Baja & Border News Translations: Criminal "Cockroach Effect"; Children Fighting Cancer have Christmas Posada
Criminal "Cockroach Effect" (El Sol de Tijuana, 12/21/12 by Adam Mondragon) Tijuana, BC - The Secretary of Public Security of the State, Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, revealed there will be a shield in the region in order to avoid …
Ravi Shankar and Me
“Ravi who?” My face twisted into a quizzical look as I posed the question to my friend, Jane who was jumping up and down. Her shiny black hair danced in the sun with each bounce. “Ravi SHANKAR!” She screamed. In …
Volition
I dropped a cookie, and it ran under the washing machine. And yesterday, while tending to my garden, which has all gone to seed anyway, something happened to me which has happened before, a flying animal of some sort attempted …
Baja & Border News Translations: School Performs Remembrance Presentation; Company Fails to Pay Bonuses
School Performs Remembrance Presentation (El Vigia, 12/21/12 by Enrique Rojas) San Quentin, B. C. - With the title "Remembranza", based on the story of a few nuns in a convent, San Quintin extension students at the Benemérita State Normal School …
Baja & Border News Translations: Vicente Guerrero Seeks 2 Traffic Lights for 5th Time; 6 Students Receive Uniform Scholarships
Vicente Guerrero Seeks 2 Traffic Lights for 5th Time (El Vigia, 12/20/12 by Enrique Rojas) Vicente Guerrero, BC - For the fifth time, municipal delegate, Justin Herrera Martinez, asked the Mayor of Ensenada, Enrique Pelayo Torres, for the installation of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Casino Does Not Justify Land-Use; Truck Driver Leaves Migrant Laborers Stranded
Casino Does Not Justify Land-Use (El Vigia, 12/20/12, by Gerardo Sanchez) Ensenada, BC - For not filing an authorization for a change of land use, the Tenth District Court denied a final suspension requested by Play Entertainment Company, operator of …
Baja & Border News Translations: Social Reintegration of Women Convicts Promoted; Babies Continue to be Born with HIV
Social Reintegration of Women Convicts Promoted (El Mexicano, 12/20/12) Tijuana, BC - In order to promote the social reintegration of former convicts, the 20th City Hall, through the Municipal Institute for Women (Immujer), provided the necessary support to achieve early …
Baja & Border News Translations: Secretary of Health Increases Flu Vaccines; Improved Security Image in Mexico is Sought
Secretary of Health Increases Flu Vaccines (El Mexicano 12/20/12 by Hilario Ochoa Movis) TIJUANA, BC - The Baja California Secretary of Health increased the number of available seasonal influenza vaccines from 181,580 to 281,580 so more people, mainly children and …
Sandy Hook Can Happen Here
Kyle's Plan
Kyle came. I called him, he had a graduation appointment, where one applies and then speaks to a councilor about the ropes. I tried the same thing, but always opt for the side road, and have too much interest in …
Avoiding Plastiception
Needlessly accumulating in landfills at the end of their short lifecycle, the insidious and impractical combination of the rise in single-use plastic products and single-use plastic consumption is detriment to municipal solid waste. The affinity for single-use plastic is constantly …
The Gap Store
does someone want to come with me to the gap store? Hey Kyle, do you want to come with me? I could call Tony, or Dan, but actually they make things odd. Kyle too, last time we were in sprouts …
Baja & Border News Translations: PGJE to Verify Pawn Shops and Flea Markets; Airport Must Pay Property Taxes
PGJE to Verify Pawn Shops and Flea Markets (Radio Informa, 12/17/12) MEXICALI, BC - To combat home thefts, the Attorney General Justice of the State (PGJE) will use a program targeting flea markets and pawn shops. Thus, the Prosecutor Rommel …
Baja & Border News Translations: Domestic Violence Persists due to Culture; Ignacio Anaya Will Run BC in 33 Days
Domestic Violence Persists due to Culture (Uniradio Informa, 12/18/12) TIJUANA, BC - Despite the legal instruments to defend women who suffer domestic violence, a culture lacking the effort to denounce it persists along with a fear to proceed with action …
Baja & Border News Translations: Complaints Persist on International Migrants Day; Altiplano Families Must Walk in the Mud
Complaints Persist on International Migrants Day (Uniradio Informa, 12/18/12) TIJUANA, BC - To once again celebrate the International Day of the Migrant in Tijuana, hundreds of people who roam the streets after being repatriated, remain the same; victims of police …
Baja & Border News Translations: 39.4% of BC Offenses Committed Carrying Weapons; Use Extreme Caution Moving Money
39.4% of BC Offenses Committed Carrying Weapons (Tijuana Press, 12/18/12 by Nora Leticia Garcia) Tijuana - According to a national survey of victimization of businesses where a victim was present, of more than 940,000 crimes reported to INEGI in Mexico …
Baja & Border News Translations: Cold Weather to Continue; Student Vacation Begins
Cold Weather to Continue (Tijuana Press, 12/18/12 by Nora Leticia) Tijuana, BC - The State Directorate of Civil Protection in the State issued a notice, starting tomorrow, there will be clear skies in Tijuana however the climate will remain cold …
Baja & Border News Translations: GPS Installed on Garbage Trucks; Only 8 Days Remain to Pay Utility Fines
GPS Installed on Garbage Trucks (Tijuana Press, 12/18/12 by Daniel Angel/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC - The City Council bought GPS locators for garbage trucks in the City, at the direction of municipal public services. According to a list of direct …
Baja & Border News Translations: Rosarito Fiscal Crisis Closes Libraries
Rosarito Fiscal Crisis Closes Libraries (El Sol de Tijuana, 12/13/12) Playas de Rosarito, BC – Libraries in the Rosarito municipality will suspend services their readers, until an economic crisis ends in the city’s government. The Council President, Dora María Esquivel …
Combat Childhood Obesity in San Diego
Childhood obesity is an epidemic that is on the rise in the San Diego community. In fact, twenty percent of the children living in our community are considered to be obese. This is a real issue that exists in our …