"SOLO POR AMOR"
ASOCIACION INTEGRAL DE FAMILIAS
Y AMIGOS A FAVOR DE LAS PERSONAS CON
CAPACIDADES DIFERENTES DE PLAYAS DE
ROSARITO, B.C.
"JUST FOR LOVE"
Association of Families and Friends to help
people with disabilities in Rosarito Beach .
You are cordially invited to our 3rd reunion
This THURSDAY AUGUST 28, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
at
CEMAC
Abelardo Rodriguez Park
(Rosarito downtown behind Banamex Bank)
FEAR: " The organization in the family ”
SPEAKER: Psic. Norma Angelica Llamas
More information please call (661) 612-0511
e-mail: aifasoloporamor@yahoo.com
August 22nd is Mexico's Firefighters Day, men and women who put their lives at risk to save anyone in need. If you happen to drive by any of the Rosarito Stations, maybe you would like to stop and say hi or just honk your horn, they will appreciate it!
- The central Rosarito station is next to Cruz Roja at Cipres Street , and in front of Abraham Lincoln Elementary School .
- Staton 1 is at Primo Tapia, on the free road, you can easily see it from the road.
- Station 2 is one block East of City Hall at Chiapas Street .
- Station 3 is at Colonia Morelos, far east of Rosarito, you have to enter through Ejido Mazatlan
Marisa Molina
Foreign Residents Attention Office
FRAO (661) 614-9697
Our goal - $8000 in ‘08 to repair & renovate the Rosarito area libraries.
Won’t you help us by purchasing a raffle ticket or making a donation?
- 1st prize: One week at VILLA DEL PALMAR HOTEL/RESORT in a luxury suite (sleeps 4) in Cabo San Lucas or in Puerta Vallarta, MX
- 2nd prize: One week at the GRAN MELIA ROYAL PYRAMID HOTEL in Cancun , MX (a regular luxury hotel room)
- 3rd prize: One case of LA VEVONA Wine,from Naples , Italy , donated by Naples/Rosarito Vintner, Marcello Buontempo (or an equivalent)
Travel expenses and meals are not included with the prizes. Drawing will be held September 14, 2008 - you need not be present to win.
Tickets: $5 each or 3 for $10 - Available at Cruz Roja thrift store, Rene’s Mail Room, the Central Library at CEMAC & at the September 6, USBC meeting
For further info contact:
BJ Saragosa MX 664-609-3137 or US 619-270-8376, e-mail: jobobbi@gmailcom ; or
Tom Reeve MX 661-612-3458 or US 619- 749-1761, e-mail: vozlatina3@aol.com
Playas De Tijuana, Tijuana - Announcing a price reduction on 6 Unit Multiplex, a 3,000 sq. ft., 7 bath, 7 bdrm multiplex "Six Units in Total". Now 
MLS® $259,000 - Oceanfront!.
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Playas De Tijuana, Tijuana - Announcing a price reduction on Playas de Tijuana Near the Beach, a 2,000 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story "Modern Mexican". Now MLS® $179,000 - Move-in Condition.
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Plenty of Open Space
• 2,700 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story - MLS® $375,000 - 1/4 mile to the beach
Seccion Costa Azul, Playas De Tijuana - When you first walk in, there is the feeling of entering a luxurious home you want to be in. Located in the quiet beachfront community of Playas de Tijuana just 10 minutes away from the international border with San Diego and 15 minutes from Rosarito.
Inside the home, it is a masterpiece of open space with a large, well appointed kitchen, large windows for a flood of natural light, open inset ceiling in the living room with lighting and views from the kitchen, the dining and living rooms out to the garden patio.
There are three large bedrooms with the master bedroom loft that goes out to the roof terrace with its panoramic views of Playas and the ocean. There are two and a half baths in this 2,700 sq ft plus two story home on an oversize 4500 sq ft lot. Because you are towards the end of a dead end street, there is light traffic to assure a quiet, peaceful atmosphere at any time of the day or night.
Offering high speed internet, telephone and satellite television, this home is exclusive, intimate and remarkably affordable. The community has a park for the kids to enjoy or to walk the dog just down the street and you are only a quarter mile from the beach. If you wish, you are just a 15 minute drive into Rosarito or a 10 minute drive into Tijuana which offers all the fun and excitement of shopping, beauty salons, restaurants and night life that can not be equaled.
The large garden patio features a bar-b-que for those outdoor cook out parties, a bar for serving your guests and plenty of extra space with manicured gardens and scalloped walkways. The shade structure over the BAR B QUE is made to be constructed into a second story playroom, bedroom, whatever.
This home offers the picturesque views of Playas north to San Diego that entice you to this beach living community, where others have fallen short, this one delivers. Come and enjoy all that is Baja.
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Ranch Style Home
• 2,500 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm 2 story "Ranch Style Home" - MLS® $375,000 - 10min. From the Border
Seccion Costa Azul, Playas De Tijuana - Located in the quiet beachfront community of Playas de Tijuana just 10 minutes away from the international border with San Diego and 15 minutes from Rosarito, this ranch style home is big and ready to move in.
