Hospital gets help for kids with cancer
July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
TIJUANA
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With help from Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, Mexican children with cancer now can be treated in a Tijuana hospital equipped and qualified to provide state-of-the-art care – with financial blessing from the Mexican federal government.
The new five-bed unit, which opened yesterday in the General Hospital in Tijuana, is the only publicly funded cancer facility for children in Tijuana. It is expected to admit at least 100 new cancer patients and provide about 400 with radiation, chemotherapy and other medical treatments for leukemia and solid tumors each year.
 JULY 9 (ENLACE)
Planean concierto en Tijuana: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Prevista inicialmente como una sola presentación en el Foro Sol del Distrito Federal, la gira de Los Fabulosos Cadillacs por México ya fue extendida a cinco shows y aún puede sumar más en otras ciudades.
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7:28 a.m. July 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Reward offered for arrest of vandals of water jugs: A group that places water jugs in the desert for illegal border crossers announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of people who vandalized several of the stations, including some near where four immigrants were found dead last week.
Navy region commander vows better ties to Tijuana: TIJUANA: The commander of Navy Region Southwest pledged closer cooperation with Tijuana's municipal government yesterday on a range of issues, including emergency management, security, transportation and the environment.
TIJUANA, 10:03 p.m. July 11
Navy pledges cooperation with Tijuana government: The commander of the U.S. Navy Region Southwest pledged closer cooperation with Tijuana's municipal government Friday on a range of issues, including emergency management, security, transportation and the environment.
TIJUANA, July 11 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pemex reportedly vows to boost diesel deliveries:
Promising an imminent end to diesel shortages that have plagued Baja California for several weeks, top officials with the Mexican government oil monopoly, Petróleos Mexicanos, have committed to step up delivery of the fuel to stations statewide.
TIJUANA, 8:30 p.m. July 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Pemex officials pledge end to Baja diesel shortages: Promising an imminent end to diesel shortages that have plagued Baja California for several weeks, top officials with the Mexican government oil monopoly, Petroleos Mexicanos, have committed to step up delivery of the fuel to stations statewide.
July 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gruesome find: 6 burned bodies, 2 other corpses: The discovery of six burned bodies yesterday morning in Tijuana and of two other homicide victims found elsewhere in the city has shattered weeks of relative calm.
TIJUANA, July 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexico begins rationing gasoline to station owners: Mexico's national oil monopoly began to ration the supply of gasoline in the Baja California region yesterday, much as it has limited diesel deliveries for several weeks.
TIJUANA, July 8
S.D. border crossings called most congested: The car and truck crossings at San Ysidro and Otay Mesa are not only the busiest along the U.S.-Mexico border but also the most congested, according to a new study released yesterday by a Mexican government think tank.
7:21 a.m. July 8 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Councilman seeks funds for home-safety program: SAN YSIDRO: San Diego City Councilman Ben Hueso hopes to expand a city loan program that helps low-income residents, seniors and people with disabilities improve the appearance and safety of their homes.
TIJUANA, July 7
Supplies of diesel fuel remain low in Tijuana: Gasoline stations spent most of yesterday without diesel, forcing truck drivers to continue to hunt for the fuel across the region.
TIJUANA, July 7Mexican gasoline supplies being limited; diesel crisis ongoing: In the midst of a diesel shortage that has left truck and bus drivers chasing meager supplies, Mexico's national oil monopoly has discreetly informed gas station owners that their gasoline sales will also be limited.
TIJUANA, July 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Diesel deliveries in Baja can't match demand: The search for diesel led Daniel Rojas and his 18-wheel Freightliner from Pemex station to Pemex station one afternoon this week, but each time he heard the same stories: It hasn't arrived. We're still waiting. We've run out.
SAN YSIDRO, 7:00 a.m. July 3 (REUTERS)
America's unwinnable war on drugs: Looking south out of a window at the busiest border crossing in the world, the phrase looking for needles in a haystack comes to mind, along with the realisation that America's war on drugs cannot be won. Unless the laws of supply and demand are miraculously suspended.
