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- Jared FullerMaria is a fantastic realtor and every one of her customers is very lucky to have her. I have enjoyed being part of her team for years and she deserves all of her success.
- Nusrath MaknojiaI have workrd with Maria over the years. She is very knowledgeable, trustworthy and reliable, and I am consistently refer her to all my friends and collegues.
- Rodney LobatoMaria is a true professional with a personal touch that not many of her competitors posses. She is one of the friendliest most sincere agents I have worked with. Needless to say she sets the bar high for customer service, but is a tough negotiator making her the complete package.
- Christy CiminoMaria is a very hardworking and caring Real Estate professional. Maria always has her clients best interests in mind. She is focused on finding them the right home or is very active in selling a clients home. Maria will take the time to explain the BUYING and SELLING process and is available at all times with informaton and market status. Maria uses the most update computer programs and social media to stay in touch with her clients and transactions. I am proud to be a part of her TEAM!
- Carl WhiteMaria comes with my highest recommendations. She is always looking for new ideas to assist her clients. I admire her for her creative work and her willingness to "give first". You would be doing yourself a favor to align yourself with Maria as I have.
- Karl GeigerI am extremely pleased to write this recommendation for Maria. Going through a short sale was probably one of the most challenging experiences I have had in my life, but Maria guided me through it and made it a smooth, stress-free and successful experience overall. In all transactions Maria was organized, thorough, and personable. She was proactive, worked hard and showed a great understanding of the short sale process and the required documentation that I have yet to see from any realtor I have ever dealt with in the past. Maria was quite simply a pleasure to work with! She was easy to talk to, a good listener, easy to contact, and always prompt at returning my calls or answering my questions. Additionally, she was honest, knowledgeable, diligent, patient, and very professional. I would not hesitate to hire her the next time I am in the market and you shouldn't either!
- Patti McKelveyMaria was excellent to work with. She went to the extra mile to insure the utmost professionalism through out our transaction. I commend her on her timely responses, attention to detail and commitment to her clients.
- Mike MoloneyIn addition to being totally professional and diligent, Maria is always concerned with providing maximum service to her clients. Anyone would be fortunate to have her representation in a commercial transaction.
- Jesse MendezOne of the most important things the selling agent can do in an REO or short sale transaction is educate the buyers on what to expect. Maria does a great job of doing this and sets realistic expectations for her clients. She is also responsive and very much “on top of” the timelines that are so important in any transaction. This made for a quick, smooth escrow with no surprises for either party. Thank you Maria!
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Welcoming Cocina 35 to the Ferry Landing
Coronado Ferry Landing is bringing the brunch festivities with Cocina35! The new breakfast spot brings the party from Mexico with family recipes and ambiance. While an exact date has not been determined, Cocina 35 aims to be open at the Ferry Landing by mid-November.A Family LegacyPaulina Chaidez started the Cocina restaurants with her brother Cesar 12 years ago. “My parents had restaurants in Mexico. Our first location in the states was called Loteria, which is a Mexican bingo game.”Cocina 35 Sopa de TortillaAfter two years of Loteria in Otay Mesa San Diego, they needed to change the name. “My dad’s lucky number is 35. Our address in Otay Mesa is 9335 Airway Road. We found out that our second location, which is in downtown, is 1435 6th Ave.” Paulina says that her dad predicted that they would get the downtown location. “He says ‘that location will be ours.’ My brother and I asked why, and he said because of the number 35. Indeed, we got the keys two or three days afterward. So that’s the story behind the brand name.”For their third location at Liberty Station, the sister and brother duo were ready to put a different spin on their popular restaurants. “Our Otay Mesa and downtown locations are more fast-casual. We have our display menu so you can see exactly what you’re going to get on plates and at the table before ordering. At Liberty Station, we decided to go with the full service. It’s more like a brunch-themed restaurant. Even though the other two were just breakfast and lunch, this is more on the celebration side.” As for what the Coronado Ferry Landing Cocina 35 Brunch will look like, Paulina shares, “We’re bringing the full service. We are known for our chilaquiles, and we will have a full bar restaurant.”Cocina 35 Brunch MenuThe most well-known dish at Cocina 35 is their chilaquiles. Paulina explains, “We are the only Mexican restaurant that specializes in breakfast. Obviously chilaquiles are part of our brunch. We’re not the regular red or green chilaquiles, we have seven different sauces: creamy chipotle, creamy habanero, salsa ranchera, salsa verde, tomato, vegetarian red sauce and a three-chili sauce.”In addition to the sauce options, you can build your own chilaquiles with different proteins: machaca sinaloense, pork chilorio, beef chorizo, cochinita pibil, carnitas light, grilled chicken, grilled veggies, and carne asada.Along with their crispy (never soggy!) chilaquiles, Cocina 35 offers an array of brunch items – both savory and sweet. The Mexican scramble and golden potato