CLEVELAND (WJW) – It was another tough year for restaurants and traditional brick-and-mortar retailers. Several national chains announced closures and bankruptcies in 2024 – not to mention the local small businesses that quietly…
Border Report – Tijuana’s famous ‘Zonkeys’ find new home at Ranch near Ensenada
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — For decades, tourists were able to have their pictures taken with so called “Zonkeys” along Tijuana’s Avenida Revolución — an attraction animal rights activists called cruel as…
Border Report – Chinese cell phones gain popularity in Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — During the last five years, cell phones made in China have taken a stronghold throughout Mexico, according to Ernesto Piedras, director of a consulting firm called The…
Border Report – ‘Cloned’ delivery van stopped with 9 unlawful migrants in rural area of San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Agents assigned to the Campo Station seized a “cloned” delivery service van earlier this month that was found to be carrying nine undocumented migrants, according to the…
Border Report – HSI El Paso arrest 3 people for human smuggling
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso arrested two Mexican nationals and a U.S. citizen for human smuggling, the department said on Thursday, December 26. According to HSI,…
KTSM News – San Elizario’s Ricardo Pepi returns to El Paso with hospital visit
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — San Elizario native and professional soccer superstar Ricardo Pepi came back to his hometown to give presents to the children at the El Paso Children’s Hospital on…
KTSM News – HSI El Paso arrest 3 people for human smuggling
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso arrested two Mexican nationals and a U.S. citizen for human smuggling, the department said on Thursday, Dec. 25. According to HSI,…
Border Report – Trump announces ambassador to Panama amid fight over canal
President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Panama. The announcement comes as Trump is sparking a feud with the U.S. ally…
KTSM News – ‘Viva! El Paso’ creator Hector Serrano dies at 83
EL PASO, Texas – Hector Serrano, an El Paso teacher and artist who created the “Viva! El Paso” production that told the El Paso region’s history in song and dance and drew…
Texas Monthly – The Stories We Wish We’d Published This Year
Consider briefly, the editors. In 2024, we covered two elections, the billionaires influencing them, and the shows and music we watched or listened to to distract ourselves from them. We knew we’d…