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Alejandro Maciel

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Sep 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Alejandro Maciel • Tiempos de San Diego

    Hispanic Heritage Month: A story told through everyday life (opens the original)

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    At a bakery in Vista, in North San Diego County, someone orders a coffee and a sweet pan dulce in Spanish. Right behind them, another customer answers a phone call in English. At a nearby table, a family is talking about Chivas’ 3-0 win over Pumas the week before while sharing tamales.There’s nothing unusual about the scene.It’s part of everyday life for millions of people across the United States, and it reflects the cultural blend that Hispanic Heritage Month is meant to recognize each year.Fr

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego

    Reflection: Dolly Parton always got the joke – but behind the laughter there was so much more (opens the original)

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    Her blonde hair seemed to arrive a few seconds before the rest of her. It entered a room like an architectural feat, towering, immovable, impossible to ignore. The lashes cast delicate shadows across carefully lit cheeks. The nails punctuated every gesture. Sequins caught the light and sent it ricocheting around the room. Then Dolly Parton would start talking, and the person everyone thought they had figured out would begin to slip free of the caricature. Parton understood exactly what that imag

  3. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego

    TPS for Salvadorans ends on Sept. 9. Thousands of families at risk of deportation (opens the original)

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    The federal government’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador on Sept. 9, 2026 has raised concerns among tens of thousands of Salvadorans who have lived and worked legally in the United States for more than two decades. The measure could significantly affect communities across Southern California, home to one of the largest concentrations of TPS beneficiaries. Data compiled by FWD.us and the National TPS Alliance estimate that approximately 170,000 Salvadorans current

  4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego

    'I thought the house was coming down': Cali survivor recounts earthquake as San Diego rallies to help Colombia (opens the original)

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    Approximately 10,000 Colombians live in San Diego County and they have made a Sherman Heights restaurant a hub for donations. Aura Cecilia Rodríguez Pérez, 52, was at home in Cali, living in a four-story apartment building, when she began to hear the walls creak and felt her bed rocking from side to side. At 7:34 a.m. on Monday a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, with its epicenter in the municipality of San José del Palmar, in the Chocó department. The disaster immediately brought back

  5. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Alejandro Maciel • Times of San Diego

    Back-to-school sticker shock: Rising cost of school supplies delivers hard hit to family budgets (opens the original)

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    Last week, I accompanied my daughter to Target to buy notebooks, pencils, markers, folders, and the long list of supplies she’ll need for the school year that starts in less than a week. I went with her last year, too. And the first thing I noticed was the price of everything. As we walked through the aisles, I ran into María Ibarra, who was shopping with her daughter, a seventh-grader this year. Standing in front of a shelf lined with notebooks, María was trying to find options that would bette

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