Best Jose Alejos Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 204 - Jessie Villanueva and Ivonne Soto Mayor Santos - Soroptimist of El Centro 20:04

4M ago20:04

20:04

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Episode 203 - Diana Noricumbo - Candidate Calexico City Council 59:50

6M ago59:50

59:50

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 h…

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Episode 202 - Joey Acuña - Candidate CA State Assembly District 36 40:35

7M ago40:35

40:35

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 star…

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Episode 201 - Adriana Marquez - Candidate Calexico City Council 55:30

7M ago55:30

55:30

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 t…

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Episode 200 - Alex Avina - CUSD Board of Trustees 53:04

7M ago53:04

53:04

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 a…

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Episode 199 - Aaron Lopez - Ursa 50:28

8M ago50:28

50:28

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 schoo…

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Episode 198 - Women SHINE - Español 47:23

8M ago47:23

47:23

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…

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Episode 198 - Women SHINE - English 57:23

8M ago57:23

57:23

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 p…

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Episode 197 - Jimmy Dorantes - Calexico 1930-1969 33:33

10M ago33:33

33:33

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 Duraz…

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Episode 196 - Martin Arellano Jr. - TacoMex 32:49

1y ago32:49

32:49

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 me…

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Episode 195 - Jonathan Angulo 48:04

1y ago48:04

48:04

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 …

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Episode 194 - Lewis Pacheco - IID Division 4 44:37

1y ago44:37

44:37

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 Gar…

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Episode 193 - Diahna Garcia-Ruiz - Imperial County Supervisor District 2 48:07

1y ago48:07

48:07

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 Faceb…

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Episode 192 - Sergio Ojeda Jr. - Takito11 55:01

1+ y ago55:01

55:01

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 …

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Episode 191 - Ana Vazquez - Imperial Valley Colectivo 59:02

1+ y ago59:02

59:02

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 Colec…

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Episode 190 - Gil Rebollar 1:23:49

1+ y ago1:23:49

1:23:49

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 bei…

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Episode 189 - Fernando Fro Reza 1:08:12

2y ago1:08:12

1:08:12

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 …

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Episode 188 - Ricardo Islas 1:03:24

2y ago1:03:24

1:03:24

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…

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Episode 187 - Roxsanna Pacheco 46:25

2y ago46:25

46:25

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 …

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Episode 186 - Alexandra Rangel 52:34

2y ago52:34

52:34

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 cam…

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Episode 185 - Jeff Lozano 1:33:42

2y ago1:33:42

1:33:42

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a fellow Caleciano, podcaster, beer drinker and Brand Ambassador for Ballast Point Brewing Co., my guest today was Jeff Lozano. After living in SD for quite a while Jeff has temporarily come down to the Imperial Valley, specifically Calexico. We talked about what his experience was like growing up in Calexico,…

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Episode 184 - Angel Esparza - Magic Chai 1:00:47

2y ago1:00:47

1:00:47

Today I had the pleasure of having a meal, drinking some chai and having a conversation with Angel Esparza. Many of you might know Angel as the creator of Mi Calexico or as a former Calexico City Council candidate or as one of the organizers for one of the many Calexico Art Walks. Angel is now working on a new project and he's hoping he can get som…

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Episode 183 - Fernanda Vega and Richard Brown - Salton Sea Community Outreach Education & Engagement 50:06

2y ago50:06

50:06

Today I had the pleasure of visiting the Comite Civico Del Valle headquarters and talk to two people that wear many hats at Comite but one of the most important roles they play is as the coordinators of the Salton Sea Outreach Program Mr Richard Brown and Ms Fernanda Vega. One of the biggest reasons I wanted to meet with Fernanda and Richard was to…

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Episode 182 - Caitlin Chavez - ICHS Pioneers Museum 56:22

2y ago56:22

56:22

Today I had the pleasure of meeting the new director for the ICHS Pioneers Museum Mrs Caitlin Chavez. A lot of us from the Imperial Valley might have seen the Pioneers Museum on our way to IVC or whenever we take Aten road but we ask ourselves, "I wonder what's inside?" And let me tell you there's a lot of amazing displays showcasing animals from o…

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Episode 181 - Anabel Lippmann - Tropicana Fruit and Juice Bar 39:42

2y ago39:42

39:42

This episode is in Spanish. Hoy tube el placer de platicar con una dueña de pequeña empresa de la cuidad de Calexico, la Sra. Anabel Lippmann. La Sra Lippmann junto con sus dos hijas y su hijo abrieron Tropicana Fruit and Juice Bar poco antes de la pandemia. Desafortunadamente hace mas de un año se empeso a renovar la carretera 98 y su negocio fue …

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Episode 180 - Yaya and Liz Oceguera - Oceguera Boxing 32:09

