Baja California

When Dr. Jay Barlow and Dr. Elizabeth Henderson set sail from San Diego back in November, they couldn’t have predicted what was awaiting them off the coast of Baja California.  With a team of Marine Mammal researchers, the pair believe they may have discovered a new species of Beaked whale that approached them while they were on the open...

Go on an expedition with two San Diego Marine Researchers and hear them recount the expedition which may have ended with the discovery of a new whale species in the Pacific.

The Governor of Baja California has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been hospitalized at the Tijuana General Hospital, Mexico health officials confirmed to Telemundo 20 on Tuesday.

Two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a Los Angeles firefighter in Rosarito, Baja California have been arrested, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California confirmed.

Authorities in northern Mexico say they have identified bodies found in a well as two missing tourists from the United States.

Baja California, Mexico was struck by a series of earthquakes early Monday that were felt throughout San Diego County, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Several residents across San Diego County felt a few jolts in the morning as a series of earthquakes rattled Baja California.

The small border towns of El Centro and Calexico in Imperial County are getting national attention due to their growing number of coronavirus cases. Imperial County has a population smaller than the City of Chula Vista and has faced more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. The pressure is on at the county’s largest hospital, El…

Imperial County has seen 5,549 cases of COVID-19 and 70 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The county has a population of 181,215, according to the U.S. Census, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Baja California, Mexico was felt across San Diego County Friday night. The earthquake was reported as a 5.5 magnitude near Alberto Oviedo Mota, near Mexicali, Mexico. But the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revised it and later changed the location near Coahuila, Mexico, approximately 166.9 miles southeast of San Diego, according to USGS. Multiple people…

A San Diego surfer and marine veteran is back in San Diego after spending four days in a Mexican jail following a car crash in the Tijuana-Ensenada area Sunday.   Mexican Police said Rob Thomas, 41, made an illegal turn and was broadsided by a taxi passenger van. Several passengers in the van were injured, including a woman with a...

NBC 7’s Rory Devine has the details on a San Diego surfer released from jail in Mexico.

Hundreds of sea snails were released off San Diego County’s coast in an effort to save a dying species once prolific to Southern California.

The family of a woman found buried in the backyard of her Tijuana home is pleading to Mexican authorities to continue their investigation.

Five “good news” stories from this week include Operation Dress Code helping military members transition to new careers and window washers dressing up as superheroes at Rady Children’s Hospital.

Mexican authorities say three people have died in wind-whipped wildfires in the northwestern state of Baja California.

A head-on collision on the track of a high-speed off-road race in Baja California has left a well-known racer hospitalized in San Diego with serious injuries.

Justice Department policies that made it harder for immigrants to claim asylum if they were victims of domestic or gang violence were dismissed Wednesday by a federal judge who found they violated existing immigration laws, NBC News reported. The policies were announced in June by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said that fear of domestic abuse or gang violence was...

Two teenagers who were staying at a migrant center in central Tijuana, Mexico, were killed in an attempted robbery, NBC News reported. The two boys, estimated to be ages 16 and 17, were stabbed and strangled Saturday, according to Baja California Deputy Attorney General Jorge Alberto Álvarez Mendoza. Their bodies were found shortly after 7 p.m., he said. A third...