Real Del Mar, Tijuana - The 3 story at Real del Mar Value has been sold.
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KPBS
Dec 20, 2007
Amy Isackson
People who get medical treatment in Tijuana can now cross the border back to San Diego more quickly through a new lane for medical tourists. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has the story.
Doctors and medical clinics in Tijuana can pay the city's Economic Development Council $2 for special border crossing coupons for their patients.
The coupon allows patients who've driven to Tijuana to cut into the border line about three quarters of the way through.
Flavio Olivieri is on the board of Tijuana's Economic Development Council. He says the border wait should be 20 minutes maximum.
Olivieri: We are working towards improving border crossings in as many fronts as we can. And medical tourism is very important to the economy of Tijuana. So we see this as a way of fostering more growth in this area.
Olivieri says Tijuana's medical and pharmacy industry provides about $3.5 billion in revenue for Tijuana.
U.S. authorities are not involved in the new lane because the entrance is in Tijuana.
Gas Prices are Much Cheaper in Mexico!
If you are having second thoughts about driving to Mexico because of high gas prices - know this: gas in Mexico is currently much cheaper than in the US.
Mexico Gas Prices as of May 2008:
- Regular Unleaded Gas: $2.61 per gallon (US dollars) compare to over $4/gal in the U.S.
- Diesel: $2.10 per gallon (US dollars) compare to over $5/gal in the U.S.
Hop in the car and get on with your trip to Baja and fill it up while you're here!
Birth Certificates or Passports are now required for crossing back into the US.
Although passports will not be required until June 2009 (or later) for land travel across the US border, US border officials began asking for proof of citizenship on January 31, 2008. Proof of US citizenship can be provided with either a Passport or with a Birth Certificate. Original Birth Certificates are preferred, but a photo copy will also be accepted for the time being. All people 19 years or older who do not have a passport will be required to show a photo ID such as a US Drivers license. Minors 18 or younger will not need a photo ID, but will need a Birth Certificate or Passport.
From the Yuma Sun
Article written by Juana Gyek, January 2008
As of Thursday, you'll be asked to prove your claims of being an American citizen when you return for a visit to Mexico.
New, stricter border crossing rules take effect at U.S. ports of entry at San Luis, Ariz., Andrade, Calif., and elsewhere along the nation's borders with Mexico and Canada.
Border crossers 19 and older will be required to produce proof of citizenship - either a U.S. or Canadian passport, or a birth certificate and government-issued identification, such as a driver's license or military ID.
Those 18 and under will be asked to provide a proof of citizenship, such as a passport or a birth certificate.
People who are unable to provide the requested documents will be advised of the requirements and given a written advisory detailing what is required for the next crossing, said Brian Levin, Arizona spokesman for CBP.
"We will not automatically send people in for an inspection if the only issue is lack of documents, unless we suspect an attempt to gain entry by falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, which is what we already do," Levin said.
Vincent Bond, California spokesman for CBP, said sole oral declarations of citizenship will no longer be accepted but because this is an educational and transitional period, "there's some flexibility here."
The transitional period can take months until a passport or other acceptable document such as a passport card is required in June 2009.
"I can't predict how long it (the transitional period) will be," he said.
This requirement is part of the government's response to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI).
"We are trying to help travelers gain awareness of the requirements and get used to carrying and presenting documents," Levin said.
Those who do not have an original birth certificate or have sent it in with a passport application, a photocopy can be presented during this time or proof of application for a passport, Levin said.
Although CBP does not anticipate an increase in wait times or any delays for travelers, Levin says border crossers can help expedite traffic through ports by having the documents ready to present as they approach the inspection area.
They should also be prepared to answer all questions and declare everything they acquired while outside the country, he added.
"We are working to minimize any impact this may have and will monitor any delays and work to reduce them if they happen."
Border crossing requirements for Mexican citizens do not change, Bond said.
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On Friday, the State Department will start accepting applications for a passport card that complies with the new crossing rules.
The wallet-sized card will be good for crossing at U.S. land and sea ports of entry.
It will cost less than a standard passport: Fees for first-time applicants are $45 for adults and $35 for children. Those who already have a passport will pay $20.
First-time applicants need to apply in person at post offices and courthouses designated as passport services sites.
In Town, Rosarito - The single story at Oceana Rosarito Bargain has been sold.
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or Buy Now for $498,000
• 4,000 sq. ft., 4 bath, 3 bdrm single story - 
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San Antonio Del Mar, Tijuana - This oceanview home is up for Auction - Auction ends July 6, 2008
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Highly desirable single level living in this three bedroom four bath home plus office is unique in the style and layout.
The foundation consists of an over-sized double garage, workshop, separate laundry room and complete extra bath.
