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Tijuana sewage infects air in South Bay

The Tijuana River Valley is a large estuary complex that drains the watershed area from the east and the urban runoff of Tijuana from the south, sending both flowing out into the Pacific Ocean to …

Tijuanazo makes Hillcrest part of the "Taco Megaregion"

Video:FEAST!: Tijuanazo makes Hillcrest part of the "Taco Megaregion"A new taco compendium regards Tijuana and San Diego less as neighboring taco towns, than as part of a sprawling taco landscape. Taco Megaregion: The Essential Guide …

Prime Wheel in Tijuana cracks down on employees after worker disappears

More than a month has passed since Servando Salazar, a 10-year-worker at Prime Wheel factory in Tijuana, disappeared on August 23 within the company's facilities. His disappearance occurred in strange circumstances since security cameras  confirm …

October 7, 2024
Roll-over crashes crop up in San Diego and Baja

In the last three months, cars and semis have rolled over in San Diego County and just across the border.The most recent spill happened on September 29, when a car lost control on I-5 at …

Air toxins plague Escondido, Imperial Beach, Chula Vista, Tijuana

Since last month, concerns over air toxins sparked chaos across San Diego County. Schools abruptly canceled physical education classes in the southern part of the county after a "chemicals of war" warning from a local …

Tijuana call centers staffed heavily by deportees

“The new girl already quit,” said my girlfriend as she climbed into my car after work. “She only lasted two weeks and said she couldn’t handle it anymore. Nothing against me, she said the workplace …

June 19, 2024
Pick-up boxing in downtown Tijuana park a little bloody

“Come to my fight, this Sunday at five,” said ‘Tito.’ “Bring your camera, or at least film me with my phone.” I met Tito last summer when he was searching for a kickboxing partner. “I’m looking …

June 3, 2024
Tips for staying safe when camping in Baja

Given the recent tragic event south of Ensenada at a popular surf spot near Puerto Santo Tomas, there has been quite a bit of rhetoric flying in the press and on social media about camping …

May 29, 2024
The fakeness of San Diego as world design capital

You may not know it, but we’re smack in the middle of a cross-border celebration: San Diego and Tijuana were jointly awarded the title of World Design Capital 2024. Both cities are celebrating the power …

May 15, 2024
CDC puts up border wall against dogs traveling north

Due to Mexico’s sweeping rabies campaign and free vaccination program, they have been officially rabies-free since 2019, and the last two cases of dog-to-human transfer occurred in 2006.I have travelled across the border dozens of …

Gringos who drive to Zona Rio for mental help

“Everyone’s crazy everywhere,” quips psychologist Livier Celaya as she sits her office in the Zona Rio quarter of Tijuana. “It doesn’t matter what side of the border you’re on.”Photograph by Matthew SuárezI’m in Tijuana to …

April 24, 2024
Design guru Don Norman’s big plans for San Diego

These look like glory days for design in San Diego. Not only has the San Diego-Tijuana twin-city region been named the Design Capital of the World for 2024 — the first binational conurbation ever to …

April 24, 2024
Narco wars spill more blood in Tijuana

“Lo más seguro mataron a alguien” ("probably someone got shot"), I exclaimed to my girlfriend as I was driving down Calle Cuarta (4th Street) in downtown Tijuana on the afternoon of February 15. Yellow tape …

Mexican border area after the flood – dead sea lion, birds, flooded horse stables, emerging rattlesnakes

On March 19, Cristbel Adams was shaken to see a sea lion lying motionless in the sand by the Imperial Beach Pier. Since the December and January countywide floods, animals near the Tijuana River Valley …

New to Chula Vista, Las Ahumaderas invokes classic Tijuana street tacos

Video:New to Chula Vista, Las Ahumaderas invokes classic Tijuana street tacosI used to be one of those mythical San Diego taco fiends who could jump in the car to chase a craving, and wind up …

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