The City of Rosarito Beach, Baja California and FDt Marketing are proud to announce the Rosarito Beach Pro-Am which will be held on August 7th-9th, 2009 in Rosarito, at the Rosarito Pier. The event, which has been in development for nearly 7 months, will feature some of North America’s best shortboarders mixed with excellent up and coming amateur surfers from the U.S. and Mexico.
“Finally a surf event is back in Northern Baja. It’s awesome that the city of Rosarito is stepping in to provide both local and international surfers an opportunity to showcase their talent and win some coin”, said Zach Plopper, Professional Surfer.
FDt Marketing, the management company behind the Rosarito Beach Pro-Am, feels they are bringing this contest to Rosarito at the perfect time of year, seeing huge potential for this year and beyond.
“We feel bringing this surf contest to Rosarito is a perfect opportunity to not only help with the tourism in Rosarito, but to also give another opportunity to those surfers, professional and amateur, to compete in a location where they usually would not. Being in Mexico will not only draw a lot of great local pro U.S. surfers, but also give opportunity to those amateurs in the Mexican Surf Federation as well as those up and coming U.S. amateurs. We are excited to be a part of this event and look forward to a great contest.” Jeff Stoner, president FDt Marketing.
The event will be webcasted with live scoring on Saturday and Sunday, August 8th and 9th, and can be seen on www.rosarito.org/surf. For more information on the event, travel arrangements, or the City of Rosarito, please visit the Rosarito website www.rosarito.org or contact FDt Marketing.
CONTACT INFORMATION: info@fdtmarketing.com or 858.200.7619
Ron Raposa
Cell: (619)948-3740
U.S. Mailing Address:
2751 Lincoln Court
National City, CA 91950
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 19, 2009
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---A branch office of Mexico’s department of immigration has opened at Rosarito’s City Hall to better serve the area’s large and growing expatriate population.
Previously, the nearest office was in Tijuana. The Rosarito office will be open Monday through Friday from 8 to 1. Phone numbers are 661-612-7262 or 661-612-7263.
Through the office people can receive advice and assistance with FM3s, FM2s and other immigration matters. Appointments are available by calling the above numbers or people can simply go to the office.
Immigration officials also welcome presidents of the city’s several expatriate groups to contact them for information they can share with their members.
About 8,000 expatriates in Rosarito, primarily from the United States, are registered with immigration. Rosarito Beach Mayor Hugo Torres estimates that about 6,000 are not registered.
“This office is a welcome addition to the city and will make it easier for our residents to receive needed services,” Torres said.
“Already, about 10 percent of our population are expatriates and we expect that number to grow significantly in the future as more Baby Boomers retire here,’ Torres said.
Rosarito also was the first city in Mexico to establish a Foreign Residents Attention Office to assist expatriates.
TAKE N' FAKE
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT GALLERY
The Perfect Gift for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings, etc.
Remember, Father's Day this Sunday!
When we think of artwork, we usually think of paintings and sculptures and when we think of photographs, we imagine the traditional black and white and colored photographs exhibited at the galleries.
Ron Sharpe has opened a photo-art gallery for Paintographs. this is a new technique that utilizes sophisticated computer software which transforms the traditional photographs into artwork, indistinguishable from oil and watercolor paintings. He calls them TAKE 'N' FAKE™.
The idea came to him while he was enlarging his digital photographs and using computer software to retouch and enhance photos.
He then prints these images on canvas, when, after matting and framing, makes them similar to real paintings.
A limited edition certificate of authenticity accompanies each work of art.
Ron Sharpe was born in Melbourne, Australia. He has lived in many countries, always with a camera in hand. He has captured the real world with his camera which he has memorialized in his hundreds of beautiful photographs.
Ron has exhibited and won awards, among others, at the International Nikon photography Contest in Japan.
Ron Sharpe's unique gallery in Rosarito, believed to be the first in the world of this magnitude, feature more than 200 Paintographs and more than 100 scenes from around the world.
Ron quotes: "It is a beautiful world and it is all there for the TAKING AND FAKING, with each picture telling a different story".