tacos are hits. Also, the cajeta toast is a Mexican take on French toast. It is topped with cajeta envinada, and includes two eggs and crispy bacon. A dance for your taste buds!Of the impressive menu and taste, Paulina attributes much of that to her family recipes. “A lot of our recipes are from the northwest part of Mexico. We’re from Sinaloa which is in the north. We also have different dishes from the South like cochinita pibil or tamales. At the Coronado location we will have a liquor license as well. We’re not just serving a regular orange mimosa. We make them with flavors of our aguas frescas.” Customers can expect full flavor margaritas, horchata, and mezcalitas. While they finalize their Coronado menu, take a look at the Liberty Station menu here.Liberty Station Cocina 35 from their Facebook page.Finding a Home for their Fifth Location at the Coronado Ferry LandingPaulina says that opening Cocina 35 at the Ferry Landing is a dream come true. “We’d been coming to the ferry landing before we moved to San Diego. Since we were little, my dad used to bring us every time we visited San Diego. Twice a year he used to bring us through Seaport Village. For us, it was completely out of our heads that we would ever be able to have a restaurant here. Then I learned that a space was available. Our hope was that we can fix it to be our space – a place we grew up coming to. It is also the most beautiful view of San Diego!”While a Coronado location will be beneficial to locals, Paulina is excited for what another location means for all breakfast lovers. “All of our locations experience wait times. Bringing a location to Coronado will give another option for those who want a Cocina 35 brunch. For locals, there are people in Coronado that don’t know our brand yet. We are excited to bring something new to them.”Aiming to Open Mid-NovemberAs far as what they are doing to get ready for their opening, Paulina says, “We’re remodeling our front house and hiring.” Those interested can apply online. An exact date for opening has not been set, but Paulina is aiming for a mid-November start date. 1201 1st St · @cocina35.brunch · Cocina 35 FacebookThe story Welcoming Cocina 35 to the Ferry Landing appeared first on Coronado Times. Read more stories written by Coronado Ferry Landing.
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CDC Working with SD County on Tijuana River Valley Health Assessment
Interview teams, who will be bilingual in English and Spanish, will be wearing identifying badges and white reflective vests. (County of San Diego)For the next three days, representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are in San Diego working with County public health staff and volunteers to interview people who live near the Tijuana River Valley about their experiences with sewage pollution in the area. The County and CDC are partnering to complete a survey called a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response or CASPER. Today through Saturday, staff and volunteers will interview people who live in 210 randomly selected households chosen from a bigger 30-block sample of homes. Interviewers will pick seven households from each block to be surveyed.County health officials encourage community members to share their experiences if their household is randomly selected to do the survey. “It is important to hear directly from people who live near the Tijuana River Valley,” said Dr. Ankita Kadakia, County interim public health officer. “If you get a knock on your door in the next couple of days from a CASPER interview team, please speak with interviewers and provide your honest answers.” The responses from the assessment on how living in close proximity to pollution in the Tijuana River Valley has affected people’s lives will be analyzed and used by the County to make future decisions. The results can help determine what additional actions to take, find gaps in information, what resources are needed, and understand new or changing needs within the community. “The CDC has supported our partners in using the CASPER method for decades to quickly gather household-based information about community health concerns,” said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, director of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). “These interviews will provide firsthand insights into how the sewage contamination is impacting the daily lives of residents, helping to inform solutions.” The work to bring the CDC to San Diego started back in May 2024 when the County contacted the California Department of Public Health requesting support in addressing the Tijuana River Valley pollution situation. Additionally, a formal request to the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) requesting an Epi-Aid investigation into the Tijuana River Valley was submitted on June 25, 2024. The Epi-Aid was verbally approved on July 31, 2024. This is the first CASPER to take place in the County of San Diego. It has provided valuable insight in other communities where it was conducted. The household interviews will be conducted during the following dates and times: Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, from 2 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Interview teams, who will be bilingual in English and Spanish, will be wearing identifying badges and white reflective vests. Interviews will take about 15 minutes to complete and are anonymous. Participating households will not be asked identifying information including about immigration status. To learn more about health concerns and impacts from sewage and pollution in the Tijuana River Valley and the CASPER survey, visit sandiegocounty.gov/southregionhealth. The story CDC Working with SD County on Tijuana River Valley Health Assessment appeared first on Coronado Times. Read more stories written by Managing Editor.
