Have your umbrella ready! Rain could arrive to Tijuana this weekend

According to the regional weather model, Civil Protection reported that a low pressure system generated a drop in temperature with partly clear to cloudy conditions from this Friday through next Sunday. And although the maximum temperature for today is 71 degrees Fahrenheit (22 degrees Celsius) and the minimum is 57 degrees Fahrenheit (14 degrees Celsius), […]

May 14, 2021

There will be no COVID traffic light per municipality in Baja California: Alonso Pérez Rico clarifies

After last Thursday, for the first time in Baja California, the epidemiological traffic light chart was divided by COVID-19, when Mexicali went to orange while the rest of the municipalities remained in yellow, doubts arose as to how this pattern would be handled. However, the Secretary of Health in the State, Alonso Pérez Rico, clarified […]

May 14, 2021

Mexicali could return to red traffic light due to increase in COVID-19 cases

The Secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, indicated during his morning press conference that Mexicali could return to red traffic light due to the alarming increase of COVID-19 cases. Mexicali is currently at number 9 of the municipalities with the most active cases of COVID in the country. Meanwhile, Tijuana ranks 34th nationally. Surprisingly, Baja […]

May 14, 2021

Repaving work begins at Otay port of entry

Through the Department of Territorial, Urban and Environmental Development (SDTUA) in collaboration with the Directorate of Municipal Works and Urban Infrastructure (DOIUM), the City of Tijuana announced that it will begin repaving work on traffic lanes at the Otay port of entry, which will begin this Monday, May 17, and will conclude on May 20. […]

May 14, 2021

Mexicali’s return to orange light could delay reopening of U.S.-Mexico border

It has been 14 months since the restrictions on border crossings due to the coronavirus pandemic were put in place. What seemed to last a couple of months has been extended and has modified the daily life of citizens who used to cross the border for different activities, mostly related to recreation. So far, we […]

May 13, 2021

Mexicali rises to 9th place among municipalities with the highest number of active cases in Mexico

As reported in this website, the Secretariat of Health of Baja California divided the epidemiological traffic light for COVID-19 in the State, due to the increase of infections in one of its municipalities, specifically in Mexicali, which as of this Thursday will go back to orange coloration, while the rest will remain in yellow. With […]

May 13, 2021

Baja California is the state with the highest COVID-19 mortality rate in Mexico

During the conference held at the National Palace, where the Secretariat of Health (SSa) and the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) reported on the daily development of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexican territory, authorities revealed that Baja California is currently the state with the highest mortality rate due to the infectious disease in Mexico. […]

May 12, 2021

San Diego to coordinate with Tijuana to vaccinate manufacture employees

Nora Vargas, San Diego County Supervisor informed that workers of U.S. manufacturing plants located in Tijuana could receive vaccines against the coronavirus from San Diego County. Vargas commented, during the COVID-19 update conference by San Diego County, that they are allocating their resources to have U.S. manufacturing plants employees located in Tijuana vaccinated against the […]

May 12, 2021

Tijuana stuntman triumphs in Hollywood: he will participate in 4 films this year

Tijuana natives continue to be recognized for their talent, now it is the turn of Mexican stuntman Damián Vázquez who was recently recruited by a Canadian production company to shoot four films in the Cayman Islands where he will work with internationally known actors. You may know Damián Vázquez from some of the series and […]

May 12, 2021

Park of de la Amistad in Tijuana will remain closed due to polluting substances

Amistad Park in Tijuana is closed due to deep cleaning works. This after the companies Bioregeneradora de Baja California (BIOR) and Baja Waste Water Solution, located in Otay border crossing and dedicated to the collection of fats, oils and chemicals, spilled waste into the sewage system and contaminated the park's lake. At first, it was […]

May 12, 2021

Increasing number of Mexicans getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in the United States

The United States has become a model nation in terms of anti-COVID vaccination, as its rate of application of the dose has been impressive, currently managing to administer more than 262 million doses against the coronavirus. Such has been its success that even citizens around the world, especially from countries such as Mexico, Argentina and […]

May 11, 2021

Ozone therapy is promoted in Tijuana as an innovative treatment

Ozone therapy is the medicinal use given to ozone in the form of gas, which is obtained from oxygen. In countries such as Spain, Italy, Germany, Cuba, United States, Russia, and of course Mexico, you can already find specialized Ozone Therapy clinics, and one of them is in the border city of Tijuana. But, what […]

May 11, 2021

Active cases of COVID-19 reported in these neighborhoods of Baja California

Baja California accumulates 330 active COVID-19 cases, 226 of them concentrated in Mexicali, 78 in Tijuana, 11 in Ensenada, five in Tecate, five in Rosarito, three in San Felipe and two in San Quintín. In addition, the State capital has the highest incidence of active cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, at 21.23, while in Tijuana […]

May 11, 2021

Nearly 100 patients hospitalized this Tuesday in Baja California due to COVID-19

During his daily report, Baja California's Secretary of Health, Alonso Pérez Rico, informed that 98 patients were hospitalized this Tuesday morning due to COVID-19. But he added that these are not all of them, and that there are still more to be confirmed. However, he noted that of the nearly 100 hospitalized, 20% occupy a […]

May 11, 2021

Lifting restrictions on the Tijuana-San Diego border is possible: Alonso Pérez Rico

After being questioned about the possibilities of lifting restrictions on the border with the United States, as suggested by the San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce, the head of the Secretariat of Health in Baja California, Alonso Pérez Rico, commented that not the entire northern border, but in Tijuana and San Diego. This is because in […]

May 11, 2021

San Diego Mayor, CBP and DHS meet to discuss border restrictions

If there is one association that has been keeping an eye on what is happening with border crossings since the pandemic began, it has been the San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce. It has even been in contact with those in charge of deliberating when and under what conditions the border will be opened. Recently, from […]

May 10, 2021

In Tijuana more than 9 thousand women were assisted for domestic violence in 2020

The domestic violence issue is not exclusive to the pandemic, nor to the city or the state, but to the social context in which we live, in which ignorance, fear and shame lead women to accept aggressive behavior on the part of their partners or loved ones. However, during the quarantine of more than a […]

May 10, 2021

Babies are abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico border

A Border Patrol agent assigned to the Eagle Pass station in Del Rio, Texas, was conducting line surveillance operations when he responded to a call from a Maverick County agent on May 9 about five undocumented immigrant children near Normandy. After responding and finding the children, it was reported that they were three Honduran girls, […]

May 10, 2021

Maintenance continues: de la Amistad Park to remain closed

Last week, through a statement issued by the Tijuana State Public Utilities Commission (CESPT), it was reported that de la Amistad Park was contaminated due to fats, oils and chemicals spilled into the sanitary sewage system by companies in the area. Through the press release, CESPT explained that they would take legal action against Bio […]

May 10, 2021

Tijuana ranks among Mexico’s best municipalities

This Sunday it was announced that Tijuana has the fifth place nationally in the ranking of municipalities and mayors' offices. In addition to this, according to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), the municipality obtained a score of 77.7 in the PbR-SED 2021 Diagnosis. This result, achieved the increase of 2.50 points compared […]

May 9, 2021