By Mike Madriaga I’ve seen thousands of catfish,” George Scalo said, “but I have never seen a catfish look like that before.” Scalo, a ranger specialist for the city of Escondido, spoke about the piebald catfish caught at Lake Wohlford on Sept. 14. The fish is also referred to as a “cowfish” because of its […]
By: Mike Madriaga On February 3, a neighbor’s camera caught Brody wandering away from his San Lorenzo, Northern California home. The next day and 500-plus miles south, Brody mysteriously crossed into Tijuana. Brody is a four-year-old French bulldog, the same breed as Lady Gaga’s two pets, the ones that were recently “dognapped.” For two weeks, […]
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 […]