Work is underway on a $700 million project to complete a new land port of entry, Otay Mesa East. The new border crossing, which will be open only to toll-paying… Read more »
Posts Tagged: baja california
Puerto Nuevo Lobster Festival
The Puerto Nuevo Lobster festival will take place on Sunday, October 12, 2014 from 1:00 to 6:00. The festival kicks off lobster season in Puerto Nuevo. The entry cost (… Read more »
Rosarito Ensenada Bike Ride
The fall edition of the biannual Rosarito Ensenada bike ride will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2014. This 50-mile fun ride starts in Rosarito and ends in Ensenada with… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #26, El Descanso (1810-1834)
By David Kierwww.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The history of El Descanso is told without the usual documentation available for most missions. From the… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #25, Santa Catalina Virgen y Mártir (1797-1839)
By David Kierwww.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The Mission Santa Catalina story begins with the actions of Padre Juan Crisóstomo Gómez while serving as Dominican… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #24, San Pedro Mártir de Verona (1794-1811)
By David Kierwww.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ By the end of 1791, the first five Dominican California missions were established along El Camino Real,… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #23, Santo Tomás de Aquino (1791-1849)
By David Kier www.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The future site for the fifth Dominican Baja California mission was discovered in 1769 and named… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #22, San Miguel Arcángel (1787-1834)
By David Kierwww.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The Dominicans were anxious to complete their charge to establish five missions in the void between San Fernando… Read more »
The Spanish Missions on the California Peninsula: #21, San Vicente Ferrer (1780-1833)
By David Kierwww.vivabaja.comCo-author of ‘The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834’ The San Vicente mission was founded on August 27, 1780 by Padre Miguel Hidalgo and Padre Joaquin Valero… Read more »
Las Nubes Winery
By Jennifer Kramer www.bajatheothercalifornia.com Of the many times that I’ve been to the Valle de Guadalupe, I almost always end up Las Nubes winery. Friends from the U.S. are in… Read more »