5 Budget-Friendly Baja Hotels

Our friends at Discover Baja Travel Club have put together a list of their favorite budget accommodations on the peninsula where travelers will get great value without breaking the bank. The following hotels are all under US$40/night for double occupancy. San Quintin, B.C. Hotel Jardines Price: $600 pesos As the name suggests, the rooms are […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:55 PM PDT

Tijuana Indie Film Wins Best Feature Film at the Houston Latino Film Festival

Amir, an indie movie that was filmed in Tijuana, won Best Feature Film at the Houston Latino Film Festival, which took place on March 25th to the 27th. Directed by José Paredes and with performances by actors Jorge Guevara, Tania Niebla, Lirio Karina, Paul Jiménez, Fernando Fisher and Pedro Rodman. It tells the story of […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:55 PM PDT

Spring Break Brings 1.138 Million Tourists to Baja

TIJUANA – Baja tourism had an important and remarkable landmark, a 19% tourism increase compared to last year's Spring Break. This increase was registered from Friday, March 18 to Sunday, April 3rd. Close to 1,138,408 tourists came to visit seven Baja tourist destinations during this holiday season, there were also 16 cruise ships that docked […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:55 PM PDT

El Niño Bringing Showers Back to San Diego Starting Thursday

SAN DIEGO – Another one! Yes, several storms are coming our way, the first one of Spring and it’ll all pour down this weekend, with a 90% chance of rain for Saturday night, so yeah, your weekend plans might get a little wet…

April 13, 2017 at 9:54 PM PDT

Another Mechanical Failure at Tijuana Amusement Park

TIJUANA – At least 12 people were injured after theme park Mundo Divertido’s swing ride collapsed, this is the second time that an accident of this magnitude has happened. According to local newspaper Frontera, two people were rushed to the hospital due to severe injuries while the rest were being evaluated by first responders. Seven […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:54 PM PDT

Baja California Is The Fifth Economy With Major Export Capacity

To generate the ranking the amount of exports, diversity and specialization in products exported by each entity are considered. Only during 2014 exports of Baja California exceeded 40,000 million USD and were destined for more than 160 countries. Electronics, machinery and transport vehicles are among the main exported products. When analyzing the results by geographical […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:53 PM PDT

City of Tijuana Clarifies 4 Big Changes to Public Transit

TIJUANA – On a press conference held this Tuesday morning, the Secretary General of Tijuana's local government, Carlos Mejía López, highlighted the main changes that will happen to Tijuana's public transit service, once the new BRT public transit system (SITT) and guidelines kicks in. This is what the local government had to cleared up in […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:53 PM PDT

Watch Tijuana Change and Buildings Disappear in 7 GIFs: Part 2

TIJUANA – Just a few weeks ago we shared the first part of the photo series "Watch Tijuana Change and Buildings Disappear", where we showcased some Tijuana landmarks and famous streets in Downtown Tijuana, where you can clearly see the many changes that Tijuana has experienced throughout the years. This time around, we'll show you […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:53 PM PDT

A Friend and “Favorite Contractor” of Mexico’s President Uncovered by the Panama Papers

MEXICO – The largest data leak in the history of journalism happened yesterday evening, with 2.6 terabytes of documents gathered by more than 370 journalists from 100 media outlets in 76 countries, all coordinated under the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). This is the Panama Papers, named after Panamanian-based law firm Mossack Fonseca and […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:52 PM PDT

3 Baja Wines Win Prestigious International Awards in Europe

TIJUANA – Even though Baja California consumes less than a bottle of wine per capita, the state leads at the national level in production and Valle de Guadalupe's brands are positioning themselves on an international level in terms of quality. Baja wines Syrah, Mourvedre, Cirio and Cardón from winery Casta de Vinos, were awarded with […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:50 PM PDT

Medi-Cal Expands To Immigrant Children and Here’s How It Works

Depending on whom you ask, anywhere from 170,000 to 250,000 children who live in California and are in the country illegally will qualify. If you think your child will, or know a parent whose child will, state officials and health care advocates have a simple message for you: Take action now. "Sign up today," says Rachel Vizcarra, a […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:50 PM PDT

Top beers at San Diego bars

Stone Brewing is one of the most common breweries you’ll find in San Diego bars, according to data from Taphunter. Out of the 4,500 tap handles Taphunter tracks in San Diego, 4.47 percent of them poured Stone beers over the period from Feb. 28 to March 28. Ballast Point finished second with 3.1 percent. In […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:48 PM PDT

Strong Dollar Could Stall Baja Construction Boom

The recent dollar – peso currency exchange has not only affected tourism and housing expenses, it has also affected Baja's recent construction works. Spending for several infrastructure projects has increased due to the higher prices for materials, but among all one main material stands out: cement. Even though Mexico is one of the world's top […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:47 PM PDT

Ensenada Names Itself the Mexican Wine Capital

The Ensenada City council approved a decree naming its municipality as the Mexican Wine Capital, after a bill that was proposed this past February 25th. Councilmember Máximo Rivas Valencia presented the proposal before the Urban Image Improvement of Ensenada’s Tourism Zone Committee last month with the aim of strengthening the municipality’s ecotourism careers on a […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:47 PM PDT

Authorities Investigating Disturbing Video of Canadian Kissing Little Girl in Mexico

MEXICO –Since early Monday, both social and traditional media lit up with outrage in Mexico after a video showing an elderly foreign man in Mexico kissing a little girl went viral, with some media outlets reporting that the father of the girls received donations in exchange for permission to molest his daughters. This information about […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:45 PM PDT

Spring Break Pours Millions of Dollars into Baja… and Trash at Beaches

ROSARITO – This Spring Break season and Holy Week holiday in Mexico brought 90,000 people to the city of Tijuana, according to the Tijuana Conventions and Tourism Committee (COTUCO), which also reports 7.2 million dollars brought into the city from tourism. The head of COTUCO, Francisco Villegas Peralta, reported that a 40% increase in tourism […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:44 PM PDT

Two Independents Still in the Fight for a Chance to Be Tijuana Mayor

TIJUANA – This Monday, the Baja California Electoral Institute (IEE) will present their final analysis results regarding an "exhaustive review" request by independent candidates, media executive Carolina Aubanel and attorney Atilano Peña, for a spot on the Tijuana mayoral ballot. On Friday, Aubanel requested a review of 8,000 signatures considered invalid by the electoral authorities […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:44 PM PDT

Watch Tijuana Change and Buildings Disappear in 7 GIFs

TIJUANA –A few days ago, we stumbled upon old photographs of Tijuana that began to feed our curiosity towards discovering what used to be there, since some buildings have changed a lot since those pictures were taken. What may had been known as a ranch or several ranches known as Tia Juana in 1829, paved […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:43 PM PDT

This Was Our Tijuana Dinner in the Sky Experience

Tijuana is the latest city to offer having dinner whilst at a table being lifted by a huge crane up in the air and calling it "Dinner in the Sky" , and both special invitees and media were treated to the first taste [p]this past Wednesday at Tijuana’s new Tourism Plan 2016 inauguration event presented […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:42 PM PDT

Chargers want hotel tax hike for $1.8B ‘convadium’

The Chargers will ask San Diego voters in November to raise taxes on hotel stays to 16.5 percent from today's 12.5 percent rate to help build a $1.8 billion hybrid stadium and convention center next to Petco Park downtown, said sources close to the team's negotiations with lawyers, bankers and the hotel industry. Paying for […]

April 13, 2017 at 9:41 PM PDT