds on favorite to achieve international stardom. Some quibblescould be entertained about the inclusion of “El Conde” or “El Chihua-hua”, Ignacio Garibay, “Mayito” or the Spaniard Sergio Aguilar, insteadof Arturo Saldivar or Sergio Flores—who, along with Adame, DiegoSilveti, Juan Pablo Sanchez, and Adame, form the upper echelon of themost promising new wave of Mexican toreros since the Martinez/Cavazos generation of the 60s, or, toreros such as Mario Aguilar, FabianBarba, Antonio Romero or Juan Luis Silis, all lesser known, but mostcertainly with more upside and future. Inevitable differences of opinionaside, each corrida featured some solid toreo and/or legitimate crowdappeal, principal ingredients in resurrecting a taurine scene that hadbeen seeing its life flash before its collective eyes for several lamen-table “seasons”.

The bovine side of the ledger, however, was representative of thesingle greatest threat to Mexico’s renewed interest in things taurine: theappalling lack of casta and general lack of presence of all but a fewindividuals of the animals officially classified as “brave” bulls.

Casa Toreros is not liable for the paucity of materia prima—it is adisaster long in the making, the legacy of that self-same 60s generation.But, only one encierro—set of 6 bulls—from the Bailleres ranch ofSan Miguel de Mimiahuapam in the 2nd corrida of the season—wasuniformly well presented; that is of sufficient size, apparent age andmorphological seriousness that are the hallmarks of the breed. Aficio-nados of long standing rarely agree on criteria for anything, but mostwould agree that without a bull that simultaneously inspires fear, re-spect and empathy, the unique artistic, emotional and cultural founda-tions of the art fall apart.

“How many people would pay to see us swing our capes at the air”the great Spanish master, Santiago Martin “El Viti” has said—withoutthe bull, we are nothing.” Taurine Mexico is just now beginning to cometo terms with the damage being inflicted on the spectacle by what criticHoracio Reiba has masterfully described as the “Mexican Post-Toro”.If the Fiesta in Mexico—indeed, in the world—is to survive, el torobravo, which is to say, a mature, magnificent and mortally dangerousanimal, must be at its heart. The general malaise notwithstanding, therewere a couple of inspiring exceptions to the almost anesthetized obedi-ence of the majority of the animals run this season, those being “Ilusion”of Mimiahuapam, faced by Adame on May 26, and “Cielo Rojo” ofMonte Caldera—which set of bulls engaged in notably violent clasheswith the picadors—mostly wasted by “El Chihuahua” on July 14. Al-though “Zotoluco” pardoned the life of “Borreguero” of La Estanciaon opening day, and Juli and Macias cut 4 ears from their bulls of theXajay/Marron ranches in the final corrida, those animals were examplesof that uniquely post 80’s Mexican toro which—in the words of formerAguascalientes empresario Alfonso Perez-Romo, “Looks like a torobravo on the outside, but inside is a sheep”—charging almost as if byobligation rather than by raza—that almost greedy desire to attack thatcharacterizes a truly brave animal. That solution, however, is breedinggenerations in the future and will depend, largely, on the willingness ofthe current crop of young toreros to risk their lives and limbs facingtoros in age, size and behavior.

Mil Gracias, however, must be given to Casa Toreros, whose dedica-tion to the fiesta is, apparently, to be taken at face value. Though theycould not have helped but lose money in their maiden year, they havecertainly laid the foundations that could support a re-emergence of bor-der toreo that few would have predicted a few years ago.

