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Episode 203 - Diana Noricumbo - Candidate Calexico City Council
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
Episode 202 - Joey Acuña - Candidate CA State Assembly District 36
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 ho
Episode 201 - Adriana Marquez - Candidate Calexico City Council
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
Episode 200 - Alex Avina - CUSD Board of Trustees
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
Episode 199 - Aaron Lopez - Ursa
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
Episode 198 - Women SHINE - English
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 acce
Episode 198 - Women SHINE - Español
Esta semana tuve el placer de hablar con algunas de las mujeres increbles de Women SHINE. Women SHINE es un estudio de investigacin organizado por la Universidad de California en San Diego para mujeres que viven con VIH. El estudio tiene como objetivo
Episode 197 - Jimmy Dorantes - Calexico 1930-1969
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
Episode 196 - Martin Arellano Jr. - TacoMex
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 re
Episode 195 - Jonathan Angulo
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 t