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Tijuana

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2012

    Tijuana Grub Crawl: Where To Eat, Drink and Walk on Your Tour of TJ

    See also: Anthony Bourdain Told Me to Go to Baja. So I'd Be OK There. Right? See also: Anthony Bourdain's Baja Episode of No Reservations Will Make You Want to Cross the Border Immediately See also: OC Weekly's Column Tijuana Sí! You're going to Tijuana, and you want to eat. That's a very good pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2012

    Caesar Salad Festival in Tijuana This Sunday: Did You Know Its Roots Are in Baja?

    See also: Anthony Bourdain's Baja Episode of No Reservations Will Make You Want to Cross the Border Immediately. See also: 'Stick a Fork in It' column Tijuana Sí!. If you're up for a spur of the moment trip across the Mexican border (and who isn't these days) this weekend would be a good time to g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    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 >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 22, 2012

    I Am a Reverse Coyote: Smuggling Food Tourists Into Tijuana

    Tijuana is the new culinary media darling, but this writer has been smuggling food tourists there for years

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    The Reverse Coyote: Bill Esparza on Smuggling Food Tourists into Tijuana

    Even if you're not one of Bill Esparza's Street Gourmet LA readers (who are legion), many of whom have accompanied the musician-as-food-blogger on his famous border-crossing culinary pilgrimages, you might want to check out today's feature food story. Of course, you may want to read the story -- aga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    How to Find Gas at $1.46 Less Per Gallon (Really)

    What if we told you we knew of a place where you could save about $1.46 a gallon on gas -- today? What if we told you, while you were in the neighborhood getting your cheap gas you could also dine on meals that have the foodie nation buzzing, get a huge discount on your prescription drugs, and take ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Read This Now: The New Yorker on Misión 19's Javier Plascencia

    Misión 19 in Tijuana, chef Javier Plascencia's first independent venture, is celebrating its one-year-anniversary. Read "The Missionary," a profile of Plascencia by Dana Goodyear in this week's New Yorker, and you'll learn why that matters. Plascencia's mission is to bring innovative but authent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    LinA In LA Party Picks: SNL's Stefon Ain't Got Nothin' On Us

    ​Anybody's who's ever watched Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" and reads this column knows the flamboyant nightlife reporter, Stefon (played by Bill Hader), and yours truly have similar sensibilities when it comes to colorful clubbing. Midget pirate parties ... white trash drag queen hoe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Teen Prostitute From Southern California Found Working Tijuana Streets

    Nathan GibbsA woman in Tijuana's Zona Norte.​As we've noted, it's sweeps time for TV news in L.A. So you can expect a lot of typically sensational reporting (CBS2 found a city worker buying alcohol before heading to the mayor's house, for example). NBC Los Angeles' look into Tijuana prostitut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Southern California Blackouts in San Diego, South Orange County During Heatwave

    ​Updated at the bottom: As power seems to be coming back on, California electricity officials issue a "flex-alert" for the entire state. A power outage affecting all of San Diego County has been reported today, and now we're seeing tweets that the lights have gone out in Dana Point, Laguna Ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Bostich Fussible Bring The Tijuana To L.A.

    Nacional Records courtesy photoRamón Amezcua (Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (Fussible)​It's surely not their city's architectural beauty that keeps a firm grip on Tijuana-based folk-tronic duo Bostich Fussible. But the city's well-guarded Bohemian underpinnings -- independent art galleries, all-ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    Crossing the Line: A Space by Tanya Aguiniga

    Nacional Records courtesy photoRamón Amezcua (Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (Fussible)​It's surely not their city's architectural beauty that keeps a firm grip on Tijuana-based folk-tronic duo Bostich Fussible. But the city's well-guarded Bohemian underpinnings -- independent art galleries, all-ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2011

    DONKEY SEE, DONKEY DO

    Nacional Records courtesy photoRamón Amezcua (Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (Fussible)​It's surely not their city's architectural beauty that keeps a firm grip on Tijuana-based folk-tronic duo Bostich Fussible. But the city's well-guarded Bohemian underpinnings -- independent art galleries, all-ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2011

    The Donkey Show

    Nacional Records courtesy photoRamón Amezcua (Bostich) and Pepe Mogt (Fussible)​It's surely not their city's architectural beauty that keeps a firm grip on Tijuana-based folk-tronic duo Bostich Fussible. But the city's well-guarded Bohemian underpinnings -- independent art galleries, all-ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Ceci Bastida Interview: "You Need To Feel Free"

    ceci bastida​ Tijuana might be better known right now for its crooked cops and affordable prescription drugs, but Ceci Bastida has been sounding off for the border city's next generation since she was a feisty 15 year-old fronting politically-minded Mexican ska band Tijuana No! (famous for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 21, 2010

    Our Man in Tijuana

    Javier Plascencia brings his BajaMed chops to the Test Kitchen

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    First Bite: Javier Plascencia, Our Man in Tijuana

    C. BishopJonagold apple​The ceilings are low, the expectations are high, and the Slayer-loud salsa grooves are making the mezcal tremble in its glass. The wines on the blackboard are all from Baja, mostly from the Guadalupe Valley area, which may be the great wine area closest to Los Angeles; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Craigslist's Defunct 'Erotic Services' Ads Live On In Tijuana, And Some Women Offer North-Of-The-Border Sessions

    A "spicy blonde" advertises on Craigslist Tijuana.​Under pressure from law enforcers who said it was a haven for prostitution, Craigslist quietly shut down its "Adult Services" advertising section earlier this month, replacing it with the word "Censored." But U.S. users of the classified adver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Javier Plascencia's Baja Food Comes to L.A.