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CASE NUMBER: DN 176700NOTICE TO RESPONDENT:AVISO AL DEMANDADO:JORGE LUIS MONTEJO ALONZOYou are being sued.Lo están demandando.PETITIONER'S NAME IS:NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE:MARISOL GARCIA PEREZYou have 30 calendar days after thisSummons and Petition are served onyou to file a Response (form FL-120 orFL-123) at the court and have a copyserved on the petitioner. A letter or phonecall will not protect you.If you do not file your Response on time,the court may make orders affecting yourmarriage, your property and custody ofyour children. You may be ordered to paysupport and attorney fees and costs. Ifyou cannot pay the filing fee, ask theclerk for a fee waiver form.If you want legal advice, contact a law-yer immediately. You can get informationabout finding lawyers at the CaliforniaCourts Online Self-Help Center (www.court.ca.gov/self help), at the CaliforniaLegal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting yourlocal county bar association.Tiene 30 días corridos después dehaber recibido la entrega legal de estaCitación y Petición para presentar unaRespuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123)ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legalde una copia al demandante. Una cartao llamada telefónica no basta paraprotegerlo.Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo,la corte puede dar órdenes que afectensu matrimonio o pareja de hecho, susbienes y la custodia de sus hijos. Lacorte también le puede ordenar quepague manutención, y honorarios ycostos legales. Si no puede pagar lacuota de presentación, pida al secretarioun formulario de exención de cuotas.Si desea obtener asesoramiento legal,póngase en contacto de inmediato conun abogado. Puede obtener informaciónpara encontrar a un abogado en el Centrode Ayuda de las Cortes de California(www.sucorte. ca.gov), en el sitio Web delos Servicios Legales de California(www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) o poniéndoseen contacto con el colegio de abogadosde su condado.NOTICE: The restraining orders on page2 are effective against both spouses ordomestic partners until the petition is dis-missed, a judgment is entered, or thecourt makes further orders. These ordersare enforceable anywhere in California byany law enforcement office who has re-ceived or seen a copy of them.AVISO: Las órdenes de restricción quefiguran en la página 2 valen para amboscónyuges o pareja de hecho hasta quese despida la petición, se emita un falloo la corte dé otras órdenes. Cualquierautoridad de la ley que haya recibido ovisto una copia de estas órdenes puedehacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar deCalifornia.NOTE: If a judgment or support order isentered, the court may order you to payall or part of the fees and costs that thecourt waived for yourself or for the otherparty. If this happens, the party orderedto pay fees shall be given notice and anopportunity to request a hearing to setaside the order to pay waived court fees.AVISO: Si se emite un fallo u orden demanutención, la corte puede ordenar queusted pague parte de, o todas las cuotasy costos de la corte previamente exentasa petición de usted o de la otra parte. Siesto ocurre, la parte ordenada a pagarestas cuotas debe recibir aviso y laoportunidad de solicitar una audienciapara anular la orden de pagar las cuotasexentas.1. The name and address of the court is:El nombre y dirección de la corte son:Superior Court of California, County ofSan Diego, 325 S. MELROSE DRIVE,VISTA, CA 92081.2. The name, address, and telephonenumber of petitioner's attorney, or the pe-titioner without an attorney, are:(El nombre, dirección y número deteléfono del abogado del demandante, odel demandante si no tiene abogado,son): MARISOL GARCIA PEREZ, 421 ElRancho Lane, Escondido, CA 92027(760) 532-8861.Date (Fecha): OCT 30, 2013Clerk, (Actuario)by L. MARTIN DeputyPublished: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

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TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: JAZSMINE K BROWN filed apetition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:JAZSMINE KAY BROWN toGODDESSZAHRA SELFIATHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why the

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego willreceive bids for work at the Public Works Department, PublicWorks Contracting Group, 1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1400,San Diego, California, where bids are to be submitted prior totime specified. Plans and specifications can be obtained fromThe City of San Diego’s website: http://www.sandiego.gov/bids-contracts. A pre-bid meeting and/or pre-bid visit to the work sitewill be held, if indicated, at the time and place specified in thecontract documents. Prospective bidders are encouraged to at-tend these sessions.It is the policy of the City of San Diego to encourage equalopportunity in its construction, consultant, material and supplycontracts. Bids/proposals from small businesses, minority-owned, disabled, veteran-owned businesses, women-ownedbusinesses and local firms are strongly encouraged. Contrac-tors are encouraged to subcontract and/or participate in jointventures with these firms. The City is committed to equal op-portunity and will not discriminate with regard to race, religion,color, ancestry, age, gender, disability, medical condition or placeof birth and will not do business with any firm that discriminateson any basis.Contractors interested in bidding on projects must be pre-quali-fied. Please contact DAVE STUCKY of the City’s Pre-Qualifi-cation Program at (619) 533-3474 or dstucky@sandiego.gov toobtain an application.Sign language or oral interpreting services are available at pre-bid meetings and bid openings with a 5 business day notice tothe Contracting Division at (619) 533-3450.

