Do you have an instrument laying around you no longer play? How about donating that violin, trumpet, drum, or clarinet to a local music program in Puerto Peñasco? In late March, with support from the Puerto Peñasco Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce (CANACO), several local businesswomen launched a campaign encouraging people to consider donating […]
With the goal of promoting recycling among children and youth, the Municipal Ecology Office in coordination with the Office on Art & Culture invites the community to take part in a contest to display the best costumes made from recycled materials. The contest, announced by Alma Yanes, Deputy Director of Ecology, will take place on […]
The Puerto Peñasco Business and Professional Women’s Organization will be hosting a grand dinner and ball on May 13th, in honoring this year’s Woman of the Year while raising scholarship funds to benefit young women. In addition to the traditional candle lighting ceremony, Business and Professional Women’s Organization President Haydee Vega explains this year the […]
Photos courtesy of Cabalgata Costera 2017. Ruben Estrella April 24, 2017. Riders from across the region made their way along the Coastal Highway and streets of Puerto Peñasco for the XV Annual Cabalgata Costera, held April 22nd and 23rd. Entire families, men, women, and children from various spots in Sonora as well as Baja California […]
By José Antonio Perez A “Day of the Child” festival on the beach in front of Sonora Sky planned for April 30th seeks to raise funds for projects at the Esperanza para los Niños children’s shelter, which has been a home for many children over more than 25 years. The Board of Esperanza, together with […]
Someone who certainly found happiness in helping people in need was Rodger Clifton, señor of the friendly smiles and generous tips. The tranquility of this fishing village, which had yet to experience the level of tourism and resorts of today, was what attracted Rodger and Jeanette to bring their family to live here, making their […]
Pancho, a red tailed hawk residing at the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve who has become a friend to Pinacate staff, is a visiting “intruder” that may be spotted roaming the skies of the Desert of Altar as easily as entering the office to pull at computer cables. Rescued two years ago by the Puerto Peñasco Fire […]
The 2nd Rocky Point Charanga (Soap box) Derby is nearing, with promises of curves, ramps, and even more fun! The Charanga Derby, organized by the board of directors from the José Dávalos “Casa Hogar” Home for the Elderly, for a second year in a row will raise funds for the home and this year promises […]
By José Antonio Perez The Puerto Peñasco Sport Fishing Sector joined the Coastal Fishing Comprehensive Management and Temporary Spatial Ordinance of the Puerto Peñasco-Puerto Lobos sea corridor, marking launch of the strategy’s second phase. A press release issued by the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) detailed the ambitious project focused […]
As texting from one’s phone while driving can certainly wait, while also help prevent accidents, students from the CIMA educational community have launched an awareness campaign to prevent texting while driving. “Texting and Driving. It can Wait” is the campaign motto of secondary students from CIMA, who themselves have been sharing the effort with businesses, […]
The Fine Arts Initiation program in Puerto Peñasco, under the auspices of the National Fine Arts Institute (INBA), graduated its first class of aspiring artists, actors, musicians, and dancers on February 3rd. After overcoming innumerable challenges, from a lack of adequate facilities at the onset, to turnover of teachers and students who left the program, […]
¿Tienes 15 minutes? That’s the name of a pilot program at the José Dávalos Casa Hogar home for the elderly, which invites the community to visit the home and its residents to meet the “abuelos” and tour the facilities. The invitation, which has been focused on Saturdays throughout February, is for visitors to come by […]
For the past nine years, the Puerto Peñasco Youth Sports Foundation (Fundación de Jovenes Deportistas de Puerto Peñasco, A.C.) has brought local youth baseball coaches together with former Major League players and coaches for an action-packed baseball clinic focused on fundamentals and fun! The 9th Annual Major League Coaches Clinic, held last weekend across two […]
The iconic figure of the Sonoran pronghorn antelope (berrendo) has been used to represent the region and the entire state of Sonora. A timid species, at the site of humans it tends to run lightly for miles until finding a hiding spot, earning it the name “ghost of the prairie,” as after seeing one they […]
The local Rotary Club of Puerto Peñasco (CR Mar de Peñasco, AC), in conjunction with VISTAMERICA and the dental project “Alas de Amor”, began 2017 by benefiting hundreds of children, teens, and adults via a dental clinic and distribution of eyeglasses. The group “Alas de Amor” of organizer Roy Bryant from Phoenix, AZ, together with […]
Hundreds of children delighted in the roar of motorcycles riding in with toys for the 3rd “Moto Jugeton” Toy Run on January 7th, organized by local bike clubs and promoters of the annual Rocky Point Rally™. Over 600 children, ranging in age from young babies to teens, gathered with their parents at a space provided […]