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Summary of local news from August 22 to August 27

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Summary of local news from August 22 to August 27
local news from august 22 to 27
Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P
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Se ha ido la penúltima semana de agosto, los niños han regresado a clases y hay muchas noticias en el condado de San Mateo y ciudades vecinas, si quieres estar al día, estas son las noticias locales del 22 al 27 de agosto que debes de conocer.

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¡Prepare sus guantes, baldes y botellas de agua reutilizables! porque el condado de San Mateo busca a voluntarios para el Día de Limpieza Costera 2022 que se llevará a cabo este 17 de septiembre de 9:00 horas al mediodía.

El condado de San Mateo albergará más de 50 sitios de limpieza dirigidos por capitanes de espacios con miles de voluntarios reunidos en grupos para eliminar la basura antes de que se rompa en pedazos más pequeños, dañe la vida silvestre, o termina en nuestros cursos de agua.

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El pasado miércoles, Casa Circulo Cultural realizó la inauguración del programa «Plaza Comunitaria» el cual es un programa patrocinado por el Instituto Nacional de Educación para Adultos en México –INEA–, que busca apoyar a jóvenes mayores de 15 años y adultos inmigrantes de habla hispana para que comiencen o terminen su educación primaria o secundaria en el idioma español.

Se llevó a cabo la inauguración del programa «Plaza Comunitaria» en Casa Círculo Cultural, que brinda la oportunidad a jóvenes y adultos de continuar con su educación en español. Foto: P360P

Además de la alfabetización, el programa ofrece la oportunidad de acceder a recursos tecnológicos y capacitación para el trabajo y preparación para el examen de desarrollo de educación general.

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With the donation of two fire trucks belonging to the Redwood City Fire Department to the city of Colima, Mexico, the brotherhood between these two cities, which dates back to 1998, was resumed and strengthened. 

El evento, coorganizado por la organización Redwood City International, tuvo lugar en la alcaldía de Redwood City en donde las alcaldesas de estas dos ciudades hermanas se comprometieron a estrechar los vínculos con el objetivo de mejorar las condiciones de vida de sus habitantes.

La alcaldesa de Redwood City, Giselle Hale y la alcaldesa de Colima, México, Margarita Moreno refrendaron la hermandad entre ambas ciudades. Foto: P360P

Además de los camiones, Redwood City donó vestimenta y equipo para los bomberos de Colima.

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San Mateo County has named Dr. Jei Africa as the new Deputy Director of the Human Services Agency, continuing the work of providing assistance to those most in need in the area.

Así, el líder de salud y salud del comportamiento desde hace mucho tiempo, tanto en el condado de San Mateo como en otros lugares, se unió a la Agencia de Servicios Humanos esta semana como su nuevo subdirector para ayudar a las personas a «prosperar».

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El departamento de Bomberos de San Francisco donó a la ciudad de Colima 12 equipos de respiración autónoma Scott Air-Pak, que permitirán llevar a cabo búsquedas y atacar incendios de manera más segura.

Esto, en el marco del encuentro entre las ciudades de Redwood City y Colima, en México, y como parte del objetivo de las alcaldesas de ambas localidades, de estrechar vínculos y mejorar la calidad de vida de sus habitantes.

Cabe destacar que la hermandad entre estas dos ciudades data de 1998, sin embargo, el vínculo se había perdido; por lo que el pasado miércoles 25 de agosto, en un evento organizado por Redwood City Internacional, las alcaldesas Giselle Hale y Margarita Moreno se comprometieron a estrechar los lazos entre las dos ciudades.

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Padres de familia fueron notificados vía SMS sobre un tiroteo en Hoover Park la tarde del viernes 19 de agosto.

The official version of the authorities is that, according to a witness who was at the scene, two adult men were apparently having an argument in the center of the grass field, after which one of them took out a gun, pointed it at his opponent and fired several times, the subjects then fled the area where some children were with their parents.

Following the initial report to authorities, staff at The Boys & Girls Club called police to report that two of the windows in the vicinity were hit by bullets. Staff at the location confirmed that no one was injured by the gunfire, but that one of their employees was injured by one of the broken windows.

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The San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs is celebrating “Welcome Week” 2022 from September 9-18, which is a campaign to showcase the movement of communities striving to be more welcoming places for everyone, including migrants. 

