Walking across US border to TJ, Mexico

(Cecil Travels) I crossed the border between San Diego (Alta California, US) and Tijuana (the largest city in Baja California, MX, often affectionately referred to as TJ) to see if all the terrifying tales of drug cartels, MS-13 gang members, prostitutes, donkeys, cunning dealers, clueless mules, underage drunken American partying, kidnappings, and human trafficking were true. What I found shocked me.

Aztec: terror, tribes, sacrifice?

(Re Righting History) Aztec warriors kinda sucked as neighbors...

• Neighboring tribe, the Tlaxcaltecs, neighboring tribe or "traitors" in league with European imperialists? It's messy

British couple travel to SoCal 'paradise'

(Those Happy Days) As an adventurous British couple into skate punk, we ignored the warnings about expensive Southern California (in search of bangers and mash or other bad toxic food and drink like cheap fast food burgers, fried potatoes, and nauseating pints).

We traveled from state to state, driving from affordable Arizona to the warm beach town of San Diego on the tip of SoCal on the border with Mexico, which everyone calls the Mexican border.

Baldies: Anti-Racist Skinhead Crew (PBS)

(Twin Cities PBS)

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  British Movement skinheads

  Skinheads (or Skins, working class subculture)
• White power skinheads (racist neo-Nazis)
• British Movement (neo-Nazis of England)
• Skin heads Against Racial Prejudice: SHARPS
• Sharpies (Australian subculture)
• Breaking news: San Diego Mosque Instagram
• 2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shooting - Wiki
• San Diego, California, mosque shooting live updates: 3 killed at Islamic Center, suspects dead, police say

(CNN) Five dead in San Diego mosque shooting: The 'strange' details, Monday, May 18, 2026

(BBC Archive) 1977: Is punk rock a threat to British society? | Brass Tacks

But aren't all skinheads a-hole racists?

(Danny Sapko)

British Movement white power skinheads, England, circa 1979 (wiki)

Mai 2013 in Hannover. Gute Arbeit. Sichere Rente. Soziales Europa. Umzug vom Freizeitheim Linden zum Klagesmarkt. Menschen und Aktivitäten

Southern California 20K years ago: Ice Age

The Ice Age secrets hiding beneath California

Native Californians and their kizh houses

(Voyager) June 7, 2025: CALIFORNIA. What’s hiding beneath California? This Ice Age deep-dive reveals fossils, lost megafauna (large animals), ancient humans (Natives), and the land before cities.

The paleobiota of the LA Tar Pits

Today, we journey back to a California few ever imagine, an ancient landscape buried beneath our cities, beaches, and freeways. Long before San Diego’s skyline rose or La Jolla’s cliffs drew surfers, this land was ruled by Columbian mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and early humans (pre-Clovis) who braved a world still shaped by ice. From submerged Kumeyaay village sites to fossil-filled tar pits and coastal cliffs hiding prehistoric secrets, this is the untold story of Ice Age California.

(Science) People first came to America by boat, not Beiring land bridge

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In this video

🔹 What San Diego, Los Angeles, and the Channel Islands such as Catalina looked like 20,000 years ago

🔹 The giants that once roamed the coast: mammoths, dire wolves, and saber-toothed cats

🔹 Human footprints on ancient shores — early seafarers, hunters, and toolmakers

🔹 How fossils found during construction projects and cliffside erosion are rewriting history

🔹 Why understanding the deep past matters in today’s changing world

Timecodes

• 0:00 Hidden beneath California
• 1:32 What California looked like 20,000 years ago
• 5:15 Giants of the Ice Age: mammoths, saber-tooth tigers, and more
• 9:15 Clues in unexpected places
• 12:24 Pioneers of the Ice Age: California’s first people
• 16:05 When the giants disappeared
• 19:36 Traces in today’s world
• 21:11 Outro and what comes next

Land of the Tongva became modern Los Angeles

ABOUT: In this episode, Armando from Voyager takes viewers deep beneath the surface of California — into a forgotten world shaped during the last Ice Age. From saber-toothed cats and Columbian mammoths to early human seafarers and ancient submerged villages, we uncover the astonishing history hidden under modern-day San Diego and beyond. This journey blends science, storytelling, and Indigenous memory to reveal a California most people never imagined. Whether into fossils, archeology, or just want to see California in a whole new light, this is a story that redefines the land beneath our feet.