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What is the RMNNT, and Why Are Coronado Candidates Unhappy About its Endorsements?
A controversial voting guide has made recommendations in Coronado’s upcoming elections, but the candidates listed in the guide aren’t too happy about the endorsements. The RMNNT, a San Diego-based organization designed to “raise up a bold and passionate army to effectively influence politics,” has recommended John Duncan for mayor, Mark Fleming and Mark Warner for Coronado City Council, and Fitz Lee for Coronado School Board.All four of the men say they neither sought nor approved the endorsement.The RMNNT, which is associated with the Awaken Church and claims to support conservative values, features a dystopian video on its homepage, complete with a leather-clad man and woman, climbing through brush and foliage with a range of weapons, including a crossbow, a knife and a semi-automatic rifle. The video quotes Samuel Adams, saying, “It does not take a majority to prevail…but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”The RMNNT says it selects candidates for its voter guide based on several criteria.“The RMNNT team evaluates each candidate based on a number of factors including endorsements, fundraising, campaign team, voting record, etc,” reads the website. “We pick the candidate most aligned with our values that has a viable chance to win.”Mark Warner, candidate for Coronado City Council and part of a third-generation military family, says he requested that his name be removed from the voter guide and demanded an apology. He says he understands RNMNT’s mission to mean that the organization wants to supplant a democratically-elected government with their ideology.“I believe this to be a grassroots anarchism,” said Warner. “I do not believe or support their goals. I believe in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.”Fitz Lee, who is running for Coronado School Board, said he did not seek the RMNNT endorsement and says he had never heard of the organization until someone sent him a screenshot of the voter guide.“Upon reviewing [the RMNNT] materials, I am particularly disturbed by their promotional video, which irresponsibly distorts scripture to seemingly justify preparing for armed resistance against those who disagree with their worldview,” said Lee. “I unequivocally reject both their endorsement and their organization, and I find their messaging abhorrent, reckless and dangerous.”Like the others, Mark Fleming, who is a candidate for Coronado City Council, said he didn’t know much about the RMNNT or Awaken, other than it is quite controversial with local residents.“I neither solicited them for an endorsement, nor did they contact me for an endorsement,” said Fleming. “It’s a shame that some of our citizens are constantly looking for something that they can weaponize against candidates that they are opposed to.”It’s the second time John Duncan, a mayoral candidate in this year’s election, has been listed in the RMNNT guide. He said he had asked the RMNNT to remove his name from the 2022 voter guide, when he was running for city council, and again this year. Despite his request, they did not comply.“So unfortunate I have to go through this utter nonsense again,” he said in a social media post. “As was true back then, I never had any communication with them in any form ever (email, phone, mailer, literally zero) other than my notice to them not to include me.”Voter guides, like the one designed by RMNNT, are often published by organizations, unions, political parties, and 32 state governments. In Coronado specifically, voters are exposed to a range of guides, including those created by the Republican and Democratic parties, political groups like Reform California, and guides published to social media from local groups like Coronado First. Even newspapers and police associations weigh in on Coronado elections.Lobbying is not illegal. But while research shows that guides can empower citizens about ballot choices and inform with political knowledge about candidates, their effects are limited.Carl Luna, a Coronado local and professor of political science for 25 years, says that voter guides like RMNNT’s usually don’t pack a big punch during an election year when there is a big voter turnout.“If there’s a large voter turnout and you’ve got candidates that are fairly well-established in the community, it’s not really going to move the needle too much,” said Luna. “And I think the majority of Coronado locals don’t like outside forces coming in and trying to shape our elections.”According to Mike Yeager, a pastor of Awaken Church who lives in Coronado, the RMNNT is not officially associated with Awaken, but is rather a partner organization. According to the Awaken Church website, Awaken is a 501c3 nonprofit, which means any church earnings are tax-exempt. As such, the law prohibits any political campaign activity on behalf of the church.But Awaken does not fund the RMNNT, or have any financial ties to the RMNNT, according to Yeager.