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VOL. 3 ED. 12 • AUGUST 8TH, 2016 • NO BAD NEWS
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What’s The Deal On
Drugs Around Here?
It’s complicated, better listen up
BY DAVID BEYER
Almost any drug sold in the
United States is readily available
in Mexico, whether it requires
here, or is sold over the counter.
In many cases, the drug may be
marketed under a different name,
i.e., “acetaminophen” becomes
“Paracetamol” in Mexico, and
“Benadryl” becomes “Difenhidramina.” You tell them what you
want and if the drug isnt called
that here, they look it up and can
usually find the equivilent drug
under a different name. Another
problem is, they might not recognize how you are pronouncing it.
For instance Retin A becomes Reteen Ahh. It’s like the Einstiens at
McDonald’s can’t figure out what
you’re ordering when you say egg
McMuffin until you pronounce
it egg McMoofin. If you have a
problem, write it out for them,
they will recognize it then.
OK, gotta focus on drugs,
not food.
To be sure the consumer is
purchasing a pharmaceutical
equivalent to the one in the States,
we would logically patronize the
pharmacies located within the
confines of the big familiar chain
outlets such as Costco, WalMart,
Soriana or Calimax. However,
even local pharmacies, like Cosmo
Farmacia and Discount Farmacia, have been regulated, (and
therefore legitimized), by the
federal government since the late
1980´s, when then newly-elected
President Ortega decided to end
the widely-held assumption that
Mexico was the “candy store” for
prescription drug abusers who
came to Mexico to obtain mood
altering substances heavily regulated elsewhere.
Hence, any outlet that
hangs a “Farmacia” shingle over
its door is required to follow strict
guidelines regulating the distribuCONTINUED ON PAGE 5
New Border Crossing
Draws Fire
But, no worries, it’s going to get better
BY DUSTY RHODES
Half a mile west of the eastern San Yisdro border crossing,
which is 8 lanes 24 hours a day
going back to the U.S, a new and
much needed pedestrian border
entrance from Tijuana to San
Ysidro has been cause for celebration north of the border. But in
Baja California, there has been
mostly uproar over the quality
of a temporary structure built by
Mexico’s federal government to
access what’s called the PedWest
facility. About 20,000 pedestrians
cross the San Ysidro border going north on an average day, and
PedWest is key to their happiness.
After much public pressure
from the business community on
both sides of the border and from
politicians, the Mexican federal
government has agreed to shake
a leg on building a permanent
crossing. Right now it’s a bollixed
together plywood thing, kind of
shaky, and very unattractive. It
will now open for real in September, rather than December.
The 500 yard temporary walkway leads from a pedestrian
bridge across the Tijuana River
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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August 8th, 2016
Que Pasa in Baja?
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BY OLIVER QUINTERO
City working nights. Finally!
Someone in city hall in Ensenada
had the brilliant idea of having
workers from the public services
department work nights. This
has been something that most
Americans living here don’t understand since in the U.S. most of
the city works are done at nights
in an effort to avoid making traffic worse.
Jose de La Luz, head of public
services, said that for now only
four teams will start working at
3 am in an effort to work faster
and not disturb drivers.
We can do better but it’s a
good start, let’s hope the city
sets the example and that other
public works are done at night
too, or at least day and night so
they are finished and out of our
hair quicker.
Good guys get guns. Let’s just
hope they really are the good
guys. Marco Antonio Sotomayor,
subhead of public security for
Baja, announced that more than
240 new weapons were being
delivered state wide to the different police departments along
with almost a million bullets. The
total cost of the new weaponry
was about half a million dollars.
Rosarito Mayor Silvano Abarca, said that this will reinforce
their fight against crime and their
capacity to protect the citizens.
And maybe scare the bejesus out
of the bad guys.
Baja farmers go to Israel.
Leaders in the farming industry
visited Israel in what was called
an agro-technological mission.
The objective was to find out how
Israeli agriculture thrives in their
harsh land and climate.
Avshalom Avu Vilan, president of the farmers’ association
in Israel, said they have focused
their efforts in seed development
and water conservation.
He explained they have developed seeds for plants that thrive
with very little water splashed
on them and that water is high
salinity, just like here in Baja.
The crops are resistant to bugs
and have a longer than average
shelf life. He also acknowledged
that modified seeds have been
controversial but he went on to
say that the world is about to
face food security problems in
2050 if we don’t find better ways
to grow food.
Most importantly, Av Abu
said that they recycle about 80%
of the water used in the cities and
that they use it to water all their
crops after processing it to make
it almost drinkable again. Oh boy,
I want to drink city slickers’ piss
water, yup, you bet.
He said they spent a lot of
their money on water recycling
but it’s worth it for the 8 billion
dollars’ worth of crops they export to Europe, just about 20%
of their production.
We could be huge if we followed their footsteps, after all,
Mexico is about 100 times bigger in land than Israel! And even
better, we don’t pay our Mexican
farm hands a decent living wage!
Sigh.
Huge fire in the Sierra. The
“Sierra de Juarez” in Ensenada
lost about 4,400 acres of forest
land due to a huge fire that lasted
almost a week. Authorities said
that only about 25 acres were
actually trees and that the rest
Authorities are blaming the high
temperatures we have had for the
recent fires.
If that wasn't enough. The
wine valley also caught fire this
past week, although it was controlled faster, it did affect the
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the bushes, they grow back fast.
Forest, (bush), fire fighters
arrived from five surrounding
states to help put down the fire.
Authorities said that just
extinguishing the fire cost about
$800,000 USD in addition to
all the ecological impact it had.
years ago by Ed and Margarett
Everett. Some of their structures
were lost due to the fire and they
are in need of resources and volunteers to rebuild ASAP, if you
want to help go to www.ranchosordomudo.org.
More transportation options.
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What’s Going On
In This Country?
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BY SANTIAGO
VERDUGO
August 8th, 2016
mosquitos. Well, seems like to us.
Mosquitos over troubled waters. Some Mexicans are buying
so-called purified water when
what comes out of the tap is actually of a higher quality.