Launched in 2012 by Welcoming America and its members in the United States, Welcoming Week is now a global movement that brings together communities and neighbors of all backgrounds to build strong connections and affirm the importance of inclusive places. 

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"Speaking more than one language and translating it on a daily basis is a richness": Fabio Morabito

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"Speaking more than one language and translating it on a daily basis is a richness": Fabio Morabito
Fabio Morabito
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With more than twenty years of teaching at the Institute of Poetics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for over twenty years, Fabio Morabito knows very well that speaking more than one language and translating it every day is a treasure, as he recognizes the emotional and psychological value that this implies.

For this teacher, poet and writer, the use of two languages is a practice that, contrary to popular belief, constantly enriches both languages, an act that, in his words, must be defended.

In the corridors of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), people spoke of him with a mixture of respect and a bit of fear. After choosing his subject, half blindly and out of curiosity, I heard a rumor: “He is very strict,” said someone who had already taken one of his classes. 

I decided to ignore those words and headed towards the Poetics Department. A place that, to get to, you have to take the “Puma Bus,” travel outside of Ciudad Universitaria and arrive almost at the outskirts of UNAM.

There was Fabio, starting the class to which I arrived a few minutes late. 

The discomfort of silence made me say, without anyone asking me, a greeting followed by my name: "Hello, I'm Frida" and, in addition, add an obvious: "I arrived late" followed by silence.

Who knows what Fabio must have thought, since until then I had only known him through a vague nickname given by his unknown companion: "Fabio...strict," he doesn't seem that strict, I thought.

By then Fabio Morabito, an Italian born in Alexandria who has been writing in Spanish in Mexico since his adolescence, already had a prolific career as a poet and writer under his belt. 

In 1985 he won the Carlos Pellicer Ibero-American Fine Arts Poetry Award for Published Work for his collection of poems "Lotes baldíos", a work that brings together two of his most significant poems "Cuarteto de Pompeya" and "La ola que volví".

The imagined story of the last moments of two bodies embracing and petrified during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD – one of the greatest natural disasters of the last two thousand years – discovered by the Italian archaeologist Vittorio Spinazzolla in 1922 and which he named "The Lovers of Pompeii", and of which Fabio recreated a last night full of passion.

While «The wave that returns», the title of the volume of poetry and short stories about everyday life that brings together three of his books «Lotes baldíos» (1985); «De lunes todo el año» (1992), winner of the Bellas Artes Poetry Prize in Aguascalientes; and «Alguien de lava» (2002), a poem that speaks of the strength of the sea and nature.

In 1997, with "When Panthers Were Not Black," which tells the story of a young feline's journey in search of her identity, guided by a group of her peers "who leave no trace," he was awarded the International White Raven Prize by the Jüngenbibliotheke in Munich.

In 2006, “Grieta de fatiga” (Griet of Fatigue), fifteen short stories about the beauty and curiosity of everyday life – a favorite and recurring theme in Fabio’s narrative and poetry – won the Antonin Artaud Narrative Prize.

Of all this, the only thing we knew was that the teacher was perhaps "strict."

Whoever said that ignorance is bliss was not wrong. Because this ignorance created a kind of bond between the professor and his shy students in the Translation I and II classes. Thus creating a recurring familiarity on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in the faculty room of the Poetics department, so far from the hustle and bustle of the Faculty corridors.

Over time we got to know each other. The translation “teacher” gradually acquired an air of respect that was diluted by the great sense of humor with which he praised each word we experimented with. “What does the paragraph say?” “What other word can you think of?” “That sounds good.” “No, that doesn’t convince.”

Years and interviews later, Península 360 Press, from its segment “Portraits of the Bay Area,” returns to the same Poetics classroom at the UNAM Institute of Philology to meet up with that professor again and listen to his experiences from his role as a teacher of the subject of Translation of Modern Italian Letters at UNAM, which he has taught for more than ten years.

A class that he says is “more like a translation workshop.” Fabio also reflects on the constant work that is done when coming into contact with another language that is not “one’s own.” 

Years after those revealing classes, his students met and warmly congratulated their translation “teacher” because, in 2015, Fabio was again awarded the White Raven International Prize granted by the Jüngenbibliotheke in Munich for “Cuentos populares mexicanos.”

