Escondido — "Customized: Art inspired by Hot Rods, Low Riders, and American Car Culture," which opens to the public on Sunday, February 11, 2001 at the Museum, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, examines the artists who have defined the imagery and attitude of American car culture as well as the contemporary artists who have drawn upon hot rod and low rider culture for inspiration. The thirteen artists included in the exhibition use a variety of mediums; including painting, installation, sculpture, poster art, photography, and drawing to interpret America's love affair with the automobile.
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Joe "Kiki" Ortega Taking on All Comers
in District 8 Council Race!
By: D.L. Muñoz Sr.
The candidates for the vacant District 8 City Council seat
are awake and eager to engage in political combat to see who among
them will win the voters support. This week La Prensa's Political
Chargé de Affaires des politicos engaged Joe
Ortega in a ranging discussion on why he wanted to be a City Councilman.
Energy and Crisis — The Golden State of
Contradiction
By Richard Rodriguez
Weeks of Stage Three alerts and rolling blackouts have made
Californians gloomy. A recent Field Poll found by a 49-to-43-percent
margin, Californians admit to being pessimistic about the direction
of the state.
Visita de Juan Hernández, Coordinador
de la Presidencia Para la Atención a
Migrantes, al Cónsulado General de México en San
Diego
Señor Hernández, ¿cuál es el objetivo
de su visita por California?
JH -Muy buena pregunta, eh... tenemos una oficina creada por
el Presidente Fox que se llama Oficina Presidencial Para Mexicanos
en el Extranjero. Es histórico, en cuanto a que Vicente
Fox le ha querido dar un énfasis desde la campaña
a los mexicanos que están fuera de las fronteras.
Noticias de México...
Analizan tarifas eléctricas
TIJUANA, B.C. — Las tarifas eléctricas de Mexicali
se analizan a fondo junto con los subsidios que otorga la Comisión
Federal de Electricidad a nivel nacional, de aproximádamenze
40 mil millones de pesos anuales. "Eso es muy caro, y tarde
o temprano se tendrá que acabar", dijo el presidente
Vicente Fox durante una reunión con directores de medios
de comunicación de Baja California.
Elias Rojas Announces Candidacy For 8th
City Council Race
Elias Rojas officially announced his candidacy for the
eighth city council race. Rojas join eleven other candidates trying
to succeed former Councilmember Juan Vargas.
Market Creek Plaza Architect Named "Young
Architect of the Year"
A visionary architect who translated the cultural heritage
of an urban community into an innovative commercial mixed-use
and cultural center has been honored as the first recipient of
San Diego's Young Architect of the Year Award.
Programa Juvenil Intensifica
Por Alberto R. Melchor
El Programa de Abogantes Juveniles, dedicado a prevenir el
abuso de alcohol, tabaco y otras drogas, está a punto de
comenzar su segunda fase. Abogantes Juveniles seguirán
conduciendo evaluaciones de tiendas donde se venden bebidas alcohólicas.
Cambios en la Ley de Inmigración
El 15 de diciembre del 2000, el Congreso estadounidense
aprobó una nueva ley de inmigración que ayudará
a ciertos miembros de la comunidad inmigrante. Titulada el
Legal Immigration and Family Equity (LIFE) Act, esta legislación
representa el arreglo entre los republicanos y los demócratas
en el asunto de inmigración por este año.
Owner of Border Insurance Services Arrested for
Insurance Fraud
Investigators with the California Department of Insurance
(CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch arrested a local insurance
agent last week for selling bogus insurance policies.
Indian Earthquake Tragedy Demonstrates Need for
Global Disaster Prevention
Mentality
Palo Alto, CA — Relief organizations and governments
from all over the world are responding to the second major earthquake
crisis in two weeks. In the tragedies that have recently affected
India and El Salvador, more than 25,000 lives have been lost,
and damage can be expected to run as high as billions of dollars.
While response to these disasters should be the current focus,
now is also the best time to plan for future disasters, say GeoHazards
International (GHI) earthquake experts, who have helped cities
find low cost ways to prevent wide spread devastation currently
being experienced in India and El Salvador.
Sorprende la Causa Principal de Muerte en California
En las mujeres, las latinas son las más afectadas
En un reciente estudio del Departamento de Servicios de Salud
de California, se preguntó a los californianos cuáles
eran, a su entender, los problemas de salud más serios
a los que se enfrentaban los habitantes de ese estado. Casi un
60% mencionó el SIDA y un 15% el cáncer, pero de
hecho, ninguna de esas dos enfermedades es la principal amenaza
para la salud de los californianos.
La Sobrepoblación y el Futuro de la Producción
de Alimentos
La explosión demográfica experimentada en
todo el mundo a lo largo del siglo 20 y el aumento de población
que se proyecta para el siglo 21 requieren un estudio a fondo
para lograr un balance entre la urbanización y la producción
de alimentos.
New Food 4 Less in Southeast San Diego
Food 4 Less opened its newest price-impact, warehouse-format
supermarket at 312 Euclid Avenue on Wednesday, January 31 at 8
a.m. in Southeast San Diego. The 59,000 square foot store is the
first business to open in the new Market Creek Plaza, an innovative
mixed-use development project located at the intersection of Market
Street and Euclid Avenue in the area known as the "Diamond
Neighborhoods."