An investigation by scientists
with the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) found that three out
of four 20 liter water containers,
or garrafons, contained water that
was not safe to drink.
More gas grief. Pemex lost the country, such as Nuevo León, cause only the ladies bite – will
money for the 15th consecutive the increase has been even greater probe your skin as many as 20
quarter as a cash injection from at 189%. In contrast, during this times. Geeze, we would think we
the government wasn’t enough
to overcome record low crude
output, refinery setbacks, and a
gasoline plant explosion. We’re
talking about $59 billion of losses
in the past three years. OK, so
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Mexico.
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During the decade
what she likes. When health regulations.
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of the 1990s senior
the blood starts to flow
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citizens representout of you, the mos- out by conducting an analysis
ed just 6.35% of the
quito holds still and then of 122 random samples of water
attempt to catch something
population but now
begins to suck; in 90 distributed by 111 small firms
boomers are 10% of
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that’s falling off the table
the total and accordfull, and gets up from the Mexico City. More than half — 69
ing to projections by
table. (That would be you, of the samples — contained coliyou always manage to
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knock something else over?
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ican citizens aged 60
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Our Beaches Are Nicer
Than CanCun’s
A look at Cancun’s seaweed dilemma
BY SANDY BEECH
Sargassum, a type of seaweed,
is piling up at an alraming rate on
the beaches of Cancun.
A vine like brown seaweed
known as sargassum has invaded
the Caribbean basin this year
with a vengence. Vast floating
mats of the stuff have washed up
and buried beaches in it. And,
boy does this stuff stink.
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The piles of seaweed have
grown more than four feet high
in some places, forcing some
nearby residents to abandon
their homes. Did we mention the
stink? And the flies, as it decays
and dies? The flies are real
bad.
Some legislatures in the Carribean have declared a natural
disaster as the
stench of decomposing seaweed,
and the dead fish
and turtles caught
within it, caused
nausea among tour- ists. Hilary Beckles, the vice chancellor of
the University of the West Indies,
called it “the greatest single threat
to the Caribbean economy I can
imagine.”
“It’s been horrendous,” said
David Freestone, executive
secretary of the Sargasso Sea
Commission.
For Mexico, whose Caribbean coastline attracts more than
10 million visitors and generates
$8 billion in tourism related revenue a year, the arrival of sargassum became a cabinet level crisis.
When the director general of
Cancún’s maritime department
received a photo one morning
in July from his beach cleaners,
he assumed it was a joke. Within
days, the country’s tourism and
environment ministers were
touring Cancún to assess the
calamity.
Mexico’s tourism industry is
like an aging gladiator, having
battled swine flu outbreaks, drugwar violence, and intense storms
over the past decade — including
Hurricane Patricia, which sent
sunbathers fleeing the Pacific
coast last week. Now, some local
authorities question whether seaweed might strike the fatal blow.
“Beaches are what we sell to
the whole world and what we
depend on, directly or indirectly,
for all our income,” Mariscal said.
And hotel guests paying $500 a
night do not want to open the
shades to find paradise matted
down under layers of stinking,
fly-infested algae.”
Since the July invasion, Mexico has
launched a herculean cleanup
effort. Along
the coast of
the state of
Quintana Roo,
the government
hired 5,000 day
laborers in four-hour
shifts to rake seaweed from
more than 100 miles of beaches.
From one popular stretch of Cancún, workers hauled off more
than 1,000 truckloads. Cancún
gave local boozers the chance to
leave the town drunk tank early
if they put in time on the seaweed
chain gangs. The federal
government has budgeted
$9 million so far to remove
the stinky mess, and hotels
are expected to pay millions
of dollars more per month for
further maintenance.
The Mexican navy has deployed its oceanographers to
track the seaweed and launched
research voyages to study what
provoked this arrival. There are
proposals to buy boats and floating barriers to block the seaweed
before it reaches the beaches, and
the navy is currently testing a hydraulic sump pump that has been
used in the Dominican Republic.
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sinks up the beach,” said Angli,
the navy’s director general for
oceanography. “We are working
on this very hard.”
This type of algae is not new
to these parts. Christopher Columbus noted its abundance, and
it is how the Sargasso Sea, in the
north Atlantic, got its name. In
the past, it wasn’t seen as much of
a nuisance, as it provides a floating habitat for turtles, fish and
birds. But spikes in the growth of
sargassum were recorded starting
about five years ago, and now that
tourism is big, it’s a big problem.
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“What caused this?” Hu asked.
“That is still a mystery.”
Along the most popular Cancún tourist beaches, authorities
have now fought the sargassum
to a draw, particularly as the
amount washing up has eased
up in recent weeks. But farther
south, visitors who come for
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the sargassum by satellite, said
the summer of 2015 showed the
largest coverage in history. He
calculated that there were 12,300
square miles of sargassum this
July, about the size of Maryland,
compared with 2,300 square
miles four years earlier. “It’s in
the entire tropical Atlantic,” Hu
honeymooner in Akumal, sunbathing next to a musky thatch
of seaweed, was saying when
his new wife, Federica Brentaro,
interjected. “I don’t like the stuff,”
she said. “She didn’t swim,” he
admitted. “No,” she said.
Down the beach, Simone
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WHAT'S THE DEAL ON DRUGS...
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tion of drugs known to be addictive (Xanex), narcotic (Percodan),
specifically manufactured to target
specific diseases or conditions
(insulin, cumodin, psyche meds,
etc.), or in any way dangerous if
not used properly. Any pharmacist violating this trust risks fines,
incarceration and/or permanent
loss of license to practice. Ha ha
ha. In reality the person behind
the counter has zero expertise in
drugs, and is merely a shop clerk
lucky to make $700 US per month.
That phramacy certificate hanging
on the wall? The owner of the drug
store, also not usually trained in
pharmacy stuff, just pays so much
a month to rent that certificate
from a real pharmacist. The name
on that document is legit, and that
person might step on the property
once or twice a month.
