Xolos begin hunt to stay in top league

TIJUANA – It was a highly anticipated party the first time around. Tijuana had a futbol team in the Mexican Primera División, the nation's top-flight soccer league. The city was ready. Estadio Caliente got a mini make-over: new team uniforms, new big screen scoreboard, personal seats instead of cement bleachers. New locker rooms and a […]

April 13, 2017

Celebration takes the cake in Tijuana

TIJUANA – The city's residents can have their cake – and eat it too – on Friday at the Cultural Center, where a giant "rosca de reyes" will be served to the public during the celebration of Epiphany. The traditional "rosca," or cake, will be a record 1,280 long and weigh 5,500 pounds and will […]

April 13, 2017

Migrants sent 14% more money to Baja California

TIJUANA – Mexicans living in the United States sent 14 per cent more money to their families in Baja California from January to September in 2011 than in the same period the previous year, a leading economist said. Mexico's central bank reported that immigrants sent a total of $297.4 million to the state, topping the […]

April 13, 2017

Murders continued to drop in Tijuana last year

TIJUANA – The number of homicides in the city dropped significantly last year in compared to 2011 but common crimes, such as auto theft, reached unprecedented numbers. The state Attorney General’s Office logged 476 killings in 2011, 344 fewer than the previous year. An estimated 80 percent of them involved territorial disputes among drug dealers, […]

April 13, 2017

Wanted: Solutions from students ‘on the edge’

TIJUANA.- College students will tackle problems in crime, education, jobs and arts and culture unique to the border region in a high-profile workshop being held later this month, one of a series along the U.S.-Mexico divide. The students will analyze problems in round-table discussions and develop solutions that can be put into practice for at […]

April 13, 2017

Baja Californians coping with higher prices in 2012

TIJUANA – A leading economist said Baja California will face a challenging year as higher prices for basic goods pummel average households and new arrivals continue to pressure the ranks of the employed. Alejandro Díaz Bautista, a researcher with the Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, predicts that Baja California's GNP will increase up […]

April 13, 2017

Drivers in Baja must now have liability insurance

TIJUANA – Starting Jan.1, Baja California motorists must meet a requirement that will sound familiar to drivers north of the border: They must have liability insurance. The state passed a reform in 2011 that makes such insurance mandatory. Minimum coverage will cost approximately 860 pesos a year (about $62) for damage to third parties of […]

April 13, 2017

Neymar named best soccer player in South America

Brazilian teen-ager Neymar was named the best soccer player in South America in the traditional poll published Saturday by the Uruguayan daily newspaper El País. Neymar, who led Santos to victory in this year’s Copa Liberadores, won 130 votes from the 247 cast by sports journalists from 19 countries who participated in the poll. He […]

April 13, 2017

Teen’s Formula for success involves cars and speed

Coronado High School student Jorge Cevallos has big plans for 2012: Rise in the ranks of Mexican auto racers and triumph in Formula 3 competition in Europe. "We have Sergio Pérez in Formula 1," said the 17-year-old during a recent interview from Orlando, referring to a Mexican racing champion. "I'm going to do my best […]

April 13, 2017

Deaths linked to alcohol up during holiday weekend

The number of people who died in accidents involving alcohol surged in San Diego County and the state during the long Christmas weekend compared to last year, according to the California Highway Patrol. As the New Year's holiday gets under way, the CHP and other law enforcement agencies announced stepped up surveillance and Mothers Against […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos wrap up preseason with 4th win in a row

TIJUANA – The Xolos won their fourth preseason game in a row Wednesday night by beating Atlante 1-0 at Caliente Stadium. The Xolos have wrapped up their preparations for the Clausura season, scoring a total of 10 goals and not allowing any. At minute 40, midfielder Leandro Augusto scored on a free kick against goalkeeper […]

April 13, 2017

Residents turned in 2,000 weapons in Baja

TIJUANA – Baja California residents turned in more than 2,000 weapons, among them AK-47s, at military bases this year, 80 per cent from the United States, authorities said. The residents received grocery vouchers in exchange for the firearms – and a promise not be investigated, unless the weapon was found to have been involved in […]

April 13, 2017

Popular player to retire after next season

TIJUANA – The upcoming season may be the final one for Xolos forward Mauro Gerk, who has become a fan favorite. Gerk, who was born in Argentina, has announced that he would like to retire as member of the Xolos. This week the team obliged him, signing an agreement with Querétaro, which owns his contract, […]

April 13, 2017

Forensic team searched eight sites in eastern Tijuana

TIJUANA – A forensic team explored eight sites on the city's east side looking for human remains, said a long-time advocate for missing people, but only found organic material at one of them. Three of the sites were identified by a confessed criminal, Santiago Meza, known as "el pozolero," as places where he had dissolved […]

April 13, 2017

Leading actor Armendáriz Jr., dies in New York

TIJUANA – Leading Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr., died Monday morning of cancer in New York just a week after he announced that he was fighting for his life. National Televisa journalist Joaquín López Dóriga was the first to announce the death via his Twitter account, at 12:15 p.m. local time. The 71-year-old actor died […]

April 13, 2017

Fight against juvenile crime begins at home

Authorities detained an average of 14 adolescents a day this year in the county. One way to drive that number down is to educate parents about how the legal system works, they say. That's why on a recent weekday a representative of the District Attorney's Office gave a workshop at Castle Park High School in […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos vs. Atlante pre-season game to be in Tijuana

TIJUANA –Tickets are for sale for Wednesday night's pre-season match of the Xoloitzcuintles against Atlante at Caliente Stadium. The Xolos' management had wanted to play at Southwestern College, but those plans fell through and the game was moved to Caliente. That's where the Xolos played last Wednesday, winning a tune-up game against Veracruz 1-0. Meanwhile, […]

April 13, 2017

Cost? A few pesos — for faithful, they are priceless

Nativity scenes are universal and speak to the true meaning of Christmas for people around the world. Tijuana residents flock to shops near the Cathedral in the downtown sector to get the great and small piece that will make their Nacimiento just right. Photos by David Maung / SanDiegoRed.Com

April 13, 2017

‘Turbine Cowboys’ to ride to wind farm in Baja

TIJUANA – Baja California's mountainous wind farm at La Rumorosa will be one of the stars of the Weather Channel's "Turbine Cowboys," which will travel around the world highlighting wind-energy projects. The state's tourism department announced that the show will air next April. The program features a group of intrepid engineers and other mechanical experts […]

April 13, 2017

Nearly 2 million Mexicans head home for holidays

TIJUANA – To her six children and five grandchildren, 66-year-old María de Jesús Salas is the equivalent of Santa Claus. This Santa, however, was taking an exhausting 50-hour trip from Los Angeles, where her mother lives, through Tijuana, winding up in her native Monterrey. She's part of the nearly 2 million Mexicans who will be […]

April 13, 2017