Beachgoers can be confident about Puerto Peñasco’s beaches, which Secretary of Health officials note have been tested to be free of free-living amoebas (AVL). Ubaldo Armando Sánchez, Director of Health Control for Puerto Peñasco, reports according to results on water samples recently analyzed at State laboratories, the city’s beaches are free of bacteria that could […]
The rhythms of reggae and ska will fill the evening skies of July 5th at the Summer Beach Party in Puerto Peñasco, which is to include The Hourglass Cats, Clairevoyant, Ruca, and La Tomasa Ska Band along with special guests Mister, Lost, and The Summer. The evening begins at 4 p.m. on the terrace of […]
This week’s Rundown sponsored by our Rocky Point Business Directory! Have you been 360d? World Cup fever has grasped Puerto Peñasco and on Sunday morning the entire country will be watching Mexico battle it out against the Netherlands as both try to advance to the quarter finals. So, grab a café and a burrito and […]
Biking! It’s all the rage! Part II (Did you miss Part I?) “In talking seriously about cycling as a sport,” I remarked to Roberto, President of the local cycling club Pelicanos de Peñasco, “What is it that you do and where can you be contacted?” “Well, we can be contacted through our Facebook page Pelícanos […]
By RockyPoint360 with Press Release excerpts Rotary International has more than 1.2 million members across the world, all of whom share a desire to help the local and global community. Launching from this spirit of service, Puerto Peñasco also has a long history of Rotary activities, which in the past included book drives and the […]
U.S. citizens’ interest to reside in Sonora was one of the topics addressed by Sherry Henry, Arizona Tourism Director, and her Sonoran counterpart Javier Tapia Camou of the State Tourism Commission (COFETUR) during the recent Arizona-Sonora Commission gathering held in Scottsdale last week. Tapia Camou added that Sonora expects an important influx of North Americans […]
Contributor Dr. Ron Ridgway On Saturday, June 14th, there was a State Firemen Rally Competition held here in Rocky Point. These were the #1 firefighters from each city in Sonora competing in a race where all the different situations that can happen in a real fire situation are simulated. The competition “rally” was held at […]
Various events held across Puerto Peñasco help raise funds for the 2nd phase of the city’s first Dialysis Center. Such is the case with this weekend’s 1st Wine and Craft Beer Fest, to be held at Laos Mar Hotel, with proceeds to go to equipping the Center. The long awaited center, which will tend to […]
Welcome to new Weekend Rundown sponsors EcoFun Rentals! Mexico has two games under its belt for the World Cup and things continue to heat up around town! Let’s get to it and rundown the weekend! Baseball! Tiburones are in town tonight against Bravos de Cajeme. Games start around 7. Check out Game Schedule June 20 […]
Contributor: Kathy Witt The popular HGTV show, House Hunters International makes a second visit to the Sea of Cortez, to film Puerto Penasco, Arizona’s beach. The Real Estate Agent featured on this episode is John Witt, owner and broker of Realty Executives Rocky Point. The crew loved our beaches, condos and friendly people, and assured […]
Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés, along with Arizona Governor Janice Kay Brewer, will be leading the Plenary Session of the Sonora-Arizona Commission meeting this week in Scottsdale, thereby strengthening the strong relationship of friendship and business the two states have maintained for the past 55 years. Under the theme “Evolution of a Region”, the agenda of […]
Wendy Winzer, administrator of Consorcio Constructor de Obras Marinas, which is heading up Puerto Peñasco’s mega homeport, assures the project remains firm and though there have been setbacks work will go on and it will be delivered on time. Winzer, representative for the company that won the construction bid for the breakwater, further remarked work […]
[Español] As of Saturday, June 14th, the men and women of Puerto Peñasco’s Fire Department now have a statue in their honor, designed by Mexican sculptor Roberto Ledesma Ávila, which was unveiled by the artist himself along with Fire Department Director Eng. Nicandro Cornejo Torres. The sculpture, measuring 1.7 m (approximately 5’7”) and created out […]
Puerto Peñasco is maintaining an 80% occupancy rate at area hotels with some beach front accommodations reaching up to 100%. Tourism, including younger people and entire families principally from the U.S. at area condo/hotels, has led to occupancy rates from 15% at spots on the outskirts to 100% at beach front complexes. So reports Héctor […]
The popularity of Mexican wine extends well beyond the rich vineyards of Baja California and to the shores of Puerto Peñasco. On June 28th, wine tasting will be paired with music and craft beer at Puerto Peñasco’s 1st Wine & Beer Festival, to be held next to El Tapeo Wine Bar at Laos Mar Hotel. […]
The mega project of the Puerto Peñasco homeport, which is expected to boost new tourism markets to the region in being the only cruise ship homeport in the Sea of Cortez – and the first in Mexico – via the investment of 600 million pesos, is going through a critical moment following a lack of […]