Baja Oceanside Real Estate ~ Velia Amparo Rivas

  Baja California, México -- Baja California's State Congress wants to pass a law that would change the times for last call in the state. If the law passes, last call for all bars in Baja would be 3:00 AM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 1:00 AM during the rest of the week. Bar owners oppose the law ...

Hi everyone, I was tranquilly reading through my newest issue of PEOPLE Magazine (12/13/10, Vol. 74 - No. 22) and, in page 36 at the bottom left, in an article called "Caught In The Act" guess what I found:     Where else in the world would you have delicious Lobster with Flour Tortillas but in our very own Puerto ...

        Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, new Tijuana Mayor        Jorge Ramos, outgoing Tijuana Mayor, and Carlos Bustamante  TIJUANA - In the weeks leading up to his scheduled Tuesday inauguration as mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo has been on the road a ...

  At the 31st edition of the World Travel Market (WTM) being held at the Exhibition and Conference Centre (Excel) in London's Docklands, from November 8th to 11th, Gloria Guevara Manzo, Mexico's Tourism Minister, announced that next year Mexican tourism promotion throughout Europe will be the focus of a newly designed strategy aimed ...

Hi everyone, This article below is taken from SignonSanDiego and it is written by two authors: Bob Hawkins (the main article) and Gary Robbins (the weather prognosis).  You will find a few links. Please make the best use of them for your convenience. Please be careful and have a great Thanksgiving! Don't forget to visit my website: ...

             By Ron Raposa Although the popular tourist destination of Rosarito Beach most often is thought of as spring and summer destination, the holiday season is one of the most magical times of the year here. Rosarito Beach --- Baja California, México --- is a ...

  For the first time in the race's 43-year history, a Mexican team took top honors at the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 on Nov. 20 after the father-son duo of Gus Vildosola Sr. and Jr. drove their Ford F-150 Trophy Truck into La Paz, Mexico. Twenty-eight-year-old Vildosola Jr. started and finished the race, while 57-year-old Senior drove a ...

  By Ron Raposa Turkeys won't be the only things running this month in Rosarito. On Nov. 7 runners participated in the traditional half-marathon from downtown Rosarito to the famous Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village. The picturesque 21-kilometer race traced a coastal route as beautiful as it is challenging. And while at Puerto Nuevo, ...

  By: Jack E. George Some of the brightest students in México live right here in Rosarito Beach. This was recently determined by a national competition, conducted throughout the country, to identify students earning the highest grades in multiple subjects. It was determined that a number of these students attend Ejido Mazatlán ...

Thursday, November 18, 2010 Hi everyone, Last year I published the article below in my blog and it created a lot of interest; so I'm publishing it again adding a picture of Pancho Villa and apprising the dates in the article. Enjoy, and Happy Revolution Day! Mexican Revolution Day & 'Super-Duper Fiestas' By Allan ...

  Hello everyone, Come to Baja, México to witness this great conglomeration of Technology and Culture with star keynote speakers from the worlds of science, Economy Nobel Laureate Robert Aumann plus 3 other Nobel Prize winners, Sports, Industry, Media, Al Gore, Larry King, and renowed intellectuals and writers, distinguished foreign ...

Come hear our wonderful Mariachi music and help the Boys & Girls Club of Rosarito get built quicker!         An October mariachi spectacular will feature the first Mexican concert by the Grammy-winning Mariachi Divas as well as competition between music and dance groups from Mexico and the U.S. ...

By Nina Garin, Union-Tribune Friday, September 10, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.   Cinco de Mayo is nothing compared to the party Mexico puts on for its actual Independence Day on Sept. 16. And as the country marks 200 years of freedom from Spain, the festivities -- which begin this weekend and continue through the end of the month - should be more ...

Hi everyone, As you know, our Bicentennial/Centennial is around the corner! With that in mind, I'm including in this post a couple of links in English that are informative and interesting for your reading pleasure. The first one is the official site from the Government: http://english.bicentenario.gob.mx/ .  Please scroll ...

More than $18,000 was raised this past Saturday to help provide educational services to needy children in Baja thanks to a golf tournament sponsored by A.M.P.I. - the Association of Realtors in Baja Mexico. I joined Erik Weichelt, past president of the San Diego Association of Realtors, at the event played at Bajamar, a beautiful resort near ...

  Five Star Tours is providing round trip transportation to Baja wine country and Mexico's largest wine maker. LA Cetto Winery, Mexico's largest wine maker is hosting the annual Fiesta de La Vendimia at its Valle De Guadalupe vineyard, starting at noon on August 14, 2010. The Fiesta is an annual event celebrating the harvest of the ...

  Friends of the Library: Making a Difference in the local CommunityIn 2006 three friends, Roberta Giesea, Joyce Martin, and Mary Jo Cooney were inspired to find a way to help the libraries in Rosarito and the "Friends of the Library" came into being. These three friends brought together a number of concerned citizens to address ...

  This seaside resort area 30 miles south of San Diego just had its best weekend of the summer, with most major hotels at or near ...

  Set to open in September 2010, CUBA GOODING'S PYRAMID AMPHITHEATER will be the premiere destination for the best entertainment available in Baja California, Mexico and will rival those in SAN DIEGO, OCEANSIDE AND ORANGE COUNTY.  Cuba Gooding will be hosting some of his friends and colleagues from the entertainment industry ...