City Staff Spent $6 million More on Rentals Without Council Approval. Councilmembers Want Answers (Voice of San Diego)

In 2024, San Diego city auditors found staff spent millions more on rental equipment. They couldn’t find who OK’d the spending.

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Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened (Associated Press)

Food from these islands has fed people for hundreds of years, but the chinampas are under threat from urbanization. The produce grown here doesn’t fetch much money, and many families are abandoning the ancient practice to rent out or sell their land. (Photo Credit: Felix Marquez)

Police Begin Cracking Down on Campers in Mission Bay (Voice of San Diego)

Legal hurdles had forced police to stop ticketing RVs in Mission Bay. But now police are beginning to crack down again. In 2017, a federal lawsuit challenged the city of San Diego for issuing tickets to people living out of their vehicles.

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In Mexico, an Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through contemporary rap (Associated Press)

In Mexico, an Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through contemporary rap. His verses are reflective of his culture, representing his origins as a descendant of the Triqui nation. (Photo Credit: Mariana Martínez Barba)

Migrants stranded in Mexico face stress and struggles after Trump bars asylum claims (Prism Reports)

Trump’s crackdown has caused distress and anguish for many migrants, compounding their already precarious mental health. Doctors Without Borders is treating up to 50 migrants a week in Mexico City, including with psychological first aid, after the CBP One app was shut down. (Photo Credit: Guillermo Arias)

“The fight continues”: Border activists brace for Trump’s return (Los Angeles Times)

With Inauguration Day quickly approaching, activists at the U.S.-Mexico border are preparing for what the future might bring under Trump's administration. Despite the obstacles, volunteers are driven to show up in these barren regions to help protect lives. (Photo Credit: Hayne Palmour IV)

With Haitian migration growing, a Mexico City family of doctors is helping out (Associated Press)

Surging gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 Haitians internally since March 2024, according to a recent report from the U.N. migration agency. Doctor Hernández Pacheco wants her clinic to be a safe haven for Haitian migrants. (Photo Credit: Mariana Martínez Barba)

For New York’s Ecuadorean diaspora, ecuavoley is a slice of home (Los Angeles Times)

The Ecuadorean sport ecuavoley can be found in almost every borough across New York City. As Ecuadoreans continue to integrate this pastime to their lives in New York, they are transmitting a unique cultural identity and creating community in a city that often sees them as invisible. (Photo Credit: Mariana Martínez Barba)

US diplomat warns of great consequences for migrants at border who don’t choose legal pathways (Associated Press)

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned that migrants who do not opt for a legal pathway into the U.S. will face great consequences, a message coming at a time when the Biden administration needs Mexico’s cooperation. (Photo Credit: Marco Ugarte)