Border Dispatch: Concertina Wire Stolen From Border Fence And Used For Home Security | Wendy Fry

03/20/19 • 9 min

Last November, concertina wire — or razor wire — was installed to address fears that large crowds of Central American migrants would force their way into the country.
Thieves are now stealing that same material at night and using it in their homes or selling the razor wire to Tijuana residents who are using it as an extra layer of home security around their residence.
The city of Tijuana grapples with a surge in crime and in 2018, was the most violent city in the world, according a new report by the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.
15 to 20 arrests have already been made and as of Monday, contractors were seen at a border fence on the U.S. side of Tijuana, replacing some of the stolen wire.
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Cities Scrambling To Clean Up Curbside Recycling In Wake Of China Ban | Joshua Emerson Smith

Municipalities throughout the country, including in the San Diego region, are trying to salvage their recycling programs in the wake of China’s ban on certain plastics and papers.
Officials have urged residents to fill their blue bins with only locally approved materials as city contractors scramble to find new markets and meet tightening standards for the purity of recyclable waste.
While most cities have so far been able to endure the rising cost of recycling, linked to falling commodity prices for mixed paper and plastics, some small towns have gone so far as to dramatically scale back or completely shut down their operations — dumping otherwise reusable materials into landfills.
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Here's What $250K Can Buy In The San Diego Housing Market | Phillip Molnar

At $250,000, the price tag for a National City home is hard to beat. But it’s about the size of a studio apartment and falling apart.
Listed for sale on L Avenue is a 500-square-foot lot, with a 94-year-old house occupying 98 percent of it.
Depending on how you look at it, it is either the last gasp of a market that has overheated or a screaming deal in a region that has largely stopped building single-family homes.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/real-estate/sd-fi-l-avenue-20190319-story.html
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