By Lisa Babincsak Is it just me, or does ordering an Uber in San Miguel require a kind of faith normally reserved for organized religion? Your driver is five minutes away. This is the last true thing the app will tell you. Four minutes later, he is nine minutes away. You watch the tiny car move confidently in the opposite direction, gaining distance with the serene certainty of a man who knows exactly where he is going, and it is not toward you. Nine becomes twelve. Then: You

By Catherine Marenghi The Atención Book Club is changing its name. In recognition of its core purpose – celebrating local authors – the monthly series is now Atención Presents: San Miguel Authors. “Our inspiration for the series was a commitment to supporting our local literary community,” said Camie Fenton, publisher of Atención News. “But what we’ve created is not a book club in the traditional sense, but a showcase of outstanding local authors.” The series will continue to

By Colleen Sorenson Rufino Balderas Rojas, Taz, is a local San Miguel artist who is deeply committed to his community. At age 38, he lives in Santa Cecilia with his daughter but he grew up in Colonia San Rafael where he has at least 50 family members. Rufino is at the head of the community nonprofit organization Yo Amo Mi Barrio, started 14 years ago by his friend Yahmi. When Yahmi later died, Rufino and his friend Queso carried the organization forward. "We are a community o