Que Pasa Calexico

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, Ramon Castro.  He is a Marine Veteran, Brawley City Council member, veteran advocate and now Candidate for IID Board of directors for Division 3.  After running for city council a couple of times and not  coming out successful, in 2020 Ramon finally got a seat for city council in Brawley, now he's trying to run another succes...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, Andrew Arevalo.  Last  time we spoke we we're in the height of a pandemic and lock down and he had decided to run for a board member seat at El Centro Elementary School District and won all while getting used to distance learning/teaching.  Andrew is now running for IID board of directors for Division 1. Follow Andrew Arevalo...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to current deputy district attorney for Imperial county and now candidate for District Attorney for Imperial County, Mario Vela.  He is a Calexico native and grew up with learning from his parents, who both studied and practiced law in Mexicali.  Although only 31 Mr Vela feels he has the experience and knowledge to lead the Imperial County district att...

Today I had the pleasure of hanging out with the guys from Strangers Co, Felipe Stranger, Jerrod Storm and Snarf D.  We talked about some of the events they brought to the valley in the past and what we can expect in the near future from them.  Make sure to follow them on Instagram for all and any updates!! Follow Strangers Co on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/strangersandco/ Foll...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to one of our local lawyers and candidate for Imperial County's District Attorney, Mr Jason Amavisca.   He is one of four candidates for the position, who ever get elected will be the current DA who's had his position for close to 30 years. Follow Jason Amavisca's campaign on his website!! Www. JAforDA.com Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia...

Today I had the pleasure to talk to a returning guest, Mr George Marquez.  The first time I spoke to Mr Marquez he stopped by to talk to Calexico's Rotary Club since he is the current president for the chapter.  This time he stopped by to talk to us about his campaign to run for Imperial County's District Attorney.  He talked to us why he feels his experience as a prosecutor and as...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to returning guest, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia.  He stopped by to give us a review of some of the things he was able to accomplish in 2022 representing the 56th assembly district which include communities in eastern Riverside County and Imperial county.  Some of the topics we touched were the redistricting, Salton Sea and New River updates and histo...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to police chief for the city of Calexico, Chief Gonzalo Chalo Gerardo.  Back in episode 47 I had the pleasure of talking to Chief Gerardo back then he was about a year into his role as police chief, fast forward to today and he's about a two weeks away from his retirement.   Thank You to my Anchor Sponsors! Camilo Garcia, Jake, Johnny Cabrera, Edward V...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a life long BroleÑo, Imperial valley High School football hall of famer, Calexico High School former teacher and local activist, Mr Eric Reyes.  Mr Reyes is part of several organization and committees that war looking to bring social justice and equality to everyone in our community especially our local farm worker.  In today's episode I wanted to d...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a local football legend, Tony Butch Morales.  Growing up, believe it or not, I wanted to be a QB I used to watch Dan Marino and then John Elway and locally Butch was someone who I looked up.  In 1994 he lead Calexico to a DVL championship, as Calexico finished a successful 2021-22 football season it was nice to go down memory lane and talk some foot...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Calexico High School alumni, musician and voice actor, Jose Renteria.  We talked about how his career as a part time voice over artist began and his experiences in the business. Follow Jose on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/jose_renteria_voiceover/ Visit Jose's Fiverr page to hire him for your voice over work!! https://www.fiverr.com/joserenteriavo...

Today I had the pleasure to talk to a fellow podcaster and extremely creative and talented young lady, Ms Marielle Vizcarra.  She is the creator and host of the "That Show Effed Me Up" podcast.  She just finished season 1 of her podcast where she watched and talked about the Netflix show, House on Haunted Hill.  She covered this show because, like the title of her podcast says, it e...

