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U.S. and Mexico border: How to get to “El Chaparral”
Since December 2010 the project that was initiated with the purpose to speed up border traffic, and improve traffic conditions for entry into and out of Mexico and the United States from the San Ysidro border, is about to start and serve its purpose. A date for "El Chaparral" to be in full operation has […]
April 13, 2017
Tijuana-San Diego region is ‘an enormous opportunity’
The Tijuana-San Diego area can become a formidable economic mega region, influential speakers from distinct fields said over and over again during Tijuana Innovadora, which ended with a joyous celebration Sunday night. But that transformation cannot happen without the active participation of the city´s residents, they agreed. "This conference showed, particularly to our young people, […]
April 13, 2017
Boxing : “Champion of the Decade” will it be Marquez or Pacquiao?
The next fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez has caused some controversy with boxing fans since it' announcement due to many factors as where the fight would be held, the judges involved, and also because in this next fight, the winner will considered as the champion of the decade, and without any doubt […]
April 13, 2017
Police officers are more likely to shoot Hispanics
SAN DIEGO. According to the study, it showed a biased hierarchy against Hispanics and other minorities, whenever a police officer decides to shoot a suspect who is considered arm and dangerous. According to an analysis done by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the San Diego State University, they concluded that Hispanics were […]
April 13, 2017
Voters in the U.S. are being intimidated and misinformed
On November 6th citizens of the United States will be voting for their next president that will take office for the next four years, and with this date coming up fast almost days away, both political parties are informing voters of certain tactics that may be used to confuse and misinform them. Now with three […]
April 13, 2017
Hiking and Mountain Biking Near La Paz, Baja California
By Kennia Coronel Via Baja.com [/p] Beyond the city limits of La Paz, an intricate system of dirt roads and single trails spreads through the desert connecting rancherias, beaches and little towns. Through these old paths, rancheros used to travel to visit other communities hidden like oases in the middle of nowhereand still herd their […]
April 13, 2017
Baja Beer Judges Wanted!
Judges from the BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) organization are the ones who are in charge of judging any professional beer drinking contest. This organization first came to Baja in 2011 for the Baja Beer Fest that was held in Ensenada, and had the author of "How to Brew" John Palmer as a special guest […]
April 13, 2017
Mexicans : In or Out of the United States?
This past Tuesday an investigative report done by the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico) and Southern California University Tomas Rivera Institute Policy said that the number of immigrants that crossed the border illegally had increased in 2012. It is estimated that around 11.7 million of Mexicans live in the United States, and that figure […]
April 13, 2017
Cervical cancer affects mostly Latinas in the U.S.
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology is stressing the importance of cervical cancer exams for Latinas, since this is the group of women who have the higher rates of cervical cancer, and the yearly exams are very essential for every womans health. Obviously this is not a problem that only affects Latinas, and being […]
April 13, 2017
Baja California triumphs at Gourmet Awards
For the second year in a row now the magazine Travel + Leisure Mexico conducted its "Gourmet Awards", to present the best cuisine in Mexico. Among the winners were two Baja California restaurants that shined which were: Mission 19 ran by Chef Javier Plascencia and Corazon de Tierra ran by Chef Diego Hernandez. There are […]
April 13, 2017
A stop to human trafficking and slavery
With 15 days until Election Day throughout the U.S., many people are still not familiar with many propositions, which has been more of a reason for Senator Dianne Feinstein to speak about prop 35, that she is also a big supporter of.The proposition is looking to deal with crimes like human trafficking, and sexual exploitation […]
April 13, 2017
Bounty hunters in Mexico
Would you like a few thousand dollars for just arresting someone? Certainly anyone would, especially if who you're arresting committed horrible crimes like murder, rape and every other horrific crime in between. Well, apparently this job pays off very well. But it's not as easy as it may sound since many states in the U.S. […]
April 13, 2017
Apple´s Steve Wozniak closes out Tijuana Innovadora
21 days of celebration of all the great advances of Tijuana culminated this past weekend. As one of the main attractions at this year's event, the conference that was led by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak filled the auditorium at the CECUT to its maximum capacity, and whether the reason for a full house may had […]
April 13, 2017
Lance Armstrong banned for life from cycling
The International Cycling Union announced their verdict to the doping case against Lance Armstrong issued by the U.S. Anti-doping Agency, in which not only he will be banned from the sport for life, but he was stripped of his 7 titles from the Tour de France. Armstrong is a cancer survivor and the championships were […]
April 13, 2017
Do you know the new attitude of Tijuana? Are you “Tijuaneado”?
Youth organizations and Tijuana Innovadora joined forces to promote the all the efforts that have been made this past year by these organizations, with the finality to demonstrate that being deeply rooted in this city is not a bad thing, but on the contrary being "Tijuaneado" as it's called, is an attitude that every citizen […]
April 13, 2017
Fidel Castro reappears in public
Fidel Castro reappeared in public to welcome Venezuelan ex-vice president Elias Jaua to Cuba. This move was to clear up any rumors that the ex-leader of Cuba is in a delicate state of health. Jaua showed a picture to the media of his visit, in which in the picture it shows Fidel Castro. "Yes, he […]
April 13, 2017
Tijuana’s youth transcend borders with their talent
Last but not least the last speaker from the conference was Edoardo Chavarin, who is also from Tijuana and mostly known for creating the brand NaCo, that was created with a bicultural vision which is one of the strongest values that Tijuana has. His work has reached international levels, and his sales increased when Diego […]
April 13, 2017
Boxing: Danny Garcia KO’s Erik”El Terrible” Morales
It was a "Terrible" end for one of the greatest Mexican boxers. Erik Morales (52-9, 36K.O's) lost against Danny Garcia (25-0, 16 K.O's) in four rounds at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and announced that he will retire from boxing next year in Tijuana, after saying goodbye to the fans from the United […]
April 13, 2017
Jorge Hank meets with California Mayors and Leaders
Yesterday after noon the engineer Jorge Hank Rhon met with several political figures and community leaders of California, to show them what a Tijuana citizen is. According to the newspaper Frontera, among the guests were the Mayor of Baldwin Park, Manuel Lozano, Mayor of West Covina, Mike Touhey, the president of the Bar Association of […]
April 13, 2017
Erik Morales will be in the ring once again against Danny Garcia
After all the trouble from a positive result of an illegal substance, Erik Morales will finally climb up to the ring tonight to dispute the superlight weight titles of the WBC and WBA at Barclays Center arena. On Wednesday night the news of Erik "El Terrible" Morales testing positive for a doping substance ran like […]
April 13, 2017