• San Diego • What's hiding under San Diego?
• Los Angeles • What’s hiding under Los Angeles streets?

YouTube: @voyagerhq • Instagram: voyagerclips • TikTok: voyagerhq • Website: voyagertraveltips.com. QUESTIONS: Have a question about Southern California or video topic requests? Drop it in the comments. #IceAgeCalifornia #PrehistoricCalifornia #CaliforniaHistory #AncientCalifornia #HiddenHistory.

20,000 years later in Trump's America

(ABC News, AU) From American Dream to Nightmare: Inside LA Protests | Lauren Day, 7.30

(OnScene TV) LAPD makes mass arrest on Day 5 of ICE raid protests

• Armando, Voyager, June 7, 2025; Xochitl, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Gay Jews drop out of San Diego Pride '25

Kehlani speaks the truth and offends local Jews, claiming to be "afraid" for their safety when they are opposed to being labeled Israeli Genocide supporters, Jewish supremacists, or sympathizers who back Jewish Dictator Bibi Netanyahu. More

Trump sends corps back in closet, Troy on Pride sponsor demands | Daily Show

Who is Kehlani?

Kehlani, 2018, musician with conscience

Kehlani expressed solidarity with Palestine during Israel's genocidal ethnic cleansing of Gaza and war on Palestinian non-Jews.

In Instagram posts, they [Kehlani] voiced disapproval for celebrities who have chosen to remain silent on the matter, implying that they prioritize their personal business endeavors over addressing a pressing humanitarian crisis [88, 89].

They were a principal signer of the October 2023 open letter, Artists Against Apartheid [90, 91]. In November 2023, Kehlani signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire and an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip [92]. On May 27, 2024, Kehlani voiced their criticism on Instagram, this time directed specifically at fellow musicians for remaining silent about the Israel's war on Gaza and Palestine [93].

They further demonstrated their support for Gaza in the “Next 2 U” music video, which opens up with a poem by a Palestinian-American writer and has a Palestinian flag in the background of the entire video [70].

In April 2025, Kehlani's scheduled performance at Cornell University's annual Slope Day was canceled by university president Michael Kotlikoff over their support for Palestine. Kotlikoff claimed that Kehlani had "espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments in performances, videos, and on social media."

In response, they responded on Instagram saying, "I am not antisemitic, nor anti-Jew. I am anti-genocide, I am anti the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti an extermination of an entire people, I am anti the bombing of innocent children, men, women—that’s what I’m anti" [94].

In May 2025, another scheduled Kehlani concert in New York was canceled after pressure from New York City Mayor Eric Adams citing "security concerns" [but not admitting to any undue Jewish influence]. The free concert had been scheduled to take place on June 26 at SummerStage as part of Pride events taking place in the city... More

• CC Liu, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Series of earthquakes hits SoCal

Not all elephants get high. These smart animals followed their instincts to circle the wagons and protect the young of the herd in response to a natural temblor rocking the United Mexican States (Mexico) and former-Mexico (now calling itself the USA) north of the border in and around San Diego. Even the rockers rocking Coachella felt it, and they definitely were getting high.

5.2 magnitude quake rattles Southern California, fore- and aftershocks

Elephants form protective circle amid California earthquake

(TODAY) April 15, 2025: People across Southern California were jolted by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake in San Diego County Monday morning that was felt from Mexico to Los Angeles. Video from the San Diego Safari Zoo shows a herd of elephants instinctively forming a circle around their young to protect them from threats. NBC’s Liz Kreutz reports for TODAY.

• Large earthquake strikes near San Diego, violent shaking

ABOUT: TODAY brings the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health, and parenting, waking up every morning to give families all they need to start their day. If it matters, it matters. TODAY Is in the people business, which means ratings and making money. Subscribe to channel for exclusive TODAY archival footage and original web series, and watch all the ads. Connect with TODAY online. Visit TODAY's website: today.com. Find TODAY on Facebook: today, Twitter: todayshow, Instagram: todayshow. #earthquake #california

Surf's down! Cali's super low tide, tsunami?

