American tourists on an annual July 4 fishing trip were plunged into the Gulf of California in the middle of the night after a flash storm upended their boat, killing at least one U.S. man and leaving seven others missing. Mexican officials on Monday were considering calling off the search for survivors and turning their [...]

Doin’ It Baja. It’s like, motorcycles, fire, tacos and beers, and a handful of our favorite skateboarders surfing and smoking their way down the coast of Baja California, Mexico? This thing is a gimme. Baja California’s one of those places with two, completely different reputations. One version of the place is a paradise with nude [...]

A warm and friendly atmosphere, mild climate and accessibility by land, sea and air have made Ensenada a favorite tourist destination for decades. Located 70 miles south of the international border, the city of Ensenada is a 90-minute drive from San Diego along a modern toll highway with breathtaking views of the Pacific ocean. Nestled [...]

Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 03:40:40 PM at epicenter, 32.128°N, 115.303°W, Depth 10 km (6.2 miles), 26 km (16 miles) SW (225°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico, 60 km (38 miles) SSE (165°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, 62 km (38 miles) SW (233°) from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, 167 km [...]

The 3rd Annual San Felipe Tequila Festival will be March 5.,6. and 7. on the Malecon in San Felipe, with Natasha James’s Band playing all three days. The Festival’s opening ceremonies will be between 12:00 and 1:00 PM with Sal Fish, CEO of Score-International, the race organnizer for the 24th MasterCraft Safety-Tecate SCORE San Felipe [...]

A 6.9 earthquake this morning in Baja California was felt in the San Diego area, prompting some people to evacuate a downtown San Diego office tower. The temblor hit about 360 miles south of the California border, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. TV news footage showed some office workers milling outside San Diego high-rise [...]

As well as surf, sand and sun, another thing you can count on when you spend much of winter at the southern reaches of the Baja peninsula is an endless supply of fish tacos. Casting for yellowtail, dorado, sierra and other varieties that provide the meat of a fish taco, after all, long has [...]

There has been an outbreak of a new virus initially named “Swine Flu” that appears to have originated near Veracruz, Mexico several weeks ago. The first know case of this new virus to a young boy in La Glorieta, which is located near one of Mexico’s largest pig farms. The influenza spread rapidly in the [...]

Baja California, it is sometimes informally referred to as Baja California Norte, to distinguish it from both the Baja California peninsula, of which it forms the northern half, and Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the southern half of the peninsula. While it is a well-established term for the northern half of the [...]

Hurricane to make landfall coming night north of La Paz, Mexico
Hurricane Norbert regained power as a Category 2 storm in the Pacific today, churning toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and forcing hundreds of people to flee to shelters. Norbert was packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour and was due to make landfall [...]