observing san diego-tijuana urban life >In spite of pressure from local and state elected leaders urging the Department of Homeland Security to open the decision-making process to public comment and review, DHS continues with the demolition of Friendship Park. This historic site, a gathering place for families on both sides of the border for generations, […]
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Project is first use of Real ID Act waiver allowing construction in designated wilderness 7 January 2009 Contacts: Kim Vacariu, Wildlands Network 575-557-0155 Matt Clark, Defenders of Wildlife 520-623-9653 Oliver Bernstein, Sierra Club 512-477-2152 Paul Spitler, The Wilderness Society 202-429-2672 Otay Mesa, CA –With little advance notice, the Department of […]
Article published by SFGate.com, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Modesto Bee By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, January 7, 2009 7 January 2009 18:50 PST San Diego, CA (AP) The Border Patrol will close a popular park on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean to make way for […]
Los Angeles Times by Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times staff writer SAN DIEGO, CA | There are just two weeks left in his presidency, but down in San Diego County the heavy machinery is grinding away at one last grand project from the administration of George W. Bush. As The […]
> Federal, State, & Local Representatives United on Call to Save Friendship Park By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO, CA | On Saturday, November 15, 2008, at 11 AM, federal, state, and local elected officials gathered at Friendship Park to call for an immediate halt to construction of fencing that places […]
>from Newspaper Tree: El Paso’s Original News Source posted November 14, 2008 EL PASO, TEXAS | El Paso County Attorney José R. Rodríguez was invited to testify last week before the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus (MALC) of the Texas House of Representatives in relation to the federal lawsuit the County and […]
San Diego Daily Transcript “Orchids, Onions honors best, worst in recent crop of architecture” By MONICA UNHOLD 14 November 2008 SAN DIEGO, CA | On Thursday evening, architects honored condos, hospital facilities and theater restorations that have blossomed in the past few years as well as those that plain stink, […]
>November 14, 2008 – By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Nine political leaders in San Diego city, state and federal government are calling upon the President-Elect Barack Obama Transition Team to intervene to save Friendship Park. Following efforts in other states like Texas, where a coalition of local and […]