Noche Mexicana & Viva South Bay!
On Saturday, April 17 the Padres are hosting “Noche Mexicana & Viva South Bay!” presented by Cox/Channel 4 San Diego and brought to you by Invasora 99.7-FM.
This theme pays homage to the Padres Latino fan base and honors community heroes from the South Bay .
– Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez will be presented his 2009 Gold Glove by the Rawlings Company in a pre-game ceremony at home plate.
– This is the first PETCO Park Saturday night home game with the new 5:35 p.m. start time. The first 25,000 fans will receive a David Eckstein Bobblehead (gates open at 4:00 p.m.) and those purchasing 20 or more tickets will receive a limited-edition San Diego Padres Luchador – Wrestling – Mask.
– Mexico will be honored as the Mexican Consulate, Remedios Gómez Arnau, will receive a Padres jersey commemorating that country’s 200th anniversary. Also, the Mexican National Anthem will be performed by Maximino Melchor Vazquez of the Opera de Tijuana.
– The Ceremonial First Pitch will be thrown by Michael and Cynthia Chavez-Ybarra. The San Diego residents are brother and sister and are (adult) grandchildren of civil rights pioneer Cesar E. Chavez.
– This is also the first of three (3) Latino-focused “Family Fiesta” games. The Padres, through the Padres Foundation, have pledged to donate $10,000 to organizations that serve our region’s Latino communities. The first of these donations will be a $3,000 gift before the game to San Ysidro Health Center’s “Reach Out and Read” (ROR) program. ROR provides free books to South Bay children age 6 months to 5 years to emphasize the importance of early reading to parents.
– The Star-Spangled Banner will be performed by the winner of a South Bay community open audition, 12-year old Ashley Montes of Hilltop Middle School. Montes, who is active in her church Agape Christian Center , is a student in Hilltop’s prestigious Foreign Language Acquisition & Guidance (FLAGs) program. Enthusiastic and bright, Montes is active in her school and community.
Get Connected Community Technology Fair—April 17
The San Diego Futures Foundation presents Get Connected! Community Connect Fair, Saturday, April 17th, 10am-2pm at Jacobs Center Main Assembly Hall, (404 Euclid Ave., San Diego, CA 92114) featuring computer giveaways, technology demonstrations, community resources and fun activities for children! Free! Family-friendly event!
The Get Connected! Community Connect Fair is part of a new public awareness program launched by the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). The statewide Get Connected! effort is aimed at disadvantaged and rural communities, as well as low-income Latinos, African-Americans, Asian-Ame-ricans and non-Hispanic whites who lack access to the social, information and economic benefits of high-speed, Broadband connectivity.
More than 30 exhibitors are scheduled to be present, including Microsoft, Cox Communications, UCSD CalIT2, Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE), Boys and Girls Club Encanto, GameStop, Malcolm X Library, O’Farrell Community Charter School, Valencia Park Elementary School, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce, Pazzaz Educational Enrichment Center, Elementary Institute of Science, MAAC Project, Millennial Tech Middle School, National University, Wells Fargo and many more!
For more information, visit http://www.sdbroadband.org/getconnected or contact 619.269.1684×211 or rachel@sdfutures.org
Meeting Set for April 28 to Gather Public Input on South Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project
As part of the environmental review of the South Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, SANDAG will hold a scoping meeting in late April to gather public input on the proposal and its various alternatives.
South Bay BRT will be a 21-mile rapid, reliable, high-frequency transit service between the Otay Mesa border crossing and downtown San Diego via eastern Chula Vista. A high-tech bus system, the South Bay BRT will have limited stops and run in its own separate “guideway” to avoid traffic. The project is expected to be operational in 2014.
The public scoping meeting will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, in the auditorium at Heritage Elementary School, 1450 Santa Lucia Road, Chula Vista.
The meeting will be conducted in an open-house format, with information and presentation materials available to the public. South Bay BRT project team members also will be on hand to answer questions. There will be opportunities to submit comments in writing and to have comments taken down by a court reporter. All comments and questions will be addressed in writing and made part of the project environmental impact report.
Those who cannot attend the meeting may submit comments via mail to South Bay BRT Project, 401 B St., San Diego, CA 92101; via e-mail to dhic@sandag.org; or via telephone to (619) 699-6939.