By Itzel Guillen

I woke up on a recent Wednesday morning with my stomach in knots. The day for my trip to Tijuana, Mexico had come. As a border resident and DACA recipient, I would have never dared to get so close to the border with Mexico.

But here I was, riding inside a car, making my way to Mexico, a country I have not seen since I was 5 years old. My heart skipped a beat when we drove past that last US exit. We kept driving. We made it to a checkpoint, and a sign that read “BIENVENIDOS A MEXICO.”

By Andrew Bowen 

Three San Diego City Council members on Wednesday joined in criticism of Mayor Kevin Faulconer's plan to choose a new police chief. 

San Diego is launching a national search for the city’s next police chief, who will replace Chief Shelley Zimmerman when she retires in March.

By Alexandra Mendoza

The U.S. government failed to respond within the three-month period to a request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to investigate the death of Mexican national Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, which took place seven years ago in the San Ysidro deportation area.