Announcements~Avisos

Covid Call Center

The municipality of Puerto Peñasco provides a Covid Call Center to help answer your questions.  Are you experiencing symptoms and wonder if/where to get follow-up? Contact the Call Center to complete a brief questionnaire. English available.

RCPM Jan Jam postponed then cancelled for 2021

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers try, but eventually decide to cancel January Jam following postponement Tempe, AZ  With COVID-19 infection rates continually on the rise in Arizona, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers have opted to cancel the re-scheduled January Jam dates in Puerto Penasco February 12-14, 2021.  Confused?  So is everybody. Originally, RCPM postponed it’s […]

Puerto Peñasco Beach Rules & Regulations

As a friendly reminder to start the year, the local Federal Maritime and Land Zone Office (ZOFEMAT) encourages beach users to review general guidelines for Puerto Peñasco beaches.  Beach hours remain in effect from 6 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Annual YSF Baseball Clinic cancelled for 2021

Happy New Year to everyone as we are all trying to get through these difficult, rough times and hopefully put this all behind us soon. This is to announce the cancellation of the 2021 Youth Sports Foundation (YSF) baseball clinic in Puerto Penasco due to the COVID -19 pandemic. Coaches, sponsors, and officials met last […]

2021 Tax discounts

The City of Puerto Peñasco is once again offering discounts on property tax payments now through March, including a discount on outstanding payments.  For your convenience, the City Collections (Oficina de Recaudación) is open Monday-Friday 8 am – 5 pm and Saturday 9 am – 2pm, on Boulevard Kino (near intersection with Constitution Avenue). Discounts: […]

What is an Apostille?

Official documents from outside of Mexico generally must be accompanied by an Apostille (issued in the country of origin) for legal transactions. Yet, what is an Apostille? An Apostille (pronounced ah-po-steel), French for certification, is used to authenticate a document for use in another country. This form of acknowledging documents from abroad came out of […]

Give a Holiday Meal + the Gift of Education!

Want to brighten the holidays and the future of kids in Rocky Point? Consider providing a young person living in poverty with the gift of education and a special meal to share with their family. Your holiday sponsorship will provide a student with educational support for a month semester or year, as well as a […]

RCPM Jan Jam pushed to February

RCPM January Jam 2021 Announcement: In an effort to minimize risk during the recent surge of COVID-19, Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers has chosen to move the upcoming January Jam Weekend over MLK Weekend to President’s Day Weekend, February 12-14, 2021.  The new weekend will feature all the fun the annual event has delivered over […]

Mexico outlines distribution phases for coronavirus vaccine

On December 8th, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, along with officials from the Ministry of Health, provided details on phases for Mexico’s coronavirus vaccination plan. During the weekly “Health Pulse” conference, Health Minister Jorge Alcocer Varela explained phases of the National Vaccination program against coronavirus place first priority on front-line healthcare workers who directly […]

Repaving of Blvd. Sonora

Municipal Public Works has begun work to repave Blvd. Sonora stretching from Blvd. Kino to Blvd. Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez.  Public Works Director José Luis Montijo detailed the work, encompassing 27,716 square meters of 5 cm thick asphalt, will last through February 2021.

Pelican Point condo rental to benefit Santa Claus Club

Winter Vacation plans? The Santa Claus Club has been granted the use of a two bedroom, 2 bath condo on Pelican Point for December, January and February. Condo is fully furnished, TV, wifi and a great view of Pelican Point and Cholla Bay. Three night minimum. Rent is $75.00 per night (50% off the normal […]

Palabras de Esperanza holiday gift drive

With the goal of bringing Christmas smiles to at least 200 children in the area of Col. San Rafael, the Palabras de Esperanza (Words of Hope) Community Center has launched a toy & candy drive now through Dec. 19th. Loly Martinez, Community Center director, detailed their scaled back goal this year is to distribute 200 […]

Reporting street light outages

José Luis Montijo, Director of Public Works, invites the community to report outages of LED street lights to ENCO Efficient and Matter S.A. de C.V, Toll-free at 01-800-461-0088 (español). Repairs within 4 days. The LED street lights, 3200 of which replaced older sodium vapor lamps, are part of the Peñasco Iluminado project and are those […]

Thursday Sunsets & Wine Flights @ Margarita Mermaids

Margarita Mermaids in the Old Port is hoping to warm up Thursday nights with sunset & wine over the Sea of Cortez!  Starting Dec. 3rd, Margarita Mermaids introduces Thursday Wine Flights & Sunset  5pm-7pm  Evening includes tastings of new wines each week and, featuring only on Wine Nights, a Cheese & Olive Appetizer. Mermaid Wine […]

Sonora implements statewide “Anticipa” Covid Map

The Sonora Health Board signed an agreement with municipalities across the state last week in an effort to combine efforts in the fight against Covid-19. The agreement, titled “Por un Semáforo Verde” (Towards a Green Alert), provides for a statewide Covid-19 map, broken down by municipality, in order to specify individual health risk levels as: […]