Mexican Families Are Also Trying to Get Asylum in San Ysidro

Just like the African and Haitian refugees waiting for an asylum hearing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry into the United States, dozens of other families from southern Mexico are also congregating outside the border with the same purpose: Migrating into the country. These families, originating from Michoacan, Guerrero and Veracruz, are currently located […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:57 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton Wins California, and Other Results from Yesterday’s Primary Election

California's primary elections have ended, and this is what resulted from over 17 million Californians casting their vote. 1. – Hillary Clinton Declares Herself Winner After taking over 56% of the votes in California and taking for a fact that she has enough delegate to earn the nomination, Hillary Clinton declared herself the first Democrat […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:57 PM PDT

600 Haitian and African Refugees are Being Sheltered in Tijuana

Up to 600 people coming from Haiti and Africa have been taken in by various homeless shelters in Tijuana, said Hector Zepeda Cisneros, the city's Health Services Chief. Sanitation authorities visited several of Tijuana's homeless and immigrant shelters "to ensure that these people are being treated fairly and adequately", according to Zepeda Cisneros, in what […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:56 PM PDT

Uber Will Accept Cash Payments in Mexico… For Now

In Baja California, Uber customers from Tijuana and Mexicali can now pay their rides in cash. The company will be progressively testing this new option in eight Mexican cities and trying to give both passengers and drivers the option to request and accept it, respectively, meaning that it's neither obligatory nor restrictive. Uber drivers who […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:56 PM PDT

Runner-Ups in Tijuana Mayoral Election Vow to Contest Preliminary Results

Yesterday's preliminary count made National Action Party (PAN) candidate Juan Manuel Gastélum the city's mayor-elect with only a 1% advantage over Institutional Revolutionary Party's (PRI) René Mendivil and Social Encounter Party's (PES) Julián Leyzaola. Now, both of them have said that they will contest the result because of irregularities and suspicions of 'dirty tactics'. "We […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:56 PM PDT

21 Pitbulls to Be Put Down in Tijuana If Not Found a Home Soon

Twenty-one Pitbull dogs that are now under the care of Tijuana’s Animal Control Center and waiting for adoption could be euthanized if a proper home is not found for each of them. These are all part of the 54 Pitbull dogs rescued from a house in the Alamar neighborhood last April. Most of them were […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:55 PM PDT

London Photographer Facing Multiple Life Sentences For Abusing Over 200 Children

LONDON. A 'freelance photographer' and 'teacher' from Ashford, England, who travelled to Malaysia's capital for supposed charitable activities, admitted 71 different child sexual abuse offenses for acts committed against 23 children from an impoverished community in a "campaign of rape" that went on for 9 years; his sentence is of 25 years in prison. The […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:55 PM PDT

Election 2016: PAN Candidate is Tijuana’s Virtual Mayor-Elect

With 23.1% of the total votes in his favour, the National Action Party (PAN) candidate Juan Manuel Gastélum is the winner of the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP). Gastélum maintained a 1% advantage over René Mendivil, candidate for the coalition between the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Labor Party (PT), Mexico’s Green Ecologist Party (PVEM), and […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:55 PM PDT

Tijuana’s Election for Mayor is in a Virtual Triple-Tie

Even if abstentionism remains high in Baja California, where the voter turnout was less than 35% in yesterday’s election, the day ended with three Tijuana candidates for mayor virtually tied in the Preliminary Electoral Results Program (PREP), claiming an early advantage before the preliminary count was over. The National Action Party (PAN) candidate Juan Manuel […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:53 PM PDT

Larger Voter Turnout Expected on this Upcoming Election in Baja California

Up to 40% of citizen participation is expected in the upcoming elections on Sunday, June 5, where Tijuana will elect a new mayor, along with the rest of Baja California and its other municipalities. According to Testa Marketing, a polling agency, the citizens’ interest in the election has grown significantly. This sudden growth in voter […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:52 PM PDT

6 Great Ways to Spend your Weekend in Tijuana and San Diego

TIJUANA. Tijuana will elect its new mayor on Sunday, but here's a list of fun things that voters and non-voters alike can do away from the ballots. 1.- CECUT's MGMT Laser Show Place: The Tijuana Cultural Center IMAX Dome Theater Dates: Every Friday and Saturday in June. Time: Fridays 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 and […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:52 PM PDT

The Tijuana Cultural Center Presents: MGMT, the Laser Show

TIJUANA. The IMAX Dome Theater on the Tijuana Cultural Center (CECUT) will open the MGMT Laser Show today, Friday June 3, with screenings every Friday at 9:00 p.m; 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. on weekends. This show will allow fans of the psychedelic duo to enjoy their biggest hits, such as Congratulations, Time to Pretend, Alien […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:52 PM PDT

San Ysidro Port of Entry to be Closed on July 15 RE

Pedestrian traffic crossing into the U.S. via the San Ysidro port of entry will be redirected to the El Chaparral port of entry, known as the PedWest project, because the old area is scheduled for demolition. "The East Wing of the port will be demolished, the part where pedestrians actually cross, all of that will […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:51 PM PDT

Mexicans are the Least Likely Group to be Granted Asylum at U.S. Border

Mexicans are less likely to receive political asylum in the U.S. than any other applicant, says Jacob J Sapochnick, a migration lawyer in San Diego. Once the application for an asylum interview passes, it's likely that the migrants from other countries get approved first. Asylum requests are a constant in the San Ysidro-Tijuana Point of […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:51 PM PDT

50 San Ysidro Businesses Close Due to High Dollar Prices

TIJUANA. The strong dollar vs Mexican pesos "is giving us a hard time", said Jason Wells, Executive Director of the San Ysidros Board of Commerce and Businesses Association, who revealed that 50 local businesses have closed since the last quarter of 2015. Due to losses of up to 40% in sales, business owners have started […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:50 PM PDT

The 10 Best Spots for Food and Drinks in San Diego

You might already have a favorite "Happy Hour" spot, but here's your chance to shake things up a little and get out of your routine. Uber just made a list with the best places to have good food and drinks in San Diego. How? Basing it on their passengers' most frequent destinations, which are as […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:50 PM PDT

Vote for me, or go f— your mother

"We are doing the first grassroots campaign in Tijuana," Antonio Ley tells the Reader. "We are doing it Obama style." Ley is the downtown canvass coordinator for one of the independent candidates running for Tijuana's city mayor, Gastón Luken Garza. It's the first time in Baja that independent candidates are able to be in the […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:49 PM PDT

“Everyone is free to do what they will with their bodies”: Tijuana Lawyers in Favor of Gay Marriage

Members of the Family's National Front in Mexico (FNF) protested against gay marriage at the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) offices in Tijuana. Their written demands include a 'call to reason' for PRI's national director to scrap an initiative that would allow same-sex individuals to legally marry, as proposed by Mexico's president Enrique Peña Nieto. However, […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:48 PM PDT

4 Tips to Quit Smoking On World No Tobacco Day

Even if you don't know the specific health risks that go hand in hand with tobacco, we can all agree on the general precept that smoking is bad for you. Not only are you twenty times as susceptible to lung cancer, but those around you are also in danger because of secondhand smoke. Why not […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:48 PM PDT

Over Half of Mexican Candidates Don’t Report Their Campaign Spending

CIUDAD DE MEXICO. Despite heavy media attention on Mexico's "3 out of 3 Law", under which candidates for public office are obligated to reveal the value of their current and future financial operations, including campaign expenditures, an estimated 52% of them have not yet disclose said data, even as Mexico is five days away from […]

April 13, 2017 at 10:48 PM PDT