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San Ysidro Events

Tree Lighting Las Americas Premium Outlets	Saturday, November 17, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Borderless Waters	Saturday, November 17, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Reception: Dreams, Daydreaming & Dreamers The Front	Saturday, November 17, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Black Friday Shopping Event Las Americas Premium Outlets	Thursday, November 22, 3 p.m. to midnight

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San Ysidro News & Stories

Marrow on the side in Ysidro

A birria to stop you short of the border

Usually San Ysidro means a trip through the world’s busiest border crossing and, ipso facto, tacos for lunch. But this time I’m taking the second to LAST USA EXIT in search of bone marrow. And ...

What makes the border fence work

No escape field, see-through, razor wire

“Assault a U.S. law enforcement officer – expect to be held accountable,” said chief border patrol agent Rodney Scott in a press release November 3. On October 31 a federal jury in San Diego found ...

My Tijuana makes me happy

In 2008 Tijuana suffered 844 murders. In 2017 it was over 1600.

“Tijuana is much more than the cliches repeated by those that, carrying their prejudice, come and try to decipher it.” Those words of the late Rafa Saavedra (2013), one of Tijuana’s favorite writers, struck a ...

Free Ride Day – a few left behind

How many trolley riders will end up buying fares?

On Oct. 2, a Tuesday, everyone could board public transit and go all over the region – how about El Cajon to San Marcos and back? – for nothing; yes, no fare, no tickets, no ...

A west coast Statue of Liberty

40-foot monument to Virgin Mary in San Ysidro

A cross-denominational faith group on Friday (October 5) announced their plans to construct what they're describing as a West Coast Statue of Liberty on a San Ysidro hilltop overlooking Tijuana. Modeled after the Virgin Mary ...