Every one of his artworks' have a theme and message. These photographs have a lot of beauty and lots of emotion. The themes include landscapes, seascapes, floral fantasies, architectural subjects, NASA, and some beauties, young and old, from around the world.
There is something for everyone at incredible low prices.
The prices for his artworks start at $20.00 dollars and from the proceeds of every sale, a minimum of 25% will be donated to a local charity of your choice, such as CRUZ ROJA, DIF, FLYING SAMARITANS, etc.
Ron is also giving visitors to the gallery the opportunity to donate $5.00 dollars to the charity of their choice and give them a 5 x 7 souvenir copy of their favorite TAKE 'N' FAKE.
When you walk downtown Rosarito, don't miss the opportunity to visit this impressive gallery. You will enjoy an unforgettable experience.
Jun, 2009. NOT BECAUSE WE SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE, BUT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND YOU.
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By using our services, you are able to manage your finances at significantly lower costs than you would have to pay back home. To open a personal account we only require that you present your passport along with your Tourist VISA or your FM2 or FM3. We also require a utility bill (water, electricity or phone) that needs to be under your name and in case you are renting a property in Mexico , a copy of the agreement.”
The Preferred Customers’ Unit also helps you with everything you need to purchase the property of your dreams in Mexico, assisting you not only with attractive financing (mortgage) plans but also by helping you comply with the necessary legal requirements (Mexican Trust - Fideicomiso).
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NEW PHONE LINE TO REPORT CRIME IN BAJA FROM THE US.
Residents from the United States now have a toll free number to complaint against common and organized crime within the Mexican territory.
The number 1-866-201-5060 is for residents of California and the rest of the United States, who can provide the authorities in Baja California, in an anonymous way, information about organized crime and common crime located in Mexico.
Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, Secretary of Public Security in Baja California and Mexican Consul Remedios Gomez Arnau, presented the new toll free phone service 1-866-201-5060 at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego; which can be used to expose criminals located in Mexico or to report if they have been the victim of a crime when transiting through Baja or while living here.
De la Rosa explained that when a caller dials 1-866-201-5060, the call comes into the program 089, operated by the state government of Baja California, specializing in bilingual telephone operators who immediately transfer the complaint to Mexican authorities for their attention. The service is 24 hours a day, 365 days per year.
The program is configured to block phone numbers from which the calls are made, they are not recorded and the telephone operators may not ask the complainant's personal data.
This service will be introduced in coming days in the consulates of Mexico located in Calexico, California and Yuma, Arizona, to spread mostly among the Hispanic community in these cities and their surrounding regions.
Note that the anonymous reporting service via toll-free number 1-866-201-5060 is available for use from any phone located on the mainland and islands of the United States, including Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska.
Rosarito Marks World Environment Day
With Beach Clean-up And Other Activities
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The city today marked the United Nation’s World Environment Day with a beach clean-up by public employees as well as other activities.
Most city employees as well as ones from private business participated in the clean-up, which also included canyon areas of the popular tourist destination 20 miles south of the border.
In addition, workshops were held for school children and tips for protecting the environment were distributed. Some players from city soccer teams will participate in tree plantings in upcoming days.
“In this region we have been given great environmental richness, including the bounty of the sea,” said Mayor Hugo Torres. “It is important that everyone takes great care to protect it.”
Rosarito Beach Receives $16 Million
U.S. Bank Loan For Street Paving
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO---The city has received a $16.6 million loan from a U.S.-based bank for additional street paving, Mayor Hugo Torres announced.
“The loan will allow for improvements that will benefit both our rapidly growing population and our more than one-million visitors a year,” said the mayor of the popular seaside tourist destination 30 miles south of San Diego.
The loans come from San Antonio-based North American Development Bank. Torres and bank managing director Jorge Garces signed the loan agreement last week in Rosarito.
This is the first time the city has obtained a loan from a U.S. bank although that has occurred elsewhere in Mexico.
The terms from the U.S. development bank were the most favorable available, at 9.5 percent interest over 15 years. The repayment amount is in pesos to lock in the amount due, Torres said.
