A magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled the Mexican region of Oaxaca at midday Tuesday. The quake was centered 15 miles east of Ometepec, Guerrero, Mexico, according to the USGS. The quake was approximately 11 miles deep. more ›

The "Carnival Splendor" docked in Long Beach early this morning, but its cruise along the Mexican Riviera turned out to not be much of a getaway for passengers aboard the ship. 22 passengers who took a guided nature tour in Puerto Vallarta were robbed while they were on a bus returning to the ship ship. more ›

George Hernandez was a sub working for the LAUSD from 2003 -2007. During his employment he was investigated three times for alleged sexual misconduct, but did not lose his credential and was never arrested. So what's a sub to do? He goes to work for another district, and is now "on the lam" and wanted for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. more ›

Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former producer of "Survivor" who's accused of killing his wife in Mexico, has decided to go back to Mexico of his own accord and face trial rather than appeal a U.S. federal judge's decision to allow him to be handed over to the Mexican judicial system. more ›

During a multi-agency task force investigation coordinated by U.S. and Mexican authorities, over 14 tons of marijuana and a cross-border tunnel between San Diego and Tijuana were discovered on Tuesday. Similar drug smuggling tunnels have been uncovered in recent years, usually located in the light industrial area of San Diego's Otay Mesa neighborhood. more ›

A small group of Mexican nationals were caught during a failed attempt to illegally enter the U.S. earlier this week. Their bold ploy could have resulted in death. They struggled to squeeze into the states by crawling through an abandoned gas pipeline. more ›

If you wanted to spend the night with Conan O'Brien, you may have just missed a huge opportunity. The talk show host recently listed his TV studio on the renter's site Airbnb, and selected a group of ladies to stay for three nights out of thousands of applicants. more ›

East L.A. celebrated its 65th Mexican Independence parade that marched along E. Cesar Chavez Avenue this morning to Belvedere Park. We've got a gallery of pictures of parade-goers celebrating in anticipation of the Grito de Dolores on September 16. more ›

Power is back up and running in San Diego after yesterday's massive blackout which is being called the worst in our state's history. Not only were San Diego Gas & Electric's 1.4 million customers left in the dark, but millions of people in Arizona, California's Orange and Imperial Counties, and even Mexico, were affected. What caused the power to go out? more ›

When you care enough to send the very best...well, maybe you shouldn't be sending it on a flight to Los Angeles. Federal customs officials announced a recent seizure of drums holding about 520 pounds of a powdered chemical used to make meth at LAX. The shipment of methylamine hydrochloride was found at a cargo facility last month. more ›

Typical smuggling cases involve the illegal movement of drugs INTO the United States. Not in this case. Dr. Tyron Reece, a 71-year-old general practitioner in Inglewood, was arrested earlier this week for conspiracy to smuggle prescription drugs from California to Mexico. more ›

The body of Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, a Mexican journalist, was found yesterday in the Boca del Rio municipality neighboring the Veracruz port, as reported by The LA Times. Some reports claim she was beheaded while others state that her throat was slit. Ordaz covered crime and police stories for the daily newspaper Notiver in Veracruz, which is a critical drug-and-human-trafficking route along the Gulf of Mexico. more ›

Edgar Jimenez Lugo, a San Diego-born teenager, was found guilty today by a juvenile court judge in Mexico of beheading four men on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel, as reported by The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is charged with four accounts of murder and three accounts of kidnappings. more ›

Blame it on the alcohol: Authorities in Pasadena say most of yesterday's 26 arrests following Mexico's 4-2 victory over the Unites States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final at the Rose Bowl stemmed from "excessive alcohol consumption" by some die hard soccer fans, according to the Pasadena Star-News. more ›

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported at 8:22 a.m. Thursday along the California-Mexico border between Calexico and Mexicali, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The quake was followed by a half-dozen aftershocks measuring up to 3.0 over the course of the morning. more ›

