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Smugglers' Gulch, which turns into a roaring river, was flowing, but not as hard as it did last week, but as it usually does during storms, it was carrying plastic bottles, trash, tires and even several suitcases.

It reported firefighters had responded to six rain-related calls during the morning, the most serious involved a homeless man who was shocked while on a roof of a building where an electric cable was knocked down.

"We didn't have as much rain fall as predicted it was mostly light rain," said Ávila Olmeda. In Tijuana there was a billboard that fell but nothing major."

"No animal exploited for tourism is a cultural icon," said Carmen Dayana, an animal rights' activist in Tijuana.

The Migrant Affairs Office in Tijuana released findings of a survey that indicates 90 percent of the migrants in shelters are from other regions in Mexico.

Yolanda Caballero, the freelance reporter involved, believes the arson event was a warning from the mayor after publishing stories critical of the city's drainage system, which failed to prevent large-scale flooding in Tijuana during last week's storm.

The violence needs to be taken care since word of the killings makes into the news cycle north of the border and "it's not good for the city's image."

A convoy of protestors will set off for Lousiana Tuesday as it begins day two of a week-long protest over the Biden administration's border policies.

According to GSA, the Otay Port of Entry also processes 2.1 million pedestrians, and 5 million privately owned vehicles annually.

"We were affected in different ways, but the majority of the repairs center around flood damage and sewage spills," said Nuño García. "We also had a few walls collapse and mudslides."