Today I had the pleasure to talk to the owner and founder of Leroy's, Mr Jamaal Weatherspoon.  We talked about barbecuing in general and he shared the amazing story of how Leroy's started.  This is the 1st episode of this Imperial Valley BBQ series so stay tune for more barbecue conversations. Follow Leroy's on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/leroysbackyardbbq/ Follow Leroy's on Facebook! ht...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to former Calexico City council member and now Imperial County board of supervisor for district 1, Mr Jesus "Cachu" Escobar.  Growing up in Calexico, politics wasn't something Mr Escobar aspire to do.  As he grew older and started a family he felt there was a lot of needs for Calexico/Imperial Valley residents so he decided to run for Calexico City Cou...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to the founder and CEO of Best S.T.E.P Forward, Ms Jacqueline Riddell.  As a coach and mother she felt there was a huge need for sports leagues for special needs kids and their parents.  Being a coach she soon after started a soccer team for kids with special needs and started looking for other kids who wanted to play with her kids and it just snowball...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to the talented Heric Rubio.  Some of us might remember reading some of Heric's stories when he wrote for the IV Press, Heric studied journalism but one of his stories made him realize he was more in love with food than he was with writing.  Heric left the valley to go learn how to cook, in the process he teamed up with the taco king himself Esdras Och...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a very talented young man who many of you have seen his work and might not know it, my guest today is Eddie Lopez from Cultivating Ideas/Roots Creative!! Visit Cultivating Ideas at ... https://www.rootscreative.co/ Follow Eddie Lopez on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/eddiemanroots/ Follow Cultivating Ideas on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/culti...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to the recently appointed president of the Calexico Rotary Club, Mr George Marquez.  The talked about some of the things our local Rotarians do in our community, what it takes to become a Rotarian and how to become a Rotarian, amongst other things.  If you are interested in becoming a Rotarian for our local chapter you may contact Mr Marquez at jomar27...

My guest today are two Imperial Valley natives who wrote and illustrated a children's book to bring awareness on the near extinction of a beautiful creature who lives very near to us, the vaquita.  Although the vaquita wasn't discovered until 1958 it only took a little over 60 years for humans to bring it to the brink of extinction.  Ruben and Sheyla hope that with this children's book t...

Today I had the pleasure to talk to a young man who was able to channel his journey through depression and turn it into a book, my guest today is Emilio Trinidad.  Emilio is a Calexico native who has published two books, "My Words to You" and "Nothing but Kindness".   His first book was inspired by his journey through mental health issues and the second one was inspired by his niece...

Today I had the pleasure of visiting this place a lot of us who live in the Imperial Valley or people just driving through the valley whether going up the hill or coming down we see this place located right smack in the middle of interstate 8 and highway 98, the Imperial Valley Desert Museum.  This was my first time visiting the museum, I walked around a learned a lot about the Imperial Valle...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to a life long Calexican and poet, Mr Charlie Zamaripa.  Charlie grew up in Calexico and he was a Calexico Unified School District student and it was here where his love for writing started.  Some of the teachers he says inspired him to write were Mrs Rodriguez and Mr Thornburg.  He recently published a book with some of his poems including "The T...

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a returning guest, he's a fellow podcaster, city council member for the city of Brawley and a US Marine Veteran.  I met Ramon back in December of 2019 to talk about a Podcast he and his fellow veterans Ernie and Raymond had started.  They wanted to talk about issues veterans were dealing with, during one of their episodes they had the opportunity to...

Today I had the opportunity to talk to two young Brawley Union High School Students, Abigail Gutierrez and Tahjah Fortune.  These two young ladies have been working on project that they call Project Empowerment.  Their main goal is to give school administrators, teachers, counselors, psychologist and parents in general a student's perspective on student mental health, how they cope and w...

My guest today is a Calexico resident, small business owner and the fonder of the Calexico Independent Calexico Chamber of Commerce, Jesus Gallardo.  Jesus came on today to tell us a little bit about the Independent Chamber of Commerce and why he decided to invest his time and money in an independent chamber of commerce. Follow Calexico Independent Chamber of Commerce On Facebook! https://www...