Jeff 'Ox' Kargola, a Southern California freestyle racer, died Friday from injuries sustained in a crash on day two of the"Desert Assassins' 2011 Rip to the Tip" motocross competition in Mexico, an event that takes riders along the length of the Baja Peninsula in an eight-day, 1,300-mile race to Cabo San Lucas over mountains, beaches and deserts, reports the LA Times. He was 27. more ›

A travel warning, the highest caution the State Department can issue, has been expanded in Mexico due to an increase in violence over a wider area of the country, reports the OC Register. Northern Baja California is included on the lengthy list of violent regions... more ›

A 7.1-magnitude aftershock struck off northeast coast of Japan this morning, roughly 50 miles east of Sendai, Honshu, the same area that was devastated in last month's 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Earlier this morning a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Mexico, in the state of Veracruz. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. more ›

Two men identified by Baja California prosecutors as U.S. citizens were shot to death in their car while waiting to enter the United States at a Tijuana-area border crossing before dawn on Monday morning, reports the Associated Press. more ›

The parents of Rebecca Coriam, a Disney cruise ship employee who vanished at sea, met investigators on Sunday in San Pedro as the Disney Wonder docked at the Port of Los Angeles. more ›

Los Angeles company WorldVariety Produce, Inc. is recalling Serrano Peppers that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The questionable peppers were isolated to 300 cases contained in Lot # 69073901, product of Mexico, sold from bulk displays between the dates of March 1, 2011 through March 18, 2011, posts the recall details on the FDA website. more ›

Just how film producer Ilya Salkind came to be in a hospital in Mexico earlier this week is not yet known, however friends and family of the 63-year-old are now relieved to know their loved one--reported missing on Tuesday--has been located. A friend of Salkind would only confirm to NBCLA that the producer had been located, and that details would be made public shortly via the website set up to help encourage the public's involvement in the case. more ›

Producer Ilya Salkind, whose screen credits include the 'Superman' movie franchise, is thought to have gone missing in his native Mexico, after failing to return to his dentist's office, according to NBC Los Angeles. Salkind, 63, was last heard from by associates in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, January 30th, and concerned friends have since set up a website with information. more ›

In which a band of bandana-wearin' hippies are part of a gang who catch a catapulted brick of marijuana sent over the U.S.-Mexico border in the dark of night. This Taiwanese animation helps us understand just how an ancient technique--the catapult--was how this Mexican "gang" got "high," and then got busted...a story that made the rounds in the media last week. more ›

Forget mules, or clever vehicle stashes! Marijuana smugglers have turned to a catapult to get drugs from Mexico into the US. A 3-yard tall catapult was found "about 20 meters (20 yards) from the U.S. border on a flatbed towed by a sports utility vehicle," in Mexico south of Arizona, and surveillance video shows people lobbing packages across the International Border fence, reports the AP. "The catapult was capable of launching 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of marijuana at a time," said a Mexican army officer. 35 pounds of pot, the SUV, and the catapult were seized by soldiers, but the smugglers got away. more ›

The South Gate man accused of killing his 9-month-old daughter has been returned to Los Angeles after he fled to Mexico, where he was ultimately detained, according to the Daily News. 20-year-old Jose Tulio Deras allegedly fought with his wife, then fatally harmed his infant daughter, whose death came as a result of "blunt force trauma injuries." more ›

Northern Mexico woke early Saturday to a 4.9 magnitude shaker near the US border. According to the US Geological Survey, the moderate earthquake hit Baja California at 4:52 a.m. near Guadalupe Victoria located a little over 100 miles south of San Diego. more ›

Bruce Beresford-Redman says he didn't kill his wife Monica during their April vacation in Cancun Now, after being hauled into custody by US Marshals after a lengthy extradition process from Mexico, the former "Survivor" producer says he wants out of jail, according to an AP report published by CBS2. Surprised? Beresford-Redman has done his best to evade suspicion, and when that didn't work, evade arrest. more ›

"A sophisticated drug tunnel has been found linking two San Diego-area buildings to a home in Mexico," reports ABC Local. The passage spans approximately half-mile from warehouses in Otay Mesa to a home kitchen in Tijuana, Mexico. Eight people have been arrested and more than 20 tons of marijuana have been seized. more ›