2+ y ago32:09

32:09

Welcome to the 2023 season of the podcast! Today I had the pleasure of talking to two very talented female boxers who happen to be sisters Liz and Yaya Oceguera. Trained and coached by their dad they have won national championships and aspire to one day represent the USA in the Olympics, if possible Paris 2024. These young ladies shared with us som…

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Episode 179 - Dr Lennor Johnson - IVC President - Measure B 41:06

2+ y ago41:06

41:06

Today I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Imperial Valley College President Dr. Lennor Johnson. We talked about some of the amazing accomplishments our local community college has accomplished, like being on the top 10 list of ASPEN list. But Dr Johnson was here to talk and promote a measure that's on the November ballot, Measure B. If pas…

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Episode 178 - Sonia Carter - Candidate for El Centro City Council 48:33

2+ y ago48:33

48:33

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a candidate for El Centro City Council Ms Sonia Carter. This is her 2nd time running for city council, back in 2020 she ran for the 1st time and she was amazed of how well her campaign did despite being in the middle of the pandemic. She feels that this time around she can do a much better job now that she can…

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Episode 177 - Gloria Brambila - Candidate for Westmorland Union Elementary School Board 1:00:28

2+ y ago1:00:28

1:00:28

Today I had the pleasure of talking to hard working stay at home mom who left a successful professional career to spend more time with her son Mathew who is in the autism spectrum. After leaving the workforce she has spent her spare time advocating for all children with autism. She spent a lot of her time living in the outskirts of Westmorland but …

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Episode 176 - Bill Hodge - Candidate for Calexico City Council 42:35

2+ y ago42:35

42:35

Today I had the please of talking to a former Calexico City Council and former Mayor for the City of Calexico and now candidate for Calexico City Council Mr Bill Hodge. If elected this would be his 3rd term as a member of Calexico City Council. Mr Hodge hopes that his experience and willingness to stand up to administration to fight for what's best…

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Episode 175 - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia 56:36

2+ y ago56:36

56:36

Today I had the pleasure of talking to assemblymember for California's 56th district, Eduardo Garcia. This is the third time I've had the honor of talking to assemblymember Garcia but this is the 1st time we talked in person. In today's episode we talked about some of the legislature that was recently passed, some of the issues our district is faci…

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Episode 174 - Ida Obeso-Martinez - Candidate for Imperial City Council 49:59

2+ y ago49:59

49:59

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a life long Imperial resident and now candidate for Imperial City Council, Mrs Ida Obeso-Martinez. She is also a member of MANA of Imperial Valley and part of the board for ARC of Imperial Valley. This is her first time running for an elected position and although she already helps her community in many other …

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Episode 173 - Gina Dockstader - Candidate IID Division 3 49:27

2+ y ago49:27

49:27

Today I had the pleasure of having a returning guest, Ms Gina Dockstader. Gina is a 4th generation Imperial Valley native and local entrepreneur who is running for a seat in the IID board of directors. Ms Dockstader is hoping to represent the people of division 3, this is her first time running for a public office position and was able to be the to…

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Episode 172 - George Marquez - Candidate For District Attorney 38:13

2+ y ago38:13

38:13

Today I had the pleasure of talking to an El Centro native who is now running for the position of district attorney in the November election, my guest is Mr George Marquez. He ran a successful campaign in June and now is hoping to have your vote in the November election. Follow George Marquez' campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/georgema…

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Episode 171 - Don Campbell - Candidate IID Division 3 1:07:53

2+ y ago1:07:53

1:07:53

My guest today has been an employee for the IID for the past 48 years, he's was a city council member for the city of Brawley for 12 years and now he's a candidate for board of directors for IID division 3, Mr Don Campbell. He was 2nd in votes in the June election and is now facing Ms Gina Dockstader in the November run off election. Huge thanks to…

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Episode 170 - Tomas Oliva - Candidate For El Centro City Council 57:06

2+ y ago57:06

57:06

Today I had the please of sitting down and having a chat with the Mayor for the City of El Centro and now candidate for re election for El Centro city council, Mr Tomas Oliva. Tomas ran for city council a couple of times and lost and then in 2018 he was elected for city council and is now at the tailed of his first term. He feels that with the know…

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Episode 169 - Gil Rebollar - Candidate for Brawley City Council 55:45

2+ y ago55:45

55:45

Today I had the pleasure of talking returning guest, Mr Gil Rebollar. Gil is in the last months of his 1st term as Brawley Elementary Board of Trustees and he is now a candidate for Brawley City Council. Follow Gil's campaign on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/BESDGil Follow Gil's campaign on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/gilrebel/ Huge t…

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Episode 168 - Kristian Salgado -Imperial County Master Gardener Program 52:51

2+ y ago52:51

52:51

Today I had the please of talking to Kristian Salgado, the new Imperial County Master Gardener Coordinator. The UC Master Gardener Program has been in existence for almost 40 year in the state of California but this will be the 1st year we will have one in the Imperial County. Kristian and I talked about gardening, composting and a lot of other thi…

