The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
March 2, 2026
Mexico
Police torture young suspects in Tijuana
Like the High Sierras, but in Baja
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
February 18, 2026
Friends surprised by snakebite in Baja
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
December 3, 2025
He served as border gatekeeper for Mexican steers
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
November 7, 2025
Cool uncle Madriaga aloof from high-speed San Diego freeway swimmers
Clout chasing with cars and motorcycles in 2025 has spun out of control across San Diego County — or maybe I'm just getting old. Picture this: a guy climbing out of his truck window while …
October 22, 2025
Tijuana evicts pre-schoolers with two weeks warning
Parents of children who were set to attend Arcoiris pre-school and 15 similar operations have been left scrambling to make other plans after the municipal government announced the mandatory closure of the child-care centers just …
September 1, 2025
Tacos El Franc: from Tijuana street to National City mall food
Tacos El Franc, one of Tijuana's most esteemed taquerias, officially brought its delectable adobada to the United States last month, opening a bright new shop at the Westfield Plaza Bonita shopping mall in National City. …
July 24, 2025
Dr. Death directs people to Tijuana pet stores
The Reader has started this series of its best stories from the past 52 years — 2600 cover stories and some remarkable interior features — to help make up for the loss of its physical …
July 11, 2025
There's a reason they line up at Tacos El Vaquero
It's almost not fair that the taco I'm holding stands among the best tacos I've eaten in Tijuana — or Mexico City for that matter. Because folded into this warm tortilla are fire-grilled hunks of …
June 26, 2025
Ed Bedford chews the Kraken at Kokopelli
The flute-player is around here somewhere. Has to be. I’m on Río Colorado in the Colonia Marrón part of TJ, at the bougainvillea-and-canvas-shaded end of the calle. And ah. A sign. “In the kitchen, as in …
Tijuana drug rehab not all it's cracked up to be
One of the less publicized effects of the drug cartel issue in Tijuana is the lack of governmental infrastructure for rehab projects. The drug trade produces plenty of addicts, and if the government can't help …
June 11, 2025
Neighbors in south TJ watch police fire shots at Kern County fugitive
It was right at noon on April 9 when one of the greatest manhunt operations seen in Tijuana, deployed by security and enforcement agencies of Baja California, failed to apprehend Cesar Moises Hernandez. Hernandez had …
May 5, 2025
Eating and sliding through Museo del Taco
"It's not a taqueria," insists the web site for Museo del Taco. Except of course it is. To even reach the ticket window of Tijuana's "Taco Museum," you must first pass its bucking taco — …
April 15, 2025
Until Highway 1 was completed, this was the last outpost of civilization
John and I stood on a flat rock under the hot sun holding our fishing lines. Far below us large waves steadily struck the Baja coast south of Ensenada at this place called San Juan …
April 2, 2025
Big bugs and ‘buts in San Diego's big bay
Dock Totals 3/2 – 3/8: 479 anglers aboard 20 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 9 calico bass, 20 halibut, 306 lingcod, 1 perch, 7 rock crab, …
March 10, 2025