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Archdiocese plans pro-life march
TIJUANA The local archdiocese hopes to turn out thousands of people for its annual pro-life march Sunday morning. Archbishop Rafael Romo said the march, called "United for Life and Peace," is a Christian demonstration without an ideological position. However, in the last ten years, the march has also served to support the Church's traditional […]

Veteran player relishes new era
He's not sure if he will be on the field when the Mexican national soccer team starters take their positions on the field. Rafael "Rafa" Márquez doesn't know if he will even play in what would be his 99th international match when El Tri faces Paraguay in an exhibition match Saturday at the Oakland-Alameda County […]

CSI: Baja California has SDSU roots
San Diego State University's forensic science experts are lending Baja California a hand during its transition to a U.S.-style criminal court system. The university on Friday hosted the inauguration of Baja California's new College of Forensic Science, which will be based in Tecate, Baja California. SDSU's Homeland Security Program helped develop the curriculum and will […]

Young coach has a plan to win
SDR: You said that "El Chicharito" is no different than other players on this team, that he's not to get special treatment. But is he not a player that can help lead Mexico to another level and help lead the team to glory, something that was missing in the World Cup? De la Torre: "This […]

New push for foreign investment
TIJUANA Success stories breed more success. That's the premise of a program introduced Thursday to promote this city as a good place to do business. The Tijuana Economic Development Corporation presented the program "Circle of Ambassadors" during the inauguration of its new offices in the fifth floor of the award-winning "green" building Vía Corporativa […]

How Border Patrol foiled fake Marines
An attempt to smuggle 13 undocumented immigrants by disguising their vehicle and making them wear U.S. Marine Corps uniforms was foiled by alert U.S. Border Patrol agents with military backgrounds, according to a criminal complaint filed in San Diego last week. The incident, which made national headlines when it was first reported this week, happened […]

More firepower to confront criminals
Tijuana .- In the middle of a series of killings, including of police officers, the state announced Tuesday that it had invested a little more than half a million dollars in weapons and ammunition to better equip state and municipal police departments. The state's Secretary of Public Safety, Daniel de la Rosa, turned over more […]

They are acting like robots
The scene was typical. Reporters herded like cattle to a designated area. There, they met José Manuel de la Torre, the new head coach of Mexico's national soccer team, for a makeshift news conference. De La Torre or, "El Chepo" as he's nicknamed in Mexico, spoke about El Tri's exhibition matches against Paraguay in Oakland […]

Chicharomania’ fever grips SD
"Chicharomania" has arrived in San Diego. The Mexican star who plays for Manchester United, Javier Hernández, politely signed every item fans put before him. "El Chicharito," as he's affectionately called, and the rest of Mexico's national team descended Monday afternoon on the soccer field of the San Diego Jewish Academy, where they held their first […]

California’s young face is Latino
More than half of California's residents under 18 are Latino, including in San Diego County, according to new Census 2010 data. "That's our future electorate. That's our future workforce. That is the future of California," said Rosalind Gold, senior director of research and advocacy at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. NALEO […]

Pusrsuit near the U.S -Mexico Border
Two men were taken into custody about 9 a.m. Monday after crashing their sports utility vehicle on Otay Valley Road in Chula Vista while trying to elude U.S. Border Patrol agents, who began their pursuit near the U.S.-Mexico border. The two men , whose nationalities have not been released yet, were not seriously hurt, Border […]

Mexico’s stars coming to SD
Mexico's national soccer team is coming to San Diego to play in an exhibition match in a few days. But "El Tri," as the team is known, will be in San Diego eight days before their match against Venezuela. Mexico is to fly into Tijuana from Mexico City on Monday and then cross the border […]

Pumas on hunt for unbeaten season
The weeks go by in the Mexican 2011 Clausura tournament and UNAM Pumas is one step closer to making Mexican soccer history. Pumas is on pace to become the first team to finish the regular season unbeaten. UNAM is on its best streak in the history of the franchise since it entered the first division […]

State police force to be reorganized
TIJUANA The state's police force will be reorganized to improve its professionalism and to reduce corruption and will serve as a model for the rest of the country, the state Public Safety Secretary Daniel de la Rosa announced Friday. The new state police agency will be made up of the 422 agents currently on […]

Exhibit captures essence of Tijuana
The exhibit is made up of art works and scene-setting objects as well as documentary material that refer to historic events. The curators explained that "Dark Work" begins with the moment when the city defined itself as an urban settlement in 1889, and advances from there to being a place on the border and all […]

Goodbye to Beckham?
The Major League Soccer season has begun. It kicked off Tuesday with the Los Angeles Galaxy beating the host Seattle Sounders 1-0 with a goal from one of its international players, Juninho. The match was not a spectacular show. It had what you'd expect from a season opener. But don't judge the 2011 MLS season […]

Tijuana to host its own Comic-Con
TIJUANA – For those comic-book fans who havent been able to snag a ticket to Comic-Con in San Diego, this city offers an affordable opportunity this weekend to venture into the always dangerous world of superheroes. Iberoamericana University and Radbeat, a firm that specializes in multimedia productions, will host the second annual ComCom this Saturday, […]

Proposed laws take aim at foreclosures
A coalition of community organizations and public employee groups is pushing for passage of three proposed state laws that aim to reduce the number of foreclosures in California. About 40 demonstrators, including a few homeowners who are facing foreclosure, marched around the Bank of America building in downtown San Diego on Wednesday to bring attention […]

It took me 19 years to recover’
Judith Bustos is familiar with the stigma among Latinos associated with seeking help for a mental illness. She's lived through it and triumphed. The Mexico native remembers struggling with mental illness when she was young but being told by her mother that she had done something wrong and should go to church for confession to […]

Army seizes drugs worth $6.6 million
TIJUANA An anonymous tip led the Mexican Army to seize illegal drugs valued at $6.6 million, a move characterized as a "hard blow" against a cartel expanding its grip on the border region. On Tuesday, the army found 209 pounds of cocaine and 387 pounds of "crystal" methamphetamine in a house in the La […]