Walking inside the home, there is a ranch style open staircase leading to the second floor, a well appointed kitchen, large windows for a flood of natural light, a step down living room and the dining room looking out to the garden patio.
There are three large bedrooms with the master bedroom goes out to a terrace with its panoramic views of Playas and the ocean. There are two and a half baths in this 2,500 sq ft plus two story home on an oversize 4500 sq ft lot. Because you are towards the end of a dead end street, there is light traffic to assure a quiet, peaceful atmosphere at any time of the day or night.
Offering high speed internet, telephone and satellite television, this home is exclusive, intimate and remarkably affordable. The community has a park for the kids to enjoy or to walk the dog just down the street and you are only a quarter mile from the beach. If you wish, you are just a 15 minute drive into Rosarito or a 10 minute drive into Tijuana which offers all the fun and excitement of shopping, beauty salons, restaurants and night life that can not be equaled.
The large garden patio features a bar-b-que for those outdoor cook out parties, a bar for serving your guests and plenty of extra space with manicured gardens and scalloped walkways.
This home offers the picturesque views of Playas north to San Diego that entice you to this beach living community, where others have fallen short, this one delivers. Come and enjoy all that is Baja.
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Lot with 2BR Trailer
• 1,000 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm lot / land "with 2Br Trailer" - MLS® $160,000 - Near the Beach
Playas de Rosarito, Rosarito - Come and see this prime 335 square meter lot with a mobile home located 30 yards from the ocean in downtown Rosarito. The lot is completely enclosed with a cement block stucco wall and with an opening gate in front. The two bedroom mobile home has an open floor plan with lots of windows to allow natural light in.
In the master bathroom, there is a Jacuzzi to relax after a day at the beach and there is a second full bath outside the second bedroom that is also used for the living area. The home is being sold furnished, has been well maintained and is ready to be moved into.
This beachfront hideaway is in a developed, established community with single family homes, the neighborhood has all public services and is on paved streets, the lot is flat, clean and ready to enjoy. With the beach only three lots away, you will be enjoying those long, lazy walks in the sand or getting a few waves in surfing whenever you want.
Because the home is in downtown Rosarito with all the restaurants, shopping, nightlife and fun, you can park your car and walk or take public transit anywhere you want to go. To the south of downtown, there is the famous Fox Movie Studios where you can spend the day at Foxploration and see how many award winning movies have been made. Further south there is Calafia, Puerto Nuevo and Ensenada all within a 40 minute drive. You are only 20 minutes from the border to the north yet, a world away. Come and enjoy all that is Baja!
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Binational group forms to address border issues
Inspections are among the chamber's concerns
By Janine Zúñiga
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
August 14, 2008
SAN YSIDRO – The San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with all five Baja California border cities and with chambers of commerce from here to Calexico to create the Binational Chamber of Border Commerce.
The group will meet to tackle common issues that affect business on both sides of the border. Those issues, the group says, include inefficient border-crossing inspections and a lack of infrastructure.
Jason M-B Wells, San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce executive director and Binational Chamber of Border Commerce organizer, said the border business group can't sit idly by while politicians in Washington , D.C. , and Mexico City decide what's best for ports of entry 3,000 miles away.
“We live this every day,” he said. “We know what works.”
Wells said the border between California and Baja California is home to the busiest land port of entry in the world, the second-busiest cargo crossing and the largest binational economy in the Western Hemisphere.
The group hopes its strength and single voice can help push initiatives to help speed up border-crossing times, such as putting in more “stacked” booths at San Ysidro.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing the idea, similar to a method used in checkout lines at some big-box stores, where two checkers help one lane of customers. Stacking has proved to reduce border wait times, the group said.
The binational group also wants at least one 24-hour lane at all California-Baja California ports of entry, and additional agents on both sides of the border where needed. The group also hopes border officials will stop conducting secondary inspections in primary inspection lanes. They said officers at various ports often spend too much time with one vehicle, when they should send it forward for further inspection to keep traffic flowing.
Wells also organized an association of business and community groups in recent months whose members were concerned with plans for a redesign of the San Ysidro Port of Entry. When plans last year showed the loss of a considerable amount of private property, the Smart Border Coalition got involved. The federal government has since reduced the amount of land it planned to take.
Wells said the coalition's efforts gave him the idea for the binational group.
“We realized that a lot of the issues aren't specific to just San Ysidro,” he said. “We had to look at our entire border and make sure we had binational buy-in.”
Wells said the Smart Border Coalition introduced the idea of a southbound pedestrian crossing on the east side of Interstate 5. He said it would help local businesses. The current southbound crossing, on the west side of I-5, diverts potential shoppers away from them.
He also said a southbound crossing near the trolley, also east of I-5, would make it more convenient for people who use the transit system to enter Mexico .