Entrega de Reconocimientos Por A.I.C.I.
Por Paco Zavala
En un ambiente pleno de alegría y regocijo el pasado
sábado 27 de enero, se realizó la entrega de reconocimientos
a socios miembros, así como a quienes han colaborado de
una y otra forma para lograr el engrandecimiento de ésta
H. Asociación Internacional de Compositores e Intérpretes
(de canciones) con su ya famoso logotipo de A.I.C.I., en un salón
de fiestas de un famoso hotel en la ciudad de Tijuana, B.C.
Andrea Nicole Ortiz Celebró Su XV Aniversario
Con mucho orgullo el Sr. Arturo G. y Sra. Carmen S. Ortiz
tuvieron el gran honor de presentar a su bellísima hija
Andrea Nicole, a la celebración de sus Quince Años,
el sábado pasado 27 de Enero, 2001.
Editorial
Taxation without representation!
As we sit back and watch our political leadership go through
the consternations of trying to fix the energy mess that they
created, it is curious that the ones most affected, are slowly
but surely the ones being forgotten and ultimately will be the
ones who will have to bail out the energy companies.
Editorial
Business Model Once Again Proves Inadequate
When will we accept the fact that what is good for business
is not necessarily good for public policy? Bottom line thinking
may work in business and industry where choices are limited and
there is no democracy involved. But it does not fit in running
a country, state, county, or city that are ruled and controlled
in the interest of ALL THE CITIZENS! In the business model
the owners of the means of production, be it factory, farm or
business, their loyalty is a duality: Do what ever is good for
the profit margin and be responsible only to a small cadre of
owners or stockholders.
Opinion
A Republican Contrast to the Democrats'
View on the Republican Position on
Abortion
by Luis Acle
Every time Republicans prepare to select a candidate for a
national office, liberal Democrats lick their chops with malignant
satisfaction, eager to prove that the GOP has painted itself into
a corner. It happens when the GOP platform is discussed or when
the President is selecting a member of the cabinet or choosing
a nominee for the High Court.
Commentary
Gurza's Lament: There is no Mexican Martin
Luther King
By Julio C. Calderón
"Latino leadership has taken a double loss this month."
Wrote Los Angeles Times' Agustin Gurza. "One on the political
right, the other on the left. One on the East Coast, one here
in the West. The big void is everywhere in between,"
went his lament. Mr. Gurza drew his observations from the death
of Bert Corona and the political demise of Linda Chavez, President
George W. Bush's original nominee for Secretary of Labor.
Commentary
Clinton's No-Roads Rule Puts Common Sense
to the Torch
By Russ Brooks
The movie, "Babes in Toyland," had the "Forest
of No Return." Now the United States has forests of no entry,
thanks to an appallingly misguided executive order by former President
Clinton in the final weeks of his administration. To the applause
of extremists in the environmental movement, the president decreed
a ban on road construction on 60 million acres of federal land
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture.
El Foro Publico -- The Public Forum
Double Standard of Justice Alive and Well
Was justice served with the judicial wrist tap for Valerie
Stallings and, for more important, the total exoneration of lavish
gift-giving Padres owner John Moores? A simple test conclusively
answers this question.
Saving Elián
On November 25, 1999, a five-year-old boy was plucked
from the shark-infested waters off Florida. He soon found himself
at the center of a social and political firestorm that would transfix
the nation and rock Miami's Cuban-American community to its core.
Salvando a Elian
El 25 de noviembre de 1999, un niño de cinco años
fue rescatado de las aguas infestadas de tiburones de la costa
de la Florida. En poco tiempo se encontró en el centro
de una tormenta social y política que dejaría atónita
a la nación y que estremecería a la comunidad cubanoestadounidense
de Miami hasta el tuétano.
El Instituto "Andres Soler" Anuncia
Actividades en Tijuana
Por Paco Zavala
Durante el presente año se activa y se incrementa en
forma muy notable la actividad en todos los centros encargados
de instruir, producir y proyectar las artes y la cultura en nuestro
entorno; hoy le corresponde al Instituto "Andres Soler"
adscrito a la Asociación Nacional de Actores, informar
de sus proyectos y actividades que ha realizado y que realizará
durante la presente temporada.
Premio Lo Nuestro A La Musica Latina Announces
This Year's Special Honorees
MIAMI, FL - Mexican singer/songwriter Joan Sebastian,
whose musical versatility and poetic style have made him one of
Mexico's most popular contemporary artists, will receive the prestigious
Premio a la Excelencia, or Lifetime Achievement Award, at this
year's annual Premio Lo Nuestro A La Música Latina, Spanish-language
Univision Network announced.
Calendar of Events...
Local Talent Performs
Area Cowboys and Cowgirls from San Diego and surrounding counties
will be participating in the 1st Annual California
Circuit Finals at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on February 2nd
and 3rd. There will be three performances, Friday at
7:00 p.m. Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
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