1. HILLERY DRIVE IMPROVEMENTSBid No. K-14-5962-DBB-3. WBS No. S-11064.MANDATORY Pre-Bid Date: December 19, 2013 @ 10:00a.m. Pre-Bid Location: Conference Room, 14th Floor, 1010Second Avenue, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101. BidOpening Date: January 14, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m. ConstructionEstimate: $1,428,000. License Requirement: A.PREVAILING WAGE RATES: STATE and FEDERAL.THE CITY’S SUBCONTRACTING PARTICIPATIONREQIREMENTS FOR SLBE PROGRAM.THIS IS A TRANSNET FUNDED CONTRACT THROUGHTHE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Diego willreceive bids for work at the Public Works Department, PublicWorks Contracting Group, 1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1400,San Diego, California, where bids are to be submitted prior totime specified. Plans and specifications can be obtained fromThe City of San Diego’s website: http://www.sandiego.gov/bids-contracts. A pre-bid meeting and/or pre-bid visit to the work sitewill be held, if indicated, at the time and place specified in thecontract documents. Prospective bidders are encouraged toattend these sessions.It is the policy of the City of San Diego to encourage equalopportunity in its construction, consultant, material and supplycontracts. Bids/proposals from small businesses, minority-owned, disabled, veteran-owned businesses, women-ownedbusinesses and local firms are strongly encouraged. Contrac-tors are encouraged to subcontract and/or participate in jointventures with these firms. The City is committed to equal op-portunity and will not discriminate with regard to race, religion,color, ancestry, age, gender, disability, medical condition orplace of birth and will not do business with any firm that dis-criminates on any basis.Contractors interested in bidding on projects must be pre-quali-fied. Please contact DAVE STUCKY of the City’s Pre-Qualifi-cation Program at (619) 533-3474 or dstucky@sandiego.gov toobtain an application.Sign language or oral interpreting services are available at pre-bid meetings and bid openings with a 5 business day notice tothe Contracting Division at (619) 533-3450.

1. SEWER PIPELINE REHABILITATION W-1Bid No. K-14-5964-DBB-3-A. WBS No. B-13014.MANDATORY Pre-Bid Date: December 11, 2013 @ 10:00a.m. Pre-Bid Location: Conference Room, 14th Floor, 1010Second Avenue, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101. BidOpening Date: January 9, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m. ConstructionEstimate: $2,653,000. License Requirement: A.PREVAILING WAGE RATES: STATE.FEDERAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CONTRACTING RE-QUIREMENTS.THIS IS A CWSRF FUNDED CONTRACT THROUGH THEENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

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Fictitious Business Name: LAM MAINTE-NANCE & PAINT 340 5th Ave. Apt. F,Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego,91910.This Business is Conducted By:An Indi-vidual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Alicia Guevara, 3405th Ave. Apt. F, Chula Vista, CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Alicia Guevara.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 12, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031842Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: FRIDA’S HAIRSALON 684 Broadway, Chula Vista, CA,County of San Diego, 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: 8/12/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Rafael Zermeno, 684Broadway, Chula Vista, CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Regist rant : RafaelZermeno.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 12, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031855Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: STUDIO XPRESS 1660 Broadway Suite 12, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 92154.This Business is Conducted By: A Gen-eral Partnership.The First Day of Business Was: Oct/11/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredb y t h e F o l l o w i n g : # 1 R o s a u r aLopez,1450 Green Bay # 102, San Diego,CA 92154. #2 Juan Manuel Lopez, 1612Planicie Way, San Diego, CA 92154. #3Rosario Castillo, 1612 Planicie Way, SanDiego,CA 92154.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: RosauraLopez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County OCT 15, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-029433Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: MARIBELCLEANING 1638 Falling Star Dr., ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 91915.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: 10/28/13.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Maribel Lara, 1638Falling Star Dr., Chula Vista, CA 91915.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Maribel Lara.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County OCT 28, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-030605Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: ECO-K9 SOLU-TIONS 1517 Laurel Grove Dr #3, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 91915.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Caralee Thomsen,1517 Laurel Grove Dr #3, Chula Vista,CA 91915.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Regist rant: CaraleeThomsen.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 08, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031715Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: AGM CON-CRETE SOLUTIONS 1033 PlazaCapote, Chula Vista, CA, County of SanDiego, 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Albert Mason, 1033Plaza Capote, Chula Vista, CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Albert Mason.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 12, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031805Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: JB INTERNA-TIONAL GROUP 2880 Casey St. Unit A,San Diego, CA, County of San Diego,92139.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Jose Barba, 2880Casey St. Unit A, San Diego, CA 92139.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Jose Barba.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 01, 2013.The filing of this statement does not of

