La Prensa San Diego

Celebrating 15 Years of Educating, Feeding, and Housing Children of Baja

Raised eight years in an orphanage in Baja California, Mexico, [Hilda Pacheco-Taylor] never forgot her roots. Born in Ensenada, Pacheco-Taylor grew up in Puerta de Fe (Door of Faith), an orphanage in La Mision, a small town between Tijuana and Ensenada. The Corazon de Vida Foundation has grown from supporting one orphanage, Puerta de Fe (Door of Faith) to currently funding 14 different orphanages throughout Baja California. Its mission is to end the cycle of child homelessness. Each of the ho...

Stefania Fernandez, Miss Venezuela 2008, de La Organización Miss Venezuela, Coronada a Miss Universo 2009: Belleza Venezolana Conquista El Universo

"Soñé toda mi vida que una venezolana coronara a otra venezolana y aquí está", exclamó Osmel Sousa, Presidente de la Organización Miss Venezuela, una empresa de la Organización Cisneros. La nueva deidad mundial fue coronada por Dayana Mendoza, Mss Universo 2008, quien había traído a Venezuela su quinta corona de belleza después de doce años desde el último triunfo en 1996 alcanzado por Alicia Machado, eventos que, como el de Nassau, enorgullecen a la Organización Miss Venezuela, Venevision, y...

Military Finds Biggest Meth Lab in Baja History/Militares Mexicanos Encontraron El Más Grande Laboratorio Clandestino En Baja California

Además había varios tambos de 5 galones en los que se encontraban rocas blancas del deshecho de la producción de cristal, lo cual también es comercializado como droga - de ínfima calidad - con el nombre "cola de caballo". "Otras drogas son más lentas, hay que sembrar, cultivar, secar, pero las drogas sintéticas son de producción masiva todo el año y tienen mayor demanda", explicó el capitán, quien omitió su nombre y ocultó su rostro tras una máscara de neopreno. "Pero aquí en los terrenos rur...

Robos Pequeños

Hace cuatro años Vicente Fox pactó la Alianza para la Seguridad y la Prosperidad en América del Norte, ASPAN, el 22 de marzo de 2005, y a partir de ahí se concedió a las autoridades aeronáuticas el derecho de violar la ley. Desde entonces es "obligatorio presentar una identificación oficial al momento de documentarse y posteriormente al momento de abordar el avión". El texto viene de la página Web de Aviacsa, pero la regla es general. Dice un trabajador de American Airlines que "Sí necesitas ...

Las Mujeres Y Su Participación

La baja participación de la mujer no sólo es un problema en México, es un problema mundial. Un dato interesante es que en la historia hemos tenido a 62 mujeres al frente de su nación en 47 países. Hoy tenemos 193 países reconocidos en el mundo y hay sólo 17 mujeres que los dirigen: Presidenta (Pres.) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina), Primer Ministra (Primer M.) Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh), Pres. Michelle Bachelet Jeria (Chile), Primer M. Jadranka Kosor (Croacia), Pres. Tarja Halonen ...

Mary Poppins and Indiana Jones in Mexico Bronco

It could have been a suspenseful scene from any old action flick. Gathered in Chihuahua City this past week for the inauguration of the International Film Festival, a star-studded crowd of movie producers, actors and politicians listened to an orchestra pound out themes from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Actors dressed like Charlie Chaplin, Darth Vader, E. T., Mary Poppins, and other cultural icons made cameos at the red-carpeted gala in the downtown of Chihuahua state's capital city, as the "...

Entrevista: Enérgica Protesta Contra Irregularidades En El Cecutec de Tecate

La carta de referencia a la letra dice: Por medio de la presente carta hacemos pública nuestra inconformidad e indignación ante los recientes despidos efectuados por parte de la dirección del Centro Cultural Tecate a cargo de Ana María Peñalosa. Es una pena que maestros reconocidos en la región, cuya labory vocación docente les respalda, sean despedidos de manera tan arbitraria por quien no ha hecho más que demostrar incompetencia en el desempeño de su cargo al no contar con un proyecto de tr...

Dan Fuerte 'Abrazo' a San Ysidro/a Big 'Abrazo' for San Ysidro

Ahí fue cuando decidió lanzarse como candidata para la mesa directiva del Distrito Escolar de San Ysidro, y la comunidad la apoyó, pues había demostrado que podía con el paquete luego de una década en la mesa directiva de la Escuela Católica Monte Carmelo. Salió victoriosa y, por los últimos 15 años, ha sido reelecta al puesto, desde donde lucha por mejorar la educación de todos los niños de San Ysidro. "La señora [Dolores Adame] siempre fue muy luchadora", dice [Yolanda Hern]ández, quien tam...

Women's History Is Alive and On Parade!

"Part of our mission statement is to 'educate present and future generations' and this event fulfills that mission very well. It's an opportunity to invite the community to examine our past and hopefully, learn from it. The third decade of this century in America is rich with stories about women's contributions to our society as well as the impact which museums themselves made during the Great Depression. Women such as Francis Perkins, becoming the first female cabinet member under FDR and le...

