Riding a bus in Tijuana or San Diego can be boring and frustrating one minute, entertaining and educational the next. That is if you're open minded enough about the whole thing. Plus I guess it depends on what you consider …

My grandparents house in East Los Angeles was an interesting place to grow up in during the 60's and 70's. At nearby Ford Blvd Elementary school I was taught that the 'nuclear family' of dad, mom and two point something …

I say my cellphone almost got me killed and my girlfriend says that it saved my life. It was four in the morning and I was headed from home to work. Home for me is a palatial wooden shack in …

Waiting for the number thirty bus heading downtown near the corner of Mission and Turquoise in Pacific Beach can be an interesting time. Gator and his buddies are usually around and always open to stimulating conversation. Then there are the …

In a cover article this past summer, you folks at the READER mentioned a place in far northeastern Tijuana that is referred to as El Fin Del Mundo(The End of the World). It's a place I know well. I am …

The unrest and instability in Mexico arrived at my front door on February 4, 2009. On that day I stood on the threshold of my palatial wooden shack in northeastern Tijuana and watched as a helicopter carrying soldiers of the …