80% of Baja Graduates Take a Full Year to Find Jobs

Juan Manuel Ocegueda, rector of the Autonomous University of Baja California, recently assured the media that, according to recent studies conducted by the school, 80% of their students find a job related to their degree in a six-month-to-a-year period. Around 2,106 undergrads from the Tijuana Campus' different faculties and 4,884 from Baja California in general […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:36 PM PDT

X-Men Stars Say Fox Should Be Terrified of Them Not Coming Back for More

Jennifer Lawrence is without a doubt one of Hollywood's biggest stars in recent memory, having left a mark in huge productions like the Hunger Games and X-Men franchises, and it's in the latter where the actress considers herself to be of most value. Her contract, along with those of James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:36 PM PDT

Documentary Film Tour “Ambulante” Opens in Tijuana Today

TIJUANA. Mexico's famous documentary tour Ambulante will open its 11th edition tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Tijuana's Cultural Center (Cecut), with a one-time screening of Somos Lengua (2016), a documentary about Mexico's rapping community. Tijuana rapper Danger is one of the hip-hop artists who make an appearance in this documentary directed by Mexican-Nigerian Kyzza Terrazas. […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:36 PM PDT

Former “La Costa” Restaurant Destroyed by Fire

TIJUANA.- On May 17, 2016, in a spectacular blaze that lit up the early evening sky, the once-famous seafood restaurant known as La Costa, which crowns the main entrance to San Antonio del Mar and its parkland, was engulfed in a massive fireball that reduced the former restaurant to a gutted, blacked-out ruin. The cause […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:35 PM PDT

Tijuana Men are Afraid to Report That They are Victims of Domestic Abuse

Tijuana.- Local news outlet El Sol de Tijuana interviewed a Women's Institute of Tijuana (Inmujer) staff member, Gabriela Navarro Peraza, about different cases of men suffering domestic abuse committed by their spouses; so far in the year, only 15 men have reached out for help. They fear social criticism the most, and it's one of […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:35 PM PDT

City of Tijuana Steps In To Combat Medical Lane Abuse At San Ysidro

Inappropriate use of the medical lane on the San Ysidro border crossing has caused a problematic spike in its traffic, especially since 2015. Created over 4 years ago, the medical lane at the San Ysidro – Tijuana border crossing is meant for people with a medical pass to promote Mexico-to-U.S.A medical tourism and for those […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:35 PM PDT

THE PRESIDENT OF COPARMEX SEEKS TO DISCUSS ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVE IN THE SENATE

The national president of COPARMEX, Gustavo de Hoyos Walther, relied on the social sensitivity of the Republic's senators to endorse the proposal and for it to be one of the key pillars of the National Anticorruption System. He recalled that this initiative is composed of a hundred articles, which was technically developed by the teams […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:34 PM PDT

Mexico Greenlights Production and Import of Marijuana-Based Medicine

MEXICO CITY. The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris), one of the biggest obstacles in Mexico for the consumption of certain substances, has now greenlit the production and importing of marijuana based medicinal products in the country. Secretary of Health, José Narro Robles, said that he is only waiting for the matter […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:34 PM PDT

Sixth Annual Bike Fest On Its Way to Tijuana

TIJUANA. A big parade of bikers, going from the Monumental Clock in Tijuana's Revolution Avenue to the Hidalgo Produce Market, will be the opening act of the sixth Bike Fest, an international motorbike enthusiast reunion happening on June 17 through 19. Tattoo and bikini contests, food and live music are part of the activities planned […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:34 PM PDT

Mexican President Proposes Full Legalization of Gay Marriage Nationwide

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has made an official "proposition" to the country's Congress, seeking to legalize gay marriage nationwide. This constitutional reform will ensure that "equal marriage" has a legal basis, as Mexico's Supreme Court already ruled it's unconstitutional to not recognize marriage between persons of the same sex, although stopped short of implementing […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:34 PM PDT