“RMNNT is an external organization run by a member of Awaken Church, and is not officially associated with our church in any way,” said Yeager. “They are a partner organization that we refer to for election information and activation.”Awaken currently features seven locations in the San Diego area, and churches in Salt Lake City, Boise, and Seattle. This includes a “coming soon” campus in Coronado, according to the church’s website.While the relationship between RMNNT and Awaken might not be official, it appears to be significant. The RMNNT’s founder, Alana Sorenson, is a member of Awaken and has been attending the Awaken Church Balboa campus for many years, according to Yeager. In addition, Awaken pastors have spoken at, attended and promoted various RMNNT events, most of which are held on Awaken Church campuses. This includes head pastor Jurgen Matthesius, who spoke at a 2020 event, according to the RMNNT’s website. Awaken pastors are also active in disseminating RMNNT voter guides on social media.Yeager says that Awaken allows its members and partners to apply to rent Awaken Church facilities as venues. And, the RMNT’s volunteer application includes a question about whether a prospective volunteer attends Awaken.“RMNNT uses our church buildings for their candidate trainings in a venue hire capacity,” said Yeager. “They are not hosted by the church.”Yeager says he understands RMNNT’s purpose to be that a “relatively small group of people, or a remnant, can affect positive change in the world if they stand for what is good and true.” When asked if the weapon-laden video on the RMNNT home page reflected Awaken’s values, he referred to his earlier statement: that RMNNT is an external organization run by a member of Awaken Church, and is not officially associated with Awaken in any way.According the organization’s website, the RMNNT is focused on political activation. It refers to group members as “warriors for liberty,” and teaches citizens how to be “watchmen over their city,” educating them on how to track upcoming city council and school board agendas, testify before a committee to support or kill a bill or policy, and to rally friends and neighbors to join in at public meetings.The RMNNT website also celebrates its successes, including a rally to protest a “sex curriculum” with San Diego Unified School Board, protests to stop COVID lockdowns, registering thousands of people to vote, passing out conservative voter guides, and successfully stopping a “Muslim curriculum” in San Diego public schools.The RMNNT also helps train conservative candidates to run for office.Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey was advertised as participating in several of these candidate trainings in November of 2021, March of 2022 and again in May of 2022. RMNNT founder Sorenson herself ran for, and won, a seat on the 75th District of the Central Committee of the Republican Party of San Diego County in 2022.This year, she successfully re-ran for her seat, where she serves as caucus chair with Mayor Bailey (caucus chair of 78thdistrict) and Coronado resident Bradley Gerbel (78th district.) In a RMNNT Instagram post dated Jan 4, 2024, she thanked her “Awaken Church family” for helping her get all the signatures she needed so she could qualify to get on the ballot. Sorenson did not return requests for interviews.Mayor Bailey declined to comment about his engagement with the RMNNT, instead referring to social media posts, but said in October 2022 that he participated in a 30-minute overview on the process for becoming a candidate and how to open a committee.“This training was open to the public and members of various political parties attended. It was the same talk I’ve given a dozen times to other groups and individuals, including candidates of both parties running for school board,” Bailey said.Duncan said he will not participate in appearances at Awaken or RMNNT-sponsored events. He also takes a firm stand against hateful speech, as exhibited in social media posts from Awaken church leaders.“I have consistently stated publicly, including in writing, that I do not approve of the hateful posts calling people demons, and I reiterated at the last mayor’s forum that I do not approve of any hateful speech and certainly not based on someone’s sexual orientations or preferences,” said Duncan.In practice, the success of RMNNT’s voter guide and candidate trainings seem to have mixed results. According to the RMNNT website, it has trained six people to run for office with “one winning and two serving as alternates for committees.” While it counts this as a success, Luna says that voter guides like the RMNNT’s can be much more effective on “off” years when there is no national election.“It can help mobilize their base, especially when things are so divided,” said Luna. They can be successful on the margins.”In 2022, the RMNNT endorsed dozens of candidates in its voter guide, and gave special attention to ten of them: These were the candidates listed as attendees of Awaken Church who are also RMNNT-trained. This included Lisa Meglioli who ran for Coronado school board. She was only 32 votes shy of winning a seat.In this busy election year, Luna says he thinks being listed in the RMNNT Voter Guide will probably work against the candidates, not for them. But it could help RMNNT continue to make a name for itself. “I think the RMNNT is trying to gain political relevance to make some sort of a splash,” said Luna.The story What is the RMNNT, and Why Are Coronado Candidates Unhappy About its Endorsements? appeared first on Coronado Times. Read more stories written by Christine Van Tuyl.
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