The pharmacies on Lopez Mateo in Ensenada, (or First
Street, i.e., Primero), cater to
tourists from the cruise ships who
are generally looking for Viagara
or other popular sport drugs, and
these outlets are usually very high
priced. Local pharmacies, (Cosmo
and Discount, for example) are
patronized by locals and expats
because of their comprehensive
selection, personalized service,
and better prices.
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be found? Earlier this year, we
published the results
of a price comparison analysis of most
of the
popular pharmaceutical outlets
(Vol.2 Ed.24 January 25th, 2016).
In this issue, our atten-
tion will be focused on Similares,
the chain with the cute mascot
drumming up business on
the sidewalk out front.
Out of the gate, the
Similares have an
irresistible marketing tactic:
25% discount
on purchases
made in all their
outlets on every
Monday of every
week, all year long! Also,
they are all over the place, and, in
some cases, open 24 hours a day.
Similares specialize in
providing generic equivalents for
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1. Ismael Chavez.
From Coahuila. Living in
Baja for 11 years. Security guard. The fact that
so many foreign people
choose to retire in Baja
can be translated as, “Baja
is a place that offers security and a tranquil en-
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2. Michel Eloy. From
Cuba. Living in Baja for
three years. Musician. The
foreign people who live in
Baja are not a troubled people, especially those from the
second generation. They are
polite and have good manners. You really can com-
so. Living in Baja for 50
years. Retired. Mexico is
a warm country. We really
welcome everybody. We like
people no matter what color
or race. I think it is good having foreigners living here in
Baja. They generate work for
young people or for people
brand-name drugs. Regular pharmacies may offer these alternatives
as well, but with Similares generics
are the rule, not the exception.
Thus you can assume that Similares will provide a significant cost
saving.
Another advantage of
Similares is their buying power
ensures the best possible price
and product reliability (as well as
freshness, due to fast turnover).
Some generics are manufactured
in, and distributed by, unregulated
companies in India and China,
and obviously the integrity of their
products is questionable, and may,
in fact, be counterfit. The Similares
all receive their products from reliable manufacturers and are very
consistent.
There are some very reliable and reasonably priced local
pharmacies in Ensenada that are
worthy of note:
Cosmo, which has two locations locally, (one is three blocks
off Reforma on Blvd. Ramirez,
past the huge Telnor building,
and the other is on Calle Novena
between Ave. Ryerson and Ave.
Moctezuma). Cosmo is famous
for always having the drug you
need in stock and at a very reasonable price. They are a central
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This Week’s Question is:
How do you feel about all the
Gringos living in Baja?
residences here in Baja, but
also Canadians and people
from other parts of the world.
They give work to people
who need it if they have a
business here or houses that
need maintenance. We are
not a racist country. Here
the foreign people can walk
think it is good that the Gringos live here in Baja. That
helps our economy grow a
little more. We Mexicans
are better neighbors to them
than we are to the Guatelmatecos (people from Guatemala). On our southern
borders, we are really much
son. I do like having the
Gringos as neighbors, but
I would like them to have
perspective whether they
were invited to our town,
or came on their own to
a find better place to live.
They should show us honor and respect as a country
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vironment.” So, I do feel
very pleased and proud
and even more love for my
city that offers peace to
everybody. The Gringos
treat me very respectfully,
so that invites me to treat
them as well, too. I really
enjoy their smiles and their
good manners.
municate with these types of
people. Also being a Mexican
neighbor means that they
spend their money here:
paying taxes, and buying
stuff like houses, furniture,
and food. It is a good investment to generate the Los
Bajas economy.
3. Ramón Aguilar Frego-
3
who work as housekeepers or
gardeners. That means that
they generate money for our
state. Let’s let them live their
own lives, as long as they
have decent behavior.
4. Navil Castro Navarro.
Living in Baja for 24 years.
Merchant. It is okay that
not only Gringos have their
4
freely in the streets, and they
do not have to show their I.D.
papers with no reason. Only
if they do something wrong
against the Mexican law will
their papers be requested of
them.
5. Ramón Antonio. From
Sonora. Living in Baja for
seven years. Fisherman. I
5
harsher to migrants when
they try to get into our country than the Gringos are with
the Latino people. I think
that we Mexicans are more
racist or maybe more jealous
of people of our same race.
6. Gabriel Gallardo.
From Mazatlán. Living in
Baja for 18 years. Salesper-
6
that gave them a warm and
welcoming hand. We work
hard, and sometimes they
seem to be annoyed with
us. They must know that
we have been trained by
our bosses, and they are
Americans or Canadians.
We are working. We are
decent people. ,
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Fish Report
Coronado Islands. Yellowtail
fishing remains very good with a
large volume of fish at the Islands
right now. The best grade of yellowtail (from 15 to 20 pounds with
a few up to 30 pounds) are hanging out along the weather side of
North Island with the Keyhole being one of the better spots to check
out. Fly-lining sardines in tight
in roughly 75-to 90-feet of water
is getting the best results. Those
slow-trolling are also getting them.
The north end of South Island,
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lowtail. These yellows are mostly are being caught on surface iron.
smaller fish though with an
Ensenada. While
average size of around
the yellowtail action
6 to 8 pounds with
at Todos Santos
A dentist
a few larger ones
recently,
and a manicurist slowed
up to 15 pounds
limits of calico
married. They
and some even
bass and bottom
smaller at
fish are the norm
fought tooth
about 3 pounds.
for most of the
and nail.
These spots are
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also holding 3- to
sportfishers.
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Offshore, Ansome sluggo barracuda. gel Garcia from Ensenada,
Some of these are pushing the aboard"Boricua,"a pink jet head,
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weigh between 35 and 40 pounds
on a kelp paddy towards the 238
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Cedros Island Recently the
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the Island. With Guide Ron Lane,
three frequent listeners of the radio
show had a great time with Cedros
Tackle and Cedros Kayak Fishing.
There was wide open calico bass
fishing on just about whatever you
felt like throwing at them. Fish up
to 6 ½ pounds were caught from
the Hobie Outback kayaks.
The yellowtail fishing at Punta
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excellent fishing on the dropper
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of water. Bait is easy to make right
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That Pretty Purse?
