Despite a severe economic blow from Covid-19, the local chapter of the George Papanicolaou Group will be holding an intensive cancer prevention campaign throughout the month of October. Chapter president Carmen Morales Valles detailed this includes the goal of providing at least 100 free mammograms to low-income women or those with special needs. The campaign, […]
Press Release. Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau The film “Sonora” won two Ariels at Mexico’s most important film awards event held on Sunday, September 27th. Shot principally in the desert surrounding the Pinacate, “Sonora” brought the impressive landscape to the world on the big screen, taking home an Ariel for Best Adapted Screenplay as […]
Contributor: Steps of Love / AIM Peñasco A few of our wonderful supporters are challenging owners at each resort/living community to open their hearts and their pocketbooks to invest in a better future for kids in Puerto Peñasco. Funds raised will enable us to provide hundreds of students with a nutritious meal each school day […]
Mexico’s Ariel Awards will be announced this Sunday, September 27th. This is a particular moment of pride for local author Guillermo Munro Palacio, whose novel “La Ruta de los Caídos” was transformed into the film Sonora now nominated for 10 Ariels. The Ariel is an award given by the Mexican Academy of Arts and Film […]
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s decision to not restore fuel subsidies for fishing fleets, along with lack of progress on ending a U.S. fishing embargo specifically impacting the Upper Gulf of California, exacerbates the severe crisis Puerto Peñasco’s fishermen have been facing since March, stated Mateo López León, representative of the Shipbuilders Federation for […]
The Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) is programming to renew activities in October, detailed Executive Director Nélida Barajas Acosta. Until the center reopens, detailed Barajas Acosta, CEDO will continue to strengthen community work with areas within the Puerto Peñasco – Puerto Lobo biologic fishing corridor. CEDO’s Visitors Center, ecotours, and […]
The Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO), Vaquita CPR (Conservation, Protection and Recovery) program, Pesca ABC, and the Whale & Oceanography Museum have come together in a joint effort to support fishermen in the Upper Gulf of California working to help protect the endangered vaquita marina. This effort seeks to cover […]
Along with Puerto Peñasco’s reactivation, the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO) is planning to start up activities and programs over a phased process, indicated CEDO Director Nélida Barajas Acosta, though under health measures to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19. She detailed the first step for CEDO has been to have […]
Based on favorable comments from travelers over the past year who have enjoyed their stay at the resort, Trip Advisor granted Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort a 2020 Travelers’ Choice accommodations award. Héctor Vázquez el Mercado, General Manager of Las Palomas, remarked the distinction, which was also granted to several local restaurants, was based […]
Contributing post: Todd Lyons Here are 8 ways you and others can support your favorite vacation spot in Mexico. Why 8 you say? Because it’s 1 more than 7, and more efficient than 10 🙂 ARRIVING- 1. Buy Local. Don’t bring your groceries with you when you come to Mexico, buy them here. You’ll get […]
The city has inspected and certified our business to be safe, clean & in compliance with requirements Open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily on “Rodeo Rd.” Closed Wednesdays New Spring/Summer merchandise has arrived! Regulations we’re required to adhere to: – All persons are required to wear protective masks – Maximum of 10 clients allowed […]
(Tempe, AZ) While COVID-19 has suspended Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers’ 20 year streak of performing Circus Mexicus live in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, the band is keeping the spirit alive by hosting a cyber Circus Mexicus livestream broadcast Saturday June 13th, 2020 at www.rogerclyneandthepeacemakersLIVE.com . RCPM Live: The Circus Mexicus ¡Cyber-Celebración! Livestream will bring the […]
With Puerto Peñasco starting Phase I of a gradual reopening process (May 18 – 31st), health guidelines concerning the use of nose/mouth coverings when out in public remain in effect. Throughout the corona-universe we have found ourselves in since late March, various individuals as well as organizations have jumped in to help precisely by making […]
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers will be returning to Puerto Penasco not once, but twice in 2020! The weekends will have a similar schedule and intimate vibe as our January Jam weekends, using both stages at Banditos and others around town to amplify the fun.
By José Antonio Pérez The local chapter of the Asociación Mexicana de Profesiónales Inmobiliarios (AMPI – local real estate association) donated 42 medical coveralls to the General Hospital of Puerto Peñasco at the end of April, to assist medical and nursing staff confront the present coronavirus pandemic. Martin Martínez González, Puerto Peñasco AMPI member, detailed […]
