“I did not see him until the last second,” said Andy McMillin, “and it was the closest call I had. The fans down there in Baja California stand next to the racecourse and we call it “the parting of the seas” as our trucks approach a high-traffic spectator area.” McMillin is based out of Point Loma […]
Videography, video-editing and co-directed by Mike Madriaga Produced co-directed by Clemente Ayala from the Price Scholarship Program
Matthew Philbin just turned 30 years old on March 18. He celebrated his birthday by hopping into his lifted Dodge Ram truck and picking up one of his new tenants. “I pick them up with their backpack, suitcase, duffle bag, shopping cart or whatever — drive them to their new apartment, and I give them […]
Recently, a Poway thrift-store owner made what’s being called the biggest score in local comics trading history when he bought the collection of a deceased L.A.-area hoarder. “The house is an extreme case [of a] hoarder’s scenario,” Rene Nezhoda said. “Whatever you think of as much a house can be packed, that’s what it is. […]
Comic-hoarder collection now in Poway Recently, a Poway thrift-store owner made what’s being called the biggest score in local comics trading history when he bought the collection of a deceased L.A.-area hoarder. “The house is an extreme case [of a] hoarder’s scenario,” Rene Nezhoda said. “Whatever you think of as much a house can be […]
By Mike Madriaga On September 15, about a hundred Tijuana street racers skipped the unadvertised drag races and met up with other crews in front of Déjà Vu’s Tijuana strip club at Plaza Pueblo Amigo. “It’s not far at all,” Omar said, as he rolled in from San Ysidro in his white 1990 Honda Civic. […]
Caroline Serrano is a 43-year-old housewife from the Vista Pacifica community of south San Diego, near the Otay Mesa border crossing and nearer to the Mattress Firm Amphitheatre. On Wednesday (October 25) she was concerned that the traffic buildup to the Luke Bryan concert prevented quick access to her neighborhood. “All these years Vista Pacifica […]
As this story goes live and the Baja 1000 starts in less than a week (November 14–18), there still has been no official press release from the Mexican government regarding the new TIP (temporary import permit) needed by certain vehicles entering into Baja. “We’ve been asking and still haven’t been able to get anything official […]
By Mike Madriaga On November 29, the Mexicali side of the Zona Centro border crossing was blocked by protesters demanding the jail release of Sunshine Antonio Rodríguez Peña, the organizer of the fishing communes in San Felipe. Rodríguez was stopped by Mexican federal agents on November 25 when he was driving with his family from […]
Mike’s covered the Surf Diego beat in the San Diego Reader since 2018. It’s a weekly section that features surfers and boogie boarders of all ages and skillsets. Name: Paloma Aguirre Bacalski Age: 40 From: Imperial Beach Location: Imperial Beach Pier Occupation: Coastal and marine director for Wildcoast Paloma Aguirre Bacalski was one of about 12 that paddled out in honor of […]
Marcus has lived in the south San Diego and Chula Vista areas for the past 16 years. On Friday (October 6), he said he “never had a more serious traffic problem.” He and many others were stuck in traffic by the 905 freeway for two to three hours due to a backup for the Depeche […]
Over the weekend (November 18–19), Matt Armstrong says he pulled out 350 pounds of trash from Manzanita Canyon — by himself. “I usually like to go out in the late morning/early afternoon, as there is very little homeless contact during that time, as they are all out foraging [for food and other stuff],” he said. […]
By Mike Madriaga Paul Tibbets and his neighbors want the Safe Point San Diego-Syringe Exchange Program recreational vehicle to move somewhere else. For the past 14 years, an RV has been parking across the street from the North Park Library almost every Friday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tibbets owns two properties in the neighborhood and […]
Border wall rally fight Sprawled out in a barren block of South County land, with the U.S.-Mexico border in the background, border wall supporters and counter-protestors punched, tackled and swung American flags at each other in the name of their side of the border wall argument. http://kfmb.us/mxQ9i Posted by CBS 8 – San Diego News […]