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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

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

How do you get people to do somethings important but not preaching to them?? Check out “Embrace Life”! A small online video production made for the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. became big worldwide!! It got BIG worldwide and made people talking, watching…. absolutely moving, great concept and simple yet brilliant making, this online ad to enforce the use of seat belt while driving is one of the most popular things published lately. And sure enough the cause applies as much to La Paz as everywhere else!! How often do I catch myself to drive “quick” around the corner to Walmart or just the tienda down the road without wearing it…. continue

It’s the second time in a very short period time we hear and see a black AH 60 helicopter fly low circles here at the Fidepaz neighborhood in La Paz, BCS. The next day we get the following out of the news sources. We’ll keep the camera handy for the next time we hear the chopper fly near by. Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders Monday, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years. The capture of Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental apparently wipes out the existing leadership of the cartel headed by Teodoro Garcia Simental, who was captured last month. Teodoro and Manuel Garcia are brothers. Lopez, known as “El Muletas,” and Garcia, known as “El Chiquilin,” were arrested Monday in La Paz. continue

Mexican federal police captured Teodoro García Simental, a drug trafficker famed for his gang’s alleged brutality, in an early-morning raid on Tuesday in the resort town of La Paz, Baja California, police said. The arrest of Mr. García, known as “El Teo,” is the second big blow to Mexican drug gangs in less than a month. In December, drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva was killed in a raid by Mexican Navy special forces. Mr. Beltran was the highest-ranking drug lord taken down by Mexico since 2003. Shortly before 6 a.m., dozens of federal police clad in bulletproof vests and wearing black ski masks raided a home in a posh neighborhood of La Paz, a seaside city that is popular with American retirees. No shots were fired in the raid, police said. continue