San Diegan gets national honors

Growing up in El Centro, Nadia Bermudez looked up to her father "who worked very hard in his profession." Salvador Bermudez was an ironworker. She is a lawyer and her dedication to her profession was recently recognized. The Hispanic National Bar Association named Bermudez, 34, as one of its five "Top Lawyers under 40" award […]

April 13, 2017

Another fiesta fit for ‘home’ team

Qualcomm Stadium is home to two teams. The Chargers and San Diego State Aztecs football team. But there just might be another home team at the "Q." Mexico. As in "El Tri." Not the U.S. national soccer team. At least that's what a veteran local English-language newspaper writer wrote a few years back. Some locals […]

April 13, 2017

Party time for the faithful at game

The soccer game Tuesday night between the teams of Mexico and Venezuela was not exactly a final in the World Cup but don't tell that to the 60,808 fans who turned out to Qualcomm Stadium. The "green wave," as the followers of Mexico's team are called, know how to throw a party before a big […]

April 13, 2017

‘Have the courage to work for change’

Before becoming the most influential Latino in U.S. history Cesar Chavez struggled with the idea of abandoning the security of a full-time job so he could dedicate his life to organizing farm workers. It was 1962. The future labor and civil rights leader, whose state holiday will be observed Thursday, was 35 years old with […]

April 13, 2017

Youth party leader accused of murder

Tijuana.- Authorities accused a youth leader of the PAN party of murdering a young man he befriended through Facebook. The state Attorney General’s Office on Sunday announced that Omar González Rivera, 20, and Dafne América Prieto Abaugy, 26, had robbed and strangled the man last January in Tijuana. The Tijuana leader of the National Action […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s top roster awaits Venezuela

The Mexican national soccer team will field its best roster in recent years to face a team it has always beaten. El Tri will take on Venezuela on Tuesday in an exhibition match at Qualcomm Stadium in front of a crowd expected to top 60,000. This game serves as El Tri's secondtolast tune-up match heading […]

April 13, 2017

Operation targets cross-border crime

A weekend crackdown on border-related crimes in San Diego County resulted in 246 arrests, including 67 suspected gang members and associates, the Sheriff's Department announced on Monday. About 700 local law enforcement officers from various agencies, including sheriff's deputies and San Diego police, participated in Operation Allied Shield III, which targeted gangs with ties to […]

April 13, 2017

‘App’ puts Tijuana at your fingertips

TIJUANA – This city now has an "app" in English for those interested in visiting. The application, called the Tijuana Travel Guide, provides key information about the city, including a guide to restaurants and hotels. It can be downloaded for free by visiting the web site www.tijuanaonline.org or from the App Store, which has versions […]

April 13, 2017

Thousands turn out for pro-life march

Tijuana – Several thousands of people, most of them dressed in white and carrying white balloons—walked Sunday morning with Archbishop Rafael Romo Muñoz in the 11th annual "United for Life and Peace March." Although the Church invited the entire community, not just people from a particular ideology, to participate, those who marched clearly opposed abortion. […]

April 13, 2017

6 tons of marijuana seized in warehouse

Tijuana – An anonymous tip led authorities to more than 6 tons of marijuana that was stored in an eastside warehouse, the largest drug seizure this year in the state, military officials announced Saturday. The army and police agencies seized on Friday 5,830 kilos of marijuana (12,826 pounds) in 1,264 packets stored in a warehouse […]

April 13, 2017

Archdiocese plans pro-life march

TIJUANA – The local archdiocese hopes to turn out thousands of people for its annual pro-life march Sunday morning. Archbishop Rafael Romo said the march, called "United for Life and Peace," is a Christian demonstration without an ideological position. However, in the last ten years, the march has also served to support the Church's traditional […]

April 13, 2017

Veteran player relishes new era

He's not sure if he will be on the field when the Mexican national soccer team starters take their positions on the field. Rafael "Rafa" Márquez doesn't know if he will even play in what would be his 99th international match when El Tri faces Paraguay in an exhibition match Saturday at the Oakland-Alameda County […]

April 13, 2017

CSI: Baja California has SDSU roots

San Diego State University's forensic science experts are lending Baja California a hand during its transition to a U.S.-style criminal court system. The university on Friday hosted the inauguration of Baja California's new College of Forensic Science, which will be based in Tecate, Baja California. SDSU's Homeland Security Program helped develop the curriculum and will […]

April 13, 2017

Young coach has a plan to win

SDR: You said that "El Chicharito" is no different than other players on this team, that he's not to get special treatment. But is he not a player that can help lead Mexico to another level and help lead the team to glory, something that was missing in the World Cup? De la Torre: "This […]

April 13, 2017

New push for foreign investment

TIJUANA – Success stories breed more success. That's the premise of a program introduced Thursday to promote this city as a good place to do business. The Tijuana Economic Development Corporation presented the program "Circle of Ambassadors" during the inauguration of its new offices in the fifth floor of the award-winning "green" building Vía Corporativa […]

April 13, 2017

How Border Patrol foiled fake Marines

An attempt to smuggle 13 undocumented immigrants by disguising their vehicle and making them wear U.S. Marine Corps uniforms was foiled by alert U.S. Border Patrol agents with military backgrounds, according to a criminal complaint filed in San Diego last week. The incident, which made national headlines when it was first reported this week, happened […]

April 13, 2017

More firepower to confront criminals

Tijuana .- In the middle of a series of killings, including of police officers, the state announced Tuesday that it had invested a little more than half a million dollars in weapons and ammunition to better equip state and municipal police departments. The state's Secretary of Public Safety, Daniel de la Rosa, turned over more […]

April 13, 2017

They are acting like robots

The scene was typical. Reporters herded like cattle to a designated area. There, they met José Manuel de la Torre, the new head coach of Mexico's national soccer team, for a makeshift news conference. De La Torre or, "El Chepo" as he's nicknamed in Mexico, spoke about El Tri's exhibition matches against Paraguay in Oakland […]

April 13, 2017

‘Chicharomania’ fever grips SD

"Chicharomania" has arrived in San Diego. The Mexican star who plays for Manchester United, Javier Hernández, politely signed every item fans put before him. "El Chicharito," as he's affectionately called, and the rest of Mexico's national team descended Monday afternoon on the soccer field of the San Diego Jewish Academy, where they held their first […]

April 13, 2017

California’s young face is Latino

More than half of California's residents under 18 are Latino, including in San Diego County, according to new Census 2010 data. "That's our future electorate. That's our future workforce. That is the future of California," said Rosalind Gold, senior director of research and advocacy at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. NALEO […]

April 13, 2017