More Than 150 Dead in Paris Terror Attacks

PARIS. – Attacks have occurred in multiple sites in Paris resulting in at least 150 dead, according to the French police department. VIDEO: Explosion heard during a France – Germany soccer game According to Telegraph, grenades were launched towards Paris' Stade de France. France's president, Francois Hollande, was in attendance and was evacuated immediately. These […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:19 PM PDT

911 To Be Mexico’s New Emergency Number

Soon you'll only need to remember one number in case of an emergency in Mexico: 911. It won't matter your location within the country, or if your cellphone doesn't have any balance left (in case of prepaid phones). The announcement was made by Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones [IFT] in Spanish), establishing […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:19 PM PDT

Mexico’s Health Department: A Joint Won’t Kill You

"Nothing will happen to you if you smoke a marijuana cigarette", said the head of the Health Department, Mercedes Juan López, as a first approach to debate about the study and evaluation regarding the marijuana legalization that the Interior Ministry will coordinate. Even though Juan López assures that smoking a marijuana cigarette won't harm you, […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:18 PM PDT

Mexicans Living Abroad To Get New Voting ID For National Elections

Finally, it'll be possible for all Mexicans residing in other countries to participate in the federal elections without coming to Mexico. This is the result of a new voting card model approved by the National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional Electoral [INE]), which will have the person's information in Spanish and English and multiple security measures […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:17 PM PDT

INTERVIEW: Author Miguel Ruiz Takes Us Through “The Toltec Art of Life and Death”

The market for self-help books is pretty strong in Mexico, but few Mexican authors have reached international success like Dr. Miguel Ruiz. Born in Guadalajara but brought up in Tijuana, the San Diego resident has broken the language barrier with "more than 8 million copies sold" of his most popular book: The Four Agreements. Oprah.com […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:17 PM PDT

SEDECO Presents 2015-2019 Sectorial Economic Development Plan Tardy ,Stingy, Makeshift

The document states that "other regions of the country have begun a process of industrialization, which has increased competition for both public and investment resources from the domestic and foreign private sector." Therefore, among SEDECO's goals there is a comparative analysis among the states that compete with Baja California for investment. It is unbelievable that […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:17 PM PDT

Tijuana Airport Cross Border Bridge to Open in December

The Tijuana International Airport director, Guillermo Villalba, announced that the Cross Border Xpress pedestrian sky bridge, which links the U.S. with the Tijuana airport, will begin operations on December of this year. "We will have the bridge ready starting December 1st, the inauguration is something that corresponds to the federal government, remember that this is […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:16 PM PDT

Tourism in Baja Will Include an Artificial Reef, the Baja 1000 and a Golf Tournament

TIJUANA. – As part of the sport, adventure and ecological tourism activities calendar, this month the state's Secretary of Tourism (SECTURE in Spanish) will push for three important events like the off-road Baja 1000 race, the sinking of the ship Uribe 121 for the creating of the first artificial reef in Rosarito Beach and the […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:15 PM PDT

34 Immigrants Rescued In Chiapas, Mexico

Agents from Mexico's Criminal Investigation Agency (Agencia de Investigación Criminal [AIC] in Spanish) rescued 34 undocumented immigrants in the state of Chiapas, on their way north from Central American countries. According to reports from the Office of the General Prosecutor (Procuraduría General de la República [PGR] in Spanish), a van was driving down the Juárez- […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:15 PM PDT

Using A Weight-Loss App? Study Says It Doesn’t Help Much

Article originally published on Keiser Health News Young American adults own smartphones at a higher rate than any other age group. Researchers from Duke University wanted to see if capitalizing on that smartphone usage with a low-cost weight-loss app might help the 35 percent of young adults in the U.S. who are overweight or obese. […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:15 PM PDT

Argentina Gets Ruled Out as El Chapo’s Hideout

A call received by Argentine authorities set off an investigation on the possibility that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán could be in the southern part of the country, a version that's been finally dismissed. "It all started with a call and after that, protocols followed, on one side reinforcing the security systems, even if the intel […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:14 PM PDT

2015 Gourmet Awards had Baja California as Host and Big Winner

Recently, Baja California has been recognized for its culinary scene, which is hard to define but has been without a doubt exceptional and with great quality. This aspect has been so important to the state this year that, thanks to the Secretary of Tourism (Secretaría de Turismo del Estado [SECTURE]), in collaboration with Grupo Expansión […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:14 PM PDT

Tijuana’s Nortec Collective To Collaborate with Cirque Du Soleil

The Tijuana-based Nortec Collective, a group of DJ's who successfully fused electronic music with elements commonly found in the northern Mexican regional music and put Tijuana on the national and international music spotlight back in the early 2000s, will collaborate with Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian company renowned for its dramatic circus art sets. According […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:12 PM PDT

More Than a Thousand Immigrants Released from U.S. Jails

Almost 1,800 immigrants that were serving their sentence for severe drug crimes have been released from jails in the United States, with 42% already having a deportation order that will send them back to their country. According to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), there were a total of 1,789 people released on October […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:12 PM PDT

Who Are The Four Mexicans That Can Legally Get High On Marijuana Now?

Four members of the Mexican Society for the Responsible and Tolerable Auto Consumption (SMART, in Spanish), submitted and won a legal protection from the Mexican Supreme Justice Court against the prohibition to grow and consume their own marijuana. These are the beneficiaries of the Court's decision this past Wednesday, who are now free to consume […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:12 PM PDT

“El Chapo” Was Not In Panama

Panama's president, Juan Carlos Varela, denied both alleged visits of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to the country, although Panamanian authorities confirm that he had a Sinaloa Cartel financial network operating in Panamanian soil. The 50 people detained who gave out information to the Secretary of Security, Rodolfo Aguilera and Panama's National Police Chief, commissioner Omar […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:12 PM PDT

6 Events for This Weekend in Tijuana & San Diego

TIJUANA/SAN DIEGO. –In November, there aren't that many cultural events since school finals, pre-Christmas events, vacations and other activities are on now amongst us. Also, there's a lot of spending involved because of the holidays, so people prioritize their shopping habits, balancing between fun and obligations, but whatever! There are still some concerts, festivals and […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:12 PM PDT

Tijuana’s Cultural Center Opens “Innovation & Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage of Tourist Destinations” Workshop

TIJUANA. – The State's Secretary of Tourism (SECTURE in Spanish) opened this Thursday the "Innovation & Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage of Tourist Destinations" workshop. During the opening of the works being done at Tijuana's Cultural Center (CECUT in Spanish), the Deputy Secretary of Tourism, Ives Gabriel Lelevier Ramos, said that these actions are part […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:11 PM PDT

The Issue With Public-Private Associations

For this reason, Mexican presidents with scholarships at Harvard, UCal, Yale and other universities of the developed world, such as de la Madrid, Salinas, Zedillo and their treasurers, AspeArmella, Gil Diaz, and Caso Lombardo, rushed to privatize a maximum of state companies that were considered to be a burden, even though some, such as Telmex, […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:11 PM PDT

Head of Tijuana Tourism Agency Resigns

Tijuana's top tourism official stepped down on Wednesday, fewer than 10 days after Mayor Jorge Astiazarán called for his resignation following a flap over a supposed publicity campaign for the city's red-light district. Miguel Angel Badiola, president of the Tijuana Conventions and Tourism Committee, or Cotuco, stated in a two-sentence letter to the mayor that […]

April 13, 2017 at 7:11 PM PDT