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Earthquake Causes: From Lunar to Looney

(April 20) -- Although scientists are working nonstop to learn all they can about earthquakes, some people already have the answers. At least they think they do. For instance, one Iranian cleric is blaming all the recent earth-shaking activity in Mexico's Baja California, Chile and Haiti on booty-shaking women flaunting...

Calif. Sees Uptick in Illegal Immigrants Smuggled by Boat

LOS ANGELES (April 16) -- Facing stepped-up enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border, traffickers smuggling illegal immigrants have been taking to the seas -- with five boats intercepted off Southern California in the past week, according to federal officials. The most recent was a panga-style boat -- low-riding and open to...

Uptick in Calif. Quakes? It All Shakes Out, Says Expert

(April 12) -- California is trembling. In the first four months of 2010, Southern California and Baja California have been hit with 70 earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 or higher -- that is, quakes that can be felt by all in the immediate area. In all of 2009, by comparison, the same region experienced just 30 such...

Baja Seeks Emergency Status After Earthquake

MEXICO CITY (April 5) -- Residents and visitors of Mexicali, a bustling border city in the Mexican state of Baja California, and Calexico, Calif., the city just across the border, went about their business Monday with some caution after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake shook the region Easter Sunday. About 30 guests of the...

Trouble in Paradise for Baja's American Expatriates

(Dec. 14) -- Just a decade ago, Baja California struck many Americans as a kind of retirement paradise. But in recent years, the Los Angeles Times reported, escalating crime throughout the peninsula has made some expatriates wonder whether they are paying too high a price after all for their ocean views and gated...

BajaCalifornia News From the Web

05/21/12 Hyatt to build its first hotel in Baja California Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA TIJUANA The Chicago-based Hyatt chain on Monday announced plans to open a 144-room hotel next year in Tijuana that would serve business and leisure travelers.
05/14/12 Keeping it under 100 degrees for the work week Source: NBC - KVOA News 4 - Tucson AZ High pressure off Baja California drives the weather locally over the next several days, according to News 4 Meteorologist Jeff Beamish.
05/13/12 Mexico Earthquake Today 2012 Strikes Baja California,... Source: lalate.com A moderate Mexico earthquake today 2012 struck Baja California and Tijuana.
05/09/12 Baja California Earthquake Today 2012 Strikes Mexico... Source: lalate.com Two Baja California earthquakes today struck Mexico south of Tijuana.
05/03/12 Cabo Villas Beach Resort & Spa partners with... Source: Travel Daily News Cabo Villas Beach Resort & Spa , an exclusive, internationally renowned hotel in beautiful Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, recently selected VIZERGY as its hotel Internet marketing partner.

Background on BajaCalifornia

Bajacalifornia is a genus of slickheads. It was described in 1925 by Charles Haskins Townsend and John Treadwell Nichols on the basis of Bajacalifornia burragei which was discovered in 1911 during the deep sea expedition of the research vessel USS Albatross off the coast of Todos Santos Bay at the Baja California peninsula.

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