TIJUANA, July 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Long waits for diesel try tempers: Hundreds of truck and bus drivers in Tijuana spent six to eight hours in line for diesel fuel yesterday after being promised by station supervisors that Pemex, the Mexican government's oil monopoly, would make deliveries.
TIJUANA, July 2
Drivers wait in line for hours for Baja diesel: Hundreds of truck and bus drivers spent Wednesday waiting in line up to eight hours to buy diesel at gas stations, which in turn were waiting for promised deliveries.
TIJUANA, July 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Baja region hit by new shortage of diesel fuel: A new diesel crisis is brewing south of the border.
June 30 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Family agonizes over son kidnapped in Tijuana: Angel Sanchez Perez envisions his son every time a kitchen helper passes by pushing a tray cart at the Hotel del Coronado.
TIJUANA, 6:30 p.m. (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Tropical Storm Cristina forms off Mexico's Baja peninsula: Tropical Storm Cristina has formed far off Mexico's Baja peninsula. Miami's National Hurricane Center says the storm does not threaten land. It is the third named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season.
June 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexico says U.S. didn't seek extradition: Amid fierce U.S. government protests over the release of a suspect in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Mexico yesterday pledged close cooperation with U.S. authorities. But Mexican officials said they have yet to receive a request for his extradition or arrest.
MESA, Ariz., 11:32 a.m. June 26 (AP)
Groups prepare for migrant crackdown in Phoenix suburb: Hispanic groups say they're prepared to respond to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's planned crackdown Thursday on immigration and other criminal violators in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa.
June 26 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Deliveries replenish diesel supply at stations: MEXICALI – The diesel crisis began to ease in Mexicali yesterday as fuel arrived via pipeline from a plant in Rosarito Beach.
MEXICALI, 6:53 p.m. June 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Diesel crisis eases in Mexicali: The diesel crisis began to ease in Mexicali Wednesday as fuel began to arrive via pipeline from a plant in Rosarito Beach.
YUMA, Ariz., 12:14 p.m. June 25 (REUTERS)
U.S. troops wind up two-year stint on Mexico border: U.S. National Guard troops are coming to the end of a temporary deployment on the Mexico border next month, widely credited with helping border police stem the flow of illegal crossers.
MEXICO CITY, 10:39 p.m. June 24 (AP)
Mexico agrees to extradite leader of Tijuana-based drug cartel to U.S.: Mexico agreed Tuesday to extradite a top leader of a Tijuana-based drug cartel to the U.S., dismissing a judge's opinion that it would mean trying him on the same charges twice.
RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR., June 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Getting along with our neighbors: Mexico and the United States have a twisted relationship. Dysfunctional: Each country likes to blame the other for its problems, and neither is eager to accept responsibility. Making matters worse, history comes with hard feelings; the United States claimed it was “manifest destiny” to conquer half of Mexico in 1848.
June 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
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June 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Border fence case is rejected: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case that challenged the Homeland Security Department's right to waive environmental laws and litigation to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
MEXICALI, 5:50 p.m. June 24Diesel crisis continues in Mexicali: The diesel crisis in Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, has yet to end. Although a tanker ship carrying fuel docked Saturday at the Pemex plant in Rosarito Beach, which stocks the entire state, diesel has yet to make it to Mexicali via a dedicated pipeline. June 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Shipments let stations sell diesel to all drivers: TIJUANA – Gas stations returned to selling diesel to everyone yesterday without any limits, after tanker trucks rushed deliveries across the city and state.
TIJUANA, June 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Returning immigrants report beatings by Tijuana police: Nearly 200 illegal immigrants sent back to Mexico from the United States were falsely arrested by Tijuana municipal police who beat or robbed some of them, according to a study that a human rights group released last week.
IJUANA, 2:50 p.m. June 23Diesel widely available in Tijuana after shortage: Diesel is again being sold to everyone, without limits, in all stations in this city. After an unprecedented shortage in the region, the situation appeared to be returning to normal: public buses were running their daily schedules and stranded cargo trucks returned to the roads. TIJUANA, 2:18 p.m. June 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Accused gang leader detained in Mexico: The leader of a gang accused of smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States is incarcerated in Mexico on organized crime and human smuggling charges. TIJUANA, Mexico, 5:34 a.m. June 23 (AP)
Border yoga event stretches boundaries at U.S.-Mexico fence: The rusty fence may divide the beaches of U.S. and Mexico, but it can't break up a yoga class. A few dozen yoga aficionados rolled out their mats Sunday on both sides of the wall between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. The international group stretched and meditated together before exchanging hugs through the fence bars.