The full frontage 60 foot deck ends with a delightful outdoor patio directly across from access to the sandy beach, and a clear view to the north with no homes between your hacienda and the water....almost oceanfront living here.
Living room with fireplace and wet bar, dining room and kitchen all offer the same unobstructed views, as does the master suite complete with fireplace.
Brick cupola dome ceilings adorn both the kitchen and master suite........This custom designed home was built to last with Mediterranean architecture, authentic Mexican tile throughout as well as solid woods.
This almost oceanfront dream also features all new plumbing as well as a water purification system utilizing reverse osmosis and U.V. Home is offered furnished with large furniture pieces and newer appliances. Seller willing to to negotiate replacement of rugs and drapes.
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Defensores del Arte 2008
Saturday, May 17 from 12:00 noon to 10:00 p.m.
on the street José Cerda in the colony Burócrata Ruiz Cortinez, Tijuana
ADMISSION FREE
- Visual arts and crafts expositions
- Food booths from distinguished restaurants in Tijuana
- Wine tasting from Valley Guadelupe wineries
- Live musical show: African rhythms, dance, Contemporary Jazz,
Latin Jazz, Rock, Blues, Rock, Classical Piano, Fusion-Classical Contemporary and Opera - Special Masks and Costumes representing the Venice Carnival
In order to provide security and comfort Defenders of Art guarantees:
- Parking guarded by security personnel
- Ambulance and patrol exclusively for the event
- Port-o-potties
- Waste containers strategically located
Transportation available for visitors from San Diego , Los Angeles and Palm Springs by Mexicoach. (www.mexicoach.com) from San Ysidro and Old Town.
By Kerry Kay Sims
Dude,
Given how I refuse to fall a slave to demon alcohol (in other words I don't drink), the assorted ads for beer and whatnot passing through my television on a regular basis have no effect in terms of selling product. Some of them are extremely entertaining, though. Lately I've enjoyed the "dude" commercials being presented by Anheuser-Busch on behalf of Bud Light. In case you haven't seen them, they feature a somewhat shopworn twentysomething in assorted momentary scenes where his only line in response to whatever is happening consists of "dude." I suppose one of the reasons I find the ads funny is that I often find myself doing the same thing, as I have done for many years. Comes with being raised in California, where the goal of achieving a state of true dudeness is one of our main pursuits in the not so Golden State. It's rather like catching the perfect wave when you're out surfing without hassling with the board and ocean and waves and sharks (deep pained sigh... wait'll next year!) and stuff. But I digress. "Dude" is a prime example of the multi-purpose statement, useful in many situations: an expression of joy, warning, disgust, camaraderie, and so on. It’s most common usage is as a deliberate pause when you're trying to get someone else in tune with the obvious without having to actually spell out the scenario. That it has no gender attached to it is one of its finest qualities. Combining "dude" with an "uh..." before it is reserved for especially urgent situations when the other person is in dire need of observing, comprehending, and taking appropriate action on whatever may be currently transpiring. Or about to transpire with unfortunate results should the present course be maintained ("uh... dude... you know that girl you're getting ready to ask out has an insanely jealous ex with a full-body tattoo, pierced everything, and a permanent place in America's Most Wanted hall of fame, right?").
One of the best qualities about "dude" is that it has no gender.
Taking this to Baja Real Estate, there are so many individuals therein to whom a simple "dude" needs to be spoken in hope it will give cause for their catching the vision and seeing the world around them. To wit:
Dude:
"Didn't you know that hairdo went out of style in 1950 and people are laughing at you?"
Dude:
"Didn't you know that guy never built anything, let alone condos in Cancun?"
Dude:
"Didn't you know that the water in front of that development comes directly from the Tijuana sewer system?"
Dude:
"How long do you think it will be before the cartels pay off the army as well as the police?"
Dude:
"Did you really think there was finance in Mexico?"
Dude:
"Did you really think they meant that "Donald Trump?"
Dude:
"Did you really believe that real estate agent when he or she said they bought several of these units themselves and you should buy several so you can get rich too?"
Dude:
"Did you think that developer was ever really going to build road to your house?"
Dude:
"Didn't you turn over your real estate agents card and notice the name on the other side was different and that person was a taxi driver?"
Dude:
"Do you really think people really spend $300.00 night on a vacation rental in Rosarito so there’s no problem paying $500,000 for this one bedroom condo?"
Dude:
"Don't you wish you had bought at the Residences at Playa Blanca instead of one of those condos that is still just a whole in the ground in Puerto Nuevo?"
Dude:
"Why do you think all those Mexicans are trying to get you buy their house so they can move to the U.S.?"
U.S. drug users: Main cause for Mexico’s bloodbath
By Patrick Osio, Jr.
