.... In other words, Cross Border Xpress looks a lot like many U.S. airports, except the runway is in Mexico. The bridge just might be an apt new symbol of interconnectedness between San Diego and Tijuana—and a symbol of changing times and shifting perceptions on the border. © 2016 by The Regents...

...Boom Staff A roundup of interesting things to do, see, and read around California in the spring of 2015. San Francisco San Diego California Tower Panama-Pacific International Exposition Panama-Pacific International Exposition centennial Lightswarm Yerba Buena Center Pacific Worlds...

...Phoebe S.K. Young San Diego vied with San Francisco to host the 1915 World’s Fair. San Francisco won, but San Diego went ahead and staged the International Panama-California Exposition. Planners of both fairs traded on ideas of empire to raise their cities’ profiles and capitalize on increased...

... San Diego Baja California The First Administrative Division of Baja and Alta California from Francisco Palo´u, Relacio´n Histo´rica de la Vida y Aposto´licas Tareas del V.P. Fray Jun ´pero Serra, 1787. COURTESY OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. michael dear Bajalta...

...Scott Vandehey This paper draws on extended fieldwork in San Diego County to show that suburban residents exhibit a particular set of rights-claims that they make specifically around their residence in their suburban community. These claims are largely made legitimate by homeownership and are based...

...Henry Jenkins Each summer, the San Diego Comic-Con offers an important intersection between Hollywood and its fans. While most of the mainstream media coverage focuses on stars and celebrities or on costumes, this article places these high profile elements into a larger context, considering...