itself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031097Published: Nov 15, 22, 29 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: BURRITOSSANTANA MEXICAN FOOD 5330 ElCajon Blvd., San Diego, CA, County ofSan Diego, 92115.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was:10/23/2003.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Pedro Santana, 5330El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA 92115.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Pedro Santana.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 13, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032016Published: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: a.INFINITYSTAFFING SOLUTIONS b.INFINITYSERVICES c. INFINITY PERSONNELd. INFINITY PERSONAL e. INFINITYSECURITY f. INFINITY BUILDING SER-VICES 2334 Dragonfly St., Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91915.Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 211286 ChulaVista, CA 91914This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:11/14/2001.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Francisco J. Perez,2334 Dragonfly St., Chula Vista, CA91915.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Francisco J.Perez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 18, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032370Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: BOCADITOSDEL CIELO 1090 Camino Calabazo,Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego,91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:11/6/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Priscilla Coronado,1090 Camino Calabazo, Chula Vista, CA91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Regist rant: PriscillaCoronado.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 06, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031442Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: CASASONORAS MEXICAN FOOD 5413 Red-wood St. , San Diego , CA, County ofSan Diego, 92105.This Business is Conducted By: H.Co-Partners. The First Day of Business Was:11/14/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: 1# Rigoberto Figueroa3459 National Ave., San Diego, CA92113. 2# Jesus Herrera, 3635 S.Barcelona St. #4, Spring Valley, CA91977.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: RigobertoFigueroa.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 14, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032166Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: GALLEGOSMOBILE MECHANIC 787 Madison Ave.Apt. C, Chula Vista, CA, County of SanDiego, 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Raymundo Gallegos,787 Madison Ave. Apt. C, Chula Vista,CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: RaymundoGallegos.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 18, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032409Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: MR. STONE740 Georgia St. Apt c, Imperial Beach,CA, County of San Diego, 91932.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Daniel Martinez, 740Georgia St. Apt c, Imperial Beach, CA91932.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Daniel Martinez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County OCT 25, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-030537Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: MONTESSORIBOUTIQUE 1301 Long View Dr, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 91915.This Business is Conducted By: A Gen-eral Partnership. The First Day of Busi-ness Was: 01/01/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: #1 Patricia LopezQuispe, 1301 Long View Dr, Chula Vista,CA 91915 #2 Norma Chang, 2008Geyserville St., Chula Vista, CA 91913.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Norma Chang.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 19, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032488Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: DULCERIACOTY 2877 Imperial Avenida, San Di-ego, CA, County of San Diego, 92102.Mailing Address: 1198 Elm Avenida,Chula Vista, CA 91911This Business is Conducted By: A Mar-ried Couple. The First Day of BusinessWas: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: #1 Flora Navarrete,1198 Elm Avenida, Chula Vista, CA91911 #2 Marco A. Navarrete, 1198 ElmAvenida, Chula Vista, CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Flora Navarrete.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 19, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032486Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: EASY CLEAN-ING 890 Jefferson Ave., Chula Vista,CA, County of San Diego, 91911.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:11/15/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Cesar R. Amador, 890Jefferson Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Cesar R.Amador.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 15, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032256Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: ALLIANTTRANSLATIONS 746 Eastshore Ter-race # 106, Chula Vista, CA, County ofSan Diego, 91913.This Business is Conducted By: A Gen-eral Partnership. The First Day of Busi-ness Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: #1 Leo L. Marchena,746 Eastshore Terrace # 106, ChulaVista, CA 91913. #2 Alejandro FedericoReyes Varela, 6006 Rancho Mission Road#280, San Diego , CA 92108.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Regist rant : Leo L.Marchena.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 19, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032586Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: MIKES II TRUCK-ING 8905 Airway Rd, San Diego, CA,County of San Diego, 92154.Mailing Address: 2455 Otay Center Dr.118-432, San Diego, CA 92154.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:6/25/2003.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Miguel A. Dominguez,8905 Airway Rd, San Diego, CA 92154.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Miguel A.Dominguez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 19, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032572Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: SRP KUSTOMGARAGE 2528 Main St. Suite A, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 91911.Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 1465, Bonita,CA 91908.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:11/10/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following Steve Peevler, 2528Main St. Suite A, Chula Vista, CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Steve Peevler.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 19, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032582Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: TULL’S CLEAN-ING SERVICES 4125 Sorrento ValleyBlvd., San Diego, CA, County of San Di-ego, 92121.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:10/22/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Ruth N. Tull, 3709 JillLane, La Mesa, CA 91941.

