State police force to be reorganized

TIJUANA – The state's police force will be reorganized to improve its professionalism and to reduce corruption and will serve as a model for the rest of the country, the state Public Safety Secretary Daniel de la Rosa announced Friday. The new state police agency will be made up of the 422 agents currently on […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:01 AM PDT

Exhibit captures essence of Tijuana

The exhibit is made up of art works and scene-setting objects as well as documentary material that refer to historic events. The curators explained that "Dark Work" begins with the moment when the city defined itself as an urban settlement in 1889, and advances from there to being a place on the border and all […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:01 AM PDT

Goodbye to Beckham?

The Major League Soccer season has begun. It kicked off Tuesday with the Los Angeles Galaxy beating the host Seattle Sounders 1-0 with a goal from one of its international players, Juninho. The match was not a spectacular show. It had what you'd expect from a season opener. But don't judge the 2011 MLS season […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:01 AM PDT

Tijuana to host its own Comic-Con

TIJUANA – For those comic-book fans who haven’t been able to snag a ticket to Comic-Con in San Diego, this city offers an affordable opportunity this weekend to venture into the always dangerous world of superheroes. Iberoamericana University and Radbeat, a firm that specializes in multimedia productions, will host the second annual ComCom this Saturday, […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:00 AM PDT

Proposed laws take aim at foreclosures

A coalition of community organizations and public employee groups is pushing for passage of three proposed state laws that aim to reduce the number of foreclosures in California. About 40 demonstrators, including a few homeowners who are facing foreclosure, marched around the Bank of America building in downtown San Diego on Wednesday to bring attention […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:00 AM PDT

‘It took me 19 years to recover’

Judith Bustos is familiar with the stigma among Latinos associated with seeking help for a mental illness. She's lived through it and triumphed. The Mexico native remembers struggling with mental illness when she was young but being told by her mother that she had done something wrong and should go to church for confession to […]

April 13, 2017 at 4:00 AM PDT

Army seizes drugs worth $6.6 million

TIJUANA – An anonymous tip led the Mexican Army to seize illegal drugs valued at $6.6 million, a move characterized as a "hard blow" against a cartel expanding its grip on the border region. On Tuesday, the army found 209 pounds of cocaine and 387 pounds of "crystal" methamphetamine in a house in the La […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:58 AM PDT

Health workers defer strike

Tijuana.- A strike by 3,400 state health workers did not materialize Tuesday, at least for now, following a 3½-hour, closed-door meeting between state officials and union leaders . María Elia Cabañas, secretary general of the Tijuana chapter of the national union of public health-care workers, said the two sides came to some verbal agreements at […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:58 AM PDT

‘Chabelo’ to visit Latino Film Festival

Two of Mexico's beloved entertainers, Xavier López "Chabelo" and Carmen Salinas, are to appear at the San Diego Latino Film Festival on Wednesday night, when their movie "Cartas a Elena" is screened, along with several other world-class films. For more than four decades López, 76, has entertained children and adults on Mexican television. His nationally […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:58 AM PDT

Health workers threaten strike

Tijuana – The largest group of health-care workers in Baja California vowed to go on strike beginning Tuesday, accusing the state government of not meeting its demands. The group is made up of 3,400 employees who work for the state, around 2,000 of them in Tijuana. They are represented by the national union of public […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:58 AM PDT

Grade “A” news

The Sweetwater Union High School District will not be laying off any teachers or clerical workers next school year, which is in contrast to other districts around the county that have issued hundreds of layoff notices to help close projected deficits. "There will be no layoffs in the Sweetwater Union High School District as well […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:57 AM PDT

True champions

Who says San Diego is not a sports championship town? Those who do might want to think again. There is one franchise that stands amid the elite in professional sports. No it's not the Chargers or Padres. The San Diego Sockers brought back another title back home Saturday. This time it was the club's second-straight […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:57 AM PDT

Child among 8 dead in weekend violence

Tijuana.- A seven-year-old child was shot to death and his father gravely wounded Sunday afternoon when gunmen attacked them while they were driving in an eastside neighborhood, authorities reported. The assault was the latest in a wave of violence that left a death toll of eight in various areas of the city between Friday and […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:57 AM PDT

North Park team wins state crown

Garden Grove – San Diego's North Park U-14 All-Stars clinched the AYSO's State Championship on Sunday afternoon, beating Lompoc 5-2. The team reached the final after surviving a scare in the morning semifinal, at one point trailing 3-1, only to rally in the second half, winning 4-3 against Redondo Beach. Winning the All-Star State Championship […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:57 AM PDT

Heated battle

Week 10 of the Mexican 2011 Clausura tournament brings a clash between two of the country's most popular teams who happen to be on a hot streak. Las Aguilas of Club America host cross-town rival Cruz Azul in what is expected to be a stellar match up. America has begun to reach a point its […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:56 AM PDT

Friends Center is ‘labor of love’

A group of churches and nonprofits, including the immigration rights-oriented American Friends Service Committee, will host a weekend of events,to mark the opening of a new environmentally friendly building near City Heights. The San Diego Friends Center will open on the campus of the San Diego First Church of the Brethren on Westgate Place near […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:55 AM PDT

Film portrays life of ‘amazing’ U.S. nun

Tijuana.- Mother Antonia Brenner walks along the La Mesa state prison like a light in the midst of a long, dark tunnel. Her face glows, sweet and pained at the same time. She looks tired but smiles when she approaches the cells. The prisoners – some of them accused of murder, rape or drug trafficking […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:55 AM PDT

Sockers’ are in a league of their own

When you think of elite soccer, the English Premier League, La Liga in Spain and maybe the Italian Serie A come to mind. When indoor soccer is the topic? Well, not many leagues are talked about. Two that come to mind are the North American Soccer and Major Indoor Soccer Leagues that existed from the […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:55 AM PDT

Leyzaola takes post in Ciudad Juárez

Tijuana. – Retired Army Lt. Col. Julián Leyzaola was named Thursday the director of public safety of the Mexican city that's ground zero for drug trafficking violence, Ciudad Juárez, according to national and local press reports. Leyzaola, who held a similar post in Tijuana for three years, was appointed to the job by Mayor Héctor […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:55 AM PDT

Mexico, U.S. ready for Golden rematch

First Round Sunday, June 5 Arlington, Texas Costa Rica vs. Cuba, 6 p.m. Mexico vs. El Salvador, 8 p.m. Monday, June 6 Carson, California Jamaica vs. Grenada, 9 p.m. Honduras vs. Guatemala, 11 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 Detroit Panama vs. Guadeloupe, 6 p.m. United States vs. Canada, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 9 Charlotte, North Carolina […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:55 AM PDT