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Meet Baby Valerie, First Newborn of 2012

The first child born in Los Alamitos during the new year is a healthy baby girl.

It’s a girl!

Valerie Marie Ibarra was the first baby born in Los Alamitos in 2012. The beautiful girl was born just before 3 a.m. New Year’s Day at the Los Alamitos Medical Center.

The Los Alamitos High School Girls Basketball team might want to keep tabs on this one. Weighing 8 pounds and 4 ounces, baby Valerie is taller than the average newborn girl at 19.5 inches long.

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Her proud parents are Alexandria Escobar and Oscar Ibarra of Long Beach.


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