I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Ruth N. Tull.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 12, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031796Published: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: OTAY DRAFT-ING 256 Zenith St., Chula Vista , CA,County of San Diego, 91911.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:11/8/2013.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Eliseo R. Jimenez,256 Zenith St., Chula Vista , CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Eliseo R.Jimenez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 08, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031769Published: Nov 27 Dec 6, 13, 20 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: PAPAS ANDBEER STORE 4552 Marlborough Dr,San Diego, CA, County of San Diego,92116.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:10/11/2005.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Ari Ampudia, 4552Marlborough Dr, San Diego, CA 92116.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Ari Ampudia.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 25, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032962Published: Nov 27 Dec 6, 13, 20 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: BIG-ABE APPLI-ANCE, HUAL, 8887 Hammond Dr., SanDiego,CA , County of San Diego, 92123.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:01/28/2008.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Fol lowing: Enyinnaya C.McJobujah, 8887 Hammond Dr., San Di-ego, CA 92123.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Enyinnaya C.McJobujah.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 25, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032988Published: Nov 27 Dec 6, 13, 20 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: CT & J BELLERESELL STORE, 414 Krista Ct., ChulaVista,CA , County of San Diego, 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual. The First Day of Business Was:N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Paula Vargas, 414Krista Ct., Chula Vista,CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Paula Vargas.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 12 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031833Published: Nov 27 Dec 6, 13, 20 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: DOOR-MAN, 910Hoover Ave., National City, CA, Countyof San Diego, 91950This Business is Conducted By: A Cor-poration. The First Day of Business Was:3/1/83.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Ketch & Curry INC.,910 Hoover Ave., National City,CA 91950.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.S ignature o f Regis t rant: JohnnyTaitingfong.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County NOV 25 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033040Published: Nov 27 Dec 6, 13, 20 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: PHO4 QUEEN159 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd, SanMarcos, CA, County of San Diego, 92078This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Lana Pham, 586Dundee Lane, San Marcos, CA 92069.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Lana Pham.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, NOV 25, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033063Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: ER TECHCARE726 Jefferson Ave Apt A, Chula VistaCA, County of San Diego, 91910.This Business is Conducted By: A Gen-eral Partnership.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00074867-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: MARIA J. CHAVEZ, LEONARDW. SLEWA, ELISSA W. SLEWA filed apetition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:MARIA JOSE CHAVEZ MARTINEZ toMARY C. BRIKHO; LEONARD WALAASLEWA to LEONARD W. BRIKHO;ELISSA WALAA SLEWA to ELISSA W.BRIKHOTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC-27-2013. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:C-52. The address of the court is Supe-rior Court of California, County of San Di-ego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 12, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 15, 22, 27 Dec 6 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00069818-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: MICHELLE RAMIREZ-MORENO filed a petition with this courtfor a decree changing names as follows:MICHELLE RAMIREZ-MORENO toMICHELLE MORENOTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC-27-2013. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:52. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910

CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME

Date: NOV 13, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00075434-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: JOSE JAIME JR. CASTRORIOS filed a petition with this court for adecree changing names as follows:JOSE JAIME JR. CASTRO RIOS toJOSE JAIME RIOS CASTROTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN-03-2013. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:52. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 14, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00073815-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: DENISE CASTAÑEDA filed apetition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:DENISE CASTAÑEDA to CORDELIADENISE RODARTETHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC-20-2013. Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.:C-52. The address of the court is Supe-rior Court of California, County of San Di-ego, 220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: OCT 28, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-75075-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: ROMUALDO CASTRO filed apetition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:ROMUALDO CASTRO to ALDOCASTROTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN-03-2013. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:46. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910.Date: NOV 15, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00075471-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: MARISA LOLANA COLLINSfiled a petition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows:MARISA LOLANA COLLINS toMARISA LOLANA MARAVILLATHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC-27-2013. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:46. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 14, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013La Prensa San Diego

