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All stories by Luis Flores
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Local band needs help replacing instruments
October 4, 2009
After a serious rollover accident this summer, the Calexico/Mexicali band, La Cachimba, is trying to replace instruments destroyed in the accident
Multimedia / Video
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The perfect newspaper business model: wrap ‘em over caguamas
September 7, 2009
Newspaper industry, I have seen the future! On a recent trip to Mexicali, I discovered the business model that the Mexican newspaper industry is surviving on. (…)
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EL CENTRO — Nov. 3 candidates and El Centro city charter vote set
August 15, 2009
Imperial County’s elections division has released the final list of candidates, and an El Centro initiative, for the upcoming November 3 election.
News > Imperial Valley > El Centro
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The College Cynic: I believe I drowned, not choked
August 8, 2009
If guided by the correct use of the English language, then what I experienced was choking. But it is because I am a big fan of the proper use of English that I think choking does not accurately define what I experienced.
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EL CENTRO — Border agent Robert Rosas mourned by more than 1,000 lawmen and citizens
July 31, 2009
An overflowing audience Friday morning at the 1,150-seat Southwest Performing Arts Theatre in El Centro paid tribute to three-year Border Patrol veteran, Agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was killed while on duty last week.
News > Imperial Valley > El Centro
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A sobering look at Hispanic culture, journalism and myself
July 14, 2009
I strongly disagree with the assumption that all Mexican-Americans have this melancholic longing to express their culture in whatever they end up doing.
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A non-cynical farewell to Puerto Rico and new friends
July 9, 2009
Some new friends from the NAHJ convention in Puerto Rico
Not even the anticipation of flying first class could drown down the premature melancholy I felt as I prepared to leave Puerto Rico. It’s neither the horrible humidity nor the glorious finger foods that I will miss the most, it will be the people. (…) -
Pre-convention crazies in San Juan, Puerto Rico
June 25, 2009
Noche de San Juan ritual: I would rather keep the evil spirits in me than risking a concussion after hitting my head against another cursed soul.
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Puerto Rico–reminding myself I am not in Mexicali
Given that I slept during my flight from Newark to Puerto Rico, when I arrived I thought my airplane had taken a detour to Mexico. Even now, I need to turn to the ocean to remind myself that I’m on a Caribbean island and not Mexicali on a VERY humid day. (…)
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Observing a quinceñera….hmmmmm
June 17, 2009
The ritual-like celebration consists of a mass–in which God is thanked for… something– followed by a loose version of a wedding reception, in which the newly God-approved teen hosts an alcohol and sin-filled party.
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Plane paranoia and Daddy Yankee
May 20, 2009
At first, the simple thought of flying in an airplane over the Bermuda Triangle was enough to make me nauseous–too many History Channel alien marathons.
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The Summer Scarf–Cool or Hot?
May 14, 2009
Unlike the traditional western bandana, this scarf is much larger, has fringe tips, and is not worn to wipe sweat off one’s forehead.
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About the Author
It’s Friday night and you want to know where you can find a typical Imperial Valley teenager. Should you look in El Centro’s bowling alley? No. Just follow the herd of overly dressed teens gasping and reaching for the U.S./Mexico border.Thankfully, 18-year-old Luis Flores keeps his Mexicali escapades to a minimum; and instead, observes and is too often entertained by this and similar trends which rarely take place outside the valley.
Luis Flores is a Brawley-born Calexico resident. He graduated from Calexico High School in 2008, when he enrolled at Imperial Valley College. Like a fellow ivnews.INFO blogger, Luis was a Boy Scout at his local Mormon church. Unlike his fellow blogger, Luis is NOT an Eagle Scout, not even close.
Luis considers himself an “artist,” and no, not just because he’s broke and jobless. This fall he will be applying for transfer admission into various universities and plans to study some form of English, and some form of art.
Luis' blog will deal with those interesting things that make the Imperial Valley unique, aside--and outside--from our depressing national standings. Everything from the point of view of a college student who is still trying to get out of the valley.
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