He says the Mexican bureaucracy is overwhelmed by the Indians who have migrated to the border area from mainland Mexico; they now outnumber the Baja Indians by at least 40 to 1.
September 19, 1996
News & Stories
One thousand Cucapa, Kiliwa, Kumeyaay, Paipai survivors left in Baja
Duncan Shepherd Replies to His Critics
Among people who know me just well enough to speak to, and not well enough to care whether we ever speak again, the most frequently and I suspect ghoulishly asked question over the years has …
September 19, 1996
Scout ants and food gatherers have low energy requirements
Dear Matt Alice: How far can an ant go on one fuel-up? No, really. I need to know because my son is convinced that ants eat on the way to the job. But I say …
September 19, 1996
Steeplechase — popular with the East Coast fox-hunting set
Dear Matthew Alice: While the rest of the world considers the Olympics a done deal, I’m still trying to figure out why the hurdlers landed in a small, slant-bottomed pool of water at some of …
September 19, 1996
The origin of G-string
Dear Matt: My boyfriend asked me a question the other day I simply did not know the answer to. Where did the word G-string come from? He thinks it’s because when you see a chick …
September 19, 1996
The tough female school bus drivers of Fallbrook
When Sherry —the sort of woman who could play Mary in a live Nativity scene — decided to become a bus driver so her husband wouldn’t have to work such long hours, her father was horrified. “Oh, Sherry, no!"
September 19, 1996