The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: #1 Ernesto F. Romero,726 Jefferson Ave Apt A, Chula Vista CA91910. #2 Gisella A. Garay Motta, 726Jefferson Ave Apt A, Chula Vista CA91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Ernesto F.Romero.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, NOV 22, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-032897Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: H.O.P.E. INC3225 Olive Street, Lemon Grove, CA,County of San Diego, 91945.This Business is Conducted By: A Cor-poration.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Healthy OpportunitiesProgressive Education, 3225 OliveStreet, Lemon Grove, CA 91945.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Arturo CamachoJr.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, NOV 26, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033140Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: CC MARKETINGFIRM 2191 Main St. # 227, San Diego,CA, County of San Diego, 92113.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: 10/01/13.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Nancy I Cervantes,11389 Zapata Ave. # 108, San Diego, CA92126.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Nancy I.Cervantes.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 02, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033537Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: ORDINEURCOMPUTER SERVICES 2471 Main St.Suite 1, Chula Vista, CA, County of SanDiego, 91910.Mailing Address: 591 Telegraph CanyonRd # 101, Chula Vista, CA 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Eleazar Cuba, 410Westby St. Chula Vista, CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.S ignature of Regis t rant: EleazarCuba.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 03, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033605Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: ORDINEURCOMPUTER SERVICES 2170 CoronadoAve. San Diego, CA, County of San Di-ego, 92154.Mailing Address: 591 Telegraph CanyonRd # 101, Chula Vista, CA 91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Eleazar Cuba, 410Westby St. Chula Vista, CA 91911.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.S ignature of Regis t rant: EleazarCuba.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 03, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033608Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: HUGO AVILASERVICES 1323 Mill Valley Rd, ChulaVista, CA, County of San Diego, 91913.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: 12/03/13.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Hugo Avila, 1323 MillValley Rd.Chula Vista, CA 91913.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Hugo Avila.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 03, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033648Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: INDUSTRIALGLOBAL ELECTRIC 10145 Via de laAmistad # 10, San Diego, CA, County ofSan Diego, 92154.Mailing Address: 2498 Roll Dr. # 645,San Diego, CA 92154.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Victoria MarianelaGomez Navarro, 1103 Los Indios Ct.,Chula Vista, CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.S ignature of Regis t rant: VictoriaMarianela Gomez Navarro.

CHANGE OF NAME

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00074695-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: PALWASHA BARYALAI fileda petition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows:PALWASHA BARYALAI to PAULABARYALAITHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: DEC-27-2013. Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.:52. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 08, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Nov 22, 27 Dec 6, 13 /2013

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00076895-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: ESTEBAN LORANA VELESfiled a petition with this court for a decreechanging names as follows:ESTEBAN LORANA VELES toESTEBAN LORANATHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: 1-10-2014. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.: 46,Judge Schall. The address of the courtis Superior Court of California, County ofSan Diego, 220 West Broadway, San Di-ego, CA 92101.A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 22, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00077428-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: DYANNA LEIGH FRYE filed apetition with this court for a decree chang-ing names as follows:DYANNA LEIGH FRYE to DYANNALEIGH RODRIGUEZTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN-10-2014. Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.:52. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101.A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 26, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 /2013La Prensa San Diego

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

CASE NUMBER:37-2013-00077434-CU-PT-CTL

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:Petitioner: SUZANA JURAS,BLANCAJURAS on behalf of minor child DAVORJURAS filed a petition with this court fora decree changing names as follows:DAVOR NIKICA JURAS-KREMER toDAVOR NIKICAJURAS; BLANCAVICENZA JURAS-KREMER to BLANCAVICENZA JURAS; SUZANA MIRJANAJURAS to SUZANAH MIRJANAH JURASTHE COURT ORDERS that all personsinterested in this matter shall appear be-fore this court at the hearing indicatedbelow to show cause, if any, why the pe-tition for change of name should not begranted. Any person objecting to thename changes descr ibed abovemust file a written objection that in-cludes the reasons for the objection atleast two court days before the matter isscheduled to be heard and must appearat the hearing to show cause why thepetition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the courtmay grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARINGDate: JAN-10-2014. Time: 9:30 a.m. Dept.:52. The address of the court is SuperiorCourt of California, County of San Diego,220 West Broadway, San Diego, CA92101.A Copy of this Order to Show Causeshall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petition inthe following newspaper of general cir-culation printed in this county La PrensaSan Diego, 651 Third Avenue, Suite C,Chula Vista, CA 91910Date: NOV 26, 2013ROBERT J. TRENTACOSTAJudge of the Superior CourtPublished: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 /2013La Prensa San Diego

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This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, NOV 12, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-031881Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: AKA DOGGIES1263 SilverHawk Way, Chula Vista, CA,County of San Diego, 91915.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Angel Castillo, 1263SilverHawk Way, Chula Vista, CA 91915.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Angel Castillo.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, NOV 26, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033098Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: LA JALAPEÑAGOURMET 4411 Berwick Dr, San Diego,CA, County of San Diego, 92117.This Business is Conducted By: A Lim-ited Liability Company.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Following: Empire Kustoms LLC,4411 Berwick Dr, San Diego, CA 92117.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Jose deJesus Flores.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 03, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033583Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

