A cancer awareness walk, which is also an opportunity to support all those facing the disease, will be held this Saturday, Oct. 22nd, led by the local San Peregrino association. The invitation is for anyone wishing to participate to meet at the Health Center (Centro de Salud) at the intersection of Blvd. Juarez and Ave. […]
Interviewed from the bleachers next to a local baseball field just before heading to practice, Diana Escárcega, a 17-year old softball player from Puerto Peñasco , retold how surprised she was when she received the call telling her she would represent Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, and the country at the Panamerican Softball Confederation games being held […]
The José Dávalos home for the elderly, Casa Hogar, will be holding a “laundry day” this Saturday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., inviting residents and visitors to stop by and donate laundry products. Given the successful results from similar campaigns in the past, the Board of Directors of the José Dávalos Casa Hogar launched the […]
More than 20,000 plastic lids of all sizes have been collected so far in Puerto Peñasco as part of the campaign “Tapas para Sanar” (Tops to Heal), promoted by Alma Yanes, Deputy Director of Ecology and Sustainable Development. The goal of the collection is to help support chemotherapy treatments for children with cancer, which is […]
The “Adopt a Grandparent” program of the José Dávalos “Casa Hogar” home for the elderly is once again getting underway, with 40 people helping out with funds for a period of three months. Beginning October first, families who have committed to “adopt an abuelo”, will be donating 200 pesos monthly to the home for expenses […]
For the past few months, a new attraction in the Old Port area is the installation of large letters spelling out P E Ñ A S C O. The letters, which serve as a welcome photo background for hundreds of tourists daily, curiously represent a love story. The seven letters making up the word P […]
In an attempt to fill the “curios” area toward La Cholla with color, “Beautify your Street” organizers invited shopowners and artista to take part in the program set to wrap up on September 6th. Ellie Balderrama, together with Eddie Wharez and Erick Plata of Global Artefacts, came up with the idea with the sole goal […]
At just six years old, Brayan Portillo has already donned the title of top goal scorer at a national soccer tournament, and he’s already traveled to represent Sonora in various competitions. Far beyond spending time playing videogames on a tablet, Brayan Portillo – who just recently graduated from pre-school – spends his afternoons getting ready […]
On the same day Mexico fell 1-0 to South Korea at the Rio Olympics, an eager group of young talent from Puerto Peñasco were welcomed into the 3rd Professional Division of the Mexican Soccer Association, Group 13. Presenting “FC Tiburones de Puerto Peñasco, A.C.”! The path for the Tiburones has come across obstacles, including debates […]
With classes for all ages just getting underway this week at Destiny Dance Academy, we had the opportunity to catch up with one of the Academy’s most promising dancers whose activities this past year included a scholarship to attend a dance course in Chicago! ¡Muchas felicidades! As early as three she began to show signs […]
Beyond the unforgettable sunsets over the sea and fascinating desert backdrop of the Desert of Altar, challenges arise from time to time to life here in Puerto Peñasco. Over the fifteen years we’ve lived here, these issues have run the gamut of streets peppered with pot holes, spontaneous city lakes when it rains, flies, Summer […]
The thrill of a Soap Box Derby, as a fundraiser for the José Dávalos Valdivia (Casa Hogar) Home for the Elderly, is set to take place Saturday, July 23rd at 5 p.m. on Calle Campeche (on the slope toward the Mirador). Santiago Ruiz, Casa Hogar Board President and principal organizer of the event, remarked the […]
Tucked between the Desert of Altar and Sea of Cortez, Puerto Peñasco (aka Rocky Point) continues to grow as the most important tourist destination in Sonora and is often referred to as “Arizona’s beach.” [*Abbreviated history – feel free to share additional facts with us] Indigenous history in region: Malpaís people (up until nearly 9000 […]
By Peggy Turk-Boyer, Executive Director – cedointercultural.org This Saturday, July 9th, people from around the world will be joining together to recognize vaquita, the shy and tiny porpoise that only lives in the northernmost reaches of the Gulf of California, CEDO’s back yard. It will be hard to celebrate on this 2016 “International Save the […]
The young athlete Fernando García Morales, known by his friends as “el Monchin,” is participating in the 2016 Mr. Sonora Body Builder contest being held this weekend in Cd. Obregón. Following 6 arduous months of preparation, four of which were dedicated to gaining volume and another two to burning off body fat, Fernando is ready […]
Tony Christofano and Martin Granados have become the first same sex couple to hold a legal wedding in Puerto Peñasco. After 18 years together, the couple consisting of Anthony Christofano (60) from the U.S., and Martin Granados (48), were able to marry legally following a resolution in favor of the two under the legal protection […]