• Low tide: Mythical sea monster is harbinger of doom, and it has just washed up on a California beach
• Editorial comics: The latest political cartoons from Cagle
• According to quantum physics, death might be an illusion
• World's oldest pyramid confirmed in formerly Buddhist country: Neither those of Egypt nor Mexico are older; this is the world's oldest pyramid (except for maybe Bosnia, the Moon, Mars, or those on Atlantis under the sea)
• Sadhguru's message to America after Raj Trump's US election victory: Save Our Soil
• Genocide Joe Biden give go ahead to Zelensky to bomb Russia, and Russia hits Ukraine in return: US Proxy-war in Ukraine-Russia to go ahead with use of U.S. long-range missiles
• Mocking Trump in editorial cartoon (Cagle)

Find Calm on Election Day: cute animals

Meditation + confidence = calm.

Calm.com and the San Diego Zoo are providing a peaceful diversion on Election Day with cute animal videos. 

Why it matters: It's important to find ways to de-stress and stay calm during election season, which won't be over on Nov. 5th.

Driving the news: Calm is hosting a live stream from the San Diego Zoo on Instagram so we can take a break from political doomscrolling to watch capybaras, meerkats, penguins, and other beautiful wildlife.

It starts at noon PT until polls close across the country.

• 7 best places to go in the US in case of a societal collapse

Those humans are so full of fleas, ticks, and bugs because they won't clean each other.

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Between the lines: Calm also has free "Election Season Support" content with breathing exercises, meditations and other mindfulness tools.

🐅 The intrigue: While he won't be featured on the livestream, a new tiger cub is out to play at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Baby Barong, which means "king of spirits," stepped out of his den for the first time last week. Watch him here or visit him in person at the park this weekend. More

• How to get through Election Day (The Atlantic)

The Conference for Human Evolution (1/24)

2025 CONFERENCE

TCCHE is now an annual conference

Imagine 3 days of talks providing the tools to develop consciousness with worldclass speakers like Gregg Braden, Bruce H. Lipton, Marianne Williamson, Anita Moorjani, Rev. Michael Beckwith, Dr. JJ and Dr. Desiree Hurtak.

• Previous 2024 Conscious Evolution event

The Lost Science of Prayer and Prophecy

Imagine no more. This January, from the 24th to 26th at Wyndham San Diego Bayside, California, join in on a journey from science to spirituality.

Combining science, the humanities, spirituality, and mysticism will unlock the power of consciousness.

TCCHE (The Conference for Consciousness and Human Evolution) creates programs that bring together the latest breakthroughs in science, bestselling authors, and spiritual teachers.

The Wisdom Codes: Rewire Brains and Heal Hearts

Hi, I'm Gregg with two gs.

Each year, TCCHE creates a special program looking into the mysteries of human consciousness. It invites leading scientists, bestselling authors, philosophers, and people who have had "mystical" experiences to talk at the unique three-day event.

In the 1930s, when he was alive, Albert Einstein was a pretty interesting person; however, there are new "Einsteins" on the planet now: scientists, humanitarians, and visionaries shaping the thoughts that will lead individuals and societies into tomorrow.

Find your tribe

Join us and a group of likeminded people as we travel through the latest scientific discoveries, then move into the humanities, human potential, and metaphysics.

