Did you get vaccinated in Baja California? This is what you should know about the second dose

According to the head of the Secretariat of Health of Baja California, Alonso Perez Rico, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been administered to 142 thousand 118 adults over 60 years of age in the state. However, those who were among the first to receive the drug are worried about their second dose, […]

March 22, 2021 at 2:06 PM PDT

Tijuana begins week with less than 100 active COVID-19 cases

Baja California began the week in yellow color and with a decrease of active COVID-19 cases from 253 to 229, with Mexicali surpassing Tijuana. The state capital concentrates 91 active cases, Tijuana 82, Ensenada 24, San Quintin 12, Rosarito 11, Tecate nine, and San Felipe none. At the same time, in the last 24 hours […]

March 22, 2021 at 12:40 PM PDT

Spring Break: a risk for Baja California

Being only 6 days away from Spring Break we must look at all the risks it could bring to the state due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring Break begins on Sunday, March 28 and ends on Saturday, April 3, in Mexico this season has always been for vacationing and going out to have fun, with […]

March 22, 2021 at 12:09 PM PDT

More than 3 thousand Tijuana residents were vaccinated on Sunday in Rosarito

Rosarito started the vaccination against COVID-19 for adults over 60 years old, last Saturday, March 20, with four vaccination points, two of them mass vaccination points. According to the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, 10 thousand 529 people of this age range were vaccinated over the weekend in the fifth municipality, […]

March 22, 2021 at 11:58 AM PDT

Pro-cannabis group replants Benito Juarez Park in Tijuana

A group of people in favor of the legalization of marijuana dedicated this weekend to reforest part of Benito Juarez Park, located near the Municipal Palace. After the Zocalo July 11 project failed in its construction, the area has been deteriorating, so advocates of green areas and several citizens have devoted themselves to place new […]

March 22, 2021 at 7:43 AM PDT

Mexican vaccine against the coronavirus would be ready by the end of 2021.

This Sunday, Jorge Alcocer Varela, federal health secretary, announced that the anti-COVID-19 formula being developed by Mexican experts could probably be ready for use before the end of 2021. It was during the first ordinary meeting of the National Health Council (CONASA) where the Secretary had the task of inaugurating the meeting, taking advantage of […]

March 21, 2021 at 6:30 PM PDT

Crime reaches Valle de Guadalupe: gun attack at party kills and injures people

This Sunday, March 21, Valle de Guadalupe was the scene of an act of aggression, as early in the morning, at a party located at kilometer 89 of the Ensenada-Tecate highway, a group of armed men burst in with gunshots towards the guests. The act left three people dead and nine injured. According to Semanario […]

March 21, 2021 at 2:05 PM PDT

Hospital occupancy reaches less than 10% in Baja California because of COVID-19

COVID-19 trends continue to decline in Baja California, according to the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, who reported that "for the first time in a long time", hospital occupancy is below 10%, specifically 9.10%. After being confirmed with coronavirus, 64 patients were hospitalized this Saturday, and 32 more on a ventilator. […]

March 20, 2021 at 12:32 PM PDT

Chevron Stadium among the four mass vaccination sites in Tijuana

As previously reported, this Saturday the head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, announced the mass vaccination points that will be installed in Tijuana for the vaccination against COVID-19 for adults over 60 years of age. The four points are: Lazaro Cardenas Federal High School, UABC Campus Otay, Chevron Stadium (better known as […]

March 20, 2021 at 11:22 AM PDT

The U.S. announces new form to apply for permanent residency

Are you looking to apply for permanent residency in the United States? We inform you that some changes have been made that will take effect as of April 19, 2021. These changes have to do, mainly, with the Form I-485. Until now, the form that was being accepted was the 10/15/19 form, however, they have […]

March 19, 2021 at 5:31 PM PDT

All seniors in Tijuana could be vaccinated within a week

As previously reported, vaccination against COVID-19 for adults over 60 years of age will begin next week in Tijuana. This was reaffirmed by authorities this Friday, who stated that between Monday or Tuesday the doses will be applied to this sector of the population, expecting to cover 100% in one week, as long as the […]

March 19, 2021 at 12:01 PM PDT

First forest to be created in Tijuana due to lack of parks

The lack of parks in Tijuana has been a problem that has been dealt with during the last decades due to the rapid expansion of the urban area, therefore, councilman Arnulfo "Fufo" Guerrero Leon has presented an initiative before the city council to give the city its first forest. The objective of creating such space […]

March 19, 2021 at 7:54 AM PDT

Starting Friday Tijuana businesses will be fined for giving out plastic bags

Despite the fact that in 2018 the modification to the Environmental Protection Regulation was approved to ban plastic bags in Tijuana, coming into effect in March 2019, and planning the application of fines to commercial establishments for September 2020; municipal authorities extended the period of sanctions for March 19, 2021. The above, due to the […]

March 18, 2021 at 5:08 PM PDT

U.S. citizens may only cross into Mexico for essential reasons.

Restrictions on non-essential travel at land border crossings between Mexico and the United States will be extended until April 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday. Despite being news that was already expected, something that has surprised many is that now Mexico has also decided to restrict land travel on its […]

March 18, 2021 at 3:14 PM PDT

Hospital occupancy due to COVID-19 reaches 10% in Baja California

According to the report presented yesterday morning by the Secretary of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, in one month Baja California went from 21.6% hospital occupancy by COVID-19 to 10.72% until this Thursday. "For every 10 beds I have for COVID patients, only one is occupied," he said. Hospitalized patients confirmed with coronavirus total 74, while […]

March 18, 2021 at 12:47 PM PDT

Vaccination in Tijuana to begin next week

The head of the Secretariat of Health, Alonso Perez Rico, informed that the vaccination against COVID-19 for adults over 60 years of age in Tijuana will begin next week. Without giving an exact date or specific vaccination points, he commented that they will install three massive sites and 10 more in the outskirts of the […]

March 18, 2021 at 11:57 AM PDT

U.S.-Mexico border restrictions to continue through April 21

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that non-essential travel restrictions between the U.S. and Mexican borders will continue, it made this known through its Twitter page. "To prevent further spread of COVID-19, and in coordination with our partners in Canada and Mexico, the United States is extending non-essential travel restrictions at our land […]

March 18, 2021 at 10:11 AM PDT

San Diego: With 28°F Ramona registers record low temperatures

A few hours ago, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported through social media that the town of Ramona, located in San Diego County, California, broke its own record by registering a temperature of 28 degrees Fahrenheit this Wednesday morning, March 17. Since 2008, the Californian city's record was 29° F, but due to the big […]

March 17, 2021 at 10:52 PM PDT

Do you cross through the Otay Port of Entry? These routes will be closed

The Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce informed that Caltrans and SANDAG continue the construction of the SR-11 Port of Entry Project so the closures of the following zones will take place until March 25. Sunday, March 21 from 20:00 hours to 05:00 hours. Will be closed: East SR-905 connector to East SR-11 and North SR-125 […]

March 17, 2021 at 3:52 PM PDT

44 thousand 251 Baja Californians have been infected with COVID-19 one year into the pandemic

On a day like today but in 2020, the first two cases of COVID-19 in the region were being confirmed in Baja California; they were two women, one 54 and the other 58 years old, both residents of Mexicali. One year into the pandemic in the state, 44 thousand 251 people have been infected, of […]

March 17, 2021 at 11:23 AM PDT