“Oh, it’s just an old thing I picked up in the
prison yard”
BY REN DRAKE HILL
What would you do if you
were falsely accused of fraud
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on his 11 months of incarceration by creating a successful entrepreneurial venture now, (after
three years), employing over 240
inmates locked in the stony lonesomes of Mexico.
Once an inmate of Jalisco’s
Puente Grande Federal penitentiary, Jorge found himself in need
of a small satchel in which to keep
his glasses and notebook. Finding
himself asshole to elbow with an
assembly of tattoo artists and
leather artisans, he purchased a
piece of leather, gave it to a tattoo artist and asked for a design.
He then forwarded the leather,
decorated with a phoenix, to a
craftsman who created a bag per
Jorge’s specifications. The satchel
was so well-received that three
more were immediately crafted.
By the time Jorge was released
(after having amassed 650 leather
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items), 40 inmates of Puente
Grande were involved in the
leather bag production, relying
on this as their sole source of
income. Mexican prisons do not
provide food, water, or any comfort items, you have to have your
people bring those things to you.
If you have no people, good luck.
Now known as the Prison Art
Project, or Proyecto de Arte Carcelario, prisoners around Mexico
now create products for men and
women, including leather wallets,
bags, purses, belts, and more. The
leather is tooled and stamped or
decorated in color or black-andwhite. Patterns include Mexican
traditional, nature, skulls, flowers, and a traditional if trite by
now favorite, Frida Kahlo.
Because the products are created by hand, technically each
is one-of-a-kind. The average
price ranges from $200 to $400
(U.S.) for most purse-bag items.
The Iber-American University
provided aid to the guys by helping them to create their prison
art logo.
There are several brick-andmortar stores that carry the
products, notably in Mexico City,
the Cancun airport, plus the cities
of Miguel de Allende, and Playa
del Carmen. Five more stores are
immediately planned for Mexico,
with the only Baja site located in
Los Cabos.
Future expansion includes
sites in the United Kingdom,
Italy, New York, San Francisco,
Las Vegas, and Denver. An extensive online store offers many articles, including T-shirts crafted
in a small factory near to Puente
Grande prison, which employs
some of the prison’s former inmates.
Their online store does the
most business, accepts American
dollars, and ships worldwide.
Prison Art has their own website
(www.prisonart.com.mx), and
Facebook page (www.facebook.
com/ Prison Art).
The prison artists and craftsmen earn decent wages, averaging about $310 U.S. per month,
but inmates can earn as much
as $600 monthly; more than
the guards that govern them.
Money is distributed to everyone
involved in the production of
the goods, from artists to craftsmen, to the online and “outside”
sales force. Some profits are reinvested into the company. Jorge
is continually motivated to help
the incarcerated into an artistic
life and away from a life of crime.
Not everyone is accepted into
the program. Each inmate must
attend Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings, and send a large portion of their earnings to their
families. One of the teachings
of the program and the prison
is that families are a necessary
responsibility and must be cared
for.
These are feel good items to
buy. Jorge reminds customers
that they are contributing to a social reinsertion program. Maybe
American prisons should take
note of this positive program of
rehabilitation. ,
NEW BORDER CROSSING...
continued from page 1
into the El Chapparal port.
The bottom line to the unhappiness is what local officials see as
the problem with federal officials
calling the shots from Mexico
City. They say they can’t possibly
know what’s needed at the border.
PedWest’s 14 foot lanes are
critical to the San Ysidro Port
of Entry, by anyone who walks
across, rather than driving.
Not to admit that the temporary structure is dangerous, as
many people are saying, but the
construction guys are hanging
around, helping people over the
bumps on the floor and pushing
crips in wheelchairs. ,
QUE PASA IN BAJA?...
continued from page 2
Cabify, an Uber like transportation platform, is already operating in Tijuana and has stated its
interest in operating in Ensenada
in the short term.
The company is saying they
are a private transportation service and that because of that, they
don’t have to meet the requirements of public transportation,
so there! That’s the same thing
Uber has been saying all over
the world.
Cabify says the proof that they
are not public is that the customer
has to agree to some terms and
conditions before they can use
the service and that public transportation doesn’t require users to
agree to anything. So there!
Meanwhile taxi drivers in
Mexicali have stated they will no
longer pay for their permits or
fines until authorities make Uber
pay for the same kind of permits
as they have to pay. So there!!
Consul visits breweries. Tijuana is the number one producer of craft beer in all of Latin
America, bragged Joel Lopez
from Azteca Craft Brewing, last
week during the visit of Bill Ostick, consul general of the USA
in Tijuana.
The consul visited the brewery along with Tijuana mayor
Jorge Astiazaran and his wife,
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Calendar of Events
All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
ROSARITO BEACH
Every Sunday 4pm. Cultural Sundays in the park,
featuring local Mexican and American dancers and
musicians. At the IMAC in Abelardo L. Rodriguez
park, west of Banamex. Different themes every Sunday.
Sometimes food booths, other times vendors with food
carts. Facebook IMAC Rosarito. Free.
Every Sunday 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the IMAC Central
Park (behind the Banamex on Juarez) Dancing for
seniors, open to the public of all ages. Free. Salsa and
merengue (among others) tunes designed to not throw
out a hip. For information (in Spanish only) www.
facebook.com/IMAC Rosarito
Every Sunday – 2:00 – 7:00 pm, Community Potluck
at the Alley Bar, down the road from Electra in Rosarito.
Free hot dogs. Bring any dish. www.facebook.com/
Every Monday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Beginning
Spanish at Club Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana
Schinkel. $6 donation. [email protected].
Every Monday, 10:45 am, duplicate bridge
at the Baja Gold Bridge Club, KM 42 on Tijuana
Ensenada Libre at the Rosarito Beach Christian
Church. [email protected].
Every Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Advanced
Spanish reading/comprehension class at Club
Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana Schinkel.
$6 donation. [email protected].
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
(3-7 pages) of your work to share. Marsh Cassady:
[email protected].
Every Third Wednesday (except December). 2-4pm.
