Stars come out for Latino Film Festival

The largest local celebration of Latin American cinema begins Thursday. The San Diego Latino Film Festival will present more than 180 movies, 120 filmmakers and is expected to draw around 20,000 fans. The festival, which runs through March 20, also will offer movie shorts and documentaries, all from Latin America, the United States and Spain. […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:54 AM PDT

Kidnapping group arrested in Tijuana

Tijuana – Three family members have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and extorting people who believed them to be smugglers who would cross them into the United States. This case, announced Tuesday by the state Attorney General's Office, provides a glimpse of how criminal groups are preying on people desperate to immigrate. The three […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:54 AM PDT

Latino population in county grew 32%

It’s official: Latinos fueled much of California’s population growth during the past decade, including in San Diego County, where the Hispanic population increased by 32 percent, according 2010 Census results released Tuesday. California’s population increased by 10 percent during the 2000s, according to the census. The county’s population also rose by 10 percent. Meanwhile, California’s […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:53 AM PDT

Team has heart of a champion

Ayrton Celentino, who skipped soccer last season, said he had a hard time keeping up with his teammates. "He pushed me but he also encouraged me," he said of his coach. "He's the best I've ever had." The coach, the owner of JMR Construction, believes in AYSO's philosophy of accepting every boy and girl who […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:52 AM PDT

Eight killed in new wave of violence

Tijuana – Eight people were killed in the city over the weekend in a new wave of violence, the state Attorney General’s Office reported Monday. Saturday was the most violent day, with five people murdered. The first killing was logged around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, when the body of a man, believed to be in his […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:52 AM PDT

DEA cracks down on synthetic pot

The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a warning to neighborhood stores in the San Diego region to stop selling fake marijuana products that were temporarily banned last week because of their links to health problems. The products have been sold as incense under such brands as "Spice," and "K2" but have been used particularly by […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:51 AM PDT

Plane packed with drugs seized

Police seized a small plane transporting marijuana and cocaine after it landed in a clandestine runway in Mexicali Saturday, federal authorities announced. State aerial authorities detected the Cessna by radar and contacted the Federal Investigations Agency, which intercepted the plane after it landed on a flat stretch of land being used as a landing strip, […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:51 AM PDT

Bonita Vista wins division by PKs

And it was a final that had a lackluster start. It continued that way until the overtime period when both teams began to move the ball up and down the field rather than sit back, defend and await a counter attack. Hilltop couldn't produce its usual fluid brand of soccer with Bonita closing open spaces […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:51 AM PDT

Santos team facing devilish challenge

It's been two weeks since Rubén Omar Romano was fired as Santos Laguna head coach for making obscene gestures toward his team's fans. His firing has led to a quick downward spiral for Santos, both in morale and on the soccer field. Diego Cocca has been named interim coach of the team, which has not […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:51 AM PDT

Rivals competing for division title – and respect

CHULA VISTA -They've met twice earlier this season. They know their styles of play very well. Bonita Vista and Hilltop High are Mesa League boys soccer rivals. Both teams are regarded as two of the top programs in the South Bay. But only one will represent South County as a CIF San Diego Section champion […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:50 AM PDT

Immigrants to get financial advice

Want to buy a home in Mexico? Start a small business in San Diego? Learn the basics of banking in the United States? These are some of the areas that will be covered this Saturday at a free Spanish-language financial education summit in National City. The Mexican Consulate in San Diego and Southwestern College are […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:50 AM PDT

Five killed even as deadly pace slows

TIJUANA – Five people were killed in a 12-hour period in two attacks in the city's east side, authorities announced. The murders occurred as authorities were announcing that deadly violence in Tijuana decreased considerably during the first two months of this year compared to the same period last year. In the first case, a man […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:49 AM PDT

Students ‘die’ to protest cuts

Dozens of students and faculty members "died" at San Diego City College on Wednesday, part of a statewide protest of Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to cut $400 million from community colleges next year. Afterward, the group marched to the governor's downtown office to deliver $300 worth of Top Ramen soup. That's how much more each […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:49 AM PDT

Xolos have super win against Galaxy

The camera flashes sparkled from the stands. Cheers bounced off the bushy hills that wrap around the sold-out Torero Stadium at the University of San Diego. Most of those flashes and screams were for one of soccer's international superstars making an appearance in what was called the "San Diego Clásico." It was the Los Angeles […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:49 AM PDT

Migrant dies, seven rescued in snow

PINE VALLEY – An undocumented immigrant died over the weekend during a snowstorm while seven others were rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents, the agency announced Wednesday. The agency’s search and rescue team, known as BORSTAR, responded to the Pine Valley area after receiving a report around 8 p.m. Saturday that eight people who had […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:49 AM PDT

New SENTRI office opens in San Ysidro

A new SENTRI office for people to apply for fast-pass border cards quietly opened Tuesday next to the San Ysidro Port of Entry. An official grand opening is pending. Officials at the office said they were doing a test run at the facility and seeing applicants who had made appointments. Instead of being sent to […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:48 AM PDT

Standout player takes his shot

Krishner, the SDSU coach, didn't see it that way. "I absolutely love the kid," Krishner told The Union-Tribune at the time Corona informed him of his decision. "He epitomizes everything we are looking for in a person in our program. We'd like to have him back." And then there was the medical scare that helped […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:47 AM PDT

State ‘slams door’ on prisoners’ calls

TIJUANA – In the first such measure in Mexico, a new electronic system has been implemented that blocks transmissions from cell phones and radios coming from inside the state prison here. The goal is to put an end to the extortions that prisoners are able to carry out against families in the community, said the […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:46 AM PDT

Mexicans in U.S. encouraged to vote

A campaign to encourage Mexican citizens who live in the United States to vote in Mexico's presidential elections next year kicked off Monday in San Diego. The director of Mexico's autonomous Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), which coordinates federal elections, announced the start of the outreach campaign during a visit to the Mexican Consulate in San […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:46 AM PDT

13 members of crime cell arrested

TIJUANA – An anonymous phone tip led authorities to a criminal cell believed to be working for the Sinaloa cartel in Ensenada and Rosarito Beach, state officials announced. Authorities arrested on Saturday a total of 13 people, among them a couple who allegedly led the cell and two of their children, who in initial statements […]

April 13, 2017 at 3:46 AM PDT