Coach’s passion is developing soccer champs

Eliseo "Papo" Santos has coached at almost every level. He's seen children grow up to play at local high schools. He's seen those kids move on to college, some to a four-year university, others to community colleges. Santos has also seen some of his pupils fight to try to make it on a professional soccer […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:32 AM PDT

Less help for desperate homeowners

A decision by Congress last week to eliminate funding for free HUD-approved housing counseling will hurt homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure, including many Latinos, according to national and local experts. "Forty eight percent of foreclosures in California involve Latinos," said Janis Bowdler, a Latino homeownership expert at the National Council of La Raza. "The impact […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:31 AM PDT

SD teams in hunt for National Cup title

The National Cup youth soccer tournament for players Under-14 to U-17 began last week and some San Diego Clubs have already began to make an impact in their respective groups. The Cal South tournament began April 16 for most teams and runs through May, with most championship matches being played weekend of May 22. A […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:31 AM PDT

Human head found in bag in Tijuana

Tijuana.- State police officers found a human head Wednesday wrapped inside two plastic bags inside a sports bag, authorities announced. The officers found the bag around 5 a.m. between two streets in the public housing complex Infonavit Lomas Verdes, on the city’s west side, the state Attorney General’s Office announced. The head bore four gunshot […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:31 AM PDT

‘Narco’ songs trigger social movement

The controversial Mexican musical phenomenon known as the "Movimiento Alterado" arrives in San Diego on Thursday, with its explicit lyrics glorifying the violence and culture of drug traffickers. Nearly two dozen singers, bands and norteño groups will headline a concert at the House of Blues, performing "narcocorridos," tunes that tell a drug lord's story. This […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:30 AM PDT

Military seizes explosives, fake police uniforms

Tijuana.- Military authorities seized more 15 pounds of explosives, several weapons, fake federal police uniforms and other equipment Tuesday in the city’s east side. According to the Second Military Region, an anonymous call reported that a group of armed men could be found in a house under construction in the Camino Verde neighborhood, in the […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:30 AM PDT

3,500 applied to work at market opening today

Gabriela Curiel of San Ysidro will be celebrating the opening today of the new Vallarta Supermarket in National City. The mood will be festive at the 9 a.m. Wednesday grand opening of the 40,000-square-foot supermarket, the family-owned chain's 36th store. The event will feature mariachis and prizes to the first 300 customers. Curiel, 36, will […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:29 AM PDT

Commander was shot 22 times in Friday’s ambush

Tijuana – The federal police commander killed Friday in Tijuana was shot at least 22 times, according to information revealed Monday. The commander, Guillermo Plata Camacho, 50, was attacked by gunmen on Aeropuerto Boulevard, in the Otay district, according to state authorities. Attacks on federal commanders or officers are rare in the region. The federal […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:29 AM PDT

Four murders push year total to 169 in Tijuana

Tijuana.- Four people were shot to death, including two women, and a fifth wounded before dawn Monday at an eastside house, authorities announced. Police received a call at 4:57 a.m. that indicated that people had been attacked at a house in the Niño Artillero neighborhood. When officers arrived they found a man in the patio […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:29 AM PDT

‘Canelo’ inspires hundreds of fans in SD

Like the backing Julio César Chávez Jr. received from Mexico's other major network, Televisión Azteca, Televisa has exaggerated Alvarez's skills and his preparation for his fights. The two networks, whose soap operas and soccer games compete for ratings, present boxing programs on Saturdays whose objectivity is secondary to promoting the boxers they feature. In an […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:28 AM PDT

San Diego Boca FC defeated 2-1 by last minute goal by SD Flash

San Diego Boca FC dropped a game that they should have won, or at a bare minimum, tied, as they played, on Sunday, a road match against local division rival, SD Flash, losing 2-1 in the closing minutes of the match. The Flash came out the gate strong in the first ten minutes playing at […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:28 AM PDT

Historic fight ends in tie

BOCA DEL RIO, Veracruz – There is no supreme "queen" of Mexican boxing, at least not yet. Saturday night's nationally televised WBC boxing match between Tijuana's Jackie Nava and Ana María Torres had been billed the "war of the queens." After 10 hard-fought rounds, the fight ended in a tie, though fans afterward chanted over […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:27 AM PDT

SD Classic begins: Flash vs. Boca FC

Then there is Eliseo "Papo" Santos. He is the Boca FC coach. He coached the Flash during the A-League years. Santos is a well-known coach within the Mexican-American community in San Diego. He has often fielded youth and high school teams with mostly Latino players. Boca FC has an ethnic mixture in its roster. "We […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:27 AM PDT

Mexican boxing ‘queens’ to battle in classic duel

TIJUANA – Mexican boxers have divided their countrymen when they have fought each other, think Érik "Terrible" Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera during their epic trilogy. Never before, however, have Mexican female boxers done that. That's the passion inspired by the 10-round fight between Tijuana boxer Jackie Nava and Mexico City's Ana María Torres this […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:27 AM PDT

Woman’s courage helps bring killer to justice

Adriana Camacho was surprised when her ex-husband tried to rekindle their relationship after getting out of prison in 2007. She told him she had trust issues they needed to work out. That's when he told her he had once killed a woman. Camacho wasn't scared away. Instead, she reported him to the San Diego County […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:27 AM PDT

Federal police commander shot to death in Tijuana

TIJUANA – A federal police commander was shot to death Friday morning on Airport Boulevard, in the Mesa de Otay district, authorities reported. The State Attorney General’s office identified the victim as Manuel Plata Camacho, a commander in the Federal Preventive Police agency. The agent had stationed his patrol car in the heavily traveled zone […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:27 AM PDT

Free help for owners facing foreclosure

Marta Lemus of San Ysidro is on the verge of losing her house of six years to her bank. Or maybe not. The 58-year-old and her husband had difficulty paying their monthly mortgage after she lost her job at a frozen food factory in 2009. On top of that their monthly payments began to rise […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:26 AM PDT

MTV show taping artistic side of Tijuana

TIJUANA – A team from "MTV World Stage" began taping interviews Thursday with local musicians and writers for a series about cities around the world affected by violence. The network's production team taped a musical workshop that DJ Ramón Amezcua, alias Bostich, a member of the Nortec Collective, gave at Iberoamericana University as part of […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:26 AM PDT

Bilingual 911 dispatchers offer lifeline in moment of crisis

Whenever a Spanish speaker calls 911 in cities and communities served by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, there's a chance he or she will be speaking to Sofia Baez, who is bilingual. The Sheriff's department has seven Spanish-speakers among its 100 dispatchers who field emergency phone calls. Spanish-speaking callers are no different than English-speakers […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:26 AM PDT

Elite youth clubs to compete against nation’s top teams

Most local youth clubs are into the off season this time of year but some elite teams don't get much time to rest. That's the case for clubs from San Diego that are slated to compete in the Cal South National Cup. Teams with boys and girls in the Under 12 and U-13 age categories […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:26 AM PDT