Bingo at Oceana Grill & Cafe, Blvd. Benito Juárez #90724. Great prizes, 6 different games. Benefits Flying
Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org. Susan
Smith, 661-100-6066, U.S. 858-240-2360. susansmithz@
hotmail.com
Every second and last Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Cruz Roja Primo Tapia Bingo at El Pescador Restaurant,
km 44, (just north of Puerto Nuevo). Raising money for
an ambulance in Primotapia.
Every Second Thursday. 10am. Cruz Roja volunteers
general meeting at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Provides assistance in case of accidents or disasters. www.cruzrojarosarito.org.mx. Rosie Pena, 664-976-0613, U.S.
619-621-0292. [email protected]
and social organizations. www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org.
Judy Westphal, 661-614-1113. [email protected]
Every First Saturday. Noon-sundown. Open Studio
Art Walk, a free tour of galleries in Rosarito Beach Hotel
commercial center. Meet artists at work in their studios.
[email protected]
Every Third Saturday. 1pm. USBC, United Society
of Baja California, monthly Potluck dinner, held at La
Maroma Sports Bar, across from Burger King. Different
theme evey month. 50/50 raffle. Live entertainment at
most events. Free for members and guests. Membership
only $15 USD per year. Beverages ordered from the Bar
at reduced Club prices.
Every single day. AA Grupo Gringo meets daily in
their meeting hall, #16 Mar Meditteraneo (two blocks
behind Hotel Brisas del Mar). Meetings: Saturday, 3:00;
Sunday, Monday, Thursday: 10:00 am; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00 pm. Additional meetings in Cantamar
(just south of the footbridge) Tuesday and Friday, 10:00
am.. For more information, 661-614-1678.
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Every Second Wednesday (except December). 2pm. Friends of the Library meeting at
www.insuranceinbaja.com
main library of IMAC building next to Abelardo
Ph. (664) 158-0472 • In the Rosarito Beach Hotel
Rodríguez Park. Promotes reading and literacy
strip mall on Benito Juarez Blvd.
in Rosarito. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx.
Carmen Dominguez, 661-612-3659. friendsoftheliEvery Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at
[email protected]
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
Every Tuesday and Thursday. 10am. Pilates mat (3-7 pages) of your work to share. For more information,
class at Las Gaviotas Clubhouse. $6 UDS per class. contact Marsh Cassady: [email protected].
Bring a yoga mat and hand towel. Instructor is Terri
Van De Sande
Every Thursday. 8.30am. Local Board of Realtors
(APIR) meets at Oceana Grill. If you are a Realtor in
Every Tuesday. 830am. Board Meeting for Yo Amo Baja, or thinking about it, meet Realtors to network
Rosarito at the Corona Plaza Hotel. See what events are with. Good place for buyers or sellers to find a Realtor
under consideration or volunteer to help plan and run
upcoming events. Great way to become involved with
Every Third Thursday. 10 am. General Meeting for
you community.
FRAO, Foreign Residents Assistance Office. Open to
the public. Usually held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel,
Every third Wednesday
with parking validated. Some(except December) 2:00 –
times held at other local
4:00 pm, Flying Samaritans
sites. Breakfast occasionally
Bingonow at Rene’s casino.
provided, but always availon Blvd. Benito Juarez, KM
able. Usually about 10 am.
28. Six different games.
Different speakers brought in
Great prizes, food and drink
to inform or address issues of
specials, plus casino proconcern to foreigners living
motion. All to benefit the
in Mexico. [email protected].
Flying Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org;
Every Friday. 4pm. [email protected],
ish class main library, by
MX phone: 661-100-6066;
IMAC, in Abelardo Rodriguez
US phone: 1-858-240-2360.
park behind BanaMex. Beginner level class with Sylvia. Free
Every Wednesday 11:30
but donation appreciated.
am – 1:00 pm, Intermediate
Spanish class
at Club Marena clubhouse,
taught by Susana
Every Saturday, 10:00 am at IMAC Central park.
Schinkel. $6 donation. [email protected].
Chess for all ages. Learn, practice, compete. For information (in Spanish only) www.facebook.com/IMAC
Every Wednesday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm. Intermediate Rosarito.
Spanish Conversation class at Club Marena clubhouse,
taught by Susana Schinkel. $6 donation. sschinkel@
Every First Saturday. 10am. United Society of Baja
yahoo.com.
California (USBC) general meeting at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Rosarito Beach Hotel. Good info for the English
Every Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at speaking community of charitable, community service
If corn oil is made from
corn, and vegetable
oil is made from
vegetables, what is
baby oil made from?
August 10. Pet Portraits at Bullies Patisserie.
Deadline to submit payment and a close-up photograph Aug 8. $30 USD,
August 11. Roja 41st Annual Fashion Show and
Hat Parade, and Boutique Sale at Rosarito Beach
Hotel.
August 11, Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, 41st
annual Cruz Roja Fashion Show at the Rosarito
Beach Hotel, featuring hat parade and live fashion
auction, plus the ever-popular boutique (10:00 –
12:00 and 4:00 – 5:00). $20 tickets available from
any board member and the Rosarito Thrift Store.
Includes luncheon. Prizes for neat hats. www.facebook.com/ Cruz Roja Voluntarios de Rosarito, or Paul
661-612-3455.
August 13 & 14, Rosarito Beach Surf and Music
Festival 2016 at Playa del Muelle. Surfing competitions,
food, and multi-band entertainment both days. www.
facebook.com/EscueladeSurf.Locales. August 12 to
14. Friday to Sunday. 5th Anniversary Party for The
Lighthouse Sports Bar and Restaurant in La Mision.
August 12 to 14. Friday to Sunday Hot Air Balloon
Festival at Hotel Paraiso Las Palmas, Ensenada. Music,
food and culture and the spectacular "Noche Magica",
along with a parade on the main drag.August 13. CleanUp, BBQ and Sleep-Over at All the Pretty Horses of
Baja, Rescues and Rides. August 13-14. Surf & Music
Festival by the pier. August 13, Saturday, Baja Sand Meet
and Greet at CEART, w/the artists at CEART, across the
toll-road from Bada Bing.