Later, in 2017, he was awarded the Fine Arts Award Narrative Colima for Published Work for “Mothers and Dogs”, while in 2018 he won one of the highest awards in Mexican literature, which is given each year to the best published book: the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize from Writers for Writers for his work “The Reader at Home”. 

This prize has been awarded in the past to writers such as Juan Rulfo for "Pedro Páramo" in 1955, to Octavio Paz for "The Bow and the Lyre" in 1956, to Josefina Vicens for "The Empty Book" in 1958, to Elena Garro in 1963 for "Memories of the Future" and in 2021 to Cristina Rivera Garza for "The Invincible Summer of Liliana", among many others.

In addition, in 2019 Morabito wins the Roger Caillois Award awarded by the French PEN Club,  An award given each year to an author of Latin America and another to an author of French language. 

Among the Latin Americans who have been awarded in the past are Chilean José Donoso in 1991; Colombian José Donoso in 1993; Alvaro Mutisin 1995, the Argentine Adolfo Bioy Casaresin 2003, the Mexican Carlos Fuentes; and in 2006, the Mexican Carlos Fuentes Sergio Pitol, to name just a few.

For more details about Fabio Morabito and his role as a teacher and translator, visit the interview on the Instagram account of  @peninsula360press.

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Bay Area events calendar this weekend

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This is the schedule of events for August 27 and 28.
Presentación Sakespeare in the Park. Foto: Redwood City Parks, Recreation & Community Services.

No te quedes sentado viendo el césped crecer, este fin de semana hay varios eventos que no te puedes perder y que puedes disfrutar con la familia, en pareja, los amigos o en solitario. Trae lápiz y papel y prepara todo para pasar unos días increíbles. Esta es la agenda de eventos para el 27 y 28 de agosto.

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Shakespeare in the Park se va, y este es el último fin de semana para que goces de teatro totalmente gratuito.

La cita es este sábado y domingo en punto de las 4:00 de la tarde en Red Morton Park, del lado de Valota Road, ubicado en el 1455 de Madison Ave, en Redwood City.

La obra que se podrá disfrutar es «Mucho Ruido y Pocas nueces», este amado clásico presenta la mezcla de dos historias de amor diferentes: Hero y Claudio, cuyo amor es desafiado por los celos, y Beatrice y Benedick, quienes trabajan juntos a través de su historia pasada para encontrar el amor nuevamente. ¡La villanía de Don John y el agente Dogberry que escupe malas intenciones se suman a la diversión!

You can't miss it.

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Vístete de Blanco el Picnic en Blanc es hoy.

La Fundación de Parques y Artes de Redwood City presenta el séptimo Picnic en Blanc anual, una fiesta de baile y picnic de verano maravillosa y no tradicional para la comunidad que se llevará a cabo de 6 de la tarde a 10 de la noche.

Este evento para mayores de 21 años lo tiene todo… Increíble ubicación al aire libre, a la gran banda de baile Hella Good Dance Band, bebidas refrescantes como vinos premium proporcionados por Old County Cellars y mucho más… 

Los realizadores Instan mesas de picnic, juegos al aire libre, una pista de baile y un escenario en un hermoso lugar al aire libre decorado. Se brinda entretenimiento musical durante la cena y, después, una banda de baile para mantenerlo de pie bailando durante 2 horas seguidas. 

¡Así que solo te toca llevar tu cena de picnic, que te vistas de blanco con un toque de color y lleves a tus amigos!

El evento es apto para los niños

Picnic en Blanc no es solo un evento de “buen momento para todos”, sino que también es una recaudación de fondos para la comunidad. Este año es para becas deportivas juveniles locales que serán administradas por el Departamento de Parques, Recreación y Servicios Comunitarios de la Ciudad de Redwood City para dar a más niños la oportunidad de practicar deportes.

Los boletos cuestan 77 dólares cada uno y aún quedan entradas. No te lo puedes perder.

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¿Prefieres una tarde de cine en compañía de los más pequeños del hogar? Pues este mismo sábado, 27 de agosto, de 7:30 a 10:00 de la noche, se proyectará la cinta de Disney, Valiente, en el Parque Junípero Serra ubicado en el 1801 de la carretera Crystal Springs en San Bruno. 

Así que ¡Disfruta de una experiencia cinematográfica bajo las estrellas! Lleva una manta y/o sus propios bocadillos.