The money will be used for additional paving of city roadways where underground utilities already have been installed. This will aid traffic flow, make areas more accessible and improve air by reducing dust and emissions from slow-moving traffic.
“It also will help people have easier access to their homes in the rainy season, and make it quicker for emergency services to reach them,” Torres said
In all, about 7 million square feet will be paved, about half of the 50 percent of city streets currently unpaved.
Under the terms of the loan, the work will be awarded based on an international bidding process. Construction is expected to begin in July of this year and take about a year to complete.
“The population of Rosarito is one of the fastest growing in Baja and we want our residents to have the best services possible,” Torres said. “It also is important that we provide the best quality services to our many visitors.”
“Much has already been done, including extensive street paving, construction of the new Tecate-Rosarito Highway 2000 and major improvements to the scenic and free highways,” he added. “Solid planning for the future is essential.”
Rosarito has an estimated population of 140,000, including 14,000 expatriates, primarily from the United States. It also has been the focal point for construction of vacation and retirement residences along the Baja coast from Tijuana to Ensenada.
More than a million people a year visit its hotels and resorts to enjoy outdoor activities, shopping, spas, Mexican culture, dining and attractions including the world-famous Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village and Baja Studios, where Titanic and Master & Commander were filmed.
Grab the bike and join the race!
Alex DePue and Miguel De Hoyos
Rating: "G"
Sunday, July 26, 2009 2:00 pm
Gertrude Pearlman Theatre
Campo La Jolla, Punta Banda
(16 miles south of Ensenada on road to La Bufadora)
$10 / 130 pesos per person at the door
$9 / 120 pesos per person presale at Villarino's starting July 1st
Contacts: Heather Hamilton at (646) 154-2452
email: heather1@prodigy.net.mx
Irka Davis at (646) 154-2235
email: irkad2005@yahoo.com
The Gertrude Pearlman Theatre is pleased to present an encore performance by Alex DePue and Miguel De Hoyos.
With a background in both classical violin and fiddling, Alex DePue ("The Fiddler") is an artist that can produce any style of music. Alex is a native Ohioan and has been ranked as one of the top ten fiddlers in the nation reigning as Michigan State Fiddling Champion from 1994 - 1998.
Joining Alex is Mexico's guitar virtuoso, Miguel De Hoyos. De Hoyos is a distinguished master of musical arrangements including South American, Spanish, European and 16th century Baroque. He has the ability to make you feel as though all of this music was written and created for a single guitar.
With resonating and captivating brilliance, listen live as DePue and De Hoyos bring together two different cultures and beautifully skillful techniques. Check out the following websites for a taste of their skill and talent:
www.depuedehoyos.com
www.alexdepue.com
www.kimberlyproductions.com
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
This past Saturday, downtown San Diego played host to an unusual international culinary convention, as Mexican elected officials joined restaurateurs and business owners to present the finest flavors and tastes from Baja. More out-of-the-box thinking will be required if our southern neighbor is to emerge in a new era of border relations.
Entitled "Baja by the Sea," the free event at the Embarcadero Marina Park North brought out thousands of San Diegans interested in wine tastings, dishes and business ventures hailing from the coastal region. For many, it was an opportunity to be reintroduced to the culturally rich nation at our doorstep, and savor the traditional tastes of Mexican cuisine that are too often found homogenized and diluted for the Western palate in the United States. Though Mexican cities have been avid promoters of their local events and festivals, this new approach of bringing the best of Baja to San Diego was a successful outreach effort to prospective tourists and customers that haven't crossed the border in some time. Praise is deserving of Baja California Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna Millán and Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos, who were on hand with the mayors of Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada and Tecate to showcase and support their region, and to the Port of San Diego and Baja tourism boards who sponsored the occasion.
Baja by the Sea was a bright spot for a region that has been unfairly swamped by negative news headlines, evoking fear and hysteria from the international community. The recent dramatic drug-related violence has been largely a response to the successful efforts of Mexican law enforcement officials to crack down on the illegal drug trade and capture key cartel leaders over the last decade, spurring volatility and brutal power grabs among the criminal hierarchy. Frenzied media reports over the "swine flu" and its supposed Mexican origins were proven to be overblown this year, as the 117 confirmed global deaths to date failed to produce the speculated worldwide pandemic, and pale in comparison to the fact that the regular seasonal flu kills up to half a million people each year. But the subsiding of the health hysteria did not come before Chinese government officials indiscriminately detained and quarantined Mexican nationals this spring, and one San Diego congressman calling for the White House to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border to protect Americans from the "serious threat" of swine flu. Few have come forward to reproach these damaging public overreactions that have had a powerful psychological effect on whether tourists visit Mexico, which in the Baja region has seen a decline of American visitors for years.
According to statistics from the Tijuana Convention & Visitor's Bureau, the total number of estimated Americans crossing the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa Ports of Entry (including U.S. citizens living in Baja and working in San Diego) in 2008 was 42 percent below 2004 figures. More recently, the total American border crossings in the first three months of 2009 are fewer than at the same time last year. This bleak trend may be compounded by new U.S. border crossing requirements beginning this week for passports and new identification cards to be used by visitors to Mexico and Canada in order to re-enter the country. Whether these new security demands will negatively impact tourism remains to be seen, but they should give urgency to Mexican officials to adopt innovative strategies to marketing tourism and foreign investment opportunities to their U.S. neighbors.
With Baja by the Sea the first attempt at a new annual event, Baja promoters should weigh the merits of establishing a permanent showroom in San Diego for residents to experience and learn about regional fare and visitor destinations. Consider the success of the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, established in 2005 to present the "bounty of the county," highlighting the many boutique wineries and agricultural products that are grown regionally and too often, unknowingly. Nestled across the San Diego Convention Center, the Culinary Center doubled in size in 2007, and continues to host fun and educational gastronomic events for tourists and locals alike in a wine tasting room environment. A downtown Baja Wine & Culinary Center could showcase the dozens of vineyards that thrive in a rich, Mediterranean-like climate along a charming countryside that evokes memories of Napa County before its mass commercialization. Most Baja wineries are small, family-owned operations that produce 5,000 or less cases per year, and could benefit from the exposure, especially to those who have been hesitant of visiting the Baja region. Michelle Martain, whose family owns the outstanding Cavas Valmar Winery in Ensenada, favored the idea of a full-time tasting room in San Diego. "We try to promote our products through events, but if there was an opportunity for something like the San Diego Wine & Culinary Center, it would be wonderful; there is so much to proudly offer," said Martain.
Though the San Diego-Baja economy is trudging through tough economic times, our outlook is stronger from changing perceptions and adopting innovative approaches to bi-national tourism.
BAJA CALIFORNIA — Baja California plans to decrease its dependence on fossil fuels by developing wind energy and hydroelectric power, the state's top environmental official said yesterday.
By 2011, alternative energy will supply 75 percent of public lighting statewide, said Socrates Bastida, Baja California's environmental protection secretary.
Bastida described the state's plans while speaking in San Diego at a cross-border forum on climate change hosted by the San Diego Association of Governments. Participants included government officials, scientists and representatives of the nonprofit sector from both countries.
Baja California is developing a wind energy park in La Rumorosa, a high plateau near the U.S. border between Tecate and Mexicali. A Mexican company, Turbo Power Services, has been awarded the contract for the initial phase of the $26 million, 10-megawatt plant, which would generate 27 million kilowatt-hours annually, enough to supply about 17,500 local residents.
Bastida said that the state
San Diegans Flock to Baja By The Sea
Exhibit At The Embacadero Park North
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA---Thousands of people attended Saturday’s Baja By the Sea showcase promotional event at the Embacadero Park North at Seaport Village, sampling free food and wine and artistic creations of the area.
Baja Governor Jose Guadalupe Osuna Millan, mayors of Baja’s five cities, tourism and business leaders were among officials at the event. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders gave the welcoming remarks.
“This is a tremendous honor for San Diego, being able to display what Baja has to offer,” Sanders said. “We know when Baja does well in tourism and business, San Diego does well in tourism and business.”
