mexico

It rains every other night, thunderstorms the likes of which I have only ever known in Mexico. The rain falls warm, the wind sings something sweet until it blasts open the windows and doors with a heavenly roar, the thunder crackles like my father’s laugh, the lightning dances in flashes through the sky.

Mexico has been known as a country of suffering and song and has even been romanticized for it. My family’s history is a reflection of the nation from which they stem — our stories are of pain and sacrifice. 

My parents’ hometowns may be over 1,900 miles away, but here in Gonzales, it doesn’t feel so far. The grief lessens and grows quiet — sometimes, it fades.

My grandfather lives still, as wisps and whispers and memories of a laugh long gone. No matter where he is, no matter where he goes, he always, always returns home.

In a tournament which has been overshadowed by the likes of the olympics and the World Cup, fans of baseball across the globe got to experience some of the most electrifying competition in the history of the sport.

Despite historic performances by USA’s Trea Turner and Mexico’s Randy Arozarena, this tournament was dominated by Samurai Japan and its undefeated championship run.

Reyes ultimately formed a dire examination of the systems that ensnare individuals and set them up for failure in a carefully crafted, tragic portrait of the incarceration system and a young man’s attempts to navigate life and immigration in the United States.

Berkeley restaurant Las Cabañas Mexican Grill & Taqueria hosted their grand reopening Saturday, featuring deals on food and a live mariachi band. 

I began my foray into the world of scuba diving in Mexico, during the last few days of my month-long stay in Baja California Sur. Since I had always loved being in the water, the idea of diving intrigued me, and I pictured myself frolicking alongside marine life as if I was a mermaid.

In recent years, Latinx and Chicanx students have made up a greater percentage of UC Berkeley’s transfer admit classes than its freshman admit classes — in the 2022-2023 cycle, nearly 30% of all admitted Latinx and Chicanx students were transfers.