Que Pasa Calexico

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THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT. My guest today is a Calexico High Alumni, a former Marine, a mother, wife, business owner and now candidate for Calexico City Council, Mrs Diana Noricumbo. Her family moved from Salinas to Calexico when she as 12 and she's been here pretty much ever since, except for those years she was in the service. If elected Diana hopes to bring her educational background and exper...

THIS IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT. My guest today is life long Coachella Valley resident, school board president and long time community leader and now candidate for CA State Assembly, District 36, Joey Acuna. Being an advocate and long time board member Joey hopes to bring his political experience to continue some of the projects his predecessor has started and also bring other ideas and projects to the...

THIS IS NOT AN ENDOSEMENT. My guest today is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an educator, life long Calexican and now candidate for Calexico City Council. Although she does not consider herself a politician she decided to throw her name in for Calexico City Council because she was tired of seeing the same people get elected and nothing gets done to better Calexico and yet thing keep getting worse...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to my first candidate for the 2024 election season, Alex Avina. He's been a substitute teacher, teacher and administrator and after 25 years in education has decided to run for the Calexico Unified School District Board of Trustees. After working for a couple of years in the El Centro Elementary School District and seeing all 4 of his kids go through the Calexic...

Today I had the please of talking to owner and chef at Ursa, chef Aaron Lopez. We talked about what it was like growing up in Calexico and how food was never something he envisioned himself doing as a career but at the same time his artist side has helped him be creative in the kitchen as well. Aaron left Calexico pretty much right after high school and spent the last 20 years working in Los Angel...

Esta semana tuve el placer de hablar con algunas de las mujeres increíbles de Women SHINE. Women SHINE es un estudio de investigación organizado por la Universidad de California en San Diego para mujeres que viven con VIH. El estudio tiene como objetivo ayudar a las mujeres que viven con el VIH a acceder y seguir participando en la atención del VIH. Si está interesado o conoce a alguien que pueda...

This week I had the pleasure of talking to some of the amazing women from women SHINE. Women SHINE is a research study hosted by the University of California San Diego for women living with HIV. The study is aimed at helping women living with HIV to access and stay engaged in HIV care. If you are interested or know someone who might be interested please share with information with them. Listen to...

Today I had the please of talking to a life long Caleciano, amazing photographer, author and returning guest, Jimmy Dorantes. Recently Jimmy was selected to write the 2nd part of Calexico's book, the first book focused on the 1900 to 1929 and Jimmy is tasked on writing from 1930 to 1969. The last two weeks Jimmy has been meeting at the Carmen Durazo Cultural Arts Center with local residents li...

If you grew up in the 90's and early 2000's here in Calexico you probably remember the name TacoMex. The Arellano's and their food have been a staple in our community since 1992 when they first opened TacoMex. For most people who are in the restaurant business they know that owning a restaurant is a family affair and most of the time the younger members of the family end up hating it a...

Today I had a really interesting conversation with Jonathan Angulo an El Centro native who is in the process of researching some of our local swap meets and open aired markets like Las Palmas, Santo Thomas and even the Price Center. Although he's in the early process of research and the writing of his book I learned a lot from some our local shops and local personalities. Visit Jonathan's...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest who is now running for board of directors for IID Division 4, my guest is Mr Lewis Pacheco. A lot Calexican might remember him as the principal for Jefferson Elementary for many many years and also as a former city council member for the city of Calexico. Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez an...

It's election season once again and today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, she is currently on the Central Union High School Board of Trustees and has been an elected official for the last 27 years and is now running for Imperial County Supervisor District 2, my guest today is Diahna Garcia-Ruiz. Follow Diahna's campaign on Facebook! https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=6...

Today I had the pleasure of taking to a very talented local artist who is doing some amazing murals all over the valley in local businesses and pretty soon you'll be seeing them in other public places, my guest today was Sergio Ojeda Jr ands some people might also know him as Takito91. Sergio is one of the 15 Imperial Valley artist who are part of the Far South/Border North: Artists and Cultural P...

