An American couple moves to Tijuana to avoid the high cost of living in the U.S. They become food smugglers for Mexicans living in the U.S.
December 19, 2012
Blog Entries
- Outrageous scam by CPUC
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- Arellano Félix kidnapping kingpin caught
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- The 411 on San Diego's 311 "pothole" app
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- Sports scam
- National Film Registry adds another 25 titles
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- Disbarred attorney leaves San Diego County
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- Gun seizures, assaults, and rapes escalating at SDSU
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- Slow Food at Saltbox
- Homeless man released from custody
- Holiday gifts at Lux Art Institute
- Sweet Cheeks at El Dorado
- 2012: the music year in review
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- Avoiding Plastiception
- Best San Diego Events December 22-26
- A Clipper what?
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- Edison grilled by federal regulators over San Onofre restart proposal
- Street Style PB: Grunge with a modern twist
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- Recycling robbers escape
- The Gap Store
- Another musician loses gear in 5th Ave/HOB garage break-in
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- No icky girls in Peter Jackson's Hobbit?
- SDSU Aztecs down Point Loma Nazarene for ninth straight win
- Turner on Ryan: "Spoilsport!"
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- No icky girls in George Lucas's Star Wars
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- Soup Shoppe
- Home values keep rising
- Guns for groceries trade offered by Sheriff's Department
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- Baja & Border News Translations: PGJE to Verify Pawn Shops and Flea Markets; Airport Must Pay Property Taxes
- Baja & Border News Translations: Domestic Violence Persists due to Culture; Ignacio Anaya Will Run BC in 33 Days
- Baja & Border News Translations: Complaints Persist on International Migrants Day; Altiplano Families Must Walk in the Mud
News & Stories
We went to Mexico to get ahead. We smuggled cheese to get back.
San Diego County’s post-office beeline
Lori Ruedi of Carlsbad exited the long line at the Aviara Parkway post office on December 11 and said she would return in the morning. Then she decided to try a self-service kiosk that had …
December 19, 2012
Ghost stories and slurpy food in Old Town
The ghost comes and sits in Chanel’s husband’s chair. “I heard the chair creak. Then I looked, from ten feet away, right here by the curtain, and I saw it, the empty chair, bounce back …
San Pedro el Cortez — cooking without a recipe
They were new last year: the San Pedro el Cortez band, home-based in Tijuana, where there is currently a resurgence of rock bands that follow different camps: shoegaze, psych, British mod, American garage. SPeC fit …
December 19, 2012
Author & Punisher Tristan Shone's got a Human Cud Bag
The deafening, complex roar of urban movement finds kindred company in Tristan Shone’s homespun sound machines.
December 19, 2012
Sprucing up the Arena — that's a wrap
Photographer Rick Gould’s ’70s concert photos were made into art for the interior of Sports Arena.
December 19, 2012
Christmas, island style
At my desktop computer, I have clicked over to YouTube and typed in “Christmas music.” First up is, “Christmas Music Playlist Part Two For Your Christmas Party.” I click again. The party begins with Elvis …
December 19, 2012
Secret Agent
I’m into delayed gratification. For example, if someone gives me a cookie, I’ll rarely eat it right away; instead, I’ll save it for a time when I’ll get maximum enjoyment from eating it (such as …
December 19, 2012
Solar-powered parking
Another piece of unfinished business for new San Diego mayor Bob Filner: deciding what kind of expensive new-fangled solar-powered, radio-controlled parking meters to buy. “The City still has approximately 4,700 single space parking meters that …
December 19, 2012
Peppermint-themed birthday party turns up Peeps and Pop Rocks
My youngest daughter always feels ripped off at this time of year because her birthday comes just three days after Christmas. She gets a second dose of presents, but we’re usually too wiped out to …
December 19, 2012
Real housewives, fake band
Tim Foley is best known in San Diego as a multi-instrumentalist performer with the Celtic-folk group Skelpin and for his solo work, but for his appearance in the upcoming season eight of Bravo television’s reality …
December 19, 2012
Pictograph Trail, Little Blair Valley
Discover Indian rock art and grinding areas on this desert hike.
December 19, 2012
Seen on DVD: Alien & Super Troopers
I picked Alien because it’s a perfect example of what a horror movie should be: tight, dark corridors, the crushing black of space, and a creature you never quite see until the end. This one …
December 19, 2012
Tale of a stealthy super PAC
Tale of a stealthy super PAC. During the days leading up to last month’s election, a mail piece was dispatched to voters in San Diego’s third county supervisorial district, where Republican Steve Danon was facing …
December 19, 2012
How ducks find each other
Heymatt:I live near two parks that have hundreds of ducks that pair up during mating. When they all scatter from kids or dogs chasing them or from someone feeding them, the ducks quickly rejoin each …
December 19, 2012
ResMed: Please refuse to play the subsidy game
Sleep-apnia device-maker ResMed threatens to leave San Diego because CEO says it’s too hard to run a business in California. Valid gripe or jobs blackmail for taxpayer funds?
December 19, 2012
Near-beer bust
Hey Matt! I’m an alcoholic and I’ve recently cut down my consumption to the point that I’m not hammered all day every day. Well, I’ve converted to nonalcoholic beer for the daytime — ’cause I …
December 19, 2012
Why the Yukon will continue to kill divers
Staci Johnson, a 26-year-old Marine , recently became the fifth diver to die while diving the Yukon, a Canadian escort ship sunk off of Mission Beach in 2000. Because the vessel is on its side, it is disorienting.
December 19, 2012
Sulo King buys Black Box Studio, changes name to Iacon Sound
“I realized that booking and promoting shows was a risky business to be in, and it wasn’t a sufficient way to make a living,” says Sulo King, whose career in concert promotion included a trouble-plagued …
December 19, 2012
Santa art sought from Del Mar to Oceanside
After seeing a window painting of Santa smoking a pipe and a snowman holding a water pipe at an Oceanside smoke shop, I decided to see if there were any other businesses that had pictures …
December 19, 2012
A Closer Look at the Chula Vista Courthouse Flag
Heymatt: Why is a Mexican flag included at the courthouse at Third and H streets in Chula Vista? Does this mean some courtrooms there follow the “guilty until the level of extortion has been satisfied” …
December 19, 2012
Letters to the Editor
Border Clarifications The news titled “Border Patrol to the Rescue” (Neighborhood News, December 6) is almost certainly misleading. When crossing the border by car you will be inspected by a U.S. Customs Agent. Very rarely …
December 19, 2012
A Meditation on the Lord's Prayer
O good Father in Heaven, albeit there is nothing that we greatly fear, having the merciful unto [sic] us and while mutual love and charity each with other maketh us thy children of more strength …
December 19, 2012
Marisa Siervo's Facebook: Sale
An estate sale makes the author sad for the deceased’s scattered fragments of life.
December 19, 2012
Reuben Bright
Because he was a butcher and thereby Did earn an honest living (and did right), I would not have you think that Reuben Bright Was any more a brute than you or I; For when …
December 19, 2012