Tenga en cuenta que la película no comenzará hasta que oscurezca, aproximadamente a las 8:00 p. m.

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Este sábado y domingo se llevará a cabo el Silicon Valley Pride, el cual se llevará a cabo en San José. Esta es la celebración del Orgullo más grande de South Bay y es un evento familiar. 

Así, ¡son ya 44 años de honrar y celebrar nuestro derecho a elegir a quién amamos y con quién pasar la vida! 

Este sábado 27 de agosto de 18:00 a 23:00 horas será la Fiesta Mayor Nocturna, mientras que el domingo 28, de 10:30 a 12:00 horas se realizará el desfile del Orgullo, para luego en punto de las 12:00 horas y hasta las 18:00 horas se realizará el Festival de Día.

El espacio para todos estos festejos será en la Plaza de Cesar Chávez, en el número 1 de Paseo de San Antonio en San José.

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Este sábado de 11:00 a 22:00 horas se llevará a cabo por doceavo año el Festival Libanés en el Courthouse Square, en el centro de Redwood City, dónde todos están invitados.

Ahí, los asistentes de todas las edades podrán probar auténtica comida libanesa, entretenimiento en vivo, juegos y mucho más. La entrada es totalmente gratuita.

El 25 por ciento de los ingresos netos se donará para apoyar a Líbano.

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Este sábado también se llevará a cabo el sexto espectáculo anual de autos y motocicletas para recaudar fondos de Fisher House.

El evento tendrá lugar de 11:00 a 15:30 horas en el Veterans Memorial Senior Center ubicado en el 1455 de Madison Ave en Redwood City. 

Los asistentes al evento para todas las edades podrán disfrutar de ver autos clásicos, música, guardia de honor, pintura de caras, dibujos, muchos premios y más. Habrá alimentos y bebidas disponibles. 

Fisher House Foundation ha brindado más de 5 millones 800 mil días de alojamiento a 250 mil familias de veteranos desde 1990. Todas las ganancias de este evento se donarán a Fisher House en Palo Alto.

distancia de la instalación de tratamiento o tienen transporte disponible. Hay 65 Casas Fisher ubicadas en 24 instalaciones militares y 24 centros médicos VA. Muchas más casas están en construcción o en la etapa de diseño. 

Fisher House Foundation ha brindado más de 5,800,000 días de alojamiento a 250,000 familias de veteranos desde 1990. Todas las ganancias de este evento se donarán a Fisher House en Palo Alto.

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E. coli outbreak progresses in U.S. with no known source yet

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E. coli outbreak progresses in U.S. with no known source yet
E. coli in the U.S.
CDC photo, E. coli

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‒CDC, por sus siglas en inglés‒, aún no han podido establecer el origen de un reciente brote de E. coli en EE. UU. que ha provocado que 84 personas hayan enfermado, provocando la hospitalización de 38 de ellas. 

Si bien la agencia no ha confirmado que un alimento específico sea la fuente de este brote, muchas personas enfermas informaron haber comido sándwiches con lechuga romana en los restaurantes Wendy’s en Indiana, Michigan, Ohio y Pensilvania antes de enfermarse, detallaron los CDC en un recuento del brote.

Con base en dicha información, Wendy’s ha tomado la medida de precaución de retirar la lechuga romana que se utiliza en los sándwiches de los restaurantes de esa región. Sin embargo, Wendy’s usa un tipo diferente de lechuga romana para ensaladas. 

Los investigadores están trabajando para confirmar si la lechuga romana es la fuente de este brote y si la lechuga romana utilizada en los sándwiches de Wendy’s se sirvió o vendió en otros negocios. Wendy’s está cooperando plenamente con la investigación, precisó la agencia.

What you should do

Los CDC no recomiendan que las personas eviten comer en los restaurantes de Wendy’s o que dejen de comer lechuga romana.

En este momento, no hay evidencia que indique que la lechuga romana vendida en supermercados, servida en otros restaurantes o en los hogares de las personas esté relacionada con este brote. Además, los CDC actualizarán este consejo si la investigación identifica alimentos que se deben evitar.