“We need both sides in agreement for how that should be,” said Wells, referring to having officials in the United States and Mexico working out the design of the new pedestrian crossing.
Wells said increased border-crossing wait times have grown to unacceptable levels. Businesses and the economy are hurt when half or two-thirds of a company's work force is a half hour to two hours late, or doesn't show up at all, he said. He said increased border wait times also have a detrimental effect on the number of trips tourists and shoppers make.
Construction on the San Ysidro Port of Entry is set to begin this month. More than 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians use the port daily to cross into the United States . Studies have pointed to an expected increase of the number of vehicles crossing of up to 70 percent by 2030.
The $577 million project will increase the number of lanes in each direction and is the federal government's largest border-crossing project.
Wells said many details on the San Ysidro redesign project aren't complete. He also said some projects such as the southbound pedestrian crossing are unfunded but included in the plans. He said the group will continue to push for improvements at all border crossings.
Members of the binational group from the United States include the chambers of commerce in San Ysidro, Calexico, Chula Vista and Tecate Community; the Imperial Valley and South County economic development corporations; and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
In Mexico , members include the chambers of commerce in Tijuana , Ensenada , Mexicali , Playas de Rosarito and Tecate.
Stunning Oceanfront Hacienda
• 5,000 sq. ft., 4 bath, 4 bdrm single story "Privacy and Security plus" - 
MLS® $1,295,000 - Ensenada Private Estate
Playitas, Ensenada - Truly a rare find here, just minutes from the heart of Ensenada, a real Rancher Style Oceanfront Hacienda on over 8,000 sq ft with plenty of privacy in a securely gated compound of only 6 homes.
All the bedrooms, dining room, kitchen, den, living room open directly out to the private oceanfront lawn area overlooking the blue Pacific.
Authenticly handcrafted custom home with extensive use of massive wooden beams, brick ceilings, and quarried lmestone exterior highlights.
Well equipped kitchen with all the appliances, and separate maid's quarters off the laundry and panrty area.
The wonderful rambling nature of this single level rancher style floor plan allow for plenty of privacy for you and your guests with each of the bedrooms accompanied by their own bath and walkin closet as well as stunning waterfront views.
Spacious maid's quarters easily could work as separate guest suite in separate wing of the home.
Truly a home for the discerning buyer looking for a feel of Mexico in a wonderfully custom-crafted home right on the water a very short distance from the heart of Ensenada proper.
Enjoy it today and pass on a heritage retreat to your family, as waterfront privacy in this size home is extremely rare in Ensenada, arguably Baja's finest city enjoying a San Diego climate.
This home would likely be unattainable today just an hour north at 5 times the price.
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JUST REDUCED!!!
• 744 sq. ft., 1 bath, 2 bdrm triplex "Great Income Property!" - MLS® $225,000 - Triplex with Ocean View
In Town, Rosarito - Income generator! Retire early by picking up this three-plex “plug-and-play”. Fully occupied (rents currently under-valued at $450.00 ea). Owner has meticulously maintained this property: New paint, no termites, structure is perfect! 200 feet from the ocean! Nice neighborhood, DOWNTOWN Rosarito… Close to shopping, schools… Live in one the other two will pay the mortgage!
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San Antonio Del Mar, Tijuana - Announcing a price reduction on San Antonio Hacienda, a 4,000 sq. ft., 4 bath, 3 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $429,000 - Firm.
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FLYING SAMARITANS
COLUMBUS DAY CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
MONDAY OCTOBER 13
It's that time again already. We raised a lot of money at our Cinco de Mayo event and have helped a lot of people in need.
Now we need your help to do it again. As the October Chairperson of the event, I am looking for help in making this event as successful the previous ones.
Your thoughts/help on any of the following would be greatly appreciated.
We need:
- Raffle Items (minimum value $25.00)
- Grand Raffle Prizes (value $500 +)
- Putting up Posters
- Distributing Entry Forms
- Decorating tables at Rene's
- Banner Sponsors ($50 each)
- People to help out at the course the day of the event
GOLFERS !!!
(Friends, Families, Relatives, Perfect Strangers)
Early sign ups receive 10 FREE Raffle tickets worth $50
(SEE ATTACHED ENTRY FORM)
BINATIONAL ECONOMIC PLANNING AND REGIONAL ISSUES TO BE FOCUS OF INFORMAL MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM TIJUANA , ROSARITO AND CHULA VISTA
Baja California’s representative from the Mexican Ministry of the Economy, and the U.S. Consul General from Tijuana will meet with Mayors and officials from Tijuana , Rosarito and Chula Vista , as well as regional business and civic leaders, during the second “Binational Reception” informational meeting on August 26th, 2008.
The Tijuana Conventions & Visitors Bureau (COTUCO), the City of Rosarito, and Baja California’s office for Mexico’s Secretariat of the Economy are hosting an informal, “Binational Business Reception ” at Baja California’s Olympic Training Center (located on the north side of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California). Topics to be addressed include the Ministry of Economy’s priorities for the region, binational economic opportