Thousands of German soccer fans sang Christmas carols

RIVERSIDE, CA.- In what could be soccer’s biggest Christmas traditions, team FC Union Berlin celebrated its annual tradition where more than 22,500 fans went to Stadion An der Alten Försterei to sing Christmas carols. The stadium can barely hold 18,432 fans, but the supporters also went into the field to sing Christmas carols for more […]

April 13, 2017

In Finland, Santa Claus plays soccer

RIVERSIDE, CA.- For those days he is not busy giving out gifts around the world, Saint Nicholas is the number 1 fan of a soccer team in Finland, the Football Club Santa Claus which plays in the Nordic city of Rovaniemi. Founded in 1993, the team was formed after the amalgam of teams Rovaniemen Reipas […]

April 13, 2017

506 Immigrants become U.S. citizens in San Diego

"You are now part of the American dream." With that phrase, U.S. District Judge David Bartick welcomed 506 people whom he had just sworn in as U.S. citizens in a naturalization ceremony held Wednesday morning. Participants included 19 active duty military personnel, who sat in their uniforms in the front row at Golden Hall, at […]

April 13, 2017

Former Marine Jon Hammar has been released from Mexican prison

On August 13th, 2012, Jon Hammar was detained in Mexico after entering the country with a weapon considered of military use. After a 4 month process, the former United States Marine was released yesterday and will be able to celebrate the holidays at home. The 27 year old is an Iraq War veteran and as […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican President announces high-speed rail project in Yucatan

MEXICO.- Mexico's government has announced a high-speed rail project in the Yucatan Peninsula aimed at unlocking that region's full economic, tourist and social potential. President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday presented the Merida-Punta Venado Trans-Peninsular Train project, to be built under a concession or public-private partnership contract. The project – the first in the infrastructure […]

April 13, 2017

Exploring Baja and Its Blue Palm Canyon, ‘El Berrendo’

Running water is not far from the end of the road in this Blue Palm 'oasis' How to get to Berrendo Canyon: There are several roads into (or out of) Valle Chico allowing one to make a loop trip or see some of the other area sites. By far, the fastest and easiest road is […]

April 13, 2017

Crowd welcomes new Mayan era at pyramid in Mexico

MEXICO.- Crowds of people gathered Friday around the Kukulkan pyramid in southeastern Mexico to celebrate with prayers and ritual dances the beginning of a new era on the Mayan calendar. Since 5:30 a.m., a constant flow of visitors, most of them dressed in white and laden with candles and incense, arrived at the ruins of […]

April 13, 2017

The Baja Love Affair

By Jim Pickell Via Baja.com Baja is my true love, too, which is why I launched Baja.com in early 2012: To showcase this amazing part of Mexico with a goal of reigniting the flames of passion that so many travelers had for adventure, food, music, culture and all of the sensory aspects that are and […]

April 13, 2017

NASA receives hundreds of “Doomsday” phone calls

SAN DIEGO, CA. – Although it's past 12:00p.m., December 21st, which according to the interpretation of the Mayan Calendar was the date in which was to be "the end of the world." NASA has been receiving up to 300 calls an hour from people asking about the supposed phenomenon. J.D. Harrington, a spokesman for NASA, […]

April 13, 2017

Senator’s plan could halt BBG Communications charges

California Senator, Ted W. Lieu, introduced today a new plan to better protect consumers from payphone charges when using their credit card to make calls on public payphones. According to a recent media study, between 500,000 and 800,000 U.S. troops were forced to pay extremely high fees during a short stop in Germany, when making […]

April 13, 2017

End of the world: fundamentalism, fanaticism and chaos

"They are also prohibited from having sexual relations, as God intended it, which the reason for these type of relations in the first place are to have children, but if the world is going to end, why want kids?" After living in peace for a long time, a few months ago things changed by burning […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos will play against the world’s champions in Libertadores

TIJUANA, BC.- Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente has been drawn on Group 5 of the 2013 Copa Libertadores de América where they will play against current world champions', Corinthians from Brazil. Millonarios from Colombia and San José Oruro from Bolivia complete the group. The draw took place in the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol in […]

April 13, 2017

Bob Filner welcomes Tijuana’s Xolos at Petco Park

SAN DIEGO.- The Mayor of San Diego, Bob Filner, was in charge of welcoming professional soccer team "Xolos" (Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente) from Tijuana today in their first training session at Petco Park in San Diego. This is an event that serves as an example of the ongoing effort by Filner, who is constantly […]

April 13, 2017

Health Care for Dreamers, a Letter to President Barack Obama

Currently immigrants in the U.S. who do not have a legal residency status are excluded from the Affordable Care Act. Also in August of this year there was a ruling that excluded those who were approved through deferred action. In light of this situation Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, who serves in California's 34th Congressional District, sent […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana spearheads the change in Mexico?

As an example of the new economic era that Mexico is going through, Tijuana leads the way as a sign of this development. This city for some time has been almost like a technological paradise in Mexico, which currently the medical and aerospace industries have also been integrated in this process, and has made Tijuana […]

April 13, 2017

Luxury Lodging at Esperanza, an Auberge Resort in Los Cabos: “Find Your Balance”

Want to swim with an enormous whale shark? Esperanza's exciting new "Sea Life Adventure Experiences" series also began in September, with the advent of the Sea Turtle Sunset Release program. Los Cabos is a breeding ground for several species of endangered sea turtles, and Esperanza guests can participate in area preservation efforts by adopting a […]

April 13, 2017

2 new players for Xolos

SAN DIEGO, CA.- Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente will count on having essentially the same roster that was part of the LIGA MX-2012 Apertura championship team. The team added two more players, midfielder Noe Maya and Daniel Omar Marquez Palacios as the team’s offseason acquisitions. The Xoloitzcuintles made the move to help with depth as […]

April 13, 2017

Jenni Rivera’s public memorial service held in Los Angeles

Los Angeles.- In an emotional public memorial service on Wednesday, friends and family bade farewell to Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera at the Gibson Amphitheatre here. A red casket with white butterflies was placed in the middle of the stage on a bed of white roses, while images from the popular singer's life – photographs and […]

April 13, 2017

Beauty Queens, Drugs, Fast and Furious

Beauty Queen, Maria Susana Flores, who was the winner of the beauty contest for the state of Sinaloa 2012, died three weeks ago during a confrontation between drug dealers and Mexican police authorities from Sinaloa. This tragedy again has put some light onto this type of incidents, which is not the first time this happens, […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican criminals force migrants to smuggle drugs

SAN DIEGO. – Activists who defend the rights of immigrants are concerned about the increasing number of cases in which people are forced to smuggle drugs into the United States from Mexico, where drug traffickers are threatening the family members of these victims in order for them to comply. The activists say that this phenomenon […]

April 13, 2017