Es importante llamar a su proveedor de atención médica de inmediato si tiene alguno de estos síntomas graves de E. coli:

  • Diarrea y fiebre superior a 102°F ‒más de 38°C‒
  • Diarrea por más de 3 días que no mejora
  • Bloody diarrhea
  • Tanto vómito que no puede retener líquidos
  • Signos de deshidratación, como: no orinar mucho, sequedad de boca y garganta y/o sentirse mareado al ponerse de pie

Además, si presenta síntomas de E. coli, ayude a los funcionarios de salud pública a resolver este brote:

  • Anote lo que comió en la semana antes de enfermarse.
  • Report your illness to your local or state health department.
  • Responda las preguntas de los funcionarios de salud pública sobre su enfermedad

¿Qué es la E. coli?

La bacteria Escherichia coli ‒E. coli‒ es un grupo grande y diverso de bacterias. Aunque la mayoría de las cepas de E. coli son inofensivas, otras pueden enfermarlo.

Normalmente vive en los intestinos de las personas y los animales. La mayoría de las E. coli son inofensivas y, de hecho, son una parte importante de un tracto intestinal humano saludable. Sin embargo, algunas E. coli son patógenas, lo que significa que pueden causar enfermedades, ya sea diarrea o enfermedades fuera del tracto intestinal. 

Los tipos de E. coli que pueden causar diarrea pueden transmitirse a través de agua o alimentos contaminados, o por contacto con animales o personas.

Síntomas de E. coli

La mayoría de las personas infectadas con E. coli productora de toxina Shiga, experimentan calambres estomacales intensos, diarrea ‒a menudo con sangre‒ y vómitos.

Los síntomas generalmente comienzan de 3 a 4 días después de tragar la bacteria y la mayoría de las personas se recuperan sin tratamiento en 5 a 7 días.

Algunas personas pueden desarrollar un tipo de insuficiencia renal ‒síndrome urémico hemolítico, también llamado SUH‒ y necesitan hospitalización.

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San Francisco firefighters donate equipment to Colima

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San Francisco Fire Department donated 12 breathing apparatuses to the city of Colima.
Photo: P360P

El departamento de Bomberos de San Francisco donó a la ciudad de Colima 12 equipos de respiración autónoma Scott Air-Pak, que permitirán llevar a cabo búsquedas y atacar incendios de manera más segura.

Esto, en el marco del encuentro entre las ciudades de Redwood City y Colima, en México, y como parte del objetivo de las alcaldesas de ambas localidades, de estrechar vínculos y mejorar la calidad de vida de sus habitantes.

Cabe destacar que la hermandad entre estas dos ciudades data de 1998, sin embargo, el vínculo se había perdido; por lo que el pasado miércoles 25 de agosto, en un evento organizado por Redwood City Internacional, las alcaldesas Giselle Hale and Margarita Moreno pledged to strengthen ties between the two cities. 

«Hoy venimos a reafirmar, a refrendar esa relación y estoy segura de que dará grandes frutos» comentó Margarita Moreno to P360P.

Además, esta mañana el departamento de bomberos de San Francisco ofreció un recorrido por su departamento y academia a los bomberos de Colima y recolectó equipo para realizar la donación, señaló Justin Velásquez, capitán del departamento de bomberos de Redwood City.

Photo: P360P

Los 12 equipos de respiración autónoma Scott Air-Pak facilitarán las labores del departamento de bomberos de Colima, pues las condiciones del entorno en el que tienen que trabajar pueden llegar a ser muy riesgosas, debido a los hidrocarburos y plásticos a los que están expuestos.

Y es que los equipos de respiración autónoma donados tienen una línea de aire comprimido de aproximadamente 45 minutos, lo que permite al usuario utilizarlos con confianza pues les permite respirar fácilmente, lo que será de gran utilidad para llevar a cabo las labores de los bomberos.

Con la donación de los dos camiones de bomberos de la ciudad de Redwood City y el equipo por parte del departamento de bomberos de San Francisco a Colima, se hizo notar el compromiso de las dos alcaldesas por reanudar la hermandad entre las dos ciudades.

Photo: P360P

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Redwood City and Colima resume and strengthen relationship as sister cities

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Redwood City and Colima resume and strengthen relationship as sister cities

By Pamela Cruz, Anna Lee Mraz and Manuel Ortiz – Peninsula 360 Press

With the donation of two fire trucks belonging to the Redwood City Fire Department to the city of Colima, Mexico, the brotherhood between these two cities, which dates back to 1998, was resumed and strengthened. 

