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The Samoan island of Savai'i is an earthly paradise whose sights and smells are etched indelibly in the memory of Liugalua Dellafosse.
AWC faculty mark 30-year milestone
Popularly known as the pearl anniversary, 30 years is an auspicious milestone - which two Arizona Western College teachers have reached this fall.
Seven women murdered in Mexico
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Seven women were murdered in Mexico, including one who was beheaded in the southern beach resort of Cancun, authorities reported on Monday.
3 tons of pot seized at U.S.-Mexico border
Federal authorities say they seized more than 6,000 pounds of marijuana worth nearly $6 million hidden within a shipment of door knobs in a truck at the U.S.-Mexico Border.
It's betting time! Annual PMex Auction raises more than $20,000
If you passed by the second floor Andrew White College Center on Wednesday, Nov.
Quakes shake Calif./Mex. border, no injuries
Earthquakes continue to rattle the California-Mexico border but there are no reports of damage or injuries.
Supervisors support continued talks for Salton Sea plan
The County Supervisors say the support continues talks. The project would bring water from the Sea of Cortez to the Salton Sea.
Warning: I know someone who curiously picked up William T. Vollmann's hefty 1,300-page Imperial , took a minute to read a page at random, and then exhaled a whimper of incomprehension as he thunked it down in disbelief.
Obama taps Alan Bersin to oversee the border
There is the curbside view of the Mexican border: severed heads on nightclub floors, migrant corpses in the mountains, fingers lopped off, armies in pursuit of drug lords, fleeing fugitives, gangs of money-washers, set to the plaintive ballads of narcocorridistas.
Hospice reaches out to Spanish-speaking patients
Alfredo Godoy praises Hospice of Yuma for a variety of reasons, but he sums up his most essential point about the agency in a few words: "The most important thing about Hospice is that they don't have to be in pain." In the waning days of his wife, Elvia's, battle with terminal colon cancer, Hospice's staff has been at her bedside, administering ...
Temecula park goes to the (K-9) dogs
The crowds that gathered at the park Saturday were applauding the four-legged participants and their handlers as part of the 14th Annual Riverside Sheriff's K-9 Team's Competition.
William T. Vollmann hardly looks like one of the most ambitious authors of his generation.
Traveling in Mexico despite drug violence, H1N1 flu
Mexico's drug war is entering its fourth year. Its H1N1 flu outbreak began with dozens of deaths and global headlines last spring.
Inside (arguably) the most unemployed town in America
The unemployment rate here and for the whole of Imperial County hit 30.1 percent in September, the highest rate in the United States .
Another small quake reported near Mexicali
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck overnight near the U.S.-Mexico border, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported in the San Diego area.
Mexico kingpin pleads guilty to drug smuggling
The leader of a Mexico-based organization that arranged to smuggle large amounts of marijuana for distribution in San Diego and other U.S. destinations pleaded guilty today to a drug conspiracy count.
Small Quakes Rattle California-Mexico Border
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake has shaken part of the southeastern California region bordering Baja California.
San Bernardino fight club hosts toy drive
Hundreds of boxing fans and car aficionados brought toys, cash and plenty of holiday spirit to a combat sports gym on Sunday in a Christmas toy drive to help kids at two elementary schools.
Upcoming border system draws concerns
A program that makes use of new technology to stop the southbound flow of weapons, cash and other contraband is scheduled to be expanded to the Mexican port of entry into this border city across from Yuma County starting in December.
H1N1 vaccine still weeks away South of the Border
He said the vaccine for the H1N1 would not arrive in Baja California for about two weeks.
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