Tijuana editor among ‘Fearless Women in World’

Newsweek's story this week of the "150 Fearless Women in the World" lists the co-director of the Tijuana's crusading weekly newspaper Zeta,. "Drug cartels have threatened her life and killed her colleagues, but this journalist refuses to quit exposing their activities," the magazine said of Adela Navarro Bello. "As general director of the Tijuana-based Zeta […]

April 13, 2017

Project SOL helps migrants shine in school

SAN DIEGO.- Each year, Latin American students immigrate to the United States and face the daunting reality of learning in a system completely different than their own through a language foreign to them. That's why a pilot program was launched in 2008 with the goal of helping them to succeed. It's called Project SOL (Secondary […]

April 13, 2017

UCSD to preserve veteran activist’s Chicano collection

A collection of more than 40,000 pieces that tell the story of the Chicano movement in San Diego from 1964 to 2006 will be digitally preserved at the UC San Diego. The items were collected by Herman Baca, who grew up in National City in the 1960s and is a prominent activist and political organizer. […]

April 13, 2017

Fernández farewell concert in SD will be on May 12

SAN DIEGO.- Mexico's beloved mariachi superstar Vicente Fernández is on a farewell tour that is to bring him to the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre on May 12. He announced last month that he would be retiring after a 45-year career, during which he recorded 70 albums that sold more than 50 million records. "I will give […]

April 13, 2017

La Familia cartel member arrested in Tijuana

TIJUANA – A member of the La Familia cartel was detained Sunday carrying five firearms he said he acquired north of the border, state police announced. The detention was the result of an operation carried out in the Colonia Buenas Aires Sur. It was the second arrest in nine days involving a member of the […]

April 13, 2017

Vázquez siblings make ‘The Show’ their own

The Vázquez siblings have looked south – really south – for inspiration for their fourth video, which was released Friday. The siblings are Angie, Abelardo and Gustavo Vázquez, from Mexicali. Their interpretation of Adele's "Rollin in the Deep" became an Internet sensation, logging 50.4 million views on YouTube since its release in November. For their […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos savor sweet victory

The Xolos virtually assured they will remain in Mexico's premier league by beating Estudiantes Tecos in Guadalajara on Friday night 2-0. The win moved Tijuana's team up several rungs in the relegation percentage table. And it momentarily placed it in second place in the league's standings, with 16 points, the result of four wins, for […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana to get baseball team

TIJUANA – There’s good news for local baseball fans. The group that owned the Algodoneros of Guasave, in Sinaloa, had requested that the Pacific League approve the transfer of their franchise to Tijuana. On Friday, the team presidents did just that, according to the league’s website. The president of the Algodoneros, Jaime Castro Parra, was […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos and Tecos moving in opposite directions

It is considered the second most populous metropolitan area other than Mexico City. It has been called the cultural center of Mexico. It is one of North America's most business-friendly cities. It even has three professional soccer teams in Mexico's top-flight league: Chivas de Guadalajara, Atlas and Estudiantes Tecos of the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. […]

April 13, 2017

Five missing after boat capsizes off Baja coast

TIJUANA – Five men, including the Baja California's fisheries' chief, remain missing after their boat capsized during the storm that rolled through the region Tuesday. "A small motor flaw" and a large wave combined to overturn the boat, according to two fishermen who were rescued. Despite the poor weather conditions Thursday, authorities and private fishing […]

April 13, 2017

Campaign uses famous faces to promote Tijuana

TIJUANA – Look who's been here. That's the message of new public photographic exhibit, whose goal is to communicate that the city is safe to visit. The exhibit is made up of images of national and international figures who have visited Tijuana. They include Nobel laureates Al Gore and Mario Molina and TV personality Larry […]

April 13, 2017

U.S. suspect in double homicide captured in Baja

TIJUANA – A man suspected of stabbing to death his wife and mother-in-law in Los Angeles County on Tuesday was captured a few hours later in Rosarito Beach, authorities announced. Baja California police identified him as Jonathan Scott Chacon, 23, a Los Angeles native. In a statement, state police said that Chacon is suspected of […]

April 13, 2017

8 tons of drugs destroyed in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Authorities incinerated Wednesday afternoon more than 8 tons of illegal drugs at a military facility in the city’s south side. The drugs had been seized in various operations, said Fermín Gómez, the local representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. The drugs that were incinerated before the news media were 16,652 pounds of marijuana, […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos players on U.S. team to play against Mexico

TIJUANA – Two Xolos players will play on the United States' U-23 team in a friendly match against Mexico's squad Wednesday night in Texas. The two, who are Mexican-Americans, have been preparing with the rest of the U.S. squad for the games in March to qualify for the Summer Olympics in London. Regardless of the […]

April 13, 2017

Snow temporarily closes mountain road near Tecate

TIJUANA – After the heaviest snowstorm of the season, a stretch of La Rumorosa, a curving mountain road about 70 miles east of the city, was reopened around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, state authorities announced. The highway was closed Monday night at 9, said Alfredo Escobedo, the director of the state’s Civil Protection agency. He spent […]

April 13, 2017

Big gym opens to entice ‘familias’ to get moving

Joe Ochoa believes in the power of exercise. And he knows personally all those great and small things that can derail a Latino family from exercising regularly. He's determined to do his part to make exercise a habit, not just a once-in-a-while event. Ochoa has opened Family Gym, a 40,000-square-foot facility that offers affordable rates, […]

April 13, 2017

Library to offer recordings of Baja’s cultures

TIJUANA – A place is taking shape where you can hear Baja California's history. For ten months, a researcher has been gathering recordings that capture and preserve the stories of the state's indigenous communities and the waves of people who settled in the state. There's a recording of a grandmother who still speaks a native […]

April 13, 2017

Baja detains members of La Familia cell

TIJUANA – In a special operation, state authorities arrested five members of the criminal organization La Familia Michoacana who had ammunition for AK-47s, cash and methamphetamine valued at $640,000. According to authorities, La Familia, one of Mexico's most violent drug syndicates, has paid "a user's fee" to the Arellano Félix cartel for three years to […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos tie Toluca1-1 in intense match

TIJUANA – The Xolos tied Toluca 1-1 Saturday night, keeping pace with one of the toughest challengers the team has faced this Clausura tournament. At minute 15, Duvier Riascos centered a pass to Joe Corona, who scored a goal, making it 1-0, to the delight of the sold-out crowd at Caliente Stadium. Toluca’s Iván Alonso, […]

April 13, 2017

Volunteers tackle graffiti, one wall at a time

TIJUANA – Hundreds of volunteers turned out Saturday to paint over graffiti on buildings and fences along one of the city's most transited boulevards, the municipal government announced. They were participating in "Tijuana Blanca," a program organized by the city to clean up neighborhoods in the crowded La Mesa district. The volunteers, supported by municipal […]

April 13, 2017