The event, co-organized by Redwood City International, took place at Redwood City Hall, where the mayors of Redwood City and Colima, which are sister cities, pledged to strengthen ties with the goal of improving the living conditions of their residents.

Redwood City and Colima
The Redwood City Fire Department donated two trucks to the heroic volunteer fire department of Colima. Photo: P360P

“Today we are here to renew our brotherhood with the city of Colima. We will be donating two of our fire trucks to Colima. The firefighters arrived on Sunday and have been training with ours all week. And I understand they will also have some fun visits in San Francisco. So, today we renew the relationship, strengthen it and look forward to future visits,” he said. Giselle HaleMayor of Redwood City.

For her part, the mayor of Colima, Margarita Moreno She recalled that both cities had been sister cities since March 1998, however, the relationship had been somewhat lost "and today we have come to reaffirm and endorse that relationship that I am sure will bear great fruit."

"We are very grateful because we are already going with two fire trucks that will be very useful for the families of Colima, in addition to different equipment such as helmets and clothing that they are giving us for the firefighters of Colima, but I think it will be a very good collaboration. Always, when you work as a team, you get more results," he added in an interview with P360P.

Enrique Morales, a member of the Colima Volunteer Fire Department, stressed that the most important thing for them is the reestablished brotherhood and the learning obtained during the training sessions carried out during the week.

Captain Enrique Morales of the Colima volunteer fire department. Photo: P360P

"The most important thing for us is the brotherhood that has been reestablished after several years between the city of Redwood City and Colima. Friendship is the main thing, but we also take away lessons," said Morales.

He recalled that, since last Sunday, three firefighters from Colima were able to participate in training on the handling and movement of units, handling of jets, and the extraction of people trapped in vehicles, among others.

He also expressed his gratitude for the donation of fire trucks and equipment.

"We have three emergency response vehicles, and all three were donated approximately 13 years ago by the City of Redwood City," he said.

"Know that in Colima you have brother firefighters and that we will always be grateful for everything that the city of Redwood has done for Colima, because it means saving lives. Even though the firefighters and citizens are here in Redwood City, they are saving lives from here with the donation of equipment."

For his part, Redwood City Fire Chief Ray Iverson thanked the Colima delegation and the volunteer firefighters of this city for their assistance. He noted that the Redwood City fire department has enjoyed the brotherhood and solidarity generated with the Colima firefighters. 

Redwood City Fire Chief Ray Iverson said the Redwood City Fire Department has enjoyed the brotherhood and solidarity generated with Colima firefighters. Photo: P360P

“I know our firefighters have enjoyed the camaraderie and relationships we have established and built while working together these past few days. We look forward to building on these relationships now and even more in the future and we look forward to returning to Colima someday with some of our members to enjoy continuing that relationship,” Iverson said. 

Elyse Gainor, President of Redwood City International, expressed her enthusiasm for the event and expressed her hope that bilateral learning will grow during the Colima delegation's stay in Redwood City.

"We hope this is the beginning of a bright new chapter in our sister city relationship," he said.

Elmer Rodriguez, the newest member of the Redwood City Council, expressed his excitement about the event and meeting the people from Mexico.

“We are here celebrating our relationship with our sister city Colima, Mexico. We have volunteers, firefighters, the mayor of their city and some of the other leaders here to accept some of our fire trucks that are being rotated in. We are very excited to be able to meet so many good people from Colima and to be able to extend this partnership between our cities,” he said.

For Dani Caballero, a Redwood City firefighter, he recognized the work and enthusiasm of the three elements from Mexico who were in training.

"Three firefighters from Colima have been with us all week and we have had training in cutting cars, breaking and entering, putting out fires, something different every day. We want to be with them to get to know them. They have a lot of stories, a lot of experience and what we want to do is continue the relationship between Redwood City and Colima with some new firefighters who can continue here with them," he said.

It is worth noting that the sister city relationship between Redwood City and Colima was forged in 1998, “and since then it has been a fruitful relationship, we have donated fire trucks, clothing and fire equipment. We have received several other delegations from Colima in the past, Redwood City has also made visits and there was also the inauguration of the new city hall in 1997,” recalled Giselle Hale.

