8 tons of drugs destroyed in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Authorities incinerated Wednesday afternoon more than 8 tons of illegal drugs at a military facility in the city’s south side. The drugs had been seized in various operations, said Fermín Gómez, the local representative of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office. The drugs that were incinerated before the news media were 16,652 pounds of marijuana, […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Xolos players on U.S. team to play against Mexico

TIJUANA – Two Xolos players will play on the United States' U-23 team in a friendly match against Mexico's squad Wednesday night in Texas. The two, who are Mexican-Americans, have been preparing with the rest of the U.S. squad for the games in March to qualify for the Summer Olympics in London. Regardless of the […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Snow temporarily closes mountain road near Tecate

TIJUANA – After the heaviest snowstorm of the season, a stretch of La Rumorosa, a curving mountain road about 70 miles east of the city, was reopened around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, state authorities announced. The highway was closed Monday night at 9, said Alfredo Escobedo, the director of the state’s Civil Protection agency. He spent […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Big gym opens to entice ‘familias’ to get moving

Joe Ochoa believes in the power of exercise. And he knows personally all those great and small things that can derail a Latino family from exercising regularly. He's determined to do his part to make exercise a habit, not just a once-in-a-while event. Ochoa has opened Family Gym, a 40,000-square-foot facility that offers affordable rates, […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Library to offer recordings of Baja’s cultures

TIJUANA – A place is taking shape where you can hear Baja California's history. For ten months, a researcher has been gathering recordings that capture and preserve the stories of the state's indigenous communities and the waves of people who settled in the state. There's a recording of a grandmother who still speaks a native […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Baja detains members of La Familia cell

TIJUANA – In a special operation, state authorities arrested five members of the criminal organization La Familia Michoacana who had ammunition for AK-47s, cash and methamphetamine valued at $640,000. According to authorities, La Familia, one of Mexico's most violent drug syndicates, has paid "a user's fee" to the Arellano Félix cartel for three years to […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Xolos tie Toluca1-1 in intense match

TIJUANA – The Xolos tied Toluca 1-1 Saturday night, keeping pace with one of the toughest challengers the team has faced this Clausura tournament. At minute 15, Duvier Riascos centered a pass to Joe Corona, who scored a goal, making it 1-0, to the delight of the sold-out crowd at Caliente Stadium. Toluca’s Iván Alonso, […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Volunteers tackle graffiti, one wall at a time

TIJUANA – Hundreds of volunteers turned out Saturday to paint over graffiti on buildings and fences along one of the city's most transited boulevards, the municipal government announced. They were participating in "Tijuana Blanca," a program organized by the city to clean up neighborhoods in the crowded La Mesa district. The volunteers, supported by municipal […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Xolos to play red-hot Toluca under the lights

Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles will play another night game Saturday. This time the team hosts the Diablos Rojos de Toluca at Estadio Caliente starting at 7 p.m. The Xolos appear to have adjusted well playing at home under the lights or playing outside their usual Sunday noon starts. Tijuana is 3-2 since last summer during other […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Janitors demand fair contracts in march downtown

The voice of hundreds of service workers echoed across downtown San Diego on Friday. Janitors who clean hotels, supermarkets and offices, community activists, and even elected officials marched together to demand better labor conditions for the working class, part of a statewide effort organized by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). "This is the right […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:40 AM PDT

Meth, coke worth $1 million seized at checkpoints

Drugs valued at more than $1 million were seized at two Border Patrol checkpoints in the last week. The first occurred last Friday, when a 28-year-old Mexican woman stopped at the I-15 checkpoint in Temecula. Agents sent the woman, driving a 2006 Ford Fusion, to secondary inspection. There, they found 20 packages of methamphetamine hidden […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Jenni Rivera plans concert in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Latin music star Jenni Rivera plans a concert April 21 in the bullring by the sea, her promoter announced Thursday. The so-called "Diva de la banda" is one of the most popular entertainers in the border region. She drew 29,000 fans to Estadio Caliente in 2010 and a year later some 26,000 despite […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Bold cover speaks volumes about Latino vote

TIME Magazine's cover story, headlined "Yo Decido," powerfully underscores the importance of the nation's Hispanic voters. The words mean "I decide" in Spanish, the first cover headline the magazine has published in that language. It's accompanied by the legend, "Why Latinos will pick the next President." The cover depicts the faces of Hispanic voters in […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

SD fans delight in Xolos win against Chivas USA

Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles players ran to the north sideline Wednesday night. They tossed team memorabilia into the stands at USD's Torero Stadium, sending fans into a frenzy as the crowd vied for the free items. It didn't matter that the players launching the gifts were not the Xolos regular starters. Tijuana supporters instead got to […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

‘Aztec Princess’ opens boxing gym

TIJUANA – The warehouse with the sign that reads "Jackie Nava Gym" is nestled among modest houses and narrow streets in an eastern neighborhood that not that long ago lived brutal times. A block away, four bodies were discovered, part of a total of 19 found citywide on that shocking day, Sept. 29, 2008. It […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

‘El Rey’ channel to target Latino families

NEW YORK – Why should Oprah should have all the fun? Mexican-American filmmaker Robert Rodríguez will launch a television channel called El Rey, with programing in English aimed at Latinos families, Comcast announced Tuesday. Rodriguez is partnering with executives from FactoryMade Ventures to create the channel, scheduled to launch in January of 2014. The channel […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Xolos play against Chivas USA on Wednesday in SD

They came in packs. They lined up and stood outside on the hillsides surrounding the Torero Stadium. They peaked through bushes, branches and a fence along Linda Vista Road to try and get a glimpse of the action inside. Those were the hundred of fans that couldn't get a ticket to an exhibition soccer match […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Fugitive sent to Mexico City for extradition

TIJUANA – The fugitive husband wanted in the murder in San Diego of his wife was transferred Monday to Mexico City, where his extradition will be processed. Local authorities said Armando Pérez, 37, was taken to the Attorney General’s Office because he has dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship, which requires judicial processing there before he […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Suspected gunmen for Sinaloa cartel arrested

TIJUANA – Police officers arrested two alleged gunmen for the Sinaloa cartel wanted in the attempted killing of a deputy attorney general in Nayarit state. The two are brothers, Gilberto and Damián Partida Soto, 34 and 33 years old, respectively, were being sought by authorities from Nayarit, Tijuana's police department announced Monday. According to Nayarit […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT

Mexican migrants to vote online for first time

Mexico is writing electoral history by allowing Mexico City natives who live outside of the country to vote for its mayor in the July 1 election. Further, for the first time votes can be cast through the Internet, which could pave the way for all Mexican immigrants who qualify to vote this way in future […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:39 AM PDT