Tijuana
I was hobbling back from the store with a liter of milk, when I saw three young men sitting on the steps in front of a house in my Tijuana neighborhood. My friend Trini’s son …
The sporadic, unpredictable staging of bullfight events in Tijuana during the past few years appears to be coming to an end with the arrival of a Mexico City director. Tijuana's daily Frontera reports that Dr. …
In an interview published this week in Baja’s daily Sol de Tijuana, Guillermo Diaz, the president of Tijuana’s downtown merchant association, stated that TJ cops are still extorting big bucks from tourists, primarily U.S. citizens …
Captured in June of 2009, Canadian Arthur Leland Sayler was sentenced to eight years in a Mexican prison last week for operating a child-pornography business out of a rented Las Playas residence. The prosecutor said …
A 25-year-old pro boxer’s life ended while training at a Tijuana gym on Tuesday, March 29. Humberto Tapia Armenta, who was considered by some to have a bright future in the sport, was shot by …
A little less than a month ago, Caliente’s gambling palladium located near the Yellow Cab taxi stand was taken down to make way for a permanent structure. It’s back, replaced with a modestly sized circus …
A recent seismic study by scientists of CICESE, an Ensenada-based investigatory group, determined that an earthquake measuring greater than 6 on the Richter scale would cause significant damage to Tijuana and outlying areas of the …
A homeless encampment in the Tijuana River canal was set ablaze on Friday, February 18, as rains began to fall at around 3 p.m. The fire seemed to be the work of authorities, as the …
A new bridge is rising over the Rio Tijuana with an on-ramp peeling off Via de la Juventud Oriente at the southwest corner of the Plaza Viva Tijuana shopping center. The new bridge is likely …
Caliente’s so-called Last Chance Sports Book, next to the Yellow Cab lot and across the street from the entrance to Plaza Viva Tijuana, was done away with on or around February 12. Frequented by Americans …
With hundreds of homeless people living in the Tijuana River canal under makeshift shelters and tents, more and more are being struck down by automobiles as they attempt to cross the adjacent Avenida Internacional, a …
Cilantro, found regularly in Mexican food, has received an unclean bill of health by Tijuana food inspectors. According to a report in Tijuana’s daily Frontera, a salmonella-contaminated cilantro from U.S. sources has been introduced into …
According to a February 24 report in Tijuana's daily Frontera, the city is on the verge of losing a thousand farmacias. According to the article, about 5000 pharmacies currently exist in Tijuana (other publications use …
A newly released, redesigned 500-peso bill has become one of the most successfully counterfeited bills in recent memory, despite its complex anti-counterfeiting features. The phony bills began circulating throughout Tijuana in November. According to Marco …
A murdered woman was discovered in Colonia Magisterial shortly after midnight on Monday, January 3. Her body bore the marks of torture and abuse, and she was reportedly shot multiple times at another locale; no …