Exhibit booths featured signature foods from Baja cities, plus wine and beer from regional vineyards and breweries. Real estate and business opportunities also were featured.
Rosarito Mayor Hugo Torres helped prepare a large lobster burrito, which was shared with some of those attending. The popular tourist destination 20 miles south of San Diego is famous for its lobster and includes the world-famous Puerto Nuevo Lobster Village.
Rosarito also featured a popular display of work from its large community of artists. The city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau sponsored an information booth for distributing brochures, schedules of upcoming summer events and price promotions.
Plans are to make Baja By The Sea an annual event. Additional information about Rosarito is available at www.rosarito.org
MEDIA CONTACT:
Ron Raposa
ronraposa@hotmail.com
619-948-3740
TIJUANA – A politically connected Tijuana native who has written a dozen books, held high-ranking government posts and directed a newspaper, Virgilio Muñoz might once have generated little fuss in assuming leadership of the city's largest cultural center, the Centro Cultural Tijuana.
But a chorus of protests has followed the former Baja California education secretary's appointment to the prestigious federal post earlier this month. Painters, writers, musicians, actors, students and journalists are now campaigning for his removal, enlisting support across Mexico – and across the border in California.
They argue that the 60-year-old Muñoz lacks the proper arts background for the position. They add that Tijuana's vibrant and outspoken arts community wasn't properly taken into account when the decision was made to appoint Muñoz earlier this month. Those who defend the appointment have generated their own counter-response, saying he is amply qualified for the job and should stay.
The intense debate has focused attention on the 27-year-old center, known as the Cecut, a unique federal institution on Mexico's northern border that is overseen by the National Council for Culture and the Arts, or Conaculta, in Mexico City. With a $7.3 million annual budget, it is the largest cultural center in northwest Mexico and a point of reference for many Tijuanenses, where they can attend concerts, dance festivals and opera performances, hear a prominent lecturer or take in world-class art exhibits without crossing the border to San Diego.
“We want a director that's selected through a dialogue with the community,” said Heriberto Yepez, a novelist and professor at the Autonomous University of Baja California who is one of the authors of a May 19 letter seeking Munoz's removal. “We're asking for basic democracy.”
Some artists say they don't want to get involved, dismissing the controversy as nothing more than maneuvering among those who want support from the wealthiest arts institution around. But others argue the future of the arts in Tijuana is in peril.
“Tijuana must not take one step back,” said Alvaro Blancarte, a prominent Baja California artist who teaches at the Autonomous University of Baja California and opposes Muñoz's nomination. “We need people who are younger, more contemporary, with a different sort of vision.”
Alberto Ubach, a classical guitarist and former director of the Baja California Cultural Institute in Tijuana, has stayed out of the fray, but said Muñoz must be given a chance. “There are people who are questioning him before seeing him at work,” Ubach said. “It seems to me he has the correct profile.”
No matter where they stand on the issue of Muñoz's appointment, many see the discussion as a sign of Tijuana's growth as a center for artists, many of whom have helped project the city's name far beyond its borders in recent years.
“It's a very healthy thing,” said Luis Ituarte, a supporter of Muñoz's appointment and a member of the Tijuana-based Border Council of Arts and Culture. “People are taking responsibility and pushing the government to listen to us.”
Teddy Cruz, a San Diego architect long active on the border, said the intensity of the debate is a sign of the center's role in promoting emerging new artists and cutting-edge art forms. “What makes it more dramatic now is that the Cecut was really beginning a new era of very strongly embracing contemporary art and contemporary culture,” Cruz said. Those opposed to Muñoz, he said, “are afraid that this might be a regression to a more traditional idea of culture that marginalizes contemporary culture.”
Announced May 6, Muñoz's appointment filled a vacancy created in April when the previous director, Teresa Vicencio, was named director of the National Institute for the Fine Arts in Mexico City.