Redwood City and Colima

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San Mateo County celebrates "Welcome Week" with services to immigrants

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San Mateo celebrates "Welcome Week".

The San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs is celebrating “Welcome Week” 2022 from September 9-18, which is a campaign to showcase the movement of communities striving to be more welcoming places for everyone, including migrants. 

Launched in 2012 by Welcoming America and its members in the United States, Welcoming Week is now a global movement that brings together communities and neighbors of all backgrounds to build strong connections and affirm the importance of inclusive places. 

San Mateo County said it is proud to be a member of Welcoming America.

“We are thrilled to be offering events this September to show our support and appreciation for all of our county’s residents. Please join us for events celebrating Welcome Week!”

Among the different actions that the county plans for the celebration are:

Immigration Law Clinic and Walk-In Immigration Legal Advice Clinic

Here, interested parties will be able to receive free in-person advice from an immigration attorney. It is first come, first served and there are limited appointments available.

The event will take place at the North Fair Oaks Library on Saturday, September 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at the Half Moon Bay Library on Sunday, September 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Know Your Rights Workshop

Attend this free online workshop streamed live on the San Mateo County Facebook page. The meeting is Tuesday, September 13 at 5:00 p.m. The broadcast will be in English.

East of Salinas movie

Looking for a good movie to watch on the weekend? Available for 3 days only, receive a free code to watch the award-winning documentary “East of Salinas” from the comfort of your home! The first 100 sign-ups will receive access.

The film will be available for on-demand viewing from September 16-18.

Request access by clicking here, the code will be emailed on September 15th.

SMC Immigrant Inclusion Summit

The annual summit will include speakers and sessions highlighting the immigrant experience in San Mateo County. There will be a musical performance by Casa Círculo Cultural to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.

The appointment is on Thursday, September 15th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. virtually. ‒Zoom registration coming soon‒.

Benefits, Services and Health Access for Refugees and Asylees in San Mateo County

During this month's flagship event, the county will host a workshop on health care and other resources available to new asylees. The event will be live-streamed on the San Mateo County Facebook page on Wednesday, September 14 at 5:00 p.m.

Tales of belonging and inclusion

Visit a San Mateo County Libraries branch this week for special storytimes featuring books and songs that promote messages of inclusion, tolerance and welcome for children. 

Or if you prefer, you can also pick up resources and giveaways like the Immigrants Gateway to Resources brochure, “Know Your Rights” red cards, and “I Stand with Immigrants” bracelets. 

This event will take place throughout the week of September 12-18.

Video from San Mateo County at Quarry Park

The county’s new welcome video, featuring many community residents, will play before a screening of Wrinkle in Time on Saturday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m. at Cantera Park in El Granada.

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California will refer to simian pox as "MPX" to avoid stigmatization of the name.

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California will refer to simian pox as "MPX" to avoid stigmatization of the name.
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This 2003 electron microscopy (EM) image shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical specimen associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin-section image of a human skin sample. On the left were the oval-shaped mature virus particles, and on the right were the crescent-shaped and spherical immature virion particles.

By Eli Walsh. Bay City News.

The California Department of Public Health said it will refer to the virus as monkeypox in the first reference in a written communication and the abbreviation, pronounced M-pox, in all subsequent references. State officials will also call the virus MPX when speaking.

“The California Department of Public Health is aware of concerns about the stigma associated with the name monkeypox, including racist connotations,” said Dr. Tomas Aragon, state public health officer and director of CDPH. 

"As such, CDPH has switched to using the acronym MPX while the World Health Organization explores renaming the disease," it said.

The WHO issued a set of best practices in 2015 for disease naming, recommending that geographic locations, names of people, species of animals or foods, and cultural, population or occupational references be avoided in colloquial names of viruses and diseases.

“This may seem like a trivial issue to some, but disease names really matter to the people directly affected,” said Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO assistant director-general from 2009 to 2016, in 2015.

"We have seen that certain disease names provoke a backlash against members of particular religious or ethnic communities, create unjustified barriers to travel and trade, and trigger the unnecessary killing of animals intended for food," Fukuda said.

As of Wednesday, 3,065 probable and confirmed cases of MPX have been reported statewide, including in the 11-county Bay Area.

San Francisco continues to have the second-highest number of reported cases in the state with 656.

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Jei Africa is the new deputy director of the San Mateo County Human Services Agency.