Fictitious Business Name: FUTURISTICNEW INNOVATIONS 365 H Street Unit C,Chula Vista, CA, County of San Diego,91910.This Business is Conducted By: An In-dividual.The First Day of Business Was: N/A.This Business Is Hereby Registeredby the Fo l l ow ing : Juan Car losRodriguez, 365 H Street Unit C, ChulaVista, CA 91910.I declare that all information in this state-ment is true and correct.Signature of Registrant: Juan CarlosRodriguez.This Statement Was Filed With ErnestJ. Dronenburg, Jr. Recorder/County Clerkof San Diego County, DEC 03, 2013.The filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state ofFictitious Business Name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state,or common law.Assigned File No.: 2013-033565Published: Dec 6, 13, 20, 27 / 2013La Prensa San Diego

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FAMILY FEATURES

Nothing says home for the holidays like the smell of treats baking in the oven anda crowded kitchen filled with loved ones. Whether making decades-old familyfavorites or starting new holiday baking traditions, you can create homemadeholiday goodies in a (ginger) snap.

“The holidays are a time when families are in the kitchen at record rates to bake cookies,build gingerbread houses and create a wide variety of sweet treats,” says Nancy Siler, vice president of consumer affairs at Wilton. “The good news is, even if you only have 30 minutes to spare during this hectic time, you can make amazing desserts for gatheringsor gifting.”

Try these easy treat ideas from Wilton to spread holiday cheer:

� Holiday Helpers: Invite family and friends for a cookie decorating day to helpprepare gifts for upcoming events. You provide the Sparkling Sugars and Sprinkles,Peppermint Twisted Sticks and red and green icing ... everyone else provides thecreativity.

� Miracle on Your Street: Crunched for time with a party to attend? Pick up ready-to-eat cookies and artfully dip them in red and green Candy Melts candy for an elegantupgrade. No one has to know how simple it was to create a customized dessert.

� Instant Snowman: Coat peanut butter sandwich cookies in white Candy Melts candyto create instant snowmen. Decorate with hats, scarves and, of course, carrot noses.

� It’s a Wrap: Turn your homemade treats into gourmet gifts. Stock up on holiday-themed gift bags and boxes, colorful tissue paper, ribbons and tags to transformmade-from-the-heart goodies into extra special gifts.

For more holiday ideas and inspiration, visit www.wilton.com.

Festive Peppermint TwistsDark Cocoa, Light Cocoa, Green or

White Candy Melts CandyPeppermint Twisted Sticks CandyAssorted Holiday Sprinkles, including

Holiday Nonpareils, Confetti andJimmies, Red and Green ColoredSugars

Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.In Disposable Dipping Container or bowl,separately melt Candy Melts candy inmicrowave following package instructions.

Dip peppermint sticks into melted candy;tap stick lightly to smooth surface. Immedi -ately add sprinkles. Set on prepared cookiesheet; chill until set, 5 to 10 minutes.

Cheery Cereal Tree Treats Makes about 12 treats

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine

4 cups mini marshmallowsJuniper or Leaf Green Icing

Color6 cups crisp rice cereal

White Cookie IcingJumbo Rainbow Nonpareils,

Sprinkles or Sugars, as desired

Prepare 3D Silicone Tree Mold and siliconespatula or wooden spoon with vegetablepan spray.

In large saucepan, melt butter. Add marsh -mallows; cook and stir until melted. Tintwith icing color. Remove from heat andadd cereal; mix well. Press into preparedmold. When cool to touch, remove frommold. (If mixture becomes hard to workwith, microwave at 50 percent power for 30 to 60 seconds to soften.)

Heat Cookie Icing following label direc -tions. Squeeze snow and garlands on trees;add sprinkles and sugars as desired. Let dry.

Christmas Candy Swirl CookiesMakes about 2 dozen cookies.

2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon salt1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1-1/2 cups granulated sugar1 egg

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon almond extract

(optional)Red and Green Sparkle Gel

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray EasyDecorate Swirl Cookie Pan with vegetablepan spray.

In small bowl, combine flour and salt. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar withelectric mixer at medium speed until wellblended. Beat in egg and extracts; mix well.Add flour mixture; beat until well blended.Press dough into pan cavities, filling 2/3 full.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light brownaround edges. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turnpan over; lightly tap pan to remove cookies.Cool cookies completely.

