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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 experience as a business owner paired with her drive to make Calexico a more business friendly city to help bring in more tax revenue to the city's budget. She is running her campaign together with Mrs Lisa Tylenda, unfortunately she was not able to join us in our conversation today due to a family emergency. Follow Diana and Lisa's campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564179245591 Follow Diana and Lisa's campaign on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/teamcalexico/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entir

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 constituents of district 36. Some of his priorities are improving public schools, combating rising costs, creating jobs, expanding health care, among others. Follow Joey Acuna's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acunaforassembly/ Follow Joey Acuna's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/AcunaForAssembly Visit Joey Acuna's campaign website! https://joeyacuna.com/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!! Follow VSN on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram

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 and worse. Her passing for sharing the same life experiences she lived growing up in Calexico with her kids and grandkids is what drives her to get involved in what she called this circus that Calexico politics has turned into. Follow Adriana's campaign on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/adrianamarquezforachange/ Follow Adriana's campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/addyforcalexicocitycouncil Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!! Follow VSN on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠

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 Calexico Unified School District educational system he's decided to run for Board of Trustees. Follow Alex's Campaign on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=alex%20avi%C3%B1a%20for%20calexico%20school%20board Follow Alex's Campaign on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/votealexavina/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!! Follow VSN on Instagram! ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/valleysportsnetwork/⁠⁠ Follow VSN on Facebook! ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/valleysportsnetwork

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 Angeles, Hawaii and Austin working in fine dinning restaurants. During his stay in Austin he and his wife had some time to travel and they spent it exploring the Southwest and this is where Ursa became an idea that 5 years later became a thing. Follow Ursa on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/ursa_desert/ Follow Ursa on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/p/Ursa-61552946519685/ Visit Ursa's website! https://ursadesert.com/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!

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 estar interesado, comparta información con él. Escucha el episodio 198 para mas informacion de Women SHINE! Visit Women SHINE's website! ⁠⁠https://womenshinestudy.com/⁠⁠ Follow Women SHINE on Instagram!! ⁠⁠https://womenshinestudy.com/⁠ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!! Follow VSN on Instagram! ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valleysportsnetwork/⁠ Follow VSN on Facebook! ⁠https://www.facebook.com/valleysportsnetwork⁠ Subscribe to VSN on YouTube! ⁠h

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 episode 198 for more information in Women SHINE and this study! Visit Women SHINE's website! ⁠https://womenshinestudy.com/⁠ Follow Women SHINE on Instagram!! ⁠https://womenshinestudy.com/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake, "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar and Will Torres and the entire VSN team, the Imperial Valley Source For Sports!! Follow VSN on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/valleysportsnetwork/ Follow VSN on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/valleysportsnetwork Subscribe to VSN on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@VSNValleySportsNetwork Follow

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 listening to stories and collecting artifacts to include on this book. He will no longer meet at the cultural arts center but he will meet with you in person if you have any stories or items you would like to share and maybe be part of the book give Jimmy a call or send him a text at 619-368-4486 or send him an email at jimmy.dorantes@gmail.com Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake and "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠⁠ Follo

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 and don't see it as a future career, but not for Martin Arellano Jr. After being away for a while and running 3 successful food trucks in the San Antonio area he's come back to help his parents with Birria Red but only with one condition, if they let him bring back TacoMex to life and after having a successful soft open this past weekend the future looks bright for this new TacoMex era! Follow TacoMex on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/tacomex760/ Follow Birria Red on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/la_birria_red_tacos/ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake and "The V

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 website for updates on his research and book. https://www.jonathan-angulo.com/ If you are interested in helping Jonathan with his research you can also find his contact information on his website. Or you can email him at jangulo3@sdsu.edu Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez, Jake and "The Valley's Champ" Gil Rebollar!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/31l34ve⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL⁠⁠⁠ Visit ou

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 and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/31l34ve⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL⁠⁠⁠ Visit our new and improved website ⁠⁠⁠https://quepasacalexico.com/⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quepasacalexico/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quepasacalexico/support

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=61554458541877 Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/31l34ve⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL⁠⁠ Visit our new and improved website ⁠⁠https://quepasacalexico.com/⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quepasacalexico/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quepasacalexico/support

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 Practitioners in Community grant, is will be looking for volunteers in the areas where he has chosen to paint mural so please follow him on social media to stay up date and know when and where you can come and help out. Follow Sergio on Instagram !! https://www.instagram.com/takito.11/ Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico⁠⁠⁠ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠⁠ Fo

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/ivcolectivo/ Sigue a Imperial Valley Colectivo en Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/IVColectivo Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico⁠⁠ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/31l34ve⁠⁠ Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL⁠⁠ Visit our new and improved website ⁠⁠https://quepasacalexico.com/⁠ --- Send in a voic

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 it compares to being on a school board and life in general. Follow Gil on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/BESDGil Follow Gil on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/gil_brawleycc/ Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! ⁠https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico⁠ Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! ⁠https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/⁠ Follow us on Facebook! ⁠http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ⁠ Follow us on Instagram! ⁠http://bit.ly/31l34ve⁠ Follow us on Twitter! ⁠http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL⁠ Visit our new

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 especially when it comes to toys and old movies/cartoons. Follow Fernando on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/frodesignco/ Visit Fernando's to buy some of his merch!!! https://www.frodesignco.com/ Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit

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.instagram.com/p/Cuum9vlvo2T/ Follow Ricardo Islas on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/ricardo.islas.16 Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit our new and improved website https://quepasacalexico.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https:

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://www.instagram.com/roxy_.arte/ Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit our new and improved website https://quepasacalexico.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/quepasacalexico/message Support this pod

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 see what her experience was moving across the country and what her future plans are. Follow Alexandra Rangel on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/la.reportera Visit our Anchor Page and hit that "Support" button to become a sponsor! https://anchor.fm/quepasacalexico Thank you Anchor Sponsors!  Camilo Garcia, Eddie Lopez and Jake!! Follow Eddie Lopez and Roots Creative on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingideas/ Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/2AljpUQ Follow us on Instagram! http://bit.ly/31l34ve Follow us on Twitter! http://bit.ly/2ZTMdlL Visit our new and improved website https:/