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Jei Africa is the new deputy director of the San Mateo County Human Services Agency.
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Jei Africa. Photo: San Mateo County

San Mateo County has named Dr. Jei Africa as the new Deputy Director of the Human Services Agency, continuing the work of providing assistance to those most in need in the area.

So the longtime health and behavioral health leader in both San Mateo County and elsewhere joined the Human Services Agency (HSA) this week as its new deputy director to help people “thrive.”

Dr. Jei Africa most recently served as Director of Behavioral Health and Recovery Services for Marin County, where he focused on expanding outreach to underserved communities, expanded the continuum of care for clients, and led the acquisition of several critical residential facility projects for individuals with mental health and substance abuse conditions.

Prior to that role, Africa served for more than a decade as director of the Office of Diversity and Equity within the San Mateo County Health Department. 

Africa is the first openly transgender county behavioral health director in the United States, who was instrumental in opening a transgender health clinic and spearheaded the development of the first multidisciplinary LGBTQ+ community behavioral health center in San Mateo County.

“I am excited to be back in San Mateo County, where I live and where I began my career in public service. I am hopeful that my experience will help improve and elevate HSA’s efforts to help those in need of support and services, so they can thrive,” Africa said. 

“I look forward to working in partnership with staff, clients and residents and other community partners to ensure our services are accessible, equitable and customer-centered,” she added.

Ken Cole, director of the Human Services Agency, praised Africa's experience and leadership.

“Jei Africa brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and intelligence to his new role as HSA Deputy Agency Director. He is a proven leader who cares deeply about equity, our agency’s mission and the overall well-being of those in need,” Cole said. “We are fortunate to have him join our leadership team.”

Africa holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Alliant International University/California School of Professional Psychology and a postdoctoral MS in Clinical Psychopharmacology. 

In addition, Africa also earned a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of the Philippines – Manila, in behavioral sciences.

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Inauguration of INEA's "Plaza Comunitaria" in Redwood City

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Inauguration of INEA's "Plaza Comunitaria" in Redwood City
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By Laura Rubio, student of the Community Journalism Workshop of Peninsula 360 Press, with the support of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

This Wednesday morning, Casa Círculo Cultural held the inauguration of the “Community Plaza” program at 3090 Middlefield Rd. in Redwood City.

The inauguration was attended by engineer Luis Gutiérrez, director of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad –IME–; Remedios Gómez Arnau, Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco; Julio Huerta, Consul for Community and Cultural Affairs; as well as Giselle Hale, Mayor of Redwood City.

The program, sponsored by the National Institute for Adult Education in Mexico (INEA), seeks to support young people over 15 years of age and Spanish-speaking immigrant adults to begin or finish their primary or secondary education in the Spanish language.

"There will be the opportunity to connect with Mexico and finish primary or secondary school. If they never did it in Mexico, they can start here at their own pace," said Remedios Gómez Arnau, who also pointed out the opportunity for students to enter the online system of higher secondary education offered by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the one offered by the Secretariat of Public Education of the Government of Mexico (SEP).

For his part, Luis González pointed out that through 40 universities in Mexico "access to online university programs is being promoted - at a distance - so that people can continue studying and that resources or time are not a limitation."

In addition to literacy, the program offers the opportunity to access technological resources, job training, and preparation for the General Education Development (GED) test.

Likewise, those who complete primary or secondary education can obtain a certificate of studies endorsed by the SEP, which is valid both in Mexico and the United States.

"This is an opportunity for all the people who emigrated and were unable to finish school in Mexico, so that they can finish their education remotely, get their certificate and it will help them continue to progress in life," said Luis Gutiérrez.

González also said that, if more information is required, interested parties can go to the educational guidance window at the San Francisco consulate from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or send an email to consfrancisco@sre.gob.mx.

Anna Lee Mraz, project coordinator at Casa Círculo Cultural, pointed out that "it is very important that there are opportunities like the Community Plaza to advance educational issues, since many times migrants travel and do not finish their studies there, and education is always a way to strengthen the community, broaden horizons and opportunities for all migrants."

In this regard, the mayor of Redwood City explained that "education is a gateway to more opportunities."

There are currently 258 INEA Community Plazas in the United States, which you can consult at inea.gob.mx/servicios_en_linea/Plaza_mas_cercana

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