More San Diego breweries join the craft-in-cans movement
Yes, we can
Ian Anderson 7 p.m., Dec. 19
Tijuana
Parkland push is on for Tijuana River Valley
County supervisor Greg Cox maintains desire for campgrounds
Nearly 100 people showed up at the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Wednesday night (December 14) to see what county officials are thinking about putting in the large and largely undeveloped park that starts at ...
State of emergency in the Tijuana River Valley
Declared every month since 1993 over ongoing sewage spills
Since 1993, the San Diego City Council has been redeclaring a state of emergency in the Tijuana River Valley over the sewage, sediment, and rubbish as large as tires that flow into the area in ...
Gringos in Tijuana
Tijuana orphanage, books about TJ, torture, the dump, Zona Norte, the bus from Mexico City, origin of margarita, shoe stores, dentists, La Mesa prison
Tijuana Mi Amor Marcos lived for months at the Hotel San Francisco, on Calle Primera, across from La Funeraria San Martin. His room was littered with Argentine novels and Communist literature from Latin America. The ...
San Diego's border barons set first meeting of Trump era
Closed-door confab at posh Tecate bistro and the Mexico lobby's push-back
About a block from the U.S.-Mexico high-tech border fence that president-elect Donald Trump has pledged to turn into an impregnable wall, a select group of San Diego and Tijuana big-money establishment names are set to ...
Another water-main break at the border
This time the runoff isn't sewage pollution
A broken pipe in Tijuana spilled clean water into Goat Canyon on Tuesday (November 29). The potable water spilled into the canyon through ten-foot-in-diameter drainage culverts for about three hours before Mexican authorities got it ...
Life of a vagabond clown newspaper salesman
Tijuana's Pepe Nacho a little vague on the details
“But first, my presentation.” Pepe Nacho breathes in and places his calloused right hand on his ear, pretending he has an earpiece. It’s a Wednesday morning and Pepe Nacho, a newspaper salesman, has been out ...
Shrek de Tijuana takes on the hard times
“I don’t ask for donations, it has to come from their hearts."
“Sorry, but this is not a costume, this is a character, and it’s something I do with all my heart for everyone that visits us and those who live here in Tijuana,” el Shrek de ...
Surfrider's I.B. surf contest iffy
Wastewater reportedly flowing through nearby canyon
Surfrider San Diego’s No Border Sewage Committee (NoBS) organized a binational surf contest for this Sunday (November 6) where Imperial Beach abuts the border, but a sewage flow threatens to interfere, according to a spokesperson ...
Revolution continues on Revolución
Curio shops in peril as investment changes face of Tijuana's main drag
Avenida Revolución is seeing a lot of changes. The most emblematic street in downtown Tijuana, known as La Revu, has had something different opening up almost each week this year. Mexican curio shops lose ground ...
Power of peso putters along in Tijuana
“It’s awesome for me — now I can get twice as drunk.”
“The [rise] of the dollar does not affect Mexicans,” said Andrea Legarreta, host of daily morning television show Hoy, in January of this year. The Mexican peso had just plummeted to a historic low against ...
Refugee crisis in Tijuana
7500 Africans and Haitians without money or housing.
Tijuana is no stranger to desperation. Vagrants, junkies, and deportees are ubiquitous in the streets. Stopping at traffic lights often means shooing away a sinewy street-twitch, scheming to wipe down your windshield with a filthy ...
5000 monitos on his van
Don Zazueta swears he is best headlight shiner in TJ
There is a lot of quirky nonsense in Tijuana. There is the three-story house that has a naked lady sculpted around. There are several cars and motorbikes modified beyond imagination. Cars are more than just ...
The best seafood tacos in Playas de Tijuana
The partnership between La Cerve and Alga Bien is a welcome addition to an area of Tijuana that has seen too many failed attempts at new restaurants and bars.
Danger dog’s burger brother
Tijuana street vendors who offer a basic burger
The “danger dog” was born in the streets of Tijuana, then spread to Los Angeles (and beyond). Usually sold by unlicensed street vendors on improvised dirty grills, the weiner is typically a bacon-wrapped and deep-fried ...
Everyone else in Tijuana seems to love this place
One disappointment after another
“If you don’t have anything to nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” It’s an English proverb that I tend not to follow. Family, friends, and strangers are always recommending places for me. I ...
