{"id":59960,"date":"2025-11-21T22:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59960\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T22:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:57:06","slug":"cars-andcanines-returns-with-first-event-since-founder-mia-molinas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/59960\/","title":{"rendered":"Cars andCanines returns with first event since founder Mia Molina&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)&#8211; Cars and Canines will host its first public event this weekend since the death of its founder, Mia Molina. Molina and her close friend Gia Soleil Espinoza created Cars and Canines by blending their shared passions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and Mia just had a huge love of dogs,\u201d Gia said. \u201cAnd we were very involved in the model scene, which also involved being around cars a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That combination inspired the pair to launch adoption events aimed at helping local shelters and educating the public, but these events were places on hold after Molina was <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/news\/abc-7-alert-center\/2025\/09\/25\/3-people-are-dead-after-shooting-in-central-el-paso\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot and killed <\/a>near El Paso Police Headquarters on Sept. 24. <\/p>\n<p>Her death devastated the community and all those who knew her. \u201cNow that she\u2019s no longer here to carry it on, I\u2019ve decided to carry it on for her,\u201d Gia said.<\/p>\n<p>The friends\u2019 relationship grew from pageant partners to what Gia describes as a sisterhood. Now Organizers say continuing Molina\u2019s mission is the best way to honor her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCars and Canines embodies who she was, giving back, helping everyone and being involved in the community,\u201d Gia said.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be held Sunday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. at <a href=\"http:\/\/460 Vin Rambla Dr, El Paso, TX 79912\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mutts Canine Cantina.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)&#8211; Cars and Canines will host its first public event this weekend since the death&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-59960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}