It’s time to take the gloves off and lay the responsibility for the bloodbath taking place on a daily basis in Mexico where it belongs – U.S. drug users. Mexican style Mafiosos are killing each other along with Mexican police officers, judges, prosecutors, journalists and innocent bystanders be they adults or children to gain transportation corridors from which to smuggle illicit drugs into the waiting hands of U.S. drug users.
And how does U.S. media report such events? Report how lawless Mexico is. And, for good measure, most articles insert the note “corrupt Mexican lawmen” in the story. Hardly any report ever mentions the end user in the U.S. as though that’s not the major part of the story unfolding before their very noses, when in fact they are the very reason for the carnage.
"It would stop being a business if the United States didn't want drugs," Benjamin Arellano Felix, one of the most ruthless and merciless drug capos responsible for hundreds of killings, told the Washington Post in a prison interview after Mexican authorities apprehended him.
Corruption in Mexico is no different than it was during the prohibition era in Chicago, New York, New Jersey and most major cities where the Mafia fought for territorial rights to sell liquor smuggled from Canada. And today, is there still one naïve U.S. citizen who believes there is no official corruption in any town USA?
Yes, there is corruption in Mexico, more than a country deserves, but Mexico does not have, or ever had, a monopoly. Like in the U.S. there is a fair share, and steadily growing numbers of honest non corrupt officials throughout Mexico.
During the U.S. prohibition era there were many non corrupt officers throughout the US who valiantly fought to defend law and order; many fell along with numerous innocent victims who were caught in the battles. This is now happening in Mexico.
U.S. news media touches on the administration of President Calderon’s declaration of war against organized crime in Mexico. This war is as real as our war against terrorism, and as all wars, it causes casualties. But instead of celebrating the bravery and ultimate sacrifice by the many that fall in the line of duty to keep drugs away from American families, news reporting marks Mexico as “lawless.” What injustice, what lack of fair reporting.
The recreational use of drugs, marijuana in particular, along with the more dangerous addictive stimulant drugs, has over several decades become entrenched in American culture greatly aided by Hollywood’s glamorizing drug usage in films. Though Marijuana is the most used, in the 1970s, Cocaine became the darling of the “successful” be they in the entertainment, sports or professions. It was the high cost of cocaine that created the link between U.S. users and Latin American producers; who originally used Mexico as a transportation corridor when it became more difficult to use Florida’s coast as entry points. This gave way to the Mexican capos and the beginning of the reign of terror in Mexico – all to satisfy U.S. recreational drug usage, eventually leading to addiction.
There should be no mistake, if Mexico loses the war against the drug trafficking capos, the U.S. is the biggest loser as every year 17,000 American lives are lost to drugs; where over 60 percent of the jail population is due to drug related crimes. And, where the annual cost, not counting what states and municipalities spend, exceeds $200-billion. But the biggest cost is in the lives and families destroyed and continuing fall into an abyss of national decadence.
With “my drug use doesn’t harm anyone but me” users excuse their repugnant behavior. But drug usage creates carnage, real people are being killed, families destroyed, children left orphans, mothers left without children, wives widowed in both Mexico and the U.S.
Pointing the finger at Mexico as the source of our problems has become all too handy an excuse by our government, the news media and by far too many of our citizens to avoid facing problems of our own making.
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Patrick Osio, Jr.
Editor of HispanicVista.com/ Documentary Producer/TransBorder Communications and Columnist – The Connection, for San Diego Metropolitan Magazine and a syndicated columnist. About Patrick Osio, Jr.
Patrick Osio is the Editor and Columnist for HispanicVista.com — an Internet public interest weekly publication. Patrick also writes a monthly column, The Connection, for the San Diego Metropolitan Magazine (www.sandiegometro.com), which have garnered 5 awards from the SD Society of Professional Journalists. Patrick was a member of the Board of Directors of the South San Diego County Economic Development Council for 10 year. He is on the Board of Advisors for The Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory (BNSL) based in New Mexico. For over 15 years, he was a consultant to the private and public sector on trans-border business and economic affairs. He is a frequent lecturer on U.S.-Mexico issues and a frequent guest on radio talk shows.
Hispanic Media selected him as one of the 100 best Hispanic Journalists in the United States in 2002. In 2003, Hispanic Media selected him as one of the 50 Most Influential Hispanic Journalists in the United States. Also in 2003, the California Chicano News Media Association (CCNMA) honored Mr. Osio with the La Pluma (The Pen) Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, the San Diego South County EDC presented Patrick with the Binational Endeavor Award for his many years of service in promoting economic development in both the U.S. and Mexico.
His articles have appeared in such newspapers as the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle, Detroit Free Press, Baltimore Sun, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Providence Journal, Mobile Register, The Globalist, American Reporter, The Sun News/Myrtle Beach, The Charlotte Post, The Spokesman Review, Idaho Press-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, El Paso Times, The New Mexican, and numerous others as well as in leading newspapers in Mexico.