    Barbara HansenJavier Plascencia​The Test Kitchen has scored a coup in persuading Javier Plascencia, Tijuana's charismatic chef and promoter of Baja cuisine, to cook there for three nights, October 13th through 15th. Plascencia has seven restaurants in Tijuana, another in San Diego and, we he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    James Lee, Suspected Discovery Channel Hostage Taker, Was Convicted Of Immigrant Smuggling

    ​The strange saga of James Lee, the man suspected of taking hostages at the Discovery Channel's Washington, D.C. headquarters this week, keeps getting more bizarre. ABC News reports that in 2003 he was convicted of smuggling a woman into the United States from Tijuana. It's an odd revelation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Under the Radar Cinco De Mayo Suggestions by Tijuana's Nortec Collective

    ​When it comes to Cinco de Mayo, you need to go where the pros go. Jorge Verdin, graphic designer and member of Tijuana music troupe Nortec Collective, could have a degree in torta-ology. Growing up in La Mesa neighborhood in Tijuana and touring all over Mexico (and the world) with Nortec Coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    A Benefit for the Kids of Baja: Mole, Music, Tequila and Mezcal

    Feel sad about those helpless kids living on the streets of Tijuana and Ensenada? Then do something about it, like take part in the April 22 benefit for Corazon de Vida Foundation at Guelaquetza restaurant on Olympic Blvd. Funds raised will go toward housing and food for orphaned and abandoned chil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Mexico A No-No For Spring Break?

    Acapulco.​After two Americans connected to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez were gunned down, the U.S. State Department issued a warning regarding travel to Mexico, particularly its northern cities and states -- including Tijuana. The attack in the city opposite El Paso, Texas, included on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Ceci Bastida spreads the Eastside Luv tonight ( MP3 and stop-motion Fan Video)

    Ceci Bastida spreads the Eastside Luv tonight ( MP3 and stop-motion Fan Video)

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Roadtrip to Tijuana: Why All Your Foodblogs are Posting From Mexico

    Thanks to the tireless work of Mexican food expert and blogger Bill Esparza--in conjunction with the Tijuana Tourism Board Tijuana Convention & Visitors Bureau--a group of bloggers, food writers, chefs and restaurateurs headed south last week on a mission of exploration and eating, to consume some o ... More >>

  • LA Life

    June 18, 2009

    Slackers in Gringolandia, and Other Mexican "Traditions"

    Thanks to the tireless work of Mexican food expert and blogger Bill Esparza--in conjunction with the Tijuana Tourism Board Tijuana Convention & Visitors Bureau--a group of bloggers, food writers, chefs and restaurateurs headed south last week on a mission of exploration and eating, to consume some o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    The Answer Man

    Thanks to the tireless work of Mexican food expert and blogger Bill Esparza--in conjunction with the Tijuana Tourism Board Tijuana Convention & Visitors Bureau--a group of bloggers, food writers, chefs and restaurateurs headed south last week on a mission of exploration and eating, to consume some o ... More >>

  • LA Life

    August 7, 2008

    The Tights Club

    When it comes to Mexican superheroes in Spandex, look to lucha libre

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    Emos prepare to rumble in Tijuana, march for peace in Mexico City

    The nationwide assault campaign against emos in Mexico continues to surge forward, as word is spreading that emos will be hunted and beaten by anti-emo kids in Tijuana on Saturday. Word is emos will rumble with their adversaries at Plaza Rio, Tijuana's central outdoor mall. But hold on. My youn ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Lost in Tijuana

    A mother’s search for a son, born in East L.A. but deported by County Sheriffs

  • Music

    May 31, 2007

    Mano a Manu Chao

    Sitting down with the Out of Time Man

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Under the Influence

    And Moz-itive thinking

  • Art+Books

    January 25, 2007

    Nuevo Cool

    Tijuana art in Santa Monica

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Más Mexican Media Response

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

  • News

    March 2, 2006

    Mexican Media Responds

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

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    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.

  • Music

    August 11, 2005

    Factory of Dreams

    Nortec Collective’s new Tijuana is beautiful & funky & funny

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Shooting the Messenger

    The challenge facing real journalists

  • Music

    April 15, 2004

    Present Perfect

    The challenge facing real journalists

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    On the Border of Hypocrisy

    The unintended consequences of getting tough on illegal immigration

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Manu en Vivo

    The unintended consequences of getting tough on illegal immigration

  • Music

    October 26, 2000

    Mexing America

    L.A./TJ bands vault the Pocho Wall

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Global Stench

    Come to Tijuana to experience globalization

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    New Tijuana Moods

    Reinventing the border with Nor-Tec and Julieta Venegas

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Beating Home a Message

    A violent setback for worker rights in Mexico

  • LA Life

    February 17, 2000

    Here There Be Angels

    A violent setback for worker rights in Mexico

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Tijuana maquiladora labor strike deepens

    A violent setback for worker rights in Mexico

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    First Strike

    Labor Action Breaks all the Rules in Tiajuana

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