North Bark
Baja & Border News Translations: Pollution Red Alert; Firefighters Answer 45 Calls During Holidays
Pollution Red Alert (La Cronica, 12/25/12 by Yerson Martinez) MEXICALI, BC – Yesterday, the Mexicali and Calexico index of air quality (AQI) level rose into the Red Phase, that represents a possible affect to people with heart or lung diseases …
Baja & Border News Translations: Police Arrest Pair of Shoplifters; Temporary Shelter has Opened 4 Times
Police Arrest Pair of Shoplifters (La Cronica, 12/26/12) MEXICALI, BC - A couple of subjects who entered two different supermarkets and took goods without paying, were arrested by members of the Municipal Police. A bulletin reported the first arrest was …
Noon
How has time ran so quickly? Did it indeed run from me? There I slept, on my futon, not thinking it were nearly noon. I've been sleeping so much that my knees hurt. I must start my fire, eat something …
Baja & Border News Translations: Township Controls Use of Official Vehicles; Few Traffic Problems at Christmas
Township Controls Use of Official Vehicles (El Vigia, 12/26/12 by Gerardo Sanchez) Ensenada, BC - Ensenada municipal government is maintaining strict control of official vehicles to assure they are only used during official hours and for authorized activities, said Alfredo …
Baja & Border News Translations: Reckless Driver Only Ticketed; City Official Rants at Rosarito Treasurer
Reckless Driver Only Ticketed (AFN, 12/24/12) TIJUANA, BC – On Monday, an individual traveling in a brand-new yellow color Ford Mustang accelerated making squealing sounds with the tires, practically in front of a police officer, regardless of his known presence. …
The Holiday season in Mexico
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/26/37421/ The Holiday Season gets a late start here in Mexico. Mexicans call Thanksgiving Thursday, everyone goes to work, no football (not real football, anyway) and they serve their turkey chorizo style. I always like my chorizo greasy pork style. …
November Blog Winners Announced Amid a Flurry of Controversy
Baja & Border News Translations: Kumeyaay Reserve in Tecate Invaded while City is Unaware of Situation; Clandestine Rocket Sales Targeted
Kumeyaay Reserve in Tecate Invaded while City is Unaware of Situation (Uniradio Informa, 12/25/12) Tecate, BC - Despite the fact that indigenous Kumeyaay assert that they have lodged complaints at the city of Tecate against a person in the Neji …
Baja & Border News Translations: IMMUJER Attends to 5 Violence Cases per Month; Popular Insurance Officials Share Christmas Dinner
IMMUJER Attends to 5 Violence Cases per Month (Tijuana Press, 12/24/12 by Daniel Angel/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC – The Municipal Women's Institute receives up to five requests monthly for assistance from violence where the situation is considered an emergency, said …
West Buffet
"Screw it lets not watch anything." We had tried to catch a movie, but the three-d glasses give me a headache. "Somewhere around there's a foundry." "Yeah it's right behind Tina's Deli." "They had a posting on craigslist." "Go there …
Baja & Border News Translations: Home Eating Habits Need to Change; State Government Improves Boulevard Morelos with Gardens
Home Eating Habits Need to Change (El Sol de Tijuana, 12/24/12 by Juan Guizar) Tijuana, BC – The Health Secretary of Baja California warned that all of the institutional efforts made to combat childhood obesity will not be sufficient if …
Baja & Border News Translations: Transgenders Allege Discrimination by Police; Galarza Delivers Pantry Items, Blankets, Toys and Candy
Transgenders Allege Discrimination by Police (El Sol de Tijuana, 12/24/12 by Adam Mondragon) Tijuana, BC - The Binational Commission on Human Rights, CBDH, has documented around 96 complaints against municipal police officers for their abuse of transgender people. The municipal …
Three Ciudad Juárez police arrested for torture and sexual abuse
There has been a lot of news coverage recently of the fate of Jon Hammar, a Marine veteran jailed for months in Mexico after trying to carry an heirloom shotgun across the border into Mexico. The intense media coverage in …
Baja & Border News Translations: Woman Sold Stolen Auto; Couple Arrested Selling Rockets Without Permission
Woman Sold Stolen Auto (El Mexicano, 12/24/12 by Said Betanzos) TIJUANA, BC - Tijuanense Beatriz de Regil González, 49, and Miguel Angel Vazquez Jr., "El Micke", 29 years old, will spend Christmas together but in the penitenciaria of La Mesa. …
Baja & Border News Translations: Federal Road Surveillance Reinforced; A Woman and an Addict are Killed On Christmas Eve
Federal Road Surveillance Reinforced (El Mexicano, 12/24/12) TIJUANA, BC - With the intention of avoiding more car accidents on roads that recently occurred on the Mexicali-Tecate Highway, Federal Police reinforced surveillance on area roads with a 12-hour shift. The State …
Baja & Border News Translations: Public Servants Participate in Disaster Contingency Plan Conference; Woman in Colonia Montecarlo Commits Suicide; Rollover Accident
Public Servants Participate in Disaster Contingency Plan Conference (El Mexicano, 12/24/12) Tijuana, BC- Around 30 public servants of different State agencies participated in a Conference "Plan for Disaster Contingency ", as part of the official program "Secure Government, Secure Facilities". …
Dear Afro American BOY! A WalMart Story
Riverside County California City of Temecula: A team of Wal-Mart Loss Prevention Agents up to 5 or more stormed into a resident’s home and conducted a search warrant, Parents allege that item(s) were stolen from their home during the search. …
Big Foot
It's nearing that time again, when Bill feels his arrival, sitting in his mobile home. Bill checks the calendar, right on time. Looking out at the expanse of desert laid out in front of his window like a sea, Bill …
jane doe 2012
jane doe skinny not thin travelling el cajon boulevard around not up and down skin shades beyond the tanning salon pauses for a meal at texas street or a comfortable seat near oregon her walk kinda this way and that …