Content for Thursday, December 17, 1998
News & Stories
Mafia Hunter
Loren McCannon stands, faces the frigid autumn wind blowing across the border at Otay Mesa, and sees the ghosts of crimes past. McCannon, now 75, suffering from diabetes, and survivor of a heart attack, can ...
Routes for cross-country skiing exist on rare occasions at higher elevations in the Cuyamaca Mountains.
Powdery snow softly crunches beneath sunny skies as you kick and glide along the wide forest path. In the blue-shadowed gloom of the oaks and pines, a doe bounces across your path, as if on ...
The Lady Vanishes
The dark green Mustang ragtop looks blue under the hazy floodlights. Here behind the state judicial police station in Tijuana's Otay section, the smart new cars are recovered stolen vehicles, mostly with California plates. The ...
Under the Garbage Tree
George sleeps under an awning just past the corner of 12th and Market, "or if it's a nice day, in the parking lot across the street from the barber college." If he's up by 6:00 ...
Peso parley
Privatization of the Tijuana airport may come as soon as next year, and that's causing a big stir among insiders at San Diego's city hall. Last week, a consortium of French, Spanish, and Dutch airport ...
