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New Center At UCSD To Study How Migration Affects Health

Nov. 11, 2009
By Amy Isackson

Public health experts and social scientists will study migrant health at a new center at UC San Diego. The center intends to improve migrants' health and access to care.

Mexican Authorities Free Kidnap Victim With Help From FBI

Nov. 9, 2009
By Amy Isackson

Baja California law enforcement authorities have freed a young woman who was kidnapped on her way to San Diego. The FBI helped lead Mexican investigators to the 21-year-old.

Activists Say Friendship Park Access Not Enough

Nov. 9, 2009
By Amy Isackson
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A group that's fighting for public access to San Diego's Friendship Park along the U.S.-Mexico border wants to make sure park visitors can go right up to the border fence. The group wants federal officials to remodel the access area they just built.

20 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Arrested At Leucadia Beach

Nov. 3, 2009
By City News Service

Border Patrol agents arrested 20 suspected illegal immigrants today after the boat they were on came ashore in Beacon's Beach in Leucadia, a sheriff's lieutenant said.

The Day Of The Dead Finds New Life In The USA

Nov. 2, 2009
By Maureen Cavanaugh
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What started centuries ago as a tradition among indigenous people in Southern Mexico has now become the the largest Latino celebration in the USA. We'll explore how El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, rose from obscurity to popularity in both this country and in modern Mexico.

Mexican Southbound Screening Snarling San Ysidro Traffic

Oct. 28, 2009
By Amy Isackson

Mexico's screening of cars headed south across the U.S. Mexico border into Tijuana is snarling traffic on San Ysidro streets and on freeways in the South Bay. It can take an hour and a half to cross into Tijuana during peak hours.

Mexican Authorities Find Tunnel Under Construction

Oct. 27, 2009
By Amy Isackson

Mexican authorities have discovered what's presumed to be a smuggling tunnel under construction just a few hundred feet from the U.S. Mexico border fence.

Tijuana Teen Killed By Stray Bullet As Tijuana Police Attacked Again

Oct. 27, 2009
By Amy Isackson

The 16 year old girl was apparently helping her mother set up a food stand early Tuesday morning.

Volunteers Haul 600 Tires, Trash Out Of Tijuana River Valley

Oct. 27, 2009
By Amy Isackson

About 300 volunteers from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border hauled more than six tons of trash out of the Tijuana River Valley last weekend. Volunteers want to help prevent flooding this winter and keep trash from washing out to sea.

Bi-National Tijuana River Valley Clean-Up Saturday

Oct. 23, 2009
By Amy Isackson

Volunteers from both sides of the US Mexico border plan to haul trash out San Diego's Tijuana River Valley on Saturday morning. Volunteers hope to prevent flooding in the Valley this winter and help keep trash from floating out to sea.

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City Workers Begin Clearing Debris In Tijuana River Valley

KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson explains why a local group is opposed to the City of San Diego dredging the Tijuana River Valley. play video

KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson explains why a local group is opposed to the City of San Diego dredging the Tijuana River Valley.

U.S. Teens Duct-Taped With Drugs Crossing Border

Smugglers have discovered a new way to bring their drugs into the U.S. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson has details about why teens are crossing the border with drugs taped to their bodies. play video

Smugglers have discovered a new way to bring their drugs into the U.S. KPBS Border Reporter Amy Isackson has details about why teens are crossing the border with drugs taped to their bodies.

Beefed-up Border

Reporter Amy Isackson speaks with Gloria Penner about plans to screen all vehicles entering Mexico from San Diego this fall. Local editors react to the plan.play video

Reporter Amy Isackson speaks with Gloria Penner about plans to screen all vehicles entering Mexico from San Diego this fall. Local editors react to the plan.