Baja & Border News Translations: 12-Inch Water Pipeline Ruptures; Vehicles Owners can Sue City for Pothole Damages
12-Inch Water Pipeline Ruptures (El Vigia, 1/16/13 by Nicte Madrigal) Ensenada, BC - Despite the lack of water in the city and constant calls for a response to save the vital fluid, yesterday morning, ruptured a 12-inch pipe generated the …
Baja & Border News Translations: CIOAC Denounces Abuses of Indigenous People; Ecological Workshop Offered
CIOAC Denounces Abuses of Indigenous People (El Vigia, 1/16/13 by Andrew Perales) San Quintín, BC - The representative of Agricultural Laborers, Guild Members in the Counselor of the independent Central of Agricultural Workers and Peasants (Cioac), denounced alleged abuses committed …
A 500 Dollar Date
‘Pull it out!’ she says, It’s hurting me! Your going to fast! Slow Down! He continues to dig deeper and deeper, the moans of pain can be heard in surrounding rooms, Again she says Pull it out! and slowly he …
family ties that blind
I am feeding two dogs for ten days. My stepbrother and his boyfriend, along with my other stepbrother and his wife, have gone to Maui for a winter vacation. They complained bitterly – the two men partners, that is – …
Date night
"Shh!" Tony Dan Nick and Isaiah were forced into the back room. They look out of a slither of light. "Hi!" She's tall and lean, dressed casually, with a necklace and earrings. Kyle is naturally his ebullient self, "Hi Tanya! …
Mummy Sabbatical 101 I'm leaving the Kids!
Here’s the thing I don’t think I'm a selfish person or a terrible parent (well at least not most days), but every time I bring up that I take a week or so each year away from my family as …
Baja & Border News Translations: 2012 Top Ten Stolen Vehicles Announced
2012 Top Ten Stolen Vehicles Announced (La Cronica, 1/15/13) MEXICO, DF - Of the 10 most vehicle models stolen during 2012, five are of the Nissan brand, among them Tsuru and Pick-ups that top the list. 22.6% of the total …
Baja & Border News Translations: Zárate Provides Stance Towards Vehicle Verification; Normal Basic Education Classes Tomorrow
Zárate Provides Stance Towards Vehicle Verification (La Cronica, 1/15/13 by Gerardo Fragoso) MEXICALI, BC - Noting that cars are not the only ones guilty of pollution, Deputy Fausto Zárate Zepeda, Member of the PRI, expressed the posture of the nation …
Do you want the lowest price when you shop, or peace of mind?
I often hear from customers, “What’s the best price you can give me?” I usually refer to the sales price seeing as how we already offer the lowest price. I verify this by doing competitor shops. Then the customer usually …
Baja & Border News Translations: Mandatory Vehicle Verification Imminent; No Fines for Failed Verification
Mandatory Vehicle Verification Imminent (La Cronica, 1/15/13 by Yerson Martinez) MEXICALI, BC - "In one more step of the process to help the environment and the health of citizens in the State especially Mexicali, the approval of mandatory vehicle verification …
American killed in downtown Tijuana
Carlo Arturo Ochoa, 28 years old, and originally from the United States was murdered on the sidewalk in front of the Black Bull bar on calle Ocho, between Constitución and Revolución, last Sunday around noon. Tijuana police captured the three …
Baja & Border News Translations: Canada Interested in Investing in BC
Canada Interested in Investing in BC (El Sol de Tijuana, 1/15/13) Tijuana, BC - Baja California and Canada strengthened their bonds of cooperation, following a meeting between the Governor of the State, Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan and the Ambassador of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Crisis at SEMEFO-ENSENADA; Triplets are Born
Crisis at SEMEFO-ENSENADA (MEXICANO, 1/15/13 by Pedro Sanchez Talamas) ENSENADA, BC - "Criminal and inhuman" was the description made a few moments ago by all of the staff of the Forensic Doctor Service (SEMEFO) in this town. The fact that …
Baja & Border News Translations: State Recognizes 900,000 BC Families Live in Poverty; Ministerial Police Equipped to Reduce Home Thefts
State Recognizes 900,000 BC Families Live in Poverty (MEXICANO, 1/14/13 by Lucía Gomez Sanchez) TIJUANA, BC – 900,000 citizens live in poverty in Baja California, 100,000 of them in extreme poverty and around 1,000 families are in food poverty, a …
Sara, Mary, Elis
"Yeah, so it's all up to them two." Finishes Mary. "Hmm, and he, He, arrives tonight?" Asks Sara. "Yep." Answers Mary unfaltering, getting up she triple checks the calendar, points a finger, beckoning Sara and Elis to get up and …
Renting or Selling Your Home? TIPS
Baja & Border News Translations: 574 Children Served by Catastrophic Expense Program
574 Children Served by Catastrophic Expense Program (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) TIJUANA, BC - 574 children were treated through the catastrophic expenditure program of the B.C. Ministry of Health during 2012, making an investment of 29,400,000 pesos ($2.3 million US), which …
Baja & Border News Translations: 80% of City Complaints are Against Police; Municipal Police Capture 3 Murderers
80% of City Complaints are Against Police (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) Tijuana, BC - Yolanda Enríquez of La Sindica Procuradora Municipal, said of the complaints they received in 2012 around 500 of them or 80% were cases against police officers and …
Baja & Border News Translations: Improved Tourist Influx in Tijuana; Man Shot in Broad Daylight
Improved Tourist Influx in Tijuana (Uniradio Informa, 1/14/13) TIJUANA, BC - The climate of security in Tijuana has resulted in a greater influx of tourists as traders expect sales to rebound looking toward the spring and summer seasons, informed the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Bulevar Cuauhtemoc Sur Closed by Landslide
Bulevar Cuauhtemoc Sur Closed by Landslide (Tijuana Press, 1/14/13 by XX Ayto communiqué) Tijuana, BC - In order to protect and safeguard the physical integrity of citizens, the 20 Ayuntamiento de Tijuana will perform work to remove earth and stone …