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Tijuana

Why Tijuana is so much more than a border city

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Once seen as a seedy border holdout, modern Tijuana is quite the surprise, as one traveler discovered.
Termo La Paz

2 CFE-run power plants fined for polluting La Paz area

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The action followed a court-ordered inspection by Profepa after years of complaints about their emissions, and after a previous request for a public inquiry had failed to generate a response from the plants' operators.

MND Local: The Baja business deal that soured Trump on Mexico

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The Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico was meant to a crown jewel in a property empire, but its failure left its namesake feeling bitter.
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Graham Mackintosh

Graham Mackintosh’s 5,000 kilometer Baja beach walk

It was the adventure of a lifetime, except when he ran out of water. Graham Mackintosh walked the entirety of the Baja California peninsula.

MND Local: Exploring the legacy immigrant communities of Baja California

The communities of modern Baja California are shaped by the immigrants who created them. Chris Sands takes a look.
Rancho La Puerta

Rancho La Puerta — From US $17.50 a day to one of the world’s...

Rancho La Puerta was founded in 1940 Edmond Szekely and his wife Deborah, and over the next 80+ years it would become perhaps the world's finest spa.
search group

Anonymous call leads to 5 clandestine graves in Baja California Sur

The citizen search group thanked the person who gave the tip, and reminded the public that any such help is guaranteed to be anonymous: “Our only desire is to find our missing relatives.”
Cabo San Lucas

MND Local: Los Cabos’ ever changing tourist economy

There are always trends in tourism, but the current ones are changing the face of tourism in Los Cabos, in a way that threatens many local businesses.
blue whale

Rare albino blue whale sighted off coast of Loreto

The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) sighting took place in Loreto Bay National Park (PNBL) and caps an unprecedented whale watching season on the peninsula, which begins annually in December.
Spring Break in Los Cabos

The evolution of Spring Break in Los Cabos

Spring Break in Los Cabos is a rather recent phenomenon, but it has grown fast. This year, over 50,000 college students are expected to arrive.
Cabo San Lucas and Land's End

MND Local: Wildlife rescues, a roundabout update and new goals for Los Cabos tourism

There's a lot going on in Los Cabos right now, from tourism connecitivy and infrastructure updates to a series of dramatic wildlife rescues.
Hershel McGriff oversees repairs on his “City of Roses” Oldsmobile during the first running of the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico in 1950. (NASCAR Hall of Fame)

Mexico’s greatest race: The 1950 Carrera Panamericana

Over 2,000 miles long and routed through high elevation areas in Mexico, the 1950 Carrera Panamericana was one of the world's most challenging and dangerous road races.
Cayao Cabo

Cayao and the expanding Pacific horizons of Los Cabos cuisine

The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Cabo San Lucas at Cabo del Sol is notable not just for its accommodations, but also for Cayao, the new fusion cuisine restaurant from Richard Sandoval.