Getting to know your hometown
Pop Quiz San Diego Did you know that you that the odd numbered highways in San Diego travel north and south and the even numbered highways travel east and west? I-805 North/South I-5 North/South I-8 East/West SR-54 East/West CA-52 East/West …
Affordable housing is back but now is called "Green Energy Jobs"
You knew the developers were not gonna let there multi-billion dollar subsidy go without a serious fight. So despite the end of the much maligned Redevelopment agencies that siphoned 6 billion dollars a year from schools and other valuable resources, …
Baja & Border News Translations: Paella Fest; Suicide is Taboo
Paella in the Street Fest (El Sol de Tijuana, 10/1/12 by Rocio Galvan) Tijuana, BC - La avenida Revolución ended September with a party dedicated to yellow rice combined with sausage, chicken and seafood. Paella and its preparation was the …
Baja & Border News Translations: Mega Caesar Salad; Government Work Stoppage
Mega Caesar Salad Planned (Frontera, 10/1/12) TIJUANA, BC - As part of the adjunct festival to the Segundo Encuentro de Tijuana Innovadora 2012 (EnTi), an event to create "La Caesar Guinness" will be held to surpass a record set in …
The Secret Of SEO...
All this talk about websites and SEO makes ones head dizzy. There are countless articles and web pages on the Internet describing how to create a website, and how to optimize it. Besides all the technical jargon such as HTML, …
Unimagined Unimaginative Love
Baja & Border News Translations: More Teen Pregnancies; Help for Police Officer Sought
More Teenage Pregnancies (El Vigia, 9/28/12 by Enrique Rojas) San Quintín, BC - Each year in Mexico, approximately 800,000 adolescents become pregnant and of this figure 83% are unplanned and unwanted, said specialist Henry Mateo Sáenz and added that of …
Sleepless San Diego 2012 - Liberty Station
Baja & Border News Translations: Mexico Side of Border Crossing Poorly Operated; 6 million U.S. Jobs Depend on U.S. Trade with Mexico
Mexico Side of Pedestrian Crossing Poorly Operated (El Mexicano, 9/26/12) TIJUANA, BC – It is urgent improved logistics be made for the new pedestrian crossing on the Mexican side, because lines waiting to cross into United States and return collide …
Baja & Border News Translations: FreeWiFi Started in TJ; 12,000+ Pirated CDs & DVDs Seized
Free Internet Connection Started in Tijuana (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/26/2012) Tijuana, BC - The State Government together with Northwest (Telnor) Phone Company opened the first free WiFi internet connection area in the city. The alliance program with Telnor began …
LMCOG Proposition Recommendations
Proposition 32: Stop Special Interest Money Now. La Mesa Citizen Oversight Group recommends a YES vote on Proposition 32. This proposition allows employees to decide whether or not they want their money to be used to support political causes. At …
Baja & Border News Translations: Teens Represent 4 of 10 Pregnancies; Recommend Pets Get Bordetela Protection
Teens Represent 4 of 10 Pregnancies (Frontera, 9/25/12, Angela Torres) TIJUANA, BC - In Tijuana, 4 of every 10 pregnancies are adolescents between 14 and 19 years-old, said the State Secretary of Health, and although women live in various States …
Brewski Madness
To some, drinking a beer for breakfast makes you sound like a drunk, but it shouldn't. That is, unless you're already sloshed, swaggering, and swinging some disgusting malt liquor around in a crumpled-up paper bag. I say: if this above …
Questions for Helix Water District Board Candidate Lori Kern
In an effort to begin a dialog on political issues for the residents of La Mesa, the La Mesa Citizen Oversight Group recently sent a questionnaire to all of the candidates for the Helix Water District Governing Board. Today we …
Rosarito's problem with people deported from the United States
Fulano translated and condensed an article in Frontera. The beach, bridges, homes and abandoned construction in Rosarito have become the home for people deported from the United States, who look at this city for the substance to survive and escape …
I Don't Need a Girlfriend
I watch a cute couple walking together, holding hands down the street of the Gaslamp. The guy was about 5'10" and he wore a black tank top that accentuates his trendy sleeve tattoos and writings on his chest. The shorts …
The Inquisitive Tongue: Nanette Wiser's Good Dish
Let's Eat San Diego: I'm not going to miss any of the fall festivals that combine music, gifties and culinary tastings of favorite restaurants and food trucks. Sure NYC has Bubby's Pie Social and Shacktoberfest, but who can pass up …
The madwoman of San Blas wharf dies
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/20/31879/ Rebeca Méndez Jiménez, whose love story inspired the celebrated song from the group Maná "En el muelle de San Blas" ["On the San Blas Wharf"], died at the age of 63 in Monterrey early Sunday morning on September 16. …
Baja & Border News Translations: Education Will Integrate Disabled; 250,000 Beneficiaries Have Popular Insurance
Education Will Integrate Disabled (Tijuana Press, 9/19/12, By Daniel Angel/Leonardo Ortiz) Tijuana, BC - This Tuesday, the first binational forum on the rights of persons with disabilities was conducted with the intention to include this sector with the rest of …