Finally, at the end on the third day, there will be talks about the future of humans, the mystical experience, and human connection beyond the five senses available to explore. Meet the speakers:... More: TCCHE San Diego 2025 - TCCHE

Getting into the USA via Tijuana, Mexico

At the USA/Mexico border: Tijuana 🇺🇸🇲🇽

(Joe HaTTab) What is Tijuana? It is the biggest city along the border. Joe H travels the world to film interesting locations (and seems to have the help of a voiceover to present what he finds). Instagram   ➭ joe_hattab. Huge thanks to my friend Baja Cali Food for all the help in TJ. The food of Mexico is full of fried fat and many unhealthy things to tickle the tastebuds with too much spice, salt, chiles, processed oils, flours, and chemicals. It's garbage on the streets. Welcome to Fats Ville. Eat organic in someone's home with fresh herbs and handmade tortillas, and it might be healthy. But fried on a roach coach and sold for cheap? Tasty garbage. bajacalifood @bajacalifood ● Joe's IG ➭ joe_hattab

Coming from China, it may be possible to swim

San Diego to Tijuana and back by foot: What they don't tell you

(PhotowalksTV with Jefferson Graham) 🌉 Border Crossing Tips: San Diego to Tijuana adventure and back. 🇺🇸🇲🇽 Embark on a border-crossing adventure with Jefferson Graham. Discover the ease of walking from San Diego to TJ, but brace yourself for the return journey. Graham shares crucial insights. Tune in. 🌟 Subscribe to Photowalks TV for weekly adventures: https://bit.ly/3Al6RsS 🔗

Explore chapters

• 00:00 Take pedestrian bridge to TJ
• 01:03 Park in San Ysidro
• 02:01 Bring passport
• 02:37 One-way gate
• 04:49 Lessons learned

💬 Share your experience: Have you crossed the San Diego, USA-Tijuana, Mexico border? Share your tips in the comments. 🌐 Explore more at website: Photowalkstv.comk. #TravelAdventure #PhotowalksTV #BorderCrossingTips

• Joe Hattab, Jan. 4, 2023; PhotowalksTV with Jefferson Graham, Feb. 13, 2023; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Let's go to the beach to see the waves!

GMA, 12/29/23; CBS 8 SD, 12/30/23; Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Rogue wave causes chaos on California coastline

(Good Morning America) A rogue wave crashed over a Ventura seawall on Thursday, flooding the area and sending at least eight people to the hospital. #ventura #california #gma

Hundreds of spectators flock to Southern California beach for huge waves

(CBS 8 San Diego) Dec. 30, 2023: A high-surf and a coastal flood advisory will be in effect through Monday at San Diego County beaches, with large breaking waves up to 12 feet and some expected minor flooding, forecasters said.

ADVISORIES: Both advisories will be in effect until 2:00 am Monday (Jan. 1, 2024) and include warnings of dangerous swimming and surfing conditions, beach erosion, and minor tidal overflow during morning high tides at low-lying coastal areas such as beach parking lots and walkways.

• FULL STORY: cbs8.com/article/news/local...

Hideous Hurricane Hilary hits California

No one seems to remember the monstrous Hillary (Nat'l Enquirer cover)

All the feels: The many bizarre faces of sick and possessed Warlord Hillary (Page Six)

I'm not an ugly monster! I'm on TV, my own show, not this stupid storm they named after me.

• Horrible Hilary and earthquake slam Southwest (live)

Hurricane Hilary: First-ever Tropical Storm issued for California | LiveNOW

I'm not crazy and evil! Well, not crazy anyway!

(FOX/KHOU 11) Aug. 18, 2023, tropical update: Tropical cyclone (Hurricane Hilary 2023) is a Category 4 storm, being tracked. Emily is coming. There are waves on the Atlantic. Hilary is coming up from Lower California, Mexico, and is about to engulf Southern California. Meteorologist Tim Pandajis is keeping an eye on developments.

COMMENTS

(WQ) I somehow feel that witch is involved, lesbian witch and star of her own show, warlord, warmonger, failed presidential candidate, killer secretary of state, and all around liar. She has her own little-known TV show to keep her quiet. Chelsea was on it recently. She's still a monster. She tweets out then blocks replies. Is she conjuring storms with witchcraft with her Hollywood pack? Wouldn't doubt it.

(@davidlarson2534) In the summer of 1978 there was a hurricane that moved north up the Gulf of California. I almost took my usual path of I-8 from San Diego to Phoenix but went to I-10 at Banning, CA, to catch some friends. Had I gone via I-8, I would have been part of the catastrophic destruction of that freeway on the eastern slope of the mountains. I traveled over the Colorado River near Blythe, CA. I was the last car to cross before they closed the freeway bridge because of potential destruction from the tropical storm.

