Old Zorro gets the boot in sequel

LOS ANGELES – Adiós Antonio. Leading Mexican actor Gael García Bernal will star in next chapter of the Zorro saga, leaving Antonio Banderas in the dust, the trade publication Variety reported. Fox Studios will make the sequel, to be called "Zorro Reborn," in which the masked hero searches for vengeance. García Bernal, 33, has been […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Xolos offense comes to life in road win

TIJUANA – The Xolos coach said the offense needed to kick into gear. At least José Sand and Duvier Riascos heard him, both scoring in Tijuana’s 2-0 win on the road Saturday against Querétaro in Week 7 of the Clausura tournament. In the first period, both took a shot at the Gallos Blancos’ net but […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Missing teen girl found safe in Tijuana

TIJUANA – The teen-age girl who was missing for two weeks has been found and is safe, authorities announced Friday. Two days before state authorities had asked the public for help in locating Karla Judith Morales Rodríguez, 15, who had left for school on Feb. 4 and never returned. They announced that state police agents […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Xolos need offense to kick into high gear

TIJUANA – The play was quick as it could be. Cirilo Saucedo dove to his right, stopping a virtually point-blank shot. Saucedo, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles' goalkeeper, slapped away Omar Bravo's shot to hold a scoreless draw with Cruz Azul at home last week. It happened after Saucedo tried to send a pass to a teammate […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

‘Wall-E’ delivers big lessons on school campus

CHULA VISTA – Talk about an explosive subject. Students at Liberty Elementary School saw firsthand Thursday how toy-like robots can be used to defuse big-time dangers. Members of Robotics Club got the chance to see two remote-controlled robots used by the anti-bomb unit of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department in action. One of them, […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Police search for missing teen girl in Tijuana

TIJUANA – Authorities are asking the public’s help to find a 15-year-old girl who has not been seen since she left for school on Feb. 4. The teen, identified as Karla Judith Morales Rodríguez, left that afternoon for Middle School No. 89 and did not return home, state authorities said. She is described as having […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Leading Tijuana boxer in key fight Friday

TIJUANA – A fighter from this city is competing for a shot at the lightweight title of the International Boxing Federation. Marvin Quintero's road to that fight has not been an easy one. He's had several matches cancelled at the last minute during his seven-year professional career. And he lost three matches in the 27 […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Election season brings potential abuse

TIJUANA – Just like in the United States, there are laws in Mexico that mandate what public servants can and can’t do during an election season. To what extent they follow those laws is another matter, regardless of where they live. The officials tasked with running Mexico’s elections are holding meetings nationwide to explain the […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

Baja police arrest Cuban in killing of deaf-mute teen

TIJUANA – A Cuba-born man was arrested Wednesday in the murder of a deaf-mute 17-year-old girl who had been missing since Feb. 10, authorities announced. The State Attorney General’s Office identified the suspect as Henry José Puentes Padilla, 33, from the town of Huanabacoa, who allegedly had a relationship with the girl. The man confessed […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

2,012 couples say ‘I do’ in Tijuana

TIJUANA – The couples jammed a park as far as the eye could see, 2,012 of them. Holding hands, they pressed together under cold, cloudy skies. Some had been together a matter of months, others decades. And on the day love reigns, they got officially married. In one of the largest "collective weddings" in the […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:38 AM PDT

What impact does a fence make?

TIJUANA – A French company is filming a documentary called "Eight Walls that Divide the World," which explores what these structures mean to the communities separated by them. Two independent filmmakers, Elsa Putelat y Nicolas Dupuis, from the company Unik Production, met on Monday with Mayor Carlos Bustamante, whom they interviewed about the wall that […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Mexico makes organ donation easier

TIJUANA – Some 600 people are on Baja California's registry waiting for an organ to save their lives, according health authorities. Some, particularly those needing a kidney, have been waiting up to three years. The odds are against them, however, given the relatively few organ donations made in the state and a process that everyone […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Motorists coping with new ‘gasolinazo’

TIJUANA – Since the weekend, the price of gasoline and diesel has gone up for the second time this year as part of a cut in the federal subsidy of fuel in Mexico. Even so, the subsidy keeps Mexican fuel prices about 30 per cent lower than just across the border in the United States. […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

15,000 Chinese migrants thriving in Tijuana

TIJUANA – David Tan arrived in this city 21 years ago from his native China, along with his wife and five children. Like thousands of his countrymen, he nursed a dream of building a better life for himself and his family. "The Chinese community then was tiny and kept to itself. We just wanted to […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Xolos shut down Cruz Azul’s power

TIJUANA –What was a highly anticipated match ended without goals Sunday. Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles played to a scoreless draw against visiting Cruz Azul in a Week 6 match-up at a sold out Estadio Caliente. Tijuana had long waited to have its own club in the Mexican First Division facing some of the league's top teams. […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Xolos take on powerhouse Cruz Azul

They came in flocks. They formed a line that wrapped around the team offices this winter. They endured long waits to get their hands on the coveted "Xolopass." That would be the equivalent of a season ticket to Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuntles home matches. Fans were not going to miss what is supposed to be a […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

PAN candidate to visit Tijuana on Monday

TIJUANA – A week after winning her party’s presidential primary, Josefina Vázquez Mota will visit this border city Monday to thank her supporters and press her uphill fight against the frontrunner candidate. That candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), himself visited Baja California on Tuesday and Wednesday. The ruling PAN […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Baja captures suspect in U.S. murder

TIJUANA – A special state police operation in Mexicali led to the arrest of a gang member sought in the United States for the rape and murder of a minor. Mexican authorities identified him as Robert Anthony Ríos López, 25, who had an arrest warrant in the United States. The international liaison of the State […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

Immigrants to get education on pocketbook issues

Latino immigrants frequently have a hard time figuring out how the U.S. financial system works. They lack an understanding of such concepts as credit, mortgage and investments. The Mexican Consulate, the County Office of Education and National City have banded together to fill in that gap by organizing the second annual "Semana de Educación Financiera," […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:37 AM PDT

U.S. again warns of danger of travel to Mexico

TIJUANA – The U.S. State Department once more warned Americans about the dangers of traveling to Mexico, particularly to the northern border region, where international organized crime has eroded the quality of life and "armed confrontations occur unpredictably." The travel warning has been issued every year for several years as drug cartels battle for control […]

April 13, 2017 at 6:36 AM PDT