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Fines are increased if you get caught violating traffic laws and regulations in La Paz. We did NOT independently verify the accuracy of a report by B. Crawford we seen at the cat-litter-box liner. We usual use that pamphlet laying out at some supermarkets aimed at gringos and consists of advertisements and other BS. Take one from 2002 and a 2012 issue. Same doo-doo!! Anyway, talk is about traffic laws and increased fines IF you… before we get into that I like to address a connected issue. very often you hear, mainly at online publications / foras this “La Paz police all corrupt etc.” talk. In a very simple way own experience: Foreigner, living almost 11 years Baja Sur (2 y. Loscabos, 9 y. La Paz). In this almost 9 years La Paz I got pulled over 3 times by La Paz traffic cops (in uniform) and 1 time by PGR at a street-block/control. All of the pull-over been 100% justified. 3 times I did cleary violate traffic rules. At the PGR control it was around midnight in a part of La Paz you rarely expect a foreigner, they stoped EVERY car and i could not produce the vehicle documents. continue

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A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Sea of Cortez off Baja California, 60 miles east of La Paz, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Tuesday. The quake occurred at 11:44 a.m. local time (1744 GMT) at a depth of 3.1 miles. 86 km (53 miles) SW of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico 138 km (85 miles) NNE of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
La Paz BCS Infotheque is not aware of any damage. We did not even feel it at the Fidepaz area…. – La Paz, a good place to be continue

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You propably seen them baskets with gratis pamphlets at some locations in La Paz, we had our find @CheDrauiBaja and this article catched our attention. Not that it was somethings new – you walk across the city with open eyes the past 2 years and that is a ongoing situation, and not just with the restaurants… But now it’s the malecon and areas targeting tourists and worth some attention and to talk about….. Ok, let is quote – the author of the article us named as “TBC” and therefore full credits for this content to “TBC”. Saul Nunez, president of the national chamber of the industry of restaurants in La Paz (CANIRAC) predicts that summer 2011 will be a difficult time for his fellow members in the restaurant industry. continue

What’s it all about? It’s a day — or to be more specific a night — when dark and wicked things creep from their lairs/tombs/caves/covens/coffins/haunted houses and … well, stalk the earth. Where does the name Halloween come from? Where does “Dia de los Muertos come from? The word Halloween is a contraction of All-Hallow-Even, or All-Hallows-Eve, since October 31 is the evening before the Christian festival of All Hallows’ Day (“Hallows” comes from the Middle English word “halwen” meaning holy.) This feast, more commonly known as All Saints Day, was first celebrated on November 1 by Pope Gregory III (731-741), although it was not until a century later, under Pope Gregory IV (827-844), that the day became standardized throughout the Christian world. continue

A powerful earthquake struck offshore in Mexico’s Gulf of California today, Thursday 21st October 2010. The epicenter was 85 miles (140 kilometers) northeast of La Paz in Baja California Sur, authorities reported some panic, but no damage or injuries. Alfonso Gomez, assistant director of civil protection in La Paz, told The Associated Press by telephone that some schools and public buildings were evacuated, and city offices received calls from alarmed residents. The region was hit by three moderately powerful earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 5.5 to 5.8 Tuesday night and early Wednesday, but they caused no known damage. The editor of this report experienced the quake in Fidepaz continue

Mexico celebrates its 200 years of Independence with national and local public events. The Bicentennial or Bicentenario actually takes in two celebrations: the first being the Bicentennial of two hundred years since Independence (1810) and the second the no less important Centennial of 100 years since Mexican Revolution of 1910. Mexican Independence Day celebrates the events and people that eventually resulted in independence from Spain, the country that had control over the territory of New Spain, as it was also known then. Fueled by three centuries of oppression and sparked by a call to revolt by the respected Catholic priest Hidalgo, the first call to arms was made in the village of Dolores continue