(@catherinewilliams9680) Let's hope there are enough reservoirs in the path of this tropical storm to be able to hold some of this rain.

(@pepsiholic4084) Praying for you guys from Daytona Beach, Florida. Know exactly what you are going thru. Went thru 2 of them last year. Murdered our beach.

"I went to the Fairy Realm" - it's real! (video)

Grant Geist, 7/31/21; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly

(GrantGeist) Journeying to the fairy realm -- really, sober, in all seriousness -- gave me insights that are still with me today.

Some friends and I found a fairy portal and fell into into the fifth dimension (5D). This is a genuine retelling of my trip through a place once confined to European folklore.

From a mind that brings a story no one ever knew, here is MY adventure into an elf nest. The land of the Fae is no fairytale. It's real. It happened in San Diego, Southern California, near our border with Mexico. #5D #fairyrealm #fairy

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Teacher of year molests student, rearrested

Jayne Yutig, CBS 8, 3/9/23; Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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Meet me afterschool? - A male teacher? No way!

Is it just us or are Asians -- the reputed "model minority" who work so hard to curry the favor of whites -- really coming into their own in America? Mass murdering, child molesting, thieving, drug dealing, mafia activity, Academy Award winning, best actressing, everything. Pres. Biden is in the San Gabriel Valley (Los Angeles, California) at this very moment clogging up traffic in the Pineapple Express downpour and the flooding it's causing because he wants to use recent tragedies at a dance studio, where an old Asian man shot up a dance studio and became a notorious mass murderer. Joe is going to use the bad news to promote anti-gun bills to deprive citizens of their weapons while loading police and criminals up with more and more powerful firearms. An Asian teacher child molester? Why is it when men do it, we're horrified, but when women do, it's a marvel? "Man bites dog" headline? Jacquie Ma's case was featured in the True Crime Tuesday segment of GAS (Gary and Shannon | iHeart).

Teacher of the year "loves" kids

Child molester Ma's in love with 12-year-old?

NATIONAL CITY, California — Just two days after bailing out of jail [after being arrested for suspicion of child molestation of her 12 then 13-year-old student], San Diego County 2022 "Teacher of the Year" Jacqueline Ma, 34, from Lincoln Acres Elementary was again arrested by the National City Police Department [who had kept her under surveillance when they released her the first time].

• Teacher of the year arrested for child sexual misconduct
• Michelle Yeoh makes history as first Asian Best Actress
• CT school lunch lady 'cleared of inappropriate contact with pupil' has been charged with sexual assault on 14-year-old boy
• VIDEO: Prostitution sting involving former Union School District board member
• Eighteen female prison guards at 'Britain's cushiest jail' fired for having illicit sexual affairs with male inmates

Temptation was too great? Snapchat child-porn gets Kristine Knizer of Virginia in trouble.

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Ma doesn't represent us! (M. Yeoh)

Teacher of the Year Ma was first arrested on Tuesday [3/7/23] on several charges of sexual misconduct with a child under 14-years-old. National City Police detectives said their investigation into the sex case continued, and they developed probable cause to re-arrest Ma on additional felony charges.

According to records from the San Diego Sheriff's Department, Ma was booked on 14 new felony charges including:

• two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14-years old
• seven counts of possession of obscene [pornographic] matter depicting a minor engaging in sexual conduct
• four counts of knowingly developing, duplicating, printing, or exchanging child pornography
• one count of intimidating a witness or victim.

CT: Sexual assault on 14-year-old boy

"Detectives conducted a surveillance operation and arrested Ma in the 3300 block of National Avenue in the City of San Diego," the police department said. Ma was re-booked into Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility. More + VIDEO and Ma's bio

• Biden departs San Diego for Monterey Park (SGV, Los Angeles) to sign executive order aimed at reducing gun violence. He will meet with Monterey Park families who lost loved ones in the [Asian-on-Asian] mass [murder] in January.
• National City "teacher of the year" charged with child sexual misconduct, arrested, released, rearrested (CBS8.com)
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