Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. June 23, 2016. Construction on the new skate park, promoted by the City of Puerto Peñasco and Levi Strauss & Co., has advanced 80%, meaning work should wrap up in the next three weeks. Fausto Soto Lizárraga, Director of Urban Development, remarked the park will have all necessary characteristics in order to […]
The community of Puerto Peñasco has responded like never before, and is still being called on to help with donations for those who this week lost both loved ones and all their belongings to a fire that enveloped their home in the early hours of Monday, June 20th. The fire, which occurred at the home […]
Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. June 13, 2016. The Local Committee on Flight Routes was recently formed to guarantee Puerto Peñasco’s air connectivity with other cities in Mexico and abroad, while seeking the possibility of new destinations. Jorge Valdéz Félix, City Economic Development Coordinator, present on behalf of the local administration, explained the committee seeks to further […]
The President of the local Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV), Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, reports Puerto Peñasco is already experiencing and continues to anticipate tremendous tourism over the summer vacation period. As a preferred beach destination for people from Arizona, California, and NM stateside (among many others), as well as from Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja […]
Tickets para conciertos Circus Mexicus de Roger Clyne se ofertarán en 15 dólares (aproximadamente 260 pesos) solo para habitantes de Puerto Peñasco. Como una novedad en esta edición del Circus Mexicus, y para acercar a la comunidad local, es que los organizadores del tradicional evento “rockanrolero” promovieron el descuento de más del 50% en los […]
The 15th Anniversary of the Pinacate Biosphere will be celebrated with a bicycle race with dozens of participants from Peñasco, Sonoyta, and Caborca, and stretching from City Hall to the Biology Station (entrance to the craters). Horacio Ortega, Deputy Director of the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, indicated the bicycle race has become a tradition as a […]
On June 1st, authorities from the naval sector along with municipal and state officials, students, and the public in general, gathered on Malecón Fundadores to remember those who died in defense of Mexico at the Veracruz port in 1917 and to pay homage to the “men of the sea” that have lost their lives to […]
Nearly 55,000 U.S. tourists visited the beaches of Puerto Peñasco during the week leading up to and including U.S. Memorial Day, with hotels reporting an average of 85% occupancy, according to local Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) President Héctor Vázquez del Mercado. This translates into an economic influx of more than 50 million pesos. The […]
Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, President of the Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV), confirms that flights from Puerto Peñasco to Cd. Juarez, Hermosillo, and Tijuana will begin July 21st. This date is approximately a month later than had been initially anticipated. The State Government is currently working on promoting the new flights and details to […]
The Tourist Auxiliary Unit in Puerto Peñasco, inaugurated at the beginning of the busy Spring season, carries out multiple functions in town including at times that of first responders. The agents, who can be found in various high tourism spots including the Malecón, have all received first-aid training in order to help address emergencies. Luis […]
On May 25th, hundreds of Puerto Peñasco residents took part in “Challenge Day”, competing against the city of Artemisa in Cuba in what is a symbolic event held in 19 different countries. Organized by the National Sports Commission, in coordination with CODESON, the Secretary of Public Education, and the local administration, the day long challenge […]
Following a CPR training course organized by the Tucson-Mexico Sister Cities Association in April, the Puerto Peñasco Convention Center recently welcomed hundreds of students from Sonora and Baja California to an International Congress on Hospital Emergencies and disaster response. Internationally recognized specialists in these areas provided the course May 3rd – 5th, with the goal […]
The new Levi’s skate park in Puerto Peñasco, which one day aims to showcase international level skaters, has progressed about 20% with advances on the cement slab and wooden base ramps. Jeff Araiza of Uncle Skate, who is also one of the project supervisors, indicated to date about 20% progress has been made on the […]
The Puerto Peñasco campus of the Colegio de Bachilleres (COBACH) highschool will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year via a series of events, cultural activities, art exhibits and athletic competitions, explained Director María Isela Gamboa Hernández. Gamboa noted the COBACH Anniversary board, put together in the Spring will be in charge of organizing logistics […]
Puerto Peñasco is no stranger to adrenaline. Last weekend, dozens of cyclists relished in that adrenaline at the 1st Mountain Bike Race held May 8th at Laguna del Mar. Participants traversed twenty-eight kilometers of dunes and trails through the desert mountainous landscape near the sea in this first mountain biking race organized by the local […]
A new aerial connection to Puerto Peñasco was recently reconfirmed by local Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) President, Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, after an agreement reached with TAR airline who will begin a commercial flight between Puerto Peñasco and Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua at the end of June. The OCV President indicated this entails an “Embraer” […]