Patrick authored The Mexican Perspective a manual on corporate culture and business etiquette and building relationships with Mexicans through understanding.
Patrick is the Producer of documentaries as a principal with TransBorder Communications. The first 24 minute documentary, The Baja Real Estate Boom: Opportunities and Pitfalls, premiered at the opening of UCLA Extension University’s one day conference on the subject to rave reviews. The second documentary, The Baja North Coast: Come Visit - Stay to Live, will air on cable television throughout Southern California.
San Antonio Del Mar, Tijuana - Announcing a price reduction on San Antonio Furnished Oceanfront, a 350 sq. m., 2 bath, 2 bdrm single story "Apartment Downstairs". Now MLS® $650,000 - Abundance of Living Space.
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Beachfront Luxury with Pool
• 3,500 sq. ft., 4 bath, 3 bdrm 3 story "Quality New Contsruction" - MLS® $499,000 - Under $150/sq.ft.
Rosarito Beach, In Town - Pre-sale price, ready for June 08 Occupancy, with a second identical home scheduled for Fall 08 delivery.
Brand new beachfront home, stunning contemporary architectural design, Spectacular views from entire home, oceanview jacuzzis and infinity pool with cascading rock waterfall. Truly a great property at an outstanding price well below $150/sq ft for pure step-in-the-sand beachfront living.
For those of you familiar with this market, you know there are numerous smaller and comparable "used" homes without this spectacular beach priced from $700k to well over a million, many encroaching on the Federal Zone. This is a "best buy" from a developer who understands cash flow and quick sales without excessive profit.
Full set of construction photos from groundbreaking and all plans available as well. Please compare and then call for a personal viewing.
Home has clear title and does NOT encroach on Federal Zone, but additional private beach can be acquired through a Zona Federal concession.
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Lady de la Lena
Art by Martina
When: June 21, 2008 1pm - 7pm
Where: Joanna Jones Galeria y Cafe
Km 37.6 Carr Libre
Cantamar (1/2 mile north of the Cantamar Exit)
* Meet Martina - Artist and Storyteller
* Enjoy the Secluded Patio Cafe
* Food by Dominic (Italian of Course)
* Wine Tasting from Valle de Guadalupe
* Listen to beautiful music created by D'Elle, singer, songwriter & guitarist
* Join in a Drum Circle hosted by Thomas and the Tombo Raisticos
* "Starving Artists" Reduced Art Sale
Celebrate the Summer Solstice
http://www.artbymartina.com
Too Much Fun Promotions
www.toomuchfun.com.mx
San Diego CA. (619) 819 63 23
Rosarito Beach, Mexico (661) 612 25 25
P.O. Box 120089
Chula Vista CA. 91912
482 W. San Ysidro Blvd. Ste. #787
San Ysidro CA 92173
New Construction
• 2,000 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story "Contemporary Style" - ARCHIVED $197,000 - Best Price in Town!
Tijuana, Baja California - Are you looking for the perfect get away where you can enjoy looking at the ocean from your deck and watch beautiful sunsets? Well if so, the well planned community of Brisas del Mar might be what you are looking for. The development of Brisas is located along the coast off the Autopista Esenica just 20 minutes south of the border and 10 minutes north of Rosarito. It is close enough to work in San Diego and live full time here.
Brisas del Mar is in a growing area and there are new upscale restaurants, convenience stores, hotels and night life going in. There is the Real del Mar Golf Course only a 5 minute drive and The Residence Resort which is planning on opening this summer only a short walk away.
Brisas del Mar offers a community pool, full club house and security guards at every street, as well as, at the main entrance. There is plenty of room on the large outside roof terrace for Bar B Ques and lounging around enjoying the panoramic ocean view with the Coronado Islands in front of you.
This three bedroom x 2.5 bath condo is the largest three bedoom model with all the available upgrades! There is the beautiful wood cabinets in the kitchen with stainless steel sinks and the upgraded fixtures, there are mirrors in all the bathrooms and double sinks in the master bath. There are wood hand rails going up the steps, the family room at the top of the steps and the bonus room behind the kitchen that can be used as a fourth bedroom on the bottom floor.
There is garage parking for one car and outside parking for another two and because it is located at the end of the street on the north side of the first phase, it is on a larger lot with more outside patio space and ocean views from all floors!
With all the indoor living space, oversize outdoor patio and views from almost every room, this exceptional Brisas del Mar home is ready to move in to enjoy all that is Baja!
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CRUZ ROJA MEXICANA DELEGACION ROSARITO FIESTA MEXICANA
WITH MEZZO-SOPRANO MARIA VARGAS
"ON THE TERRACE"
AT CEMAC IN ROSARITO
SATURDAY JUNE 21 at 7:00 PM
DONATION: 500. PESOS