September 14 – 18, Wednesday through Sunday,
Rosarito Beach 20th SCORE Desert Challenge. Racing
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. http://score-international.
com/raceinfo/baja-500. Volunteers needed.
August 17, Wednesday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Introduction to acting class beginning to intermediate at
the Rosarito Theatre Guild, on the boulevard behind
Comex. Ages 12 – adult. Covers speaking, movement
on stage, the script, developing expressions and gestures,
interpretation and more. Advance payment required.
Members: $25, non-embers $30.00, youth 12 – 17: $20
[email protected], or phone: MX: 661-119-9214, US:
1-619-356-6454.
August 17. Technology: Past, Present and Future at
Rosarito CEART, Free. Let’s go, all you technophobes,
you have a lot to learn.
August 18. Amo Rosarito Business and Social Mixer
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at Sunio Beach Club, inside Castillos Del Mar. $50 MN.
August 18. Thursday. 5pm. Yo Amo Rosarito Business and Social Mixer at Sunio Beach Club, inside Castillos Del Mar. $50 pesos.
August 19 -21, Friday through Sunday, 5th annual
Baja Blues Fest at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Backwater
Blues Band, John Nemeth, Coco Montoya, and many
more. Friday jam session meet and greet, 7:00 – 11:00
pm, $20; Saturday Blues Fest, gates open at 10:00, $25
in advance/a little more at the gate; Sunday jam session,
1:00 pm, $10. Best deal is three-day ticket in advance:
$45. www.bajabluesfest.org; Tickets also at the Hotel or
at ClickOn, 44.4 on the free road.
August 20. Saturday. USBC BBQ for paid members
at Leo’s. RSVP to Judy Westphal.
August 20. Art Fair & Bazaar -Bajamar Whale Watch
August 20, Saturday, 1:00 pm, USBC free members
BBQ Leo’s Restaurant, KM 50, north of Quenca Lechera
exit. Karaoke begins at 2:00. If you are not yet a member,
come to the BBQ and join! Reservations required by
August 13. [email protected]; phone: MX: 661-614August 24, Wednesday, 5:00 pm, USBC’s monthly
restaurant tour to California Fresh; on the boulevard
across from El Nido. $15, cash only in advance. Sandy
Eddhabi: [email protected].
August 27 to midnight. Eats at the Tijuana Fair.
Annual Tijuana fair edition of Turista Libre's street eats
tour, in which we cap our regular torta-taco-tostada
itinerary with dessert and rides at the Feria Tijuana in
Parque Morelos. Includes roundtrip border transportation, courses at each restaurant and fair admission.
Meet up in San Ysidro at 4 p.m., with an estimated return to the border at midnight. and more info at www.
turistalibre.com.
August 24. Wednesday. USBC restaurant tour at California Fresh, across from El Nido, on Benito Juarez Blvd.
Parking i behind California Fresh. $15 USD for a special
3 course meal avalable exclusively for USBC Members.
ENSENADA
Every Monday. 7pm. Ceart Cine Club. Films about
dance with “Billy Elliot” April 13, “Five Dances” April
20, “Desert Dancer” April 27. English with Spanish subtitles. Foro Experimental of Centro Estatal de las Artes
(CEART) on Blvd. Costero (Lázaro Cárdenas) & Av. Club
Rotario. Free. CEART, 646-173-4307.
Every First & Third Wednesday. 10:30am. Club
Compañeros de Baja Norte general meeting at clubhouse
on Calle Mazatlán #256 in
Fracc. Acapulco, 1 mile south
of Ensenada. Lunch $6 donation. Multicultural, multilingual, nonprofit service and
social club. Nancy McKee,
646-174-5011, U.S. 619-2074325. [email protected] Fourth Thursday. Red Hat
Society lunch at various local
restaurants. Tillie Foster, cell
646-171-5292. bajaqueentillie@
gmail.com
Every Friday. 7:30-9:30pm.
Live world and cultural music at
El Callejón Colectivo Culinario,
Floresta #320 near southern
Blvd. Costero extension, Fracc.
August 25. Thursday. Dorothy Southern Bus Trip to
Del Mar Races, $42 USD
October 1. Saturday. Fundraising event for Baja
California Spay and Neuter Foundation.
August 26. Friday. 6pm. VIP Dinner Under the Stars
for Baja Sand 2016. $700 pesos or $45 USD. Mingle with
international sand castle artists, dine under the stars,
among the sand figures, enjoy dinner, folkloric dance
groups, chorus line, bossa & blues).
October 9, Sunday, Second Annual Tecate to
Ensenada Bike Race/Ride through the wine country.
Registration $50 through July 3, $80 race day. Prizes by
age class. www.bajabikerace.com.
August 26 to 28. Friday to Sunday. Baja sand castle
gala 2016 at Rosarito Beach Hotel, north of pier. Sand
sculpture featuring international sand castle artists and
amateurs too. Dinner and show outdoors, two days of
music, dance, art exhibits and food, and of course, the
completed sand sculptures. Takes them up to two weeks
to build each piece. Free
October 12 to 15. Wednesday to Sunday. 7th Annual Int’l Mariachi y Ballet Folklorico Festival at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Three days of workshops for voice,
instruments and dance, followed by concerts on Friday
on Saturday nights. Mariachi Mass on Sunday. Familyfriendly event. Tickets prices for all budgets.
October 16. Sunday. Cruz Roja Soup’s On
August 31. Wednesday. 6pm. Sabor de Baja. Allwhite attire requested for thefancy party at the beachfront gardens of the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Pairings of
some of the best local chefs with local wines.
September 16 and 17, Friday and Saturday 10 am,
Pat’s Pub-N-Tub South of the Border Golf Weekend.
Real del Mar $25. Bajamar: $86. US 1-619-810-7666, or
US 1-714-269-0920.
September 4. Sunday. Fandango in La Mision, for
the benefit of BECA scholarships.
September 24, Saturday, 10:00 am, USBC’s monthly
restaurant tour to Rancho Las Ilusiones. Save the date.
More info to follow.