The 2016 Rosarito Art Fest is Just a Few Days Away

ROSARITO.- We are only a few days from the Rosarito Art Fest's seventh edition, an event that will showcase the work of over 80 plastic artists from Mexico and all over the world, including the U.S., France, Cuba, Argentina, Singapore, Tibet and Nepal. The festival will be divided into 5 exposition areas, including: Plastic arts, […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:34 PM PDT

42% of Mexicans Lack Access to the Internet

As part of Internet Day, a celebration held in several Latin American countries, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) released a document stating that 42% of the country’s population over the age of 6 does not have access to an Internet connection, which accounts for 46.3 million Mexicans. According to Inegi’s National Home […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:33 PM PDT

Tijuana’s “Food Trucks Fest 2016” Rises Above Last Year’s Issues

With over 20 different trucks setting up shop and thousands of hungry visitors, the second annual Tijuana Food Trucks Fest took place this past Sunday, May 15. This culinary event is the work of 12 Marketing undergrads from the Autonomous University of Baja California's Tijuana campus. HUMO Charcutería. Occupying one of the Caliente Racetrack's parking […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:32 PM PDT

Share the Baja Sunset in a Vineyard Concert with Ricardo Montaner

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter Ricardo Montaner will once again delight Baja California audiences on June 18 as part of his AGRADECIDO TOUR, in what promises to be a night to remember, full of hit songs, good memories and new music, along with the unequivocal style and fantastic voice of this great tenor. Attendees will experience one […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:32 PM PDT

Vote Buying Could Be Deciding Factor in Upcoming Baja Elections

TIJUANA.- Mexico's political parties in Tijuana are progressively spending less from their millionaire campaign funds given out by the country's Electoral Institute this year. That is, spending less in traditional "get out the vote" strategies. Especially notable are the spending practices of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the oldest in Mexico, which received 7,547,165 Mexican […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:31 PM PDT

Mexican Convenience Store Chain Could Soon Offer Legal Birth Certificates and Marriage Licenses

MEXICO.- Yesterday, convenience store chain OXXO announced that birth and death certificates, as well as marriage licenses, could soon be legally processed 'over the counter' through their stores in the Mexican State of Nuevo León, a program is being pushed by Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, in coalition with Nuevo León’s […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:31 PM PDT

Ensenada Is Mexico’s Second Most Popular Destination for Cruise Ships

Ensenada, Baja California’s biggest port town, has consolidated its place as the second biggest destination for cruise ships in Mexico, turning into the main focus for the country’s Pacific coast region, receiving a 39% of all passengers. Ensenada’s port is one of the biggest hubs for Mexico’s maritime commerce by being an entry point into […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:30 PM PDT

People with disabilities to Put Tijuana’s Mayoral Candidates Through “Job Interviews”

Tijuana's mayoral candidates will go through an interview process where they will answer questions specifically related to the work they plan on doing to help the segment of the population with disabilities if they were to win the election, said José Manuel García Arévalo, general director of Generación Prisma, a civil association. All 12 aspiring […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:30 PM PDT

Growing Worry for Tijuana’s Economy Following Price Hikes on Gas and U.S. Dollar

Recently, Tijuana’s gas prices saw a rise of 50 Mexican cents per liter ($0.02 USD). The country’s increasing price for Magna and Premium type gasoline products, coupled with the growing disparity of Mexican peso and U.S. dollar exchange rate, are both signs and causes of the economic uncertainty that surrounds residents of the border region, […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:29 PM PDT

Date Now Set for Opening of New Pedestrian Border Crossing at San Ysidro

SAN YSIDRO.-PedWest, the new pedestrian border crossing point located between El Chaparral and San Ysidro, has now an official inauguration date set for July 15 of this year; only pedestrians going from México to the U.S. will be able to use it during its initial phase. Through the combined efforts of Mexico’s and the United […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:29 PM PDT