Baja California

A Mexican Telenovela Spawned a Teen Pop Sensation. Artist Yvonne Venegas Documented the Insanity

San Diego Beer Week: Top 5 Events Worth The Drive South

To most Angelenos, San Diego is the kid sister of SoCal cities. But to beer lovers, San Diego is Mecca. Ten years ago, when L.A. was still trapped by endless Bud and Miller tap handles, San Diego brewers were over-hopping their suds, blowing palletes (and minds) and defining an entirely new west coa ... More >>

Test Kitchen's Latino Series, Part 1: Mexican Chefs to Take Over Bestia This Weekend

If Angelenos are becoming intoxicated by Mexico's culinary renaissance, Northern Baja has been our gateway drug. Several events have popped up in recent years (most recently, at Playa) in which chefs from Tijuana and Ensenada have come up over the border to showcase their talents to eager SoCal fans ... More >>

DocuWeeks 2012 Preview

DocuWeeks tackles issues ranging from a gay bishop to an underwater garden in Baja

Jonathan Waxman Serves 'Foods of Baja' at Rosa Mexicano

Baja California is very hot right now. Just ask Anthony Bourdain, The New Yorker, or Dwell. Now chef Jonathan Waxman, cookbook author, chef/owner of Barbuto in NYC, and culinary consultant for Rosa Mexicano, is debuting his "Foods of Baja" menu at the restaurant's West Hollywood and L.A. Live locat ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Baja Episode of No Reservations Will Make You Want to Cross the Border Immediately

The Baja California episode of No Reservations begins with a soundtrack of gunshots and sirens peppering news reports of violence in Tijuana. But against this noise we see Anthony Bourdain strolling into town looking unafraid. He knows what you're thinking: "Wait, isn't Tijuana dangerous?" The shor ... More >>

L.A.'s Idea of Mexican Food vs. What Mexicans Really Eat

In this episode of Squid Ink's Venn Food Diagrams, we study Mexican food. Why? Well, because deep down, every single person in this city has a soft spot for the stuff. Whether it be Americanized or not, fajitas or tacos de guisado -- a taco is the archetypal Angeleno meal. In this city, a taco is ea ... More >>

Cacao Mexicatessen's Uni Chile Güero Rellenitos

If you were lucky enough to be one of the first 20 people to visit Cacao Mexicatessen's booth at The Gold Standard this year, you probably tasted this magnificent dish. A tender yellow chile is fried, peeled, slivered and then topped with enough raw uni paste to rival the richness of a thousand egg ... More >>

Javier Plascencia: Coming to bulthaup for a 5-course Dinner

bulthaup (and no, it's not capitalized), the high-end kitchen designer and manufacturer, will host chef Javier Plascencia of Tijuana's Misión 19 for a five-course meal at its Robertson Blvd. showroom on March 22. The site asks you to RSVP by today, March 15. Check your wallet first; the price is $1 ... More >>

Miss Bala Review

Mexican beauty queen caught in war on drugs in Gerardo Naranjo's Oscar hopeful

John Sedlar Worries About the Future of Mexican Food

Barbara HansenChef John Sedlar (left), his corn flan with fish in curry sauce (right).​John Sedlar, chef/owner of Rivera and Playa, once thought that Mexican food would take over the world. Now, the world is taking over Mexican food, he says. And this is not a good thing. Today's hot young Me ... More >>

Simmering Mole Rivalry at 4th Annual La Feria de los Moles

While some of our blogger brethren headed down south this weekend to celebrate the regional cuisine of Baja California, those who hung tight had the opportunity to taste distinct moles from Oaxaca and Puebla. Over 30,000 people turned out for Sunday's Feria de los Moles at Plaza Olvera, where snakin ... More >>

Three Americans Killed in Baja, Two Near San Diego Border, This Spring

Bar Dubai / FacebookA scene from Bar Dubai in Tijuana.​Three Americans have been killed in Baja California -- two quite close to the border near San Diego -- over the last month or so. Parsing Mexican news reports, NBC San Diego learned that the victim felled farthest from the border, 26-year ... More >>

Where's The Spam?: A Potential Board Game for Carnival Passengers, or Maybe the Navy

Flickr/dok 1​ You will perhaps remember the recent Carnival Cruise Lines fiasco, in which a cruise ship lost power and drifted for days off the coast of Baja California, the hungry passengers subsisting unhappily on a diet of Spam and croissants and Pop Tarts courtesy of the U.S. Navy. A Wal ... More >>

Your Carnival Cruise Ship Emergency Diet: Pop Tarts, Croissants & Spam

So you're stranded on a giant cruise ship 200 miles off the coast of Baja California in the Pacific. Your 952-foot vessel is adrift; the AC and the toilets are not working. You and your fellow 4,500 passengers are running low on food while the Carnival Cruise Line tries to figure out whether to tow ... More >>

Massacre Of 13 In Tijuana Linked To California-Bound Pot Seizure?

