The Youth Sports Foundation (YSF) of Puerto Peñasco will hold its 3rd annual Major League Coaches Clinic, to include the 1st Annual YSF Golf Tournament and Dinner. The entire event will begin Jan. 12th, 2012 with the arrival of major league coaches and conclude on Jan. 14th. YSF Director Rick Busa remarks this is the foundation’s first time doing this type […]
The track is set. The Sand Drag pre-runs have been run. Can you hear it….it’s Thunder on the Beach getting ready to kick off the 2012 racing season in Rocky Point on Jan. 7 at the raceway near the Reef along Sandy Beach! Gates will open at 11 a.m and races are set to start at […]
The local group Recicladora EcoHope reminds us to make sure among our New Year’s resolutions we include: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. To kick off the year, one way to get these resolutions started is to stop by Plaza la Madre (by the baseball stadium at the intersection of Blvd. Juarez and No Reeleccion) on Saturday, Jan. 7 in order to help […]
Press release 12/5/2011 From the White Mountains in Northern Arizona, to the beaches of Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico. Bob Livingston of Thunder Raceway in Show Low, along with his partner Darren Dodd, bring over 30 years of racing experience to their new facility in Rocky Point. Aptly named “Thunder on the Beach Raceway”, the facility […]
On a short jaunt out to Las Conchas the other day I came across plows, which is not necessarily something to report on – plows in the Winter…but this is the beach! The plows were pushing sand into banks along the side of the road, which was being grated following all the recent rains we’ve […]
On a chilly December morning (49 degrees at 8:00 a.m.) in Rocky Point, John Fowler of the Santa Claus Club and his group of Elves (helpers) were out early. They were delivering food, clothing, and toys to the needy in the barrios of Rocky Point. The following day the group was planning on delivery bicycles. […]
Grab an earth friendly bag, along with your holiday shopping list, and plan to head to Puerto Peñasco’s 1st Farmers’ Market & Art Show to be held this Sat., Dec. 17, just behind Don Julio’s off Blvd. Fremont, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. This is just the beginning! In a brief interview earlier this […]
Searching for that perfect gift or holiday moment here in Rocky Point? This weekend, how about a walk through the holiday lights outside City Hall, or a drive by the elaborate Christmas display set up each year by those who own Electrica Veel located at the corner of Av. Sonora and Francisco y Madero. Latitude 31 also […]
It’s that time of year again! Decorations are going up in front of City Hall and the fountain base at Shrimp Plaza is ready to be filled with toys during the 3rd Annual DIF Toy Drive, set for this Sunday, Dec. 11th. The local DIF, office on Integral Family Development, is asking people to once again […]
With the temperatures dipping lower each day, and the holidays right around the corner, here is some info we have on local food/toy/blanket drives around town (If you know of others, please let us know so we can get the word out): Ya con las temperaturas bajas y los días festivos aquí a la vuelta, compartimos información que nos ha llegado sobre diferentes actividades para juntar dispensas/juguetes/cobijas aquí en […]
We are pleased to hear the Sonoran Resorts have teamed up with the City of Puerto Peñasco and the local DIF office (Office on Integral Family Development) in a Holiday Food Drive. Donations accepted through Dec. 30, 2011 @ Sales Offices of Sonoran Sea, Sky, or Sun. Sonoran Resort blogger Joe Houchin recently shared terrific info […]
As part of National Conservation Week activities (Nov. 21-27), the Club Pelícanos is organizing a 22 km. Pinacate mountain bike run that will begin at the Red Cone and end at the Biology Station of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve Meet up on Sunday, Nov. 27 @ 8 a.m. at the Biology Station (entrance to Pinacate Reserve) on […]
Mark Mulligan will be back in Rocky Point on Saturday, Nov. 26 playing at Emiliano’s Restaurant near the entrance to Sonoran Sun. 6 p.m – 9 p.m. Brought to you by SeaSide Reservations. Check out our video from Mark’s recent stop in Rocky Point when he played at Latitude 31. Mark Mulligan @ Latitude 31 […]
Printmaker, painter, artist, friend. Patti Springer was a well-known artist and long-term Las Conchas resident whose friends sought a way to show off her art in Puerto Peñasco, and so began the tradition of “Art in the Park” just three years ago. Patti was able to be in the first show, and after her passing her […]
This week (Nov. 21 – 27) is National Conservation Week in Mexico and the beautiful Schuk Toak Visitors Center of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve will be celebrating its 2nd anniversary. As part of the festivities, organizers from the Visitors Center called on local artists to submit paintings as part of the First Schuk Toak painting […]
Nov. 20th will mark the 101st anniversary of Mexico’s Revolution Day (Monday 11/21 is a bank holiday). As the second most celebrated date in Mexico, next to the festivities of El Grito and Independence Day on Sept. 16, Mexican Revolution Day is honored with parades and fanfare across the country. From the early days of November the Fire […]