La Prensa San Diego

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Before joining the FC Chelsea Fire Lions Club, the only organized girls’ soccer team in the Barrio Logan/Memorial area, 13-year-old Cassandra Flores used to spend her afternoons in front of the television.     Now, when the team is about to play its final game in its way to become champions [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Con tan sólo dos semanas antes de las elecciones generales del 2 de noviembre, David Álvarez está listo para convertirse en el más reciente representante de los residentes del Distrito 8 en el Cabildo de la Ciudad de San Diego.     ”Me siento confiado”, dijo Álvarez. “Estoy hablando con los [...]

Accreditation is the topic By Daniel Muñoz     Southwestern Community College has gone through many changes and has dealt with many issues, none bigger than the issue of their accreditation. After the last review in January by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) the college was found out of compliance in ten areas [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     With just two weeks to go before the Nov. 2 general elections, David Alvarez is ready to become the newest person to represent residents of District 8 in the San Diego City Council.     “I feel confident,” Alvarez said. “I’m talking to voters all day, every day and they tell [...]

By Daniel Muñoz     When Yolanda Salcido first decided to run for office, to represent the South Bay community on Southwestern Community College board, it was because of the college’s plan to build a shopping center, -in front of the college-, an appreciation of the college that she attended, and a love for a community [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Las cámaras de tráfico propuestas para algunas de las intersecciones más transitadas en National City son una cachetada en la cara de la mayoría de la población de origen mexicano, ya que la ciudad está considerando hacer un contrato con una compañía de Arizona para el servicio, de acuerdo a [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz     Southwestern College, en Chula Vista, en verdad pone la palabra “comunitario” en colegio comunitario.     Siendo la única institución de educación superior en el sur del Condado de San Diego, desde 1961 SWC se ha convertido en el hogar de miles de estudiantes tradicionales y no tradicionales quienes han encontrado [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz The three mayoral candidates for Chula Vista held a debate this week that focused, for the most part, on how to bring economic stability to the second largest city in the County of San Diego. The hour and a half debate was held on Monday, April 12, at the Civic Center [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz The City of San Diego’s District 8, has historically been considered the “Latino” district in the city. Since it was formed, all of the council members from this district have been Latinos. District 8 includes communities such as Barrio Logan, Sherman Heights, and to the south, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa and [...]

Por Pablo Jaime Sáinz El Distrito 8 de la Ciudad de San Ysidro, históricamente ha sido considerado el distrito “latino” en la ciudad. Desde que fue fundado, todos los regidores de este distrito han sido latinos. El Distrito 8 incluye comunidades como Barrio Logan, Sherman Heights, y al sur, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa y Nestor. [...]

Por Mariana Martinez  La Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) se sumó esta semana a las voces en  protesta por los recortes de clases en el colegio comunitario Southwestern (SWC), en la que una manifestación pacífica resultó en la suspensión indefinida de tres miembros de la facultad de idiomas de esta universidad.  El incidente ha [...]

By Mariana Martinez  The American Civil Liberties Union has sent a public letter to Southwestern College about the incident where a peaceful protest ended up with the indefinite suspension of three college professors.  The Southwestern College community, —where many students are Hispanic or Tijuana residents who commute to school— is not only debating current administration [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz  Herman Baca has been a small-business owner in National City for 40 years. Every year, he has paid for a business license for all those years, so when he renew the license earlier this year, he was surprised to find a new administrative fee attached to the regular tax.  It was [...]

Environmental activists to be recognized as the “Coastal Community Defense Champion” By Mariana Martínez  Human borders have no meaning to air, earth, and water, something well understood by environmental activists, whom in the last decade have worked closely, shoulder to shoulder, with their counterparts in San Diego-Tijuana in the search of environmental justice needed for [...]

Por Mariana Martínez  Las fronteras humanas no tienen mayor relevancia para el aire, la tierra o el agua, algo entendido bien por los activistas ambientales, que desde hace al menos una década han colaborado de manera cercana con sus contrapartes en Tijuana-San Diego en búsqueda de la justicia ambiental que merecemos todos.  Esta ha sido [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz   The Sweetwater Education Association, which represents teachers in the Sweetwater Union High School District, had a rally on Monday, August 17, to protest for what it calls “violations to our contract.”  Teachers at Sweetwater, which includes middle schools and high schools throughout the South Bay, have been without a contract since [...]

By Mariana Martinez  First came the long lines to get into Tijuana. Then Mexican customs or “aduanas” fired thousands of agents across Mexico to be replaced with wide-eyed 18 year olds with little work experience, and now, the plan to start inspecting all vehicles going south has come to a halt and could start working [...]