A 180-Degree Shift

"At the [Obama] administration, we all believe that everybody has the right to live in a clean, healthy environment and a prosperous economy," says [Nancy Sutley], Head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). "We can't afford to ignore communities, whether it's things that are threatening their health or threatening their wallet." "The science and law are going to guide us, really going to guide us to a place where we're doing a better job of protecting people's health," sa...

Una Saludable E Informada Participación

El conocimiento de los proyectos de salud cobra una importancia aún mayor en este momento, porque se han diseminado rumores sin fundamento sobre las iniciativas de ley. Es crucial que dispongamos de información verídica que nos permita entender plenamente sus efectos y las alternativas. Los planes actuales no están escritos en piedra y aún es posible moldear el resultado final. Los hispanos tenemos más riesgos de contraer enfermedades crónicas como la diabetes. En nuestras familias existe ade...

City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture Announces Public Workshops On Funding Programs

CCSD workshops will be held on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 PM, in City Council District 6 at the Mssion Valley Library, 2123 Fenton Parkway, San Diego, CA 92108 and on Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 PM in City Council District 4 at the Valencia Park/Malcolm X Library, 5148 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92114. FY11 Applications and Guidelines will be distributed at the workshops or may be downloaded from the Commission's website after August 26, 2009 for OSP and after Sep...

Finney Elementary's Ric Ramirez Guides Park View Little League On and Off Field

There's ahumorous side to the televised games. Following a game in which a Park View player's favorite food was shown as "chorizo burritos," [Ric Ramirez]'s wife received a call from a friend whose child was begging them to "go to Costco and buy some chorizo and make me chorizo burritos." Among his biggest thrills during his first days in Williamsport, Ramirez recalls talking to the coaches from the Mexico team and later realizing he had watched them play in last year's finals. "It was like a...

Opportunity Expo for Military Veterans and Military Spouses Coming to San Diego On September 3

The Opportunity Expo will be the 47th of 68 such events scheduled for 2009. An all-star team of veteran-friendly organizations will conduct one-on-one interviews with the job seekers-organizations that will include corporate employers, law-enforcement agencies and other government employers, franchisors, educational institutions, veterans service agencies, and veterans associations.

Mexico Decriminalizes Minimal Drug Possession

Unfortunately, with the decriminalization of "personal use" quantities of marijuana, cocaine, meth, and heroin, south of the border cities such as Tijuana, Ensenada, and Rosarito will become destinations of unbridled drug use for anyone looking to get "high." "Spring break" may be redefined. Young people already go south of the border to cut loose, party all night, and for 18 year old youths - to legally drink alcohol beyond any reasonable constraint. Now you add the ability to legally take d...

Bad Samaritans at the Border?

On Aug. 11, Walt Staton of No More Deaths, an Arizona-based humanitarian organization, was sentenced to 300 hours of community service for "knowingly littering." I regularly get hate mail that suggests government policy should be "shoot to kill all illegal aliens," and I am sure that some bloggers are complaining that Staton should have received a harsher sentence for "treason," as one wrote. I don't believe most Americans think that way. And I refuse to believe that most Americans want peopl...

In Recognition of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

We must never take for granted the privilege of casting a vote. Whether it be for national or state office, a ballot measure or proposition, it is always important to remember that for women it was not only a struggle to gain that right, but at times a hard fought conflict. Many of the wives, sisters and daughters in the suffrage movement were ridiculed, and rebuked for the very thought that they should want an equal say. Others who marched or carried out silent protests were rewarded with ha...

On Women's Equality Day...Are We There Yet?

Women today not only have the right to vote, but we've made significant advances in the world of work, in education, in business, and in many other arenas. Still, Women's Equality Day 2009 offers the chance for a temperature check. Are we there yet? How close have we come to full equality? And what steps can we take now to come closer? We must also address workplace policy that ignores women's dual responsibilities - work and family. Consider this: The U.S. is one of only four countries in th...

El Mes de La Hispanidad

El sacerdote de origen mexicano, Luis Ángel Nieto, quien forma parte de la coalición de Derechos Humanos del Sur de California, criticó el año pasado al presidente Bush por proclamar el mes de la hispanidad como una forma de homenajear a la comunidad hispana por su contribución al crecimiento y a la riqueza de este país. Expresó el clérigo Nieto: "Me parece de un cinismo inaudito proclamar un mes de la hispanidad mientras se sigue sin atender el reclamo de 12 millones de indocumentados". Y añ...

¡Ask a Mexican!

What is it with Mexicans and shoes? Or is it Mexicans and shoe stores? Is it a Mexican-national thing only or are Mexican-Americans enamorados con zapatos y zapaterías, también? Here's a story: my sis-in-law had a baby shower for her first baby and her cousin-in-law, a Mexican national from Tijuana, gave her and her bebe SHOES-stiff, shiny, leather (plastic?) SHOES-even though the little guy was a good 8-10 months away from starting to walk. What's going on here? Dear Gabacha: Those Mexicans ...