Decorate cooled cookies with Sparkle Gel.Let set, at least 30 minutes.

Festive Peppermint Twists, Cheery Cereal Tree Treats, Gingerbread House, Jolly Santa’s Treat Cookies and Christmas Candy Swirl Cookies

Jolly Santa’s Treat CookiesMakes about 3 dozen cookies

2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

1-1/2 cups granulated sugar1 egg

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Red, Green and White Cookie IcingRed and Dark Green Colored SugarsWhite Sparkling or Pearlized SugarWhite Sugar Pearls

Preheat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder

and salt. In large bowl, beat butter and sugar withelectric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg andextracts; mix well. Add flour mixture, 1 cup at atime, mixing after each addition. Do not chilldough. Divide dough into 2 balls.

On floured surface, roll each ball into a circleapproximately 12 inches diameter and 1/8 inchthick. Dip Cookie Hugger or “Ho-Ho” Wordcookie cutters in flour before each use.

Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet 8 to 11 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.Cool cookies completely.

Outline and fill-in cooled cookies with CookieIcing. For “Ho-Ho” cookies, sprinkle with sugars;let set until icing is completely dry. For snowflakecookie, add white Cookie Icing detail to driedcookie; attach Sugar Pearls with dots of icing.

Sweet Snowmen CookiesWhite, Red, Green, Black and Orange Candy Melts

CandyPeanut butter sandwich cookiesHoliday Confetti, Holiday and Snowflake Mix

SprinklesCinnamon DropsBlack Sugar PearlsSilver Pearlized Sugar

Melt white Candy Melts candy following package instruc -tions. Place cookies on cooling grid positioned overparchment-lined cookie sheet. Spoon melted candy over topsurface of cookie; chill 5 to 10 minutes or until set. Turncookies over, candy side down, on cooling grid. Com pletelycover cookies with melted candy; chill 5 to 10 min utes oruntil set. Repeat, if needed, to completely cover cookie.

To decorate snowmen, melt Candy Melts candy follow ingpackage instructions as needed. Using red, green and whitecandy in candy or disposable decorating bag, pipe hats, earmuff band and scarves, adding colored sugar trim to candybefore it sets. For ball cap, cut a Candy Melt candy waferin half; attach with melted candy. Attach sprinkles forbuttons, ear muffs and decorative accents using dots ofmelted candy. Using melted black candy and decoratingbag, pipe facial features. Using melted orange candy anddecorating bag, pipe nose.

Fast and FestiveChristmas Cookies

Green, Red, White, Lightand Dark Cocoa CandyMelts Candy

Assorted purchased ready-to-eat cookies

Holiday Confetti,Nonpareils, Holly Mix,Colored Sugars andSprinkles

In Disposable DippingContainer or bowl, melt CandyMelts candy separately follow -ing package instructions.Partially or completely dipcookies in melted candy. Placecookies on cooling grid posi -tioned over parchment-linedcookie sheet. If desired, sprinklewith sugars and sprinkles. Chill5 to 10 minutes or until set.

Additional decorating ideas: � Drizzle with melted candy

in a contrasting color. Chill3 to 5 minutes or until set.

� Attach sprinkles with dotsof melted candy. Chill 3 to 5 minutes or until set.

� Pipe melted candy bowsand other decorations.

Merry MarshmallowSticks

White, Red, Green andDark Cocoa Candy Meltscandy

Large MarshmallowsHoliday Confetti,

Nonpareils and ColoredSugars

In Disposable DippingContainer or bowl, melt CandyMelts candy separately follow -ing package instructions. Dipmarshmallows in melted candyand place on cooling gridpositioned over parchment-linedcookie sheet. If desired, sprinklewith sugars and sprinkles. Chill5 to 10 minutes or until set.

Using candy decorating bagor disposable decorating bag,drizzle melted candy or pipeoutlines, if desired; immediatelysprinkle with sugars ornonpareils. Attach confetti with dots of melted candy. Chill 2 to 3 minutes or until set.

With point of sharp knife,carefully cut through candy on the marshmallow where stick will be inserted. Insertthree marshmallows onto each Colored Lollipop Stick,securing with melted candy. Merry Marshmallow Sticks and Fast and Festive Christmas Cookies

Jolly Santa’s Treat Cookies

Sweet Snowmen Cookies

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