Mexican singer hits ‘Different’ stride in new disc

Mexican songwriter Ximana Sariñana is betting her fans like something "Different." That's the name of the single of her self-titled new album, which is mostly all in English. That's a departure from her first production, "Mediocre" (Warner Brothers, 2008), which was all in her native Spanish. Sariñana, at the House of Blues on Thursday, performs […]

April 13, 2017

Forced to work at massive marijuana farm?

TIJUANA – The 57 laborers detained at the massive marijuana field discovered south of Ensenada said they were being forced to work there against their will, said Baja California's human rights ombudsman. But federal authorities said the men are members of an organized crime group. They are being held at El Hongo, the state penitentiary […]

April 13, 2017

U.S. team with German touch takes on Mexico

They came to an agreement in time. The U.S. Soccer Federation signed Juergen Klinsmman to be the national team head coach last week. The timing might have been near perfect. The United States and Mexico meet in an international soccer friendly Wednesday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Klinsmann replaces five-year coach Bob Bradley and […]

April 13, 2017

Where do you hide 2.2 tons of pot?

TIJUANA – Military authorities intercepted a tractor-trailer bound for the United States carrying more than 2.2 tons of marijuana hidden in vegetable boxes on Sunday. The truck, which had California plates, was discovered at the Otay Mesa border crossing, according to a statement from the Second Military Zone issued Monday. One man was arrested. The […]

April 13, 2017

New clinic to treat all children with cancer for free

TIJUANA – Enedina Romero says she spent a million pesos in the first year after her son was diagnosed with leukemia. The expenses, about $80,000, were for tests, medications and treatments at private clinics and were covered by her medical insurance. But by the second year, the company cancelled her policy and she was forced […]

April 13, 2017

100 Baja agents to fight crime in downtown Tijuana

TIJUANA – What's keeping a lid on tourism and commerce in the downtown area is the perception that it's not safe, one local business leader said. Domestic and foreign tourists are actually starting to return little by little to the area, including to the emblematic avenida Revolución, after the district endured a series of blows […]

April 13, 2017

Sanz lending his voice to Mexican reality show

TIJUANA – "La Voz … México," the new reality show from Televisa that soon will be broadcast by Univision in the United States, has added Spanish singing star Alejandro Sanz as one of the four coaches. Olivia Flores, a spokeswoman for Televisa México, said that Sanz will share his experience along with singers Lucero, Aleks […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos win first game in tough First Division

It wasn't the prettiest goal but José Sand will take it. So will the rest of his teammates and the entire city of Tijuana. Sand poked in a ball loose into the net to help Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles to its first win in the Mexican Primera División. The Xolos earned its first three points in […]

April 13, 2017

Military raid yields 6.3 tons of pot in Tijuana

TIJUANA – In one of the largest seizures this year, the Mexican military confiscated nearly 6.4 tons of marijuana in three locations in the city's south side, announced Saturday the commander of the Second Military Zone, Gilberto Landeros. The army also seized a gun, $4,900 in currency and five vehicles, including a van with a […]

April 13, 2017

Federal agents detained in the kidnapping of four

TIJUANA – Four federal agents have been detained for allegedly kidnapping a business owner and three employees, authorities announced Friday. An anonymous phone call made Thursday afternoon to the police hotline reported that a group of men had arrived at a house in the eastside neighborhood of Valle Bonito and identified themselves as agents of […]

April 13, 2017

Latinos on track to get greater voice at city hall

San Diego's large Latino population may be the big winner in the city's intensely political redistricting process. The city is adding a new City Council district and it is looking like it will be a Latino-majority district with City Heights as its center. It would be the second Latino-majority district in San Diego. Latino leaders […]

April 13, 2017

‘Calm’ Xolos face third tough test of young season

One of Tijuana's star soccer players is confident the team will reach the playoffs. To do that, the Xoloitzcuintles have to do something they have not done in the first two games of the season: win. The Xolos lost despite being the better team, for the most part, against Morelia and Monterrey, two of the […]

April 13, 2017

District turns challenge into a plan for success

SAN YSIDRO – More than 1,100 children jammed Willow Elementary School on Wednesday for the first day of classes. The emotion was palpable in the school, just steps away from the border, though not just for the students. It was Carlos Ulloa's first day as principal. Ulloa, 42, takes over from Ana González, who retired […]

April 13, 2017

Union wins raise, averting potential border blockade

TIJUANA – After four months of protests, Baja California's white collar employees won the 8.5 per cent raise they had sought, averting at the last minute a blockade they had planned of the San Ysidro border crossing on Wednesday afternoon. Union leaders met behind closed doors with Baja California's secretary general, Cuauhtémoc Cardona, from 11 […]

April 13, 2017

Festivities begin to pour in Baja grape harvest

ENSENADA – Great and small wineries of the region are beginning their festivities to celebrate the grape harvest. Here is sampling of events in the next week planned around "la vendimia," which celebrates the bounty of the fertile land of the Valle de Guadalupe, northeast of Ensenada. (The festivities will continue throughout the month). Wine […]

April 13, 2017

Baja police detain Bloods member wanted in murder

ENSENADA – State police agents captured on Tuesday an American gang member being sought in connection with a murder in Los Angeles, authorities announced. The Baja California Public Security Department identified the man as Nathaniel Alexander Smith, 25, from San Diego. U.S. authorities told the department that he is a member of the Bloods and […]

April 13, 2017

Two tunnels found next to border wall in Tijuana

TIJUANA – An anonymous phone call led authorities Tuesday morning to two tunnels in the border neighborhood of Mesa de Otay, northeast of the city. State and municipal police agents discovered the underground corridors separated by about 300 feet between Salvatierra and José Gálvez streets, both adjacent to the rusted wall that divides de United […]

April 13, 2017

Baja union vows to block border on Wednesday

ROSARITO BEACH – White-collar workers are promising to step up their contract dispute with the state by blocking the San Ysidro border crossing Wednesday afternoon. A leader for the union that represents the 19,000 state employees, about half of whom work in Tijuana, said that Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán has left them no option […]

April 13, 2017

World War II tale to be made at Baja Film Studios

ROSARITO BEACH – English actors Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin will star in the movie "Little Boy," to be produced by Eduardo Verástegui at Baja Film Studios, where "Titanic" was filmed. Verástegui announced the $24 million film project Monday morning at the studio in the community of Popotla, flanked by Baja California Gov. José Guadalupe […]

April 13, 2017

‘Most wanted criminal in Baja’ escapes custody

Mexico's Attorney General announced that the alleged lieutenant of the Sinaloa cartel suspected in dozens of murders in Baja California has escaped from a Mexico City hospital where he was being held. The announcement said that Héctor Eduardo Guajardo Hernández, 33, known as "el Güicho," escaped through a hospital window Wednesday apparently with the assistance […]

April 13, 2017