I have been told that you only need birth certificate and drivers license to cross over to Tijuana. Is this true? Anyone recently done this?

It changed recently I believe. I think you need a passport.

You need a passport to get back into the U.S. from Mexico. I'm having my surgery with Dr. Aceves, and here is the paragraph from the information they sent me:

"Passports are now required to get back into the US after traveling to Mexico. If your passport has not arrived, proof that you have applied for it along with your birth certificate and ID (driver’s license) are enough to let you get back into the US. Remember you can also expedite your passport. "

Passports, even if driving across the border. The rules changed a few years ago, it used to be just birth certificate and driver's license.

MUST have a passport. period

You can use a passcard if you are driving over border which is only 55.00 mine arrived in about 2 weeks after I applied for it at the post office..

Absolutely need a passport; those good old days are over.