Peña Nieto did not use a prompter during interview: CNN

After Enrique Peña Nieto was interviewed on CNN by Fareed Zakaria and the video made it to the internet, a series of doubts and concerns started taking over social network sites when people noticed Peña Nieto took too long to answer the questions presented by Zakaria. CNN issued are lease stating that no one dictated […]

April 13, 2017

A Hidden Tequila Cave in Rosarito Beach : Mercado del Mar

By Jack George Via Baja.com Rosarito Beach resident, Blas Garcia – more familiarly called Don Blas — opened a small meat market in 1982. It was not long before he added a section for groceries.He named his business Mercado del Mar. Today, you can find most any grocery item you need..and maybe some you don't! […]

April 13, 2017

Peña Nieto’s interview worries audience

Last week Enrique Peña Nieto was interviewed by Fareed Zakaria for the "GPS" TV show broadcasted on the CNN network; the concern was not over the dialogue itself, though, but on the pauses Peña Nieto made while answering Zakaria's questions. Why not respond fluidly? The interview's topic was the future of Mexico's war against drugs, […]

April 13, 2017

Rocking Out in Ensenada – Blues/Rock Fest

June 30th was the date for a musical and food experience to please almost anyone. The cost was only $8 for admission. Music provided by Big Shot Rob & The Reloaders, Michele Lundoon, Fay & Ernesto Rosas and several others started at 2 pm. The venue was the Riviera Cultural Center in the shaded amphitheater, […]

April 13, 2017

Valle de Guadalupe: Baja California’s Enchanting Wine Country

Being in El Valle de Guadalupe there is always this feeling of serenity that I can not get enough of. On our most recent trip we were celebrating Father's day. We rarely ever have a plan or set agenda, it's more like we make the drive down there and see where we end up. With […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana celebrates 123 years

TIJUANA.- Singer Jenni Rivera will be headlining the concert to be held in honor of Tijuana's anniversary, the city will be turning 123 next July 11. The city council has made public the schedule to celebrate the "Coqueta Tijuana" with cultural, sport and gastronomic events. The "Opera on the Street" is the first activity in […]

April 13, 2017

Thousands march against Peña Nieto in Tijuana

TIJUANA.- Thousands of people marched this Saturday through the streets of Tijuana against what they consider to be an imposition of presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto, winner of last week's elections'. The protest called a "Mega-March", took place simultaneously on different Mexican cities, all of them condemning the alleged buying of votes by the Institutional […]

April 13, 2017

Opera on the streets of Tijuana

"Opera en la Calle" (Opera on the Street) the already traditional cultural festival will be held next Saturday July 07 at the Libertad Quarter. From 12 pm forward, local artistic talent will gather in this famous Quarter located right at the border to delight people from the city with a varied program. Fifth Street will […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos in Chula Vista for friendlies

CHULA VISTA- It was close to an old fashion scrimmage. There were no electronic scoreboards. No video screens. No stadium seating. There was no loud public announcement system. A trio of referees was there to force the rules. That's the closest thing to resemble an official match. Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles and the San Diego Flash […]

April 13, 2017

La Querencia, combining Mediterranean techniques and asian flavors

After slurping down those two gems, a smoked Ahi tuna tostada followed shortly thereafter. The crunchy tostada was topped with tender ahi tuna, wasabi cream, garlic chips and avocado. Each bite had a little bit of each ingredient, and it was just divine. I tried to eat slowly, so that I got to savor each […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican elections’ protest reaches San Diego

SAN DIEGO.- Dozens of Mexican citizens living in San Diego got together this Thursday outside the General Consulate of Mexico in the city to express their unconformity with the alleged irregularities of the presidential elections last Sunday. Motivated by their family ties with the south of the border or even because many of them made […]

April 13, 2017

Movement “#YoSoy132” takes over Tijuana’s streets

The elections held this year stood apart because of the involvement of student movements like #YoSoy132, something that did not go unnoticed by adults. "Young people give hope to this country, they show us that they're on the right path" stated San Diego's activist Mar Cárdenas who moved to Tijuana just a few months back […]

April 13, 2017

The Beaches of Los Cabos

Monuments Beach Monuments Beach is located just off of the Kilometer 5 marker on the highway, beneath the famous Sunset Da Mona Lisa Restaurant and at the very end of the Tourist Corridor (closest to Cabo San Lucas). This beach is not one that is usually frequented by tourists unless they are visiting Sunset Da […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican Elections: Over half the votes will be recounted

MEXICO.- Over half of the votes casted in Mexico during the presidential elections last Sunday will be counted again, according to what electoral authorities announced today; a percentage way higher than was expected. The Executive Secretary of Federal Institute of Elections (IFE), Edmundo Jacobo, informed that the 54.5% of the electoral packages that belong to […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos players add local flavor to roster

Joe Corona walked out of the tunnel at Qualcomm Stadium last week, marching to the middle of the field in line with his teammates. He and the rest of the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles starters held hands with children as they walked next to players from Club America. It appeared to be a routine pregame drill. […]

April 13, 2017

Rick Bayless on holiday in Baja

Famous Chef Rick Bayless, host of TV show "Mexico, One Plate at a Time" is on vacation in Tijuana and its surroundings. But Bayless didn't come back alone; he brought 35 of his top collaborators to visit Tecate, Ensenada, Rosarito Beach and the Guadalupe Valley. Enjoying the flavors of Baja, the gastronomic specialist brought Executive […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico defies the elections’ outcome

Since the electing campaigns started, many of Mexico's citizens demanded a fair and clear procedure. The extent of presidential campaigns, media exposition and everything else should be the same for all of the candidates. The Election Day passed and the preliminary count appointed a winner people weren't happy with, it is being written about, it […]

April 13, 2017

Votes for gift cards, election fraud at its best in Mexico

Fearing the PRI (Institutional Revolution Party) would cancel their gift cards, hundreds of people turned up at Soriana supermarkets around the Federal District's outskirts to spend the store credit card representatives of said party had given them in exchange of their vote for Enrique Peña Nieto and other candidates from the Alliance for Mexico. Worth […]

April 13, 2017

Electoral fraud: Leftist Mexican Presidential Candidate

MEXICO.- At 4 o'clock this afternoon (6 pm in the center of Mexico), Andrés Manuel López Obrador lead a press conference accompanied by the leaders of the PRD, PT and Citizen Movement where he declared that he would challenge the presidential elections if the official counting to be performed next July 04 is not transparent. […]

April 13, 2017

Obama congratulates Enrique Peña Nieto

WASHINGTON.- United States' President, Barack Obama called Enrique Peña Nieto, the virtual winner of Mexico's elections, by telephone today to congratulate him on his triumph during a "free, fair and clear" electing process and to reaffirm the "tight cooperation" between the two countries. Obama congratulated Peña Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) "for his […]

April 13, 2017