June 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexican police arrest 62 in organized-crime raid:TIJUANA: At least one municipal police officer was among dozens of people arrested Saturday night in an organized-crime sweep, Baja California police officials said yesterday.
June 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Limited supplies of diesel reach Tijuana stations:TIJUANA: The diesel fuel crisis started to ease yesterday as gasoline tankers distributed a limited supply to some stations in the southern and eastern sections of the city.
ROSARITO BEACH, June 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Diesel shortage hits other cities: Despite the arrival of a gasoline cargo tanker yesterday, the diesel crisis in the Tijuana area has extended to Baja California's other major cities.
TIJUANA, 8:02 p.m. June 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Raid on Baja baptism yields drug-cartel arrests: At least one municipal police officer was among dozens of people arrested Saturday night in an organized crime sweep in this Mexican border town, Baja California police officials said Sunday. 8:02 p.m. June 22
Supply increase eases Tijuana's diesel crisis: Some stations near the two border crossings, however, remained without diesel yesterday. The diesel lasted four or five hours at the stations in Tijuana and Rosarito Beach that did receive shipments, and sales were being limited to $100 per customer. TIJUANA, June 22
Baja gas stations receive some diesel: Gasoline stations in this city and across the state started receiving diesel early Sunday morning. The stations, however, were only getting partial loads, which in some cases only lasted them six or seven hours before running out again, some station managers said.
ROSARITO BEACH, June 21
Tanker arrives to replenish diesel: A gasoline cargo tanker arrived early Saturday at the Pemex fuel terminal to resupply stations across the state that have run out of diesel. The process of moving fuel from the cargo ship to tanker trucks could take up to a day, however.
TIJUANA, June 21 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Truckers wait days for fuel: Public transit operated in Tijuana yesterday, but the shortage of diesel fuel continued to idle truckers. The disruption in supply is expected to last into next week.
TIJUANA, June 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Fuel crisis taking TJ truckers off the road: Public transit operated in the city with no apparent problem Friday, but truckers say their workdays are numbered due to the shortage of diesel fuel.
June 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Gas stations await delivery of diesel fuel: TIJUANA – Israel Rodriguez was behind the wheel of one of the 24 large trucks and buses that ringed a Pemex gas station on the edge of Tijuana yesterday.
June 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Scooting to the front: SAN YSIDRO – Jesús Alberto Nuñez walked up to the San Ysidro Port of Entry expecting to quickly cross into the United States. What the Tijuana resident found was a wait of at least an hour.
TIJUANA, June 19
200,000 Tijuana bus riders face cancellations: At least 200,000 bus riders faced cancellations of routes Thursday as public transit companies scrambled to find diesel.
TIJUANA, June 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Shrinking fuel supplies causing mad scramble: – Truck and bus drivers experienced a day of chaos in Tijuana yesterday, as they chased a dwindling supply of diesel fuel. Today was shaping up to be even worse.
TIJUANA, June 18Run on diesel fuel creating public transit crisis in Tijuana: A critical shortage of diesel fuel resulted Wednesday in cancellations and delays in public and private transportation. 7:18 a.m. June 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
U.S. citizenship office to shut down in Tijuana: The U.S. Consulate in Tijuana announced yesterday that the office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services located inside the consul will close permanently tomorrow.
June 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
U.S. motorists tap out gas stations: TIJUANA – U.S. drivers crossing into Mexico in search of cheaper gasoline and diesel fuel are straining supplies in Tijuana, gas station owners said.
TIJUANA, June 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
U.S. cars swarm Tijuana stations: A surge of drivers from the United States eager to escape record high gasoline prices flooded gas stations near the border crossings yesterday.
SAN DIEGO, June 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Tijuana's mayor in town for tourism: Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos visited San Diego yesterday to invite his neighbors to the north to once again visit his city.
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