Baja & Border News Translations: Truckers Face CA Laws; Baja Culinary & Gastro Festival 2012
4,000 Truckers Face California Laws (El Sol de Tijuana, 9/11/12 by Rocio Galvan) Tijuana BC – 4,000 truckers passing through the Tijuana-San Diego region will face new California State road regulations and new laws in Mexico that limit the weight …
Baja & Border News Translations - Gas Prices Up; Mammographies Recommended
Gas Prices Increase 43% (AFN Tijuana, 9/10/12) TIJUANA BC – During the last six-year period, the price of petrol and diesel increased between 9.45% and 10% annually, for a total of 43% since 2006, said President of the Association of …
Baja & Border News Translations - Kidnapping Rescue; Flash Flooding
Woman Kidnapped in Tijuana is Rescued (ElVigia, 9/10/12) Tijuana, BC - Directorate General Police and Municipal Transit agents rescued a woman, the victim of unlawful deprivation of liberty and battery by an apparently drugged individual, yesterday afternoon. At 6 PM, …
Baja & Border News Translations, Sept 10, 2012 - MEXICALI
Three Homes Burned in Nueva Esperanza (La Cronica, 09/10/12 by Gerardo Fragoso) MEXICALI, BC - At around 12:00 noon, neighbors reported the house at 1045 Monterrey Street was being devoured by flames, so fire crews were dispatched to the site. …
Baja & Border News Translations, Sept 8 -9, 2012 - TIJUANA
TOURISM GREW 3 % IN TIJUANA (Tijuana Press) September 8, 2012 Tijuana - The Tijuana Committee on Tourism and Conventions ensured there was an upturn in the number of visitors and tourists that came to the border. Scrow Vicente Calderón …
Turning Anger Into Success.
"We forgive by releasing all resentment, anger and bitterness and thus set ourselves free from the negative feelings that weaken us. First we have to get past blame. Then we have to learn to send love to all." ~Dr Wayne …
My Friend Pauline
Baja & Border News Translations - 9/9/12, Tijuana
The Rehabilitation of 17 streets will benefit more than 700 families (El Sol de Tijuana) September 9, 2012 Tijuana – Yesterday Baja California State Governor Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, indicated the government’s commitment to rehabilitate 17 streets (34 blocks) with …
Mexico's federal attorney general investigates its own air fleet for drug trafficking
[Translated and summarized by Fulano from an article in La Jornada] The discovery of serious irregularities in the operation of the air fleet belonging to the Mexican federal Attorney General's Office, including suspicion that some airplanes have been used to …
Free workshop - Keep Your Horse Healthy
When: Saturday, September 22nd, 1:30 PM Where: East County Feed and Supply, 10845 Woodside Ave., Santee Who : Linda Levy of RideWithLinda.com Saturday, September 22nd at 1:30pm Linda Levy of RideWithLinda.com will present a workshop on Keeping Your Horse Healthy. …
Random connections
So success!. I've been attempting, since may, to connect to my friend jamila in Marrakech on FaceTime. We were both so excited this morning at Encinitas cafe when we were able to see each other- but the sound was iffy, …
Texting Hebrew and the Bilingual Child
I confess, I text my 7 and 10 year olds in Hebrew at bedtime. It began as a game, but when I got texts in return in Hebrew, I realized I was onto something. My kids study Hebrew and Spanish, …
State Legislature passes bill allowing developers to raid funds for infrastructure for private development
Well looks like redevelopment wasn't dead for long. Two bills just passed by the state legislature reestablish redevelopment agencies under a different name but with same ability to divert existing taxes and to add new tax burdens. Assembly Bill 2144 …
Questions for La Mesa City Council Candidates
In an effort to encourage 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 5 candidates for La Mesa City Council. Four of the …
You Can't Buy Love
You Can’t Buy Love I thought I could buy love. All I had to do was buy expensive gifts, or at least a lot of little things and someone would love me. I used to think that if I bought …
Tijuana has a serious problem with pimps
Translated by Fulano from a news article in Uniradioinforma.com The problem along the Mexican border with the sexual exploitation of women is increasing now that the authorities do nothing to recover the young girls who are taken by human traffickers, …
No Confidence Vote For SUHSD Superintendent Ed Brand Being Circulated
No Confidence Vote for Sweetwater Union HS District Interim Superintendent Edward Brand Dr. Edward Brand has made several questionable decisions since his return as Interim Superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District. Most recently, he eliminated bus routes and …
detached
I live in a planned community up the coast. We have a gate, but only to slow bad guys down, doesn't keep them out. All the homes are detached which means not connected, but they are pretty darned close together. …