San Diego and Tijuana are growing more interconnected every day. New cross-border businesses are booming, tourism is gaining steam, and thousands and thousands of people wake up south of the border, to go to work every day to the north of it. In the middle of it all is San Diego’s Mexican Consul General, Carlos González Gutiérrez. CBS 8’s Carlo Cecchetto sat down with him for a long interview at the consulate recently and asked González Gutiérrez why he’s excited about the region’s future as well as about deep-rooted problems that still have major hurdles to overcome. WATCH EXTENDED INTERVIEW: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/mexican-consul-general-san-diego-carlos-gonzlez-gutirrez/509-a89f21ee-0526-4926-be60-329b5af79c79