Hoy tube el plaser de visitar Imperial Valley Colectivo y platicar con Ana Vazquez la creadora y duena del colectivo. Me conto un poco de sus experiencias que a vivido en los casi 3 anos de tener el colectivo. Tambien platicamos de los articolos que venden en el colectivo y como es que funciona ser parte del colectivo. Sigue a Imperial Valley Colectivo en Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/ivco...

Today I had a returning guest, the guest with the most appearances on the podcast. He's a former podcaster, stand up comedian, former Brawley elementary board of trustee, the 2023 Hidalgo Society Hispanic Male of the year and current Brawley city council member, Gil Rebollar. In today's episode we talked about local politics, what its been like being on Brawley's city council and how i...

Today I had a returning guest, amazing artist, a Raves and Rants of Imperial Valley exile and now he's one of our local artist selected for the Far South/Border North grant my guest is Fernando "Fro" Reza. Today we talked a little bit of everything local politics, movies, funko/Mondo, movies, nostalgia and life in general. It's always fun catching up with old returning guest espe...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to an amazing artist out of San Diego but who was "born" and raise in Calexico, Ricardo Islas. We talked about what it was growing up in Calexico, how he started drawing and how it's going now that he's a full time artist. Visit Ricardo's Big Cartel Shop! https://ricardoislas.bigcartel.com Follow Ricardo Islas on Instagram! https://www.inst...

Today I had the please of talking to the president of the Imperial County Central Committee and current community services commissioner for the city of Calexico, my guest today was Roxsanna Pacheco. She is also "born" and raised in Calexico with long roots in city of Calexico. Follow Roxsanna on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/roxypac/ Follow Roxsanna's Art on Instagram! https:/...

Today I had the please of catching up with a returning guest, Alexandra Rangel. Our first conversation was back in 2019 and Alex was a local reporter working for KYMA. A few years later she left KYMA and started freelancing for KPBS in San Diego. She then decided to expand her range and move to Florida and work for a local network. She recently came back to the valley and I wanted to catch up and...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a fellow Caleciano, podcaster, beer drinker and Brand Ambassador for Ballast Point Brewing Co., my guest today was Jeff Lozano. After living in SD for quite a while Jeff has temporarily come down to the Imperial Valley, specifically Calexico. We talked about what his experience was like growing up in Calexico, especially in the punk rock era/trasher era. Jeff...

Today I had the pleasure of having a meal, drinking some chai and having a conversation with Angel Esparza. Many of you might know Angel as the creator of Mi Calexico or as a former Calexico City Council candidate or as one of the organizers for one of the many Calexico Art Walks. Angel is now working on a new project and he's hoping he can get some help from our community. During the pandemic...

Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Comite Civico Del Valle headquarters and talk to two people that wear many hats at Comite but one of the most important roles they play is as the coordinators of the Salton Sea Outreach Program Mr Richard Brown and Ms Fernanda Vega. One of the biggest reasons I wanted to meet with Fernanda and Richard was to hear about their upcoming community workshop on A...

Today I had the pleasure of meeting the new director for the ICHS Pioneers Museum Mrs Caitlin Chavez.  A lot of us from the Imperial Valley might have seen the Pioneers Museum on our way to IVC or whenever we take Aten road but we ask ourselves, "I wonder what's inside?"  And let me tell you there's a lot of amazing displays showcasing animals from our area to actual buildings that are p...

This episode is in Spanish. Hoy tube el placer de platicar con una dueña de pequeña empresa de la cuidad de Calexico, la Sra. Anabel Lippmann.  La Sra Lippmann junto con sus dos hijas y su hijo abrieron Tropicana Fruit and Juice Bar poco antes de la pandemia.  Desafortunadamente hace mas de un año se empeso a renovar la carretera 98 y su negocio fue impactado negativamente.    ...