Nearly two weeks later, on May 19, a letter protesting Muñoz's appointment was sent to Conaculta President Consuelo Sáizar Guerrero. It had 211 signatures initially, but the numbers have been growing. Those signing have included Pepe Mogt, a co-founder of the city's Nortec movement; René Peralta, an architect with projects on both sides of the border; and Marcos Ramirez, an artist whose pieces have been shown in Europe, Latin America and throughout the United States.
The letter states that “Virgilio Muñoz is a person who deserves our respect. But he does not fit the profile that is indispensable for this specific area of culture.”
The letter says Muñoz has no direct experience promoting culture or managing cultural institutions, and that he has not maintained an active presence in the arts community.
Muñoz appeared unruffled in his basement office recently as he defended his qualifications for the position. A third-generation Tijuanense, he left at 18 to attend school in Mexico City, graduating with a law degree from the National Autonomous University. He subsequently served in a series of federal posts there, and at one point headed the magazine of Mexico's National Indigenous Institute.
He returned to Tijuana in 1989 to head the Diario 29, a daily newspaper financed by Mexico's federal government.
In 1994, he served briefly as the head of the Tijuana office of Mexico's National Migration Institute, abruptly losing his job when he was accused along with two top deputies of bribery, abuse of authority and improper exercise of public duties.
Muñoz, who denied the accusations, points out that he was never charged: “This is a matter that the pertinent authorities analyzed, and resolved,” he said. “There was never any evidence to go beyond that. ”
The following year, Muñoz was named secretary of education for Baja California by the late Gov. Hector Terán Terán.
Among his strongest supporters is Leobardo Sarabia, an editor and cultural promoter who formerly directed Tijuana's Municipal Cultural Institute. Sarabia belongs to a 10-member Citizens Cultural Forum that proposed Muñoz and three others for the position earlier this year.
Sarabia said much of the opposition to Muñoz's appointment is driven by personal interests of those who fear losing support they received from the Cecut under its former director, Vicencio. He said that under Vicencio, the Cecut was closed off to many in the cultural community.
“It became like a federal consulate that only dealt with a small group.”
The discussion has involved a growing number from across the border, such as Josh Kun, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Southern California.
“For me, anything that happens in Tijuana is a binational issue,” Kun said. “When I heard that there was a movement going around and some people I respected and admired were upset, I wanted to see what they were upset about.”
Muñoz said he wants to involve a broader cross-section of Tijuana society in the center's activities, creating new audiences and reaching out to crime-ridden sections of the city that have been overlooked by cultural institutions.
“I think that we can counteract a lot of what's happening through the vehicle of culture,” he said.
Muñoz said he wants to move forward, and in the coming days will present his plan for the Cecut. He has begun speaking with several of those who signed the letter against his appointment, he said. “What we have identified in many cases is that many of the differences are due a lack of communication.”
GOLF4NIÑOS CHARITY TOURNAMENT & GRAND FIESTA, JUNE 13 2009 2nd annual event at Baja Country Club, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico supports area impoverished children. Golfers, local business sponsors and food & music lovers should not miss this special day. 4 person scramble golf tournament begins day at 8AM. Golf, cart, range balls, putting contest, long drive and closest-to-pin prizes are among the events of the golf tournament. $75/golfer or $250/foursome also includes Grand Fiesta.
The Grand Fiesta from 12:00Noon until ?PM. Mexican feast, live dancing music from
the Amaretto Blues Band, Auction & Raffle and displays from local wineries and other Ensenada area businesses are highlights. $10 admission prepaid by June 6. $12 admission after June 6 or at event.
Sponsors and auction donors for our inaugural event in 2008 included wineries from Valle de Guadalupe, local hotels and restaurants. Business sponsors will display their products and services at the Grand Fiesta.
All proceeds go to Agua Viva Guarderia, a children's shelter, daycare and orphanage in Maneadero, south side of Ensenada. www.aguavivadc.com
Help provide shelter, food and clothing for local children.
REGISTRATION/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
http://GOLF4NINOS.wordpress.com
Doc Dougherty(619)618-0508, docdockerty@msn.com
Jay&Trisha Dworsky(646)152-0020, oceanfront2@aol.com