Was huge seizure of California-bound marijuana tied to Tijuana massacre Sunday?​One of the key issues in the debate of the full legalization of marijuana in California is whether voter approval for Prop. 19 would change the cartel-linked supply lines for pot in the Golden State. On Monday Baj ... More >>

Great White Sharks Love L.A. Coastal Waters Too

​When great white sharks were spotted off the Southern California coast in June it seemed a little unusual, but experts say it's not: It turns out that -- hold on to your boardshorts -- great whites often call Los Angeles coastal waters home sweet home. Indeed, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has t ... More >>

East L.A. Meets Napa at Union Station a Gazpacho Recipe

Barbara HansenMary Carmen Salas of La Parrilla at East L.A. Meets Napa​All the Mexican food you could ever dream of eating will be yours for the taking at AltaMed's 5th annual East L.A. Meets Napa benefit July 9. That evening, Union Station's huge courtyard will be jammed with tables where lo ... More >>

A Memory of What Might Have Been

Stage Raw: A Memory of What Might Have Been

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCurrent STAGE FEATURE on Anton Chekhov's 150th Birthday BashNEW REVIEW GO  A MEMORY OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ​ Photo courtesy of Zombie Joe's Underground George Bernard Shaw wrote that "men and women are made by their own fancies in the image ... More >>

Sunday's 7.2 Earthquake Named 'Sierra El Mayor;' Mexican President Says Third Death Possible

polyvf via Twipic: http://tweetphoto.com/17203656​Caltech and the U.S. Geological Survey have come up with a name for Sunday's 7.2 shaker felt throughout the Southwest: The Sierra El Mayor earthquake. It was named for the mountain range near the temblor's epicenter on the Laguna Saluda fault. ... More >>

Three Killed, 233 Injured In Baja Quake Felt Throughout Southwest

zikeyros via Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/1db211A sign fell on a car in the Mexicali area.​The death toll from Sunday's 7.2 Baja earthquake felt across the Southwest increased to three Monday, with at least 233 people, mostly in the Mexican border town of Mexicali, reporting injuries, according ... More >>

Taste of the Americas at San Antonio Winery: Celebrate Independence with Food and Wine

Seven Latin American countries celebrate their independence day in September. That makes it the perfect month for San Antonio Winery's "Taste of the Americas" food and wine festival. The festival, held September 20 in downtown Los Angeles, will feature dishes from five of those countries--Mexico, El ... More >>

Mexican Road Trip Part III: Seafood, Wineries, Barbacoa and Even More Tacos

For the group of food writers, bloggers, chefs and restaurateurs that spent this past weekend traveling through Mexico, Saturday morning began at the weekend-only spot, Barbacoa "Ermita". Slurping lamb consommé so thick and soothing that it should replace chicken soup in elementary school thermoses ... More >>

Under the Influence

And Moz-itive thinking

Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 3

The Bracero's Complaint

Más Mexican Media Response

And a Spanish translation of “The Island of Jorge Hank Rhon”

The Epic Vulture

A history of the condor and the people below

The Last Road Trip

A photo essay by Claudio Cambon

The Island of Jorge Hank Rhon

They call him a criminal, a murderer and the worst mayor in Tijuana history. In search of Genghis Hank.

Final Flight

The death of a majestic condor known as AC2

Big Bird’s Slippery Slope

Can the condor survive more oil?

Spinning and Spiraling

Split Over Atoms

Who will pay for San Onofre’s rehab?

Shooting the Messenger

The challenge facing real journalists

Build a House, Go to Jail

Two Baja laborers led land invasions with their poor neighbors and brought down the wrath of a government intent on enforcing rules that protect the rich

The Push for a Living Wage in Mexico

Independent unions challenge economic elite, but victories are rare and hard-fought

The Deer Dancers of Mexico

Border Calls

In the Mexican desert, a sanctuary for worried migrants

Letters

The Insulted and the Injured

A conversation with English writer Rupert Thomson

Junked Workers

NAFTA’S final test unfolds in Texas

Global Stench

Come to Tijuana to experience globalization

The New Face of Politics in Mexico

Hint: It isn’t Vicente Fox

Beating Home a Message

A violent setback for worker rights in Mexico

Life’s a Beach

Papa Fernandez’s strip of paradise

Loco Mosquito

Iggy Pop, time and the American Way

Tijuana maquiladora labor strike deepens

First Strike

Labor Action Breaks all the Rules in Tiajuana