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Xolos will play with 4 less players against Santos
TIJUANA, BC.- One of the most difficult weeks has arrived for Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, who will be playing this Saturday without 4 of their starting players, against the Mexican league division 1 champions Santos Laguna. U.S. citizens Joe Corona and Edgar Castillo, will be playing for their bars and stripes team in two […]
Hornblower’s dog friendly brunch
With Halloween around the corner, almost every spot in San Diego is offering different and exciting ways to celebrate this holiday. Hornblower cruise line is not the exception and is offering it's 4th Annual Bow Wow Brunch Cruise and Halloween Dog Contest, apart from being a fun and different way to spend time with your […]
Tijuana Innovadora 2012: A Celebration of Cross-Border Initiatives, Oct. 11-21
This segment of the conference, the "Iron Chef," is giving huge attention to the event this year, in part because Tijuana and San Diego are becoming recognized as world leaders in the field of gastronomy. Hosting the competition with be Sam 'The Cooking Guy' Zien and Marcela Valladolid, a Tijuana native and host of the […]
Mexican Border Patrol?
In the meetings that Enrique Peña Nieto and Felipe Calderón held, about the transition of government that will soon happen in Mexico, one of the most important topics that were talked about was about immigration. In an interview with the newspaper Milenio, Arturo Valdivia who is the coordinator on immigration matters on Peña Nietos team, […]
A new reason to visit Tijuana : Cheaper gasoline
While our neighbor country Mexico is fighting back the high price on eggs, we in America are fighting back the high price on gas. This morning San Diego residents woke up to the very discomforting surprise that gas stations where charging almost $6 dollars per premium gallon. $6 dollars! That is over 86 cents then […]
“Zetas” bloodiest cartel leader body stolen in Mexico
MEXICO.- Mexican authorities confirmed today the stolen body of a man who died this past Sunday, during a gunfire confrontation with some Mexican Navy. According to the initial analysis of prints and physiognomic features, it could be the body of the Zetas cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano. An armed commando interrupted this past Monday a funeral […]
Top Leader of Mexican Drug Cartel “Zetas” dead
MEXICO.- The highest ranking leader of the "Zeta" cartel, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, is believed to have died in a confrontation against members of the armed forces, in the northern state of Coahuila, according to "strong evidence" informed today the Ministry of the Navy. After the results of two autopsies that have already been performed on […]
Entijuanarte: A Tijuana festival for diehard fans
TIJUANA.- For the eight occasion the artistic festival Entijuanarte was presented in our region, having as a logo one of the world's famously known "Zebra-Donkey", that you can find on Avenida Revolucion every time you come to Tijuana. The zebra-donkey was used as this year's festival logo, but with a twist by having the image […]
Families reunite at the U.S. and Mexico border
SAN DIEGO.- Border authorities began a pilot project yesterday, that would allow family and friends from both sides of the U.S and Mexico border between San Diego(U.S.) and Tijuana(Mexico), to see each other at the historic bi-national Friendship Park. Friendship Park located along the Pacific Ocean, has always been traditionally a meeting place for friends […]
Earthquake in Sinaloa
Mexico.- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 was recorded today in the Richter scale, that shook the state of Sinaloa thats also located along the Gulf of California in the northwest part of the country, informed the U.S Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was recorded at 23.26 hours local time (06.26 GMT), and there […]
Tollbooths being considered to be built at San Ysidro
The "Coalition for a smarter border" held a meeting last Friday, to discuss about the possible solutions to the problematic changes that one of the busiest borders has undergone. One of the things that were being talked about was to build tollbooths in that area that connects San Diego and Tijuana, which the booths would […]
Xolos 10 Toluca: Tijuana “bites” for first place
TIJUANA, BC.- Fans of Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente filled Estado Caliente to its maximum capacity, 22,333 fanatics, in order to watch how their team would "bite" Toluca Diablos Rojos with a lonely goal by Duvier Riascos to get back into the first position of the standings of the Mexican Primera División. This match was […]
Election Day in Venezuela: will it be Chavez or Capriles?
Today Venezuelans will elect their new president and it will either be Hugo Chavez or Henrique Capriles. Early this morning even before the voting booths opened their doors; thousands of people were waiting in line eager to submit their vote.Chavez has been known all over the world for his long history in office, and if […]
Top 5 lies about Tijuana: Mythbusters!
Inspired by the Mythbusters, the famous Discovery channel TV show, that takes myths like "Is Miami more shallow than Los Angeles?" and hast to state whether the myth is wrong (busted), is right (confirmed), or it could possibly happen (plausible). Trying to find the right myth to debunk was an easy task, apparently the news […]
Xolos and Toluca: the race for first place
TIJUANA.-Although the most talked about game this week in the Mexican soccer league is about the classic rivalry between the Chivas Rayadas of Guadalajara and Aguilas del America, in the northern part of the country there will be also another spectacular game that will be taking place between the first and second place teams, whom […]
Earthquake in Baja California South.
MEXICO.- Yesterday, an earthquake with a 5.3 magnitude registered on the Richter scale, was felt on the south of the peninsula of Baja California. There were no reports of any injuries or material damages, informed the National Weather Service. The agency indicated that the earthquake occurred around 15:02 hours local time (21.02GMT), and the epicenter […]
Chavez Jr. used marijuana to relax from stress
Boxing fans concentrated all of their attention yesterday on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in an interview he had with David Faitelson on the Latin American channel for ESPN, where they spoke about the most talked about topic of the moment: his indefinite suspension from boxing, which will not be lifted until he undergoes and completes […]
San Diego residents visit Tijuana to support local workers
SAN DIEGO.- Social organizations are encouraging San Diego residents to visit the "maquiladoras", and other parts of Tijuana (Mexico), so they can see of the types of problems these workers are having, and raise funds to help them. "The main purpose of doing this, is so that the people can see how interconnected both communities […]
Facebook celebrates 1 billion users
Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had reached 1 billion users. He added that more than half of the users were logging on with their mobile devices, in which part of the company's vision for the future is to improve the mobile version of Facebook as much as possible with all of the applications that […]
Detention of Mexican Officers involved in the shooting against U.S. agents has been extended
MEXICO.- The Attorney General of Mexico Marisela Morales, informed today that the provisional detention of the 12 federal officers, who were involved in the shooting against a vehicle from the U.S. embassy, will be detained for 40 more days. In declarations made to the press, after the signing of an agreement to promote "the culture […]