September 10. Saturday. Launch Party for Gorgeous
Women of Baja at Rosarito Theatre Guild
September 17. Saturday. 8am. Beach Clean-Up Day
at various locations. Make a team with your friends, or
just show up, and be assigned to a team, where you can
make new friends.
September 23 – 25, Friday through Saturday, Playas
de Rosarito Sister Cities International Convention and
Conference at the Puerto Nuevo Hotel in Puerto Nuevo.
Workshops, social gatherings, and more. Meet delegates
from Rosarito’s Sister Cities around the world. Information: www.chprosarito.org; email: comite@chprosaarito.
org; phone: 661-614-9600, extension 1080.
September 24. Saturday. 10am. Rosarito to Ensenada
Bike Ride. 50 mile bike ride along the ocean and up
through the hills toward the wine country, and into the
seaport of Ensenada.
Acapulco, 1 1/2 miles south of Ensenada. Free. Performer
schedule with Alex O., cell 646-101-0812. anlof9@gmail.
com
Every Friday 7:30 pm. Live music at El Callejon Colectivo Culinario; Floresta #320, Fracc. Acapulco, Ensenada.
Alex Orendain, [email protected], 646-120-8004; www.
elcallejoncolectivoculinario.com.
July 17. Sunday. 11am to 8pm. Sakura Fest 2016 at
Plaza Civica de las 3 Cabezas
October 28. Friday. Susanna’s pairing luncheon at
Susanna’s Restaurant in Rosarito Beach. Benefit Baja
Scholarship Foundation. $40 USD prepaid only. [email protected]
November 27 to December 9. Copper Canyon Tour,
including 13 days, plus 27 meals plus 14 sights plus
Transportation plus Total Package. Reserve your spot
today! www.bajagoodlifeclub.com/events or tours@
bglclub.com or 686-230-9933.
Pearl Harbor Day. Wednesday. Flying Samaritans
Luncheon/White Elephant Gift Exchange at Las Rocas.
December 9 to December 10. Friday to Saturday.
Cruz Roja Rosarito Thrift Store: Annual Christmas Sale,
9am-5pm
December 10. Saturday. Holiday Home Tour for
Friends of the Library. ,
July 23. Saturday. 5 to 11pm. Summer Fest 2016 at
Playa Hermosa
August 19.Valle de Guadalupe. "From Farm And
Vineyard To Your Table", Finca Altozano. celebrating 5th.
anniversary, Chef Javier Plascencia and celebrity chefs 6
course dinner. $145 dls. Cocktail Reception 6pm on rustic
deck under the old oak tree. Tickets at Finca Altozano or
via Paypal.([email protected])
August 20.Noche Bonita - Fiestas de la Vendimia. $80
US. 646 178 6650 [email protected]
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The Great Santini Opens
A Great Wine Bar
And a great addition to the neighborhood
BY BUNNY WINGATE
The Napa wine region’s watering holes now have nothing
on our newest and absolutely
fabulous wine bar. Located at km
40 in the refurbished building
previously known as Mule 61,
the décor is upscale modern with
grape vines decorating the walls
and ceiling.
There are several seating arrangements in this large area
to suit all age groups and styles
of tasting, including what Aldo
Santini calls the living wall room
decorated with green grass walls
and an intimate seating area for
special occasions. There is also a
room with seating on comfortable couches with a glorious
ocean view and a heater for the
cooler winter months.
The Great Santini wine bar is
still a work in progress that will,
when built out, feature an art gallery showing well known young
artists from around the world
and where people can peruse
their choices for sale on a wine
walk. The bar is presently open
for tasting featuring Santini wines
poured from barrels mounted on
the walls behind the bar.
Aldo Santini’s wines are
mainly red, his premium being
2012 Cabernet Sauvignon and
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his white the French wine 2014
Viogner.
Upon ordering a glass of wine
you will be presented with a small
appetizer for your pallete. The
price of his tasting is $5 and the
pour will be the standard 62 millimeters. There are cheese platters
for two, four, and more, all with
imported cheeses, Italian polenta
and Argentinian sausage.
His vineyard is in the Guadalupe valley where he grows his
grapes that will then be shipped
to his bar in refrigerated trucks
and brought to the building be-
A coffee shop is planned, and
will have imported coffees, both
French and Italian pastries, as
well as a sample menu of appetizers and cheese plates. There will
be jazz on Saturdays and possibly
film noire on Thursdays.
Aldo Santini is an experienced enologist, having worked
in the Napa Valley at Stags Leap
and Cakebread Cellars. Born in
Baja, he has always felt his heart
was here and so he has returned
with a beautiful gift for wine lovers. There is ample parking,. open
at 1PM, closed on Mondays and
Tuesdays. ,
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hind the bar where, in late August
to early September, the crush will
take place. His wines will also be
shipped throughout Mexico, as
much as 1500 cases a year.
There are classes planned,
the first to be a history of wine
and the proper way of tasting.
The wines will be in a cooler, the
white at 50 degrees and the red
at 62. There will be eight to 12
different wines for tasting. The
second class will be about wines
of the world and will be held every Friday for 16 weeks and you
will be presented with new wines
from all over the world. The third
class will concern wine blending
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rely on Mexican trade, and there
is $4 billion worth of goods crossing our shared border every day.
Put that in your pipe and
smoke it, Donald.
Gay revolution comes to Mexico. This spring Mexico president
Enrique Peña Nieto sent a bill to
Congress to amend an article of
the Mexican Constitution that
would legalize same-sex marriages throughout the country.
The measure, if approved, would
also give gay couples the right to
adopt children.
The initiative will be debated
in the second week of September
and it appears the bill has a good
chance of passing. This development has been met with fierce
opposition by many members
of the Catholic church and other
Neanderthals, so strong efforts
are being made to defeat the initiative. On the other hand, most
Mexicans, including many liberal
Catholics, now support gay marriage and are increasingly open to
the idea of expanding rights for
the LGBT community.
In 2000, more than 62% of
Mexicans surveyed were opposed
to gay marriage. Today, around
65% are in favor, according to a
recent poll.
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Backhausen, a 25-year-old Australian veterinary nurse, took a
more holistic view. “I enjoy it.
