“Lo más seguro mataron a alguien” ("probably someone got shot"), I exclaimed to my girlfriend as I was driving down Calle Cuarta (4th Street) in downtown Tijuana on the afternoon of February 15. Yellow tape …
April 8, 2024
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Narco wars spill more blood in Tijuana
Mexican border area after the flood – dead sea lion, birds, flooded horse stables, emerging rattlesnakes
On March 19, Cristbel Adams was shaken to see a sea lion lying motionless in the sand by the Imperial Beach Pier. Since the December and January countywide floods, animals near the Tijuana River Valley …
March 20, 2024
New to Chula Vista, Las Ahumaderas invokes classic Tijuana street tacos
Video:New to Chula Vista, Las Ahumaderas invokes classic Tijuana street tacosI used to be one of those mythical San Diego taco fiends who could jump in the car to chase a craving, and wind up …
February 6, 2024
Reader writer explains how he broke out of TJ's La Mesa prison
A powerful blow to the side of my head sent me sprawling on the sidewalk. Then a strong hand seized the back of my pants and lifted me up from the sidewalk. About that time, …
January 31, 2024
WhatsApp date turns into smuggling two guys in her trunk
On the night of November 17, San Diegan Esmeralda Rocha (not her real name) was crossing the border back to her home from Tijuana as she regularly does every weekend, when in San Ysidro's International …
January 30, 2024
New Zealanders in Tijuana for gastric sleeve
The message arrived via my Tijuana Adventure Instagram on a Friday afternoon: “Any chance of a tour tomorrow?” A bit short notice, but I was free and quoted the fellow my price, which proved acceptable.“I’m …
January 3, 2024
Best way to fight San Diego steep cost of living?
As the holidays near, San Diegans feel the financial crunch more than ever — some are part of a 1.6 million group moving across the border, and others are also part of a growing mobile …
November 27, 2023
The beer scene in Mexico City is tiny compared to Baja’s
A flight to Mexico City from Tijuana can be cheap. I found a round flight for $12 through the Volaris website. With airport fees included, the total cost was $72. No bags were needed, I …
October 31, 2023
TJ's breweries lumped together with nightclubs for security cams
A new alcohol beverage control law was applied last month over the six municipalities of Baja California. Tijuana is the one in which it has caused the most complaints and controversy. Bars, nightclubs, restaurants, or …
September 18, 2023
San Quintin – Baja's fishing secret
Moving to the San Quintin area in 2015 was more accident than planned, but it wasn’t entirely random. Whenever I’ve pulled up stakes and moved on, for whatever reason — work, family, relationship, or a …
July 12, 2023
GoSkateDay – San Diego crime on wheels
In San Diego and Tijuana, dozens of crimes happened on #GoSkateDay, June 21. The perps and victims were skateboarders. Between 4-5 pm, an unidentified "dog walker" lay on the cement of Balboa Park with blood …
July 11, 2023
Toros de Tijuana béisbol game: banda music, psychedelics, and Marco “el Raton” Astorga complete the night
Except for the World Series, I never cared much for baseball besides the World Series. That is, until September 15, 2016, when I discovered béisbol in Tijuana. I was with writer Justin O’Connell, Tijuana pseudo-celebrity …
June 21, 2023
Tijuana tour guide takes us to all the fish places he can find
I’ve been doing tours in Tijuana for more than 11 years. I remember my first client well. Back then, I announced my tours on Craigslist. Back then, my tours and Tijuana were much different than …
June 7, 2023
Waterbeds – from my La Jolla garage studio to Paris
The first time I lay down on a waterbed, I thought, “Who wouldn’t want one of these?” The undulating motion of the water, the evenly distributed pressure against my body — so relaxing, and sensual …
May 31, 2023
Food missionaries serve migrants trapped between two border walls
Since the March 11 end of Title 42, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their process is worked on, migrants crossed the first wall of the two existing border walls. Small groups …
May 22, 2023