Last Wednesday, October 21 around 3:00 pm, 30 officers from the state prosecutor's office and state security and intelligence guard arrived at Tecate's city hall to make a warrant effective against Tecate’s mayor Olga Zulema …
October 26, 2020
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Tecate mayor calls out her cops to face down the Baja state police
Tasty trip to Tijuana
"Cenosilicaphobia! I’m suffering from Cenosilicaphobia!” I say. “Do something!” Scottish Annie ignores me. She’s scanning Agua Caliente Boulevard like Columbus searching for India. “Ceno...? Och. I canna see a single food truck.” Hmm. Finally I …
Cavalcade marks the earlier U.S.-Mexican borders
On October 11, between 2:30-4 p.m., hundreds of "cowboys and cowgirls" trotted and galloped their horses across the Boulevard 2000 freeway in southern Rosarito. "There were about 700 horses documented," said Diego Knight of the …
October 21, 2020
Tijuana 24-year-old to vie for chess championship
On October 26-30, Carlos Alfredo Hernandez Rendon will represent his Universidad Autónoma de Baja California college alumni at the 2020 World University Online Chess Championship. I reached out to the 24-year-old engineering student on October …
October 14, 2020
Feminist graffiti on Tijuana's cultural center
On Tuesday September 15, one day before the anniversary of Mexican Independence or El grito de independencia (the scream for independence), feminists organized La anti-grita in Tijuana. They held a demonstration against the government and …
September 29, 2020
Small merchants in San Ysidro suffering
Last June, CEO of the San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce Jason Wells sent a letter to the acting secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, requesting the withdrawal of travel restrictions for tourists that represent around …
September 21, 2020
Cheap alternative to the San Diego Zoo
In the last few days, photos and videos of snakes hissing and slithering within the confines of Mexicali vehicles have surfaced online. “The last photo was with a viper,” captioned Juan M. underneath a Facebook …
September 15, 2020
Mexican-Americans hold edge in Tijuana
“They want us to feel we are in a lower class because we can’t pay for housing in dollars”, said Julia Carrizoza a 64-year-old woman who has rented in downtown Tijuana for four decades. When …
September 7, 2020
Baja not stopping its sports
That boy thinks he's fighting an octopus," said a spectator watching the fight in the stands seconds after 16-year-old Ashton Sylve punched Juan Magallanes in his gut dropping him to the mat. The ref counts: …
September 1, 2020
People wait up to 13 hours to cross from Mexico
Waiting times like last Monday at the Tijuana-San Ysidro border had never been seen before, up to 12 hours to get through the line to cross into the U.S. This is the consequence of new …
August 31, 2020
What you'll never read in Baja tourist press
Grateful to the Dead Earlier in the day I attended a one-hour lecture given by Dr. Luis Antonio Martínez, a dental surgeon who teaches anatomy to students at the university’s dentistry school. His lecture was …
August 22, 2020
Cigarette smokers across the border take a hit
During the first three months of the COVID-19 health emergency beginning in March, “sales of cigarettes in Mexico were “extinguished by 45 percent, [an equivalent to] 254.5 million packs,” reported El Financiero on July 27. …
August 3, 2020
Eight northbound lanes added at San Ysidro crossing
On July 23, construction in Tijuana commenced of the eight lanes leading into the San Ysidro Port of Entry. “With this expansion we will be reaching 35 lanes, and what will that consist of?” reportedly …
July 28, 2020
Virus kills her cross-border job in San Diego
“All of us that had to leave our families for the American dream, we paid a high price: not living with who we love,” said Amanda López, a 50-year-old Mexican woman who worked in San …
July 27, 2020
Advice to surfers headed for Rosarito
On July 3, about 2 pm, Jacinto Garcia noticed his fellow surfers being questioned by Mexican police officers across the street from his K-38 Surf Shop in Rosarito. He clicked the record button on his …
July 14, 2020