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Episode 167 - Luis Daniel Sandoval - Pinkis 59:30

3y ago59:30

59:30

Today I had the please of talking to Luis Daniel Sandoval aka El Pinkis. For those of you who don't know what Pinkis is, it started as a hot dog cart and now it has evolved into a Food truck. Luis and I talked about how and why he decided to start a hot dog cart and the hurdles he faced to get all of his permits and licenses in order. We also talke…

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Episode 166 - Esperanza Colio Warren - Calexico City Manager 46:35

3y ago46:35

46:35

Today I had the please of having a conversation with Calexico's new city manager, Mrs Esperanza Colio Warren. She is Calexico's 2nd female city manager and the first Mexican Female city manager. Ms Colio Warren shared with me what motivated her to get to where she is now and what she hopes to accomplish has Calexico's new city manager. She knows it…

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Episode 165 - Lizeth Legaspi - Camarena Memorial Library 43:58

3y ago43:58

43:58

Today I visited a place some of us used to visit as a cool place where you could hand out but quietly and also to do research for any school project, our local library Camarena Memorial Library. I had the pleasure of talking to library manager Mrs Lizeth Legaspi. We talked about how she became the library's manager and how they've adapted during CO…

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Episode 164 - Eric Reyes 50:33

3y ago50:33

50:33

Today I had a returning guest, Mr Eric Reyes. The fist time Eric was on we talked a little bit about himself and we didn't get a chance to talk about some of the committees he's involved and why he feels it's important for everyone to have a seat on the table. We also talked about the June 7 elections and why we need more people to vote and to beli…

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Episode 163 - Robert Menvielle - Imperial County Assessor 42:16

3y ago42:16

42:16

Today I had the pleasure of talking to the current Imperial County Assessor who is now running for re-election for another term, Mr Robert Menvielle. We spoke about his experience as the Imperial County assessor and why he should be re-elected to be our county's assessor for another 4 years. Follow Mr Venvielle's Campaign on Facebook!! https://www.…

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Episode 162 - Don Campbell - IID Division 3 37:43

3y ago37:43

37:43

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a former Brawley city council member and now candidate for IID director for Division 3, Mr Don Campbell. Mr Campbell is a El Centro native but has lived in Brawley for the past 20 or so years. He's worked for the IID for the past 48 year and wants to bring his knowledge as a IID employee to the IID board of di…

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Episode 161 - Maria Nava-Froelich - IID Division 3 36:05

3y ago36:05

36:05

Today I had the pleasure of talking to mayor pro-tem for the city of Calipatria, she is also the director-coordinator for the Niland Family Resource Center and advocate for our the low income families and the under served families in the North end of the Imperial County, my guest for today was Mrs Maria Nava-Froelich. Follow Maria Nava-Froelich's c…

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Episode 160 - Briant Fabela Luna - Imperial County Board of Supervisors District 1 40:22

3y ago40:22

40:22

Today I had the pleasure of talking to a 1st generation Calexico, Calexico High Graduate, UC Santa Barbara Graduate and now Imperial County Board of Supervisors candidate for division 1, Briant Fabela Luna. Follow Briant on Instagram!! https://www.instagram.com/briant.fabela/ Follow Briant on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/BriantForCalexico Tha…

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Episode 159 - Gina Dockstader - IID Division 3 39:30

3y ago39:30

39:30

Today I had the please of having a conversation with a life long Imperial Valley native and now candidate for IID division 4, Mrs Gina Dockstader. She is a 4th generation Imperial Valley native with a long background in agribusiness, she's a Calipat graduate with a BA in public relations and minors in business and Spanish. This is her first time ru…

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Episode 158 - Ricardo Avila - Imperial County Assessor 30:02

3y ago30:02

30:02

Today I had the pleasure of talking to one of the two candidates for Imperial County Assessor, Mr Ricardo Avila. In his early 20's he worked for the assessor's office, he later when into the private sector but eventually came back to the Assessor's office. After working for several assessors he feels it's time for a change and he feels he's can lea…

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Episode 157 - Karin Eugenio 30:51

3y ago30:51

30:51

Today I had the pleasure of talking to former mayor and current city council from the city of Imperial, Ms Karin Eugenio. She is now also a candidate for IID Division 5, in today's episode we talked about her experience as a city council member and how she plans on helping the imperial Valley as an IID director if elected. Follow Karin's campaign o…

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Episode 156 - Alex Cardenas and Norma Sierra Galindo 1:07:20

3y ago1:07:20

1:07:20

Today I had the please of talking to two current IID directors running for re-election, Alex Cardenas and Norma Sierra Galindo. They are the incumbents for Division 5 and Division 1. Lately the IID has been the talk of the town and I feel our community needs to keep an eye out for this race because our future depends on what happens at IID. Follow …

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