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Tijuana mothers protest move of prisoners to El Hongo

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Kids in Baja will skate anything

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Author Richard Rodriguez crosses turnstiles into Tijuana

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Baja cracks down on cosmetic surgery with prison time

Medical tourism in Tijuana has been recognized for its high standards and affordable medical interventions, particularly in cosmetic surgery. But, since the Corona pandemic, government supervision of clinics and doctors ...

Baja Neighborhood News Tijuana

Tijuana mothers protest move of prisoners to El Hongo

On February 5 mothers of prisoners in La Mesa State Penitentiary in Tijuana demonstrated in front of the prison to denounce the financial struggle they have been through since their ...

Baja Cover Stories Ensenada Rosarito Tijuana

Kids in Baja will skate anything

“In Mexico or Baja California, there is a lot of corruption done by the municipal police force as they arbitrarily arrest people and the officers ask for a bribe to ...

Baja From the archives Tijuana

Author Richard Rodriguez crosses turnstiles into Tijuana

Taken together as one, Tijuana and San Diego form the most fascinating city in the New World My first trip across: the late 1950s. We were on our way to ...

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Burning buses shut down Tijuana

Last Friday, Tijuana’s citizens experienced something that has never happened before in the city. Cartel violence has become normalized in the last few decades, but the town was in shock when armed groups burned at ...

August 23, 2022

Baja From the archives

World War II Tijuana

The Loud Adios I wrote a story about her, called it ‘The Blue Fox.” and decided not to give it to the singles’ magazine. The publisher probably would’ve turned it down. It wasn’t dirty enough ...

August 20, 2022

Baja From the archives

August 15, 2022

The sordid Rosarito trailer park

Brief Eden We didn’t see too much of the man in trailer number eight, who was supposed to be a Federale, except for the times when he would step out onto his wooden deck and ...

Baja Fishing Report

July 17, 2022

Catch halibut with dead-sticking or bounce-ball technique

Dock Totals 7/10 – 7/16: 4424 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 397 barracuda, 793 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 1 blue perch, 4 bocaccio, ...

Baja Fishing Report

July 10, 2022

Surf perch bonanza in San Quintin

Dock Totals 7/3 – 7/9: 3,950 anglers aboard 162 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 961 barracuda, 83 bluefin tuna (to 70 pounds), 676 bonito, 2,625 calico bass, ...

Baja Mexicali Neighborhood News

July 4, 2022

Caesarian gone wrong in Mexicali

A newborn child got injured after a C-section surgery was performed during a power outage at Clinica de Especialidades Internacional in Mexicali, Baja California’s capital city. Doctors in charge of the procedure decided to continue ...

Baja From the archives

June 19, 2022

Bitten by rattler deep in Baja mountains

Snakebite Bob recalls, “I was getting pretty good mouthfuls of blood for a while, then everything seemed to coagulate.” Less than three minutes had elapsed since the time of the bite. He substituted the waist ...

Baja Neighborhood News Tijuana

June 13, 2022

TJ cartels still cause mayhem in outskirts

Tijuana's Mayor Monserrat Caballero and her administration haven't been able to reduce cartel violence much. Not long ago cartels turned the city into one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico. According to the Baja ...

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Baja by boat: “Kayak to Cabo/ 1050 miles alone/ Aug 4 to Nov 6 /2003”

Recently, I had dinner at a small gathering in Mission Beach hosted by some new friends, Dimitri and Ali Kalemkeris, in a charming cottage that was built in the time of Ali’s grandparents. Soon after ...

June 1, 2022

Baja From the archives

Gringos drive south to Colegio Ingles

The sun is hot. The sun is yellow. The sun is in the sky. It’s been a long day for Jovanna Venegas, starting out as she did so early in her room in the house ...

March 28, 2022

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