It’s part of the ocean. It doesn’t
hurt you or anything; it doesn’t
sting you,” she said. “You just get
through it, and you get over it. It’s
not a big deal, I don’t think. That’s
coming from a backpacker’s point
of view.”
The frantic cleanup has now
prompted its own backlash, as
environmental groups protest
the use of backhoes and bulldozers to move seaweed mountains.
The Mexican Center for Envi-
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Aguilar, who runs the Hotel
Arenas in Mahahual, farther
south along the coast. His hotel
is offering 25 percent discounts
to attract customers. We wish
them luck. ,
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clearing house and provide many
smaller pharmacies with their
products. Also, they offer free
delivery.
Discount Pharmacy, located in
Zona Centro, (at the corner of 7th
and Ruiz), is also a high-volume,
well-stocked, service-oriented local pharmacy that offers delivery.
Boy, this stinky stuff washed up on the beach is no
bueno
ronmental Rights said hotels’
reliance on heavy machinery and
shoreline netting is causing damage to species that frequent the
beach. Alejandra Serrano Pavón,
a regional director, has collected
photographs of dead sea turtles.
And meanwhile, authorities
say that the collected sargassum
can be used to fortify sand dunes
and can be reprocessed into
fertilizers for public parks and
gardens. But those silver linings
don’t mean much to the average
Mexican hotel owner.
“The cruise shipes are going
to arrive soon, and the tourists
are not going to want to set one
foot in this town because of the
pestilence here,” said Cristobal
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Similares have one other advantage that distinguishes them
from all other pharmacies: Many
of them have doctors on site,
accepting walk-in patients on a
first-come, first-served basis. The
standard fee for a consultation
is 50 pesos (around $3.00 USD),
and the checkup will provide you
with the prescription you need to
address your malady; you can pick
it up on your way out, making for
one-stop shopping! Your prescription given you be your doctor in
the United States is not good here,
so show it to “Dr. Simi” and he will
churn out a legitimate Mexican
prescription matching that one.
Here´s the bottom line: Chain
store pharmacies are consistent in
quality and generally competitive
in price; local pharmacies, such
as Cosmo and Discount, are reliable and provide personalized
services such as free delivery; Be
careful of pharmacies near the
tourist areas, many of them tend
to be very hight priced. Similares
provide consultations as well as
prescription alternatives at very
low prices, and are to be found
almost anywhere in the city.
There are well over 200 pharmacies in Ensenada. The number
of Similares is hard to ascertain,
because only the outlets with land
lines are listed in Telnor´s yellow
pages. One thing is for sure: You
won´t have any problem finding
one! Look for a characture of Dr.
Simi. ,
It’s hard to miss the Similares drug stores with Dr. Simi
standing out front
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This mom and daughter are close girl friends and are hoping they can go to the same forever home
together. They are close in age, (mom was a child bride), both still young but old enough to have left that
high energy behind them. They are well behaved, well socialized, able to entertain each other for hours
on end. But when their people come home, they’re in a rush to greet. They’re used to sleeping with each
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and Xavier Peniche, head of the
economic development office for
Tijuana.
“It’s great to know craft breweries of the area and to see the
improvements that they are making”, said the U.S. big shot during
the visit.
Tijuana is the first city in
Mexico that has state and city
permits to brew craft beer, which
has allowed for the growth of
the industry in a regulated manner. As opposed to a willy nilly
manner.
No Zika here in Baja yet.
Nestor Hernandez, the chief of
epidemiology for Northern Baja,
stated last week that Baja has not
had a single case of Zika that was
contracted here. However, there
was a case last December of a guy
who was treated for Zika in Tijuana but he contracted the virus
while visiting the state of Chiapas
so that case was counted towards
Chiapas stats not ours. So there.
Dr. Hernandez said that we
all have to pitch in to keep our
state Zika free by being careful
not to leave any standing water
uncovered because this is like
crack for the mosquito.
If you feel headaches, fever,
muscle ache, shivers, sensitivity
to light, cough or other symptoms, go to your doctor fast, you
might be the first one. Or, you
might have a real bad hangover.
Try a bloody Mary first, if you
don’t feel better, get to a zika doc.
New palapas in La Mision
beach. Ensenada authorities
have installed several palapas on
the beach by the toll road in La
Mision. Authorities pointed out
the spiffy new palapas are public
and can be used by anyone that
visits the beach.
Gilberto Hirata, mayor of
Ensenada, said these palapas are
an effort to dignify local beaches
and to give shadow and some
comfort to local and foreign visitors. He also encouraged users to
take good care of them. Yup. If
it’s one thing we don’t like, it’s
undignified beaches.
Rosarito’s off road race. From
September 14 to 18, Rosarito will
have its own Score International
Rosarito Beach Desert Challenge.
The race is on a 32.7 mile circuit
that has to be run four times for
a total of 130.8 miles.
This is the first time this
event will be run in Rosarit. The
hotel association, through the
special lodging tax they charge,
pitched in with about $45,000 in
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dinero and the state tourism office coughed up another $5,500 to
bring the race to Rosarito.
For more information about
the race visit www.score-international.com. ,
National Action Party Deputy
José Manuel Delgadillo said the
assembly wanted to prod President Enrique Peña Nieto into
confronting Trump. Isn’t that
Hillary’s job? ,
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The Donald voted out of Mexico. If Mexico City lawmakers
had the authority they would ban
U.S. presidential hopeful Donald
Trump from entering Mexico. In
fact, they have voted unanimously
for such a ban in spite of they
don’t have the authority.
The move calls on federal authorities to suspend or prohibit
Trump’s entry into Mexico due
to his xenophobic attacks on the
Mexican people. Deputy Victor
Hugo Romo described Trump as
“primeval, egocentric and primitive” and likened him to Adolf
Hitler.
“Hitler was very popular. He
generated a lot of sympathy by
creating a nationalist policy that
vindicated the Germans’ sense of
self-worth. [Trump] is practically
a copy. I consider Donald Trump
a chauvinist and a misogynist
disposed to political repression.
He doesn’t respect diversity.”