San Ysidro border to reopen fully by Saturday

TIJUANA – U.S. border authorities announced that they planned to reopen all lanes at the San Ysidro port of entry by Saturday morning. The news could not come at a better time. Friday was Independence Day in Mexico and many residents were trying to take advantage of the day off to head to San Diego. […]

April 13, 2017

Asia trip yields $685 million in new Baja plants

TIJUANA – Baja California's governor returned home from a trip to Asia bringing good news at a time when a binational blackout and the temporary closure of the border crossing has shaken up the region's economy. Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna announced Thursday that during his trip to Asia earlier this month various companies committed to […]

April 13, 2017

Two cases of missing children solved in Baja California

TIJUANA – Two cases of missing children have been solved in recent days, one ending with two siblings found safe and the other with two people accused of murder. Two sisters, ages 11 and 12, who were reported missing from their Tijuana home by their father on Sept. 6, were found safe by municipal police […]

April 13, 2017

‘I could see the roof collapsing horribly’

"It was horrible, horrible. You can only understand it if you have experienced it." Eva Alicia Carrillo de Ortiz struggled to find the words to describe her ordeal after a construction canopy collapsed nearly on top of her car at the San Ysidro border crossing Wednesday morning, injuring 11 people. The 60-year-old Tijuana resident, who […]

April 13, 2017

‘Carmageddon’ in Tijuana after border closure

TIJUANA – A traffic nightmare unfolded Wednesday in the city's busiest areas when thousands of motorists were diverted from the closed San Ysidro border crossing to the one in Otay Mesa, snarling traffic along the way all day long. By late afternoon, the wait to cross at Otay Mesa had stretched to more than four […]

April 13, 2017

Border closure leads to traffic chaos in Tijuana

TIJUANA – A traffic nightmare unfolded Wednesday in one of the city’s busiest areas when thousands of motorists were diverted from the San Ysidro border crossing and sent to a main thoroughfare that was being partially closed ahead of Independence Day festivities Thursday. U.S. authorities closed the port of entry after a construction canopy collapsed […]

April 13, 2017

San Ysidro crossing closed after collapse

The San Ysidro port of entry is temporarily closed after a construction structure collapsed around 11 a.m. Wednesday, falling on at least one vehicle, according to several eyewitnesses. They said that all traffic was being rerouted back to Tijuana through one gate at the extreme left-hand side of the port of entry, causing chaos for […]

April 13, 2017

‘It’s time’ to make a difference, immigrants told

Luz Herrera arrived in San Diego in 1989 from the Mexican state of Guerrero with the goal of making a better life for her family. After many struggles, she opened in 1999 a Mexican restaurant in North Park, El Comal, which now employs 50 people. Nearly two decades after her arrival, Herrera applied for U.S. […]

April 13, 2017

Law against slave trade gets first test

TIJUANA – State authorities are prosecuting the first case under the new Baja California law that cracks down on the slave trade. State deputy prosecutor Martha Imelda Almanza announced that Pedro Águila Flores, 24, is charged with imprisoning and sexually exploiting a young woman. He was detained Aug. 30 in Tijuana following an investigation by […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico steps up extraditions to county

For decades, criminals thought the border was a reliable place to evade justice. Today, thanks to a growing relationship between prosecutors in the United States and Mexico, that's no longer the case. From 2008 to date, Mexico has extradited ten people to San Diego County authorities, with three more extraditions in the works by the […]

April 13, 2017

New fashion depicting drug lords a hit

The T-shirts have colorful images of wanted drug traffickers, machine guns and even "bullet" holes pierced by lasers. They are part of a disturbing new fashion that has been made popular by Mexican musicians whose "narco corridos" tell the stories of drug lords. The leading designer of these clothes is Eleno Serna, whose Chula Vista-based […]

April 13, 2017

Overtime goal gives Xolos a tie against Toluca

TOLUCA –Tijuana’s soccer team narrowly escaped defeat against the Diablos Rojos, when José Sand scored a goal in extra time, tying the game 1-1 Sunday. A goal by Ivan Alonso had put Toluca ahead at minute 67. And that’s where the game stood until Sand, who entered the game in the second half, sent a […]

April 13, 2017

Terrorist attacks changed border’s life dramatically

SAN DIEGO – The border received a hard blow following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, a blow that still has the region reeling a decade later. Tijuana residents who worked in San Diego County have sacrificed hours of sleep to be able to arrive on time. Those used to crossing northbound to go […]

April 13, 2017

Pressure builds on Xolos’ coach to stop slide

They walked off the team charter bus on a sunny day earlier this week. Some smiled while speaking to each other. Others kept to themselves. A handful of them wore their headphones as they prepared to enter the airport. Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles players depicted a similar jive before starting other road trips. This time the […]

April 13, 2017

Soccer season quickly heats up among college teams

The college soccer season has begun and the first two weeks already have featured some spicy match ups for local teams. There was the University of San Diego men's squad beating San Diego State 2-1 in a crosstown rivalry last week. The intensity was high. And there was the typical trash talk, hard tackles, yellow […]

April 13, 2017

Power restored as Baja takes stock of losses

TIJUANA – Border region residents returned to their routines Friday after power was restored around midnight, swapping stories of how they had fared during the "mega apagón." The blackout left more than three million people in all five Baja California cities without electricity in an unprecedented outage that stretched to southern Orange County and Arizona. […]

April 13, 2017

Festivities mark Independence Day in Mexico

People on both sides of the border will be able to celebrate Mexico's Independence Day in a variety of events, some expected to draw thousands. Here's a look at some of the major ones in the region. SAN DIEGO COUNTY Mexican Festival, Sept. 10 Up to 10,000 people are expected for a free festival featuring […]

April 13, 2017

Power restored to 3 million Baja residents

TIJUANA – Border region residents began returning to their routines after power was restored around midnight. The "mega apagón," as it was referred to in Spanish, left more than three million people in all five Baja California cities without electricity in an unprecedented outage that stretched to southern Orange County and Arizona. Particularly hard hit […]

April 13, 2017

27 killed in two weeks in Tijuana drug violence

TIJUANA – The surge in deadly violence continues in the city, with six people killed since Sunday, a total of 27 in two weeks, authorities said. The latest homicides pushed the death toll this year to 353 through Wednesday. State authorities estimate that 80 per cent of the murders can be attributed to conflicts among […]

April 13, 2017

Tip leads to huge haul of cartel’s drugs Tijuana

TIJUANA – An anonymous tip led authorities to one of the largest seizures of drugs tied to the Sinaloa cartel in this city. Baja California police agents confiscated Tuesday night 83.6 pounds of cocaine and 4.6 pounds of "crystal" methamphetamine and an arsenal in a house in the eastside district of La Presa that served […]

April 13, 2017