Vida En El Valle Blogs: The Latin voice of the central valley.

In my last blog post, I hinted at where I’d recently been on vacation. The answer: Peru! During our trip, my family and I acclimated to the elevation in Cusco (the city sits at an elevation of more than 10,000 feet!), then hiked through Peru’s Sacred Valley, and ended our trip by watching the sunrise [...]

I just returned from a trip to South America with my family. Based on a few clues and pictures, can you guess where I was? In this country… There is no shortage of beautifully soft scarves, mittens, blankets and hats made from baby alpaca wool Guinea pig – known as cuy – can be found on restaurant menus [...]

I received a late-night (like 10 p.m., not too late for me) call from Mike Ruiz, the runner up in the National Golden Gloves tourney. He wasn’t in jail or anything, not that he would call me if he was, but I doubt he’ll ever be in handcuffs. No, Ruiz was in Colorado Springs. More specifically at the Olympic [...]

I love going to the Miss California Pageant. With the exception of this year, I’ve covered it for the past two or three at the Fresno Convention Center. But, I did get to go on Thursday just to take photos. In the past years, I’ve gotten to interview several contestants. It’s really cool, hearing about what they [...]

Getting back to a brighter note. But I must say, one AP story mentions the U.S. men’s soccer team took some of the spot light away from Jon & Kate. Ha! I did see the match the other night on ESPN. I really thought Landon Donovan and the squad would simply finish off the tournament with mediocre play, pack it up [...]

What a week! At least we have the memories. Some of my friends were practically heartbroken over the divorce of Jon & Kate. I must admit, Kate bugged sometimes but I didn’t want this, especially since it will affect all the kids. Now this IS reality TV. I just wish TLC would not sell it like [...]