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“Agua Mala” craft beer now available in California
Ensenada, Mexico Beers from the award winning Mexican craft brewer AguaMala are now available in the United States. Distribution begins immediately for Southern California cities with projected distribution in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning early 2015. "We are excited and ready to serve the California market" said AguaMala's Founder and Brewmaster, Nathaniel Schmidt. […]
Films from Tijuana make Mexico’s top 10 of the year
Forbes has released its best Mexican films of 2014 list, on which two non-stop talked about films appeared. The first one is "Los Hamsters" from Gilberto Gonzalez, a movie filmed entirely in Tijuana with local actors. This film tells the story of a dysfunctional family, a known subject used by the director. "Los Hamsters" is […]
Golden Globe Nominees are announced
This morning the nominees for the acclaimed awards were announced. Among the most outstanding nominees are Birdman from Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, with five nominations from the film, including "Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy", "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture" (Emma Stone), "Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" (Edward Norton), "Best […]
Instagram’s 3 Most Liked Pictures in 2014
A lot of celebrities would love to go unnoticed or have a low profile life, but unfortunately it's hard to avoid the public eye radar nowadays. On the other hand, there are some who enjoy being under the spotlight, and they personally love to share their private life with the world through social media. Here […]
Grand Opening of “Paralelo 28” Tonight
Craft beer in Baja California has taken an impressive upturn, strengthening a powerful niche in a market that is accustomed to commercial beers. Little by little, the state has transformed into the craft beer capital and people from all over Mexico and the world look to Tijuana and wish to taste the creations of many […]
5 Horror Films For The Holiday Season
We know Christmas is one of Christianity's most important festivities and that talking about it means talking about peace, joy, love, happiness and presents. However, the holiday season doesn't stop horrifying scenes in the film industry. Throughout time, plenty of horror films have premiered during this season with a Christmas theme involved. Some of which […]
Bill offering Spanish nationality to Sephardic Jews goes forward
SPAIN.-A few months ago, the Spanish speaking side of internet got very excited due to the possibility that Spain may start offering citizenship or nationality to those with certain last names, as well as to those who have proof of being descendants of Jewish Spaniards that were thrown out of the country over 500 years […]
$2,000 bail for Mexican who interrupted Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO. – Yesterday morning, a student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, identified as Adán Cortés Salas hit the national and international headlines when he interrupted the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to protest on behalf of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa. A security guard dragged him by force out of the room […]
U.S. Expats Unhappy About Long-Arm Taxation
This week, a "New York Times" article titled "Why I'm Giving Up My Passport" stirred up plenty of talk among local Baja expats, and likely in other expat communities around the world. In this article, the author discussed the compelling reasons why U.S. citizen expats are deciding to give up their citizenship. This phenomenon of […]
Sony and Marvel DID discuss “Spider-Man’s” fate
Information contained in emails that came to light after Sony Pictures was attacked by a hacker that also leaked several films is starting to emerge. Emails and documents authored by Sony executives comment on the possible inclusion of "Spider-Man" in the Marvel film universe, a move that already was being rumored about prior to the […]
SAG Awards Nominees are revealed
This week, Eva Longoria and Ansel Elgort got to present the nominees for the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards. The show will be transmitted live on TNT, Sunday January 25th. Here are the nominees: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Steve Carrel – Foxcatcher (Sony Picture Classics) Benedict Cumberbatch-The Imitation Game […]
Embezzling Mexican mayor wins “Mayor of the Year” award…
MEXICO.- How could anyone forget the noted mayor from San Blas, Nayarit? He is constantly talked about in Mexican media as the public official who agreed to steal money from the municipal treasury, even if it was "just a little" in order to "give to those who need it". Hilario Ramirez Villanueva, is in the […]
Man holding “bloody” Mexican flag interrupts Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
UPDATE. – Efe news agency is reporting that the protester was also requesting political asylum in Norway. Furthermore, the Scandinavian police in Oslo informed that the protester did not have press-certification and that he just simply slipped through security to join a group of a people. His name has also been discovered by media, using […]
Here’s how to vote in “Best Of Baja 2014”!
As you already know, we are making our 2014 "Best of Baja" list. Last week we showed you the categories and nominees, now is your chance to vote for your favorites. It's simple and can be done in 2 was steps. 1.– Join our Facebook Group 2.– Vote for your favorite candidate in each category […]
The best on Twitter in 2014
As the year comes to an end, Twitter released 2014s most important events as they were seen by its users. On the #YearInReview mini site, you can review the most talked about events during each month through a series of images in circles. Some of the most talked about subjects this year were: The XXII […]
TIME’S Person of the Year: “Ebola fighters”
WORLD. – Among the eight possible winners for the title of Person of the Year by Time magazine, it was announced this morning that the 2014 winner was: All of those who have fought against the Ebola virus. According to an official statement, The ones who answered the call are rightful winners. Taylor Swift, the […]
10 book gift ideas for this holiday season
Literature is the art of words that put together a text. Over the years there have been thousands of authors who had to contribute to literature their artistic work expressing their life experiences, ideas, emotions and knowledge. For those bookworms, a book is a great gift this holiday season. Whether you're giving it to someone, […]
Main plot for “Finding Dory” revealed
UNITED STATES. – Once again Pixar, along with Disney, will submerge us in a new adventure alongside our favorite "Finding Nemo" (2003) characters, with a sequel called "Finding Dory" that will be released 13 years after the first one premiered. [/p] This time, our sweet and forgetful Dory stars in her own film, which is […]
Tijuana’s top 10 concerts of 2014
It was really hard to pick just 10 of the top musical events that happened throughout this year that's coming to an end, given that, luckily, the best national and international performers offer quality shows in this border region. [/p] Here are the most relevant in order of appearance: 1.-Enrique Bunbury A show on February […]
Mexicans on Facebook, their top 10 trends for 2014!
MEXICO. Every December, social media and Internet researchers reveal the year's highlights according to the number of mentions they had from the average user. This 2014, several stories change the course of Mexican history in different aspects of life. In sports, we had FIFA's World Cup, the XLVIII Super Bowl and Sochi's Winter Olympics. […]