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So today we in the newsroom received what we call a budget line, which basically is a preview of a story we haven't seen yet. It read like this:
"In a sign that the economic downturn is hitting hard among Latino immigrants, more than 3 million of them (sic) stopped sending money to families...
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The wonders of the local online library services are espoused in this blog post.
And the third installment of sagefever's trip to Mexico can be read here.
Meanwhile, Cal State Bakersfield's basketball team gets a new recruit.
It's a couple of weeks old, but it's still a goodie. Local TV...
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In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, we typed this as fast as we could.
Here's a couple of local blog we liked early Wednesday morning.
An anti-crime blog, called WitnessLogVwXYz, keeps a close eye on the allegedly criminal activity in her neighborhood.
And one of our...
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So Mexico has had it, huh? Isn't that special? Seems everytime Mexico gets tired of something we are doing where they are concerned, they simply pass a law that stops us from doing it. We should be doing the same thing. I realize that a few cities have taken action to do just that, but it needs...
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I rarely agree with anything the Sierra Club supports, does or has to say, but this time I am on their side. They, along with the Teamsters and most Americans, are opposing the plan to allow Mexican trucking companies to send trucks more than twenty five miles into the United States for the...
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Posted Monday, July 16, 2007
In a month, August 20 and 21, the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico will sit down together in Montebello, Quebec to discuss making the borders between these three nations disappear. They will discuss progress on a vest highway project passing through...
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Last year, Argentina beat Mexico with one fantastic goal.
This year, Argentina used two fantabulous goals.
The first was a long free kick that soared over the wall and seemed to be heading well away from the goal, until an Argentine player ghosted in with a high jumping kick to deflect the ball...
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I was mostly busy with other stuff, so I missed the one-sided thrashings that were the Copa America quarterfinals. The results were no surprise, but the scorelines certainly were: 6-0 for Brazil, 6-1 for Mexico.
But the semifinals... these are going to be great matches, just because of the...
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Mexico only needed a draw to advance in first place, and they didn't try very hard for a win. AFP reports they and Chile were booed off the field. Mexico does that when it can afford to, like that game against Italy in the '02 World Cup.
But the point for Chile puts them at 4 points and third...
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With a 2-1 win over Ecuador Sunday, after last week's upset over Brazil, it would take a bizarre series of events for Mexico not to advance in the Copa America. Of course, advancing is not enough; Mexico wants to win the group and play a weak team in the quarterfinals. But the way Mexico has been...
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Mexico fans can correct me if I'm wrong, but I bet they wouldn't trade tonight's win over Brazil for a win over the USA last Sunday.
In a game sponsored by the movie Transformers, I wouldn't have been more suprised if Castillo had transformed into a robot spider right there on the pitch....
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I remember the moment I became, if not a liberal, at least a moderate. Considering myself fortunate to get through the screening process I, felt honored to have and opportunity to speak to directly to such a venerable member of "my" party. Never in my life...
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I know we just finished the Gold Cup, but it's time to move on to the next major international tournament: the Copa America. It's the world's oldest continuous international tournament, and the third most prestigious, after the World Cup and the European Championships.
The Copa America is the...
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First half:
I knew we were in trouble when I saw Mexico's first real attack. A Mexican player had the ball and was facing a line of four Americans. But on either end of that line, there was a Mexican. The Mexican with the ball passed to the right, and that Mexican crossed to the guy on the left....
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Mexico was, front to back and start to finish the superior team. At the same time, props to the Little Caribbean Overseas Department of France That Could for putting on a good fight. The game was one of the better ones I've seen this tournament.
In about the 35th minute, a Guadeloupe player went...
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With a man advantage for the entire second half, Mexico couldn't score. It took overtime before they could put Costa Rica, down to eight men by the end of the game, away. Mexico looked like a mess. (I only saw the second half and overtime, because I made the mistake of trusting AP to know what...
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You may remember the Honduras of 2001, the one that came thiiiis close to making it into the 2002 World Cup. This Honduras must be the same team. Mexico, on the other hand... what is the deal?
The quarterfinals are now set. Mexico v. Costa Rica has to be the biggest match, and Mexico's form...
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Real life has gotten in the way of watching soccer this weekend, so I've caught just snatches of the Gold Cup games this weekend.
(Quick note for the uninitiated: the Gold Cup is the continental championship for national teams for our region, CONCACAF, which is shorter than saying North America,...
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Well, Mexico sure took it to the Iranians. That was nothing like the match last year in Germany. Mexico won easily, 4-0, with a goal in the second minute to start and a brace close together at around 80.
My favorite part was the circling run Mexico did around the box at the 78th minute or so....
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Ever wonder if maybe nations should solve their problems without war, but with some sort of sporting contest? Well, they'd pick the one game that unites the world, and Brazil would be the world's only superpower.
This blog is about soccer, mainly the international variety, the kind that pits...
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OK, so this is really two posts in one, but what the heck.
On Thursday I will be leaving Bako for a weeks trip to Colorado. My 2 main objectives are to meet up with the riders involved in The Ride for Columbine http://www.c2cride.org/
and do a road report for Friction Zone magazine. ...
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Mexico's new secretary of health visited California Monday to talk about the health needs facing Mexicans in California.
According to a story from the San Francisco Chronicle, Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos plans to meet every six months with U.S. health officials and Mexican immigrant...
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