Articles by Joe Naiman
When Lalo Alcaraz was a Helix High School student, he was in a summer work program administered by coach Rick Ash. Ash needed a student worker to paint the Helix mascot in the boys and girls gymnasiums and chose Alcaraz.
That was the start of an art career for Alcaraz, who followed his 1982 Helix graduation with cartoons for the Daily Aztec at San Diego State University and now draws the La Cucaracha comic strip as well as single-panel editorial cartoons.
Stetson Wright became the latest member of the Wright family to win a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association event April 29, when he not only won the Saddle Bronc Riding at the April 27-29 Lakeside Rodeo but also the Bull Riding and the All-Around.
An 84 1/2-point ride on Western Rodeo’s Pandora was the highest Saddle Bronc Riding score of the Lakeside Rodeo, and the Milford, Utah, cowboy scored 82 points on a Western Rodeo bull called Tommy.
“It was awesome,” Wright said. “I couldn’t have drew any better.”
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors’ 5-0 vote March 28 approved the first reading and introduction of an ordinance to delegate the final map authority to the county’s Department of Planning and Development Services (PDS) and a 4-0 vote April 18, with Ron Roberts in Asia, approved a second reading and adoption. The change will take effect May 18.
“I think it’s a great improvement,” said Supervisor Bill Horn.