Local hero Alan Ampudia, part of the desert-racing Ampudia family of Ensenada, Baja, owners of Mexico’s Papas ... at the finish line back in San Felipe, another beach city, this one on the ...

The original mission of Fortaleza San Felipe, which was built by the Spaniards in the 16th century, was to defend the north coast from the British and Dutch, as well as from French pirates in ...