Jill is a reporter for the Fronteras Desk in San Diego.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg couldn't do it in New York. But Mexico adopted a soda tax last year, and health advocates say they're starting to see some results.
Mexico built tens of thousands of suburban houses to support a home-owning boom, with the hope that cities would expand around these communities. But it's not working out that way. Now the country has 600,000 abandoned homes.
Reporter Jill Replogle, of the public radio collaboration Fronteras Desk, follows up with a family from Iraq who moved to San Diego as refugees six months ago. Now, Replogle finds that some members of the family are struggling to adjust to their new life.
There's considerable time and money being put into building a substantial fence along the US-Mexico border. Environmentalists had succeeded in delaying sectors that could harm the environment, so Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security permission to waive any law that stood in its way.
Construction of hundreds of miles of proposed new fence on the US-Mexico border would be exempt from environmental regulations under the new immigration law pending in Congress.
During a recent five-year period, three times more meth was seized at San Diego ports of entry than all other US-Mexico border crossings combined. And meth seizures this year are on track to far surpass 2012.
A California man who used to take pride in his role in helping facilitate communication between US and Iran may be facing a forced career change.
In Guatemala, this week marks the start of a landmark trial. Jill Replogle from the public radio collaboration, Fronteras Desk, reports on what this trial means to people in the US, from human rights advocates to Guatemalan immigrants.
Afghanis and Iraqis who work with American troops often place themselves and their families in great danger by affiliating themselves with the US. In exchange, a path to the US–and to safety–can be offered. At least that's what's supposed to happen.
Maritime smuggling of illegal immigrants is rising along the coast of southern California and so are the dangers. Jill Replogle spoke with a man who runs a boat rescue team for abandoned or stranded boats off of San Diego.
Coastal development in Mexico's Baja California and the Sea of Cortez hit a wall in the 2008 crash. That was bad news for investors, but good news for conservationists, who recently have been busy protecting rare landscapes and wildlife habitat.