By Yvette tenBerge
The quaint streets of Old Town, the birthplace of San Diego, are packed tightly each year with hundreds of thousands of people who are eager to participate in its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. Between May 4th and May 6th, families come to make their way through its scenic streets and wander through its historic buildings, most of which were built in the early 1800s. Couples come to catch an ear-full of the live mariachi music that is showcased on Old Town's many stages, and throngs of college students make their pilgrimage in search of the biggest and best margarita or for a taste of the freshest and most authentic Mexican food.
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Cinco de Mayo!
Events! Schedules! Programs!
New Vision for Old Town Fiesta Cinco de Mayo 2001:
A Celebration of History, Art, commerce and Culture
Celebran
el Cinco de Mayo en Tijuana
Por Paco Zavala
El H. Ayuntamiento de Tijuana, por medio del Departamento
de Acción Cívica que preside el Sr. Sergio Dodero,
anuncia las actividades correspondientes a la celebración
de un aniversario más del Cinco de Mayo, fecha solemne
en la que las armas nacionales se cubrieron de gloria al derrotar
en este día del año de 1862 al ejército más
poderoso del mundo en aquella época, al Ejército
Francés.
Chairman of the Port Commission Keeps Watch Over
Imperial Beach
By Yvette tenBerge
Residents of, and visitors to, Imperial Beach know all about
the metamorphosis that this small, coastal community has undergone
in the past few years. Many people who do not frequent the area
may still know it as the "place with dirty water" due
to the amount of contamination that often spills into it's ocean
from Tijuana; however, the community has made, and is still in
the process of making, vast improvements.
Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante Sues to Stem Energy Crisis,
Accuses Energy Cartel of
Illegal Price-Fixing
Sacramento — Lt. Governor Cruz M. Bustamante filed
a civil lawsuit against a cartel of five out-of-state power generators,
alleging they have systematically engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy
to manipulate California's electricity market to "extract"
unlawful profits that are draining the state's treasure.
The Labor Movement, Best Hope for Immigrants
By David Bacon
OAKLAND, CA — "For immigrants to build a better
future, they need to build a union," says Eliseo Medina,
an immigrant from Zacatecas who became a leading organizer for
the United Farm Workers, and now serves as executive vice-president
of the Service Employees union. "But I am also convinced
that as the labor movement is the best hope for immigrants, so
are immigrants the best hope of the labor movement."
Noticias de México...
Ofrecen recompensa
Reconoce Paulina otro violador
Paulina Jacinto reconoció por primera vez que existe
un segundo violador, por lo que su defensa instará al Ministerio
Público para que investigue al respecto. Esta es la primera
ocasión en que la menor reconoce públicamente la
existencia de un segundo sujeto, aunque ya en una ocasión
su abogada, Socorro Maya Quevedo, había sostenido esta
posibilidad.
Police Captain Arrests Stereotypes
By Liz Harman
A San Diego police captain who uses a graduate degree to help
make San Diego a safer place and has dedicated his life to breaking
down ethnic and racial stereotypes will be honored by the University
of San Diego May 12.
Moreno Named First Runner Up in National Outstanding
Law Student of 2000
Daniel Moreno, Jr., a December 2000 graduate of Thomas
Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, has been named the first runner
up for the national Outstanding Law Student of 2000 Award by the
editors of Who's Who: American Law Students.
Sweetwater District's Waterfront Academy Receives
Regional Business Award
The Waterfront Academy—which allows Sweetwater district
seniors to complete their education at the NASSCO shipyard—has
been recognized as an innovative program.
El Presidente chileno Ricardo Lagos inaugura
la Capital Americana de la Cultura
Iquique 2001
Este lunes, día 30 de abril por la tarde, el Presidente
de la República de Chile, Excelentísimo Señor
Ricardo Lagos, ha inaugurado solemnemente la Capital Americana
de la Cultura Iquique 2001. El Acto ha contado con la presencia
de las más altas autoridades de la ciudad, región
y país, encabezada por el Alcalde de Iquique, Jorge Soria,
y, también, con la presencia del Presidente de la OING
Capital Americana de la Cultura, Xavier Tudela.
Education Tax Credits Could Help 2.3 Million
Students Escape Failing Public
Schools
WASHINGTON—A proposal to let Americans subtract $500
from their federal income tax bills if the money goes toward private
school tuition would help an estimated 2.3 million children escape
failing public schools and save states $14 billion, according
to a Cato Institute study.
International Community Foundation to Celebrate
Children and Families in Baja
California by Granting Over $50,000 to Nonprofits
The International Community Foundation (ICF) will celebrate
children and families by granting over $50,000 to non-profit organizations
in Baja California that provide services to children. The grants
will be presented during a ceremony at Ecoparque in Tijuana, México
on Tuesday May 8.
TV Networks "Family Hour" Has Least
Diverse Prime Time Programming
Latino population six times greater in real life than on
TV
Oakland, Ca. — A new study on the current television
season finds that the 8 to 9 o'clock "family hours,"
when children are most likely to be watching contains the least
racially diverse programming in all of prime time.
Strategic Research Institute Presents - The
Mexico Entrepreneur & Venture
Capital Summit 2001: Exploring Opportunities for Private Equity
Investments in
Mexico's High Growth Industries
Fueled by competitiveness to acquire or start new companies
in North America, foreign direct investment in Mexico in 1999
was $11.57 billion!
Middle
School MAST Academy Students Place 3rd
In Robotics Competition with L.A.-Area
Students
A team of North County middle school students, competing
against Los Angeles-area high school and middle school students,
placed third Sunday in a robotics competition at the NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
El Departamento Estatal de Salud Pública
un Alerta Acerca de Ciertos Dulces que
Están Contaminados de Plomo
Sacramento — Diana M. Bontá, R.N., Dr. P.H.,
Directora del Departamento Estatal de Servicios de Salud, advierte
a los consumidores de evitar comer pirulis de tamarindo de la
marca Dulmex Bolirindo porque la envoltura de este producto contiene
altos niveles de plomo. Este producto es manufacturado en México.
U.S.
Bank Provides $30,000 To Assist Schools With Arts Education Grant;
San
Diego kids appreciate the arts
With 58 banners hanging along Broadway during April,
it was easy to see U.S. Bank's support of the local arts community
and San Diego's largest local arts festival - ArtWalk. However,
not so obvious was the grant that U.S. Bank provided to one of
the non-profit beneficiaries of ArtWalk, the Institute for Arts
Education.
Paradise Valley Hospital Funds SDSU Professorship
to Help The Nursing Shortage
Paradise Valley Hospital (PVH) has joined SDSU School
of Nursing by funding the Nurses Now partnership.
Anuncian Festival para Celebrar el Día
de las Madres.
Por Paco Zavala
La Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana-Altamira y el Instituto Municipal
de Arte y Cultura, anuncian un grandioso festival para Celebrar
el Día de las Madres en sus instalaciones, sitas en la
colonia Altamira.
Community Notes:
Sister-to-Sister Summit
On Saturday, May 12th, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
the Community Coalition for Girls will hold San Diego's first
Sister-to-Sister Summit at National City Middle School.
The Summit is a special conference for girls in the 6th,
7th, and 8th grades from throughout San
Diego County. The program will give the students an opportunity
to discuss issues central to their learning but not normally addressed
in the school curricula.
Visiones Realizadas — Visions Realized
— A bilingual, faith-based, conference on economic
and community development, is launched by Hispanic leaders—
Los Angeles — On Friday, June 1 and Saturday, June 2,
2001, at the Radisson Wilshire Plaza, over 400 faith-based organization
representatives from Southern California will address the economic
challenges of the communities they serve by launching a bilingual
conference on economic and community development for Hispanic
leaders. Lisa Treviño Cummins, Associate Director, The
White House Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives will
be keynote speaker of this conference entitled Visiones Realizadas/Visions
Realized.
Encienda
Una Vela
Mons. Jim Lisante
Un Gran Placer Conocerlos
No nos debe sorprender que a veces las fiestas de fin
de año provoquen emociones extremas en el ser humano. Nos
entusiasmamos con expectativas, pero luego nos desilusionamos
cuando vemos que esas expectativas tienen muy pocas posibilidades.
Editorial
Immigrants BUSH-WHACKED Again
The George W. Bush administration, showing signs of the
Trent Lott influence, backed away from the task of reforming the
way we do business on our borders. Given an opportunity to bring
a much-needed change to the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
President George W. Bush chose to cop-out. Rather than confront
entrenched interests that are served by having an inefficient
and incompetent INS, Bush decided to do nothing.
The Public Forum ... El Foro Publico
Benny Flores, Man Armed Only With Scissors, Killed By Police
My name is Patricia Blinn and I am the niece of GABINO BENJAMIN
FLORES; his friends and family called him "Benny" or
"Chito"—I simply called him "Tio".
TEZOZOMOC SPEAKS
¡VIVA EL CINCO DE MAYO!... La Prensa San Diego
con mucho orgullo (with great pride) joins in the annual celebration
of El Cinco de Mayo.
La
Fundación Bilingüe de las Artes Celebra "Olé!
Las Artes"
El día jueves 17 de Mayo la Fundación
Bilingüe de las Artes llevará acabo su cena de gala
anual que este año lleva por título "¡Olé!
Las Artes". Dicha cena tomará lugar en el hermoso
Hotel Milennium Biltmore, ubicado en el 506 South Grand Avenue
en el centro de Los Angeles. Por más de 20 años,
este emocionante y elegante evento ha reunido a líderes
del mundo corporativo, las artes y el gobierno para celebrar la
riqueza de nuestra herencia Hispana que es una gran parte de la
comunidad de Los Angeles.
The Brilliance of Beethoven, With Gustavo Romero
With the success of our last two summer music festivals
still resounding in listeners' ears, it's time for an encore!
Pianist Gustavo Romero, San Diego's native son, returns to perform
a four-concert Beethoven festival in commemoration of the 175th
anniversary of the composer's death. The concerts, on four Sundays
in July, will again take place at The Neurosciences Institute.
Ven a pintar con nosotros
Por Paco Zavala.
El sabado 28 del próximo pasado mes de abril a partir
de las 9.00 de la mañana en la explanada del CECUT hubo
un festival infantil en el que hubo Concursos, rifas, dulces y
juguetes todo, toditito gratis para los reyes del hogar, los niños.
Super Bowl of Mariachis Shakes Up Pay-per-view
With a remarkable 51% share of the U.S. market, Mexican
regional music rules the Latin music genre. Rodri J. Rodriguez
knows this and will be banking on it come May 5th.
This gutsy Latina took a leap of faith twelve years ago and created
what most considered an impossibility. She proved that naysayers
wrong and presented, before a sold out crowd of 18,000, the first
mariachi music festival at the Hollywood Bowl.
X X Por el Mundo de la Música X X
Por Paco Zavala
José Julian se encamina en busca de su destino
José Julian, joven intérprete del género
ranchero, lanza al mercado su producción discográfica
"Corazón Alerta" y otros temas.
Julio Iglesias Honored as LARAS Person of the
Year
Gala Tribute Benefits the Latin Recording Academy and
its Outreach Programs
Santa Monica — International recording legend
Julio Iglesias will be honored as the 2001 Latin Academy of Recording
Arts & Sciences Person Of The Year, it was announced by Michael
Greene, President/CEO of the Recording Academy and Latin Recording
Academy.
Fifth Anniversary Urbanworld Film Festival
May 18 is deadline for high
school poetry contest
Calendar of Events...
"Nahuatl Visions"
A rich variety of carvings from Central Mexico are being shown
at Back from Tomboctou Gallery at 3564 Adams Avenue.
Bullfight
World...
by Lyn Sherwood
Rafael Giron Dies in Venezuela
Rafael Girón, the last of the original dynasty
of the Giron bullfighting brothers, has died in Maracay, Venezuela,
only two weeks after suffering a devastating stroke.
Spirit's Cinco de Mayo Match Sold-Out
John Philip Wyllie
Good luck trying to find a ticket for this weekend's sold
out San Diego Spirit soccer match at USD's Torero Stadium.
Free Tennis Lesson Available at Over 30 San
Diego Locations
The Free Tennis Lesson Blitz has arrived in San Diego!Beginning
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 5 through May 20, over 30 tennis facilities
in San Diego County will offer the Free Lesson Blitz, consisting
of a free 90-minute tennis lesson, to beginners and former players
returning to the sport.
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