Tag: Mexico
Student’s project empowers youth to change the world
At just 17 years old Miguel Aldrete is taking the world by storm.
He’s combatted deforestation by raising money for La Reserva Forest Foundation to...
Assemblywoman’s pick highlights plight of deported veterans
Most of the California State Assembly Veterans of the Year travel to Sacramento to accept their honors. The 2017 honoree from Assembly District 80...
No jury for man who pleads
A man interrupted his jury selection by pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of a National City man and is expected...
Bittersweet, brief family reunions come in time for holiday
Laura Avila, 35, and her daughter Laura Vera Martinez, 11, waited nervously on the United States side of the border as Avila’s mother, Maria...
South Bay preps for legal pot sales after Prop. 64 passes
While Americans hit the polls last week to select their next president, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use.
Proposition 64, the California Marijuana...
Beyond the border for only 3 minutes
The uniformed agents heaved at the huge iron bolt and pulled at the gate. It resisted, groaning and complaining, until it capitulated and swung...
The View From Down Here
Welcome to "Down here", where the view is sometimes different.
“Down here” is the south, the shared border with Mexico, where life comes with its...
‘Friends’ will cross border to compete
Youth competitors from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and Argentina will come together Saturday, June 1, to compete in the sixth annual International...
Diana’s ex: ‘I’m guilty’
A former National City man tried to plead guilty Wednesday to his wife’s murder in 2010, but a not guilty plea was entered on...
U.S.-Mexico economies linked
Former California State Senator Denise Ducheny is running to represent the 51st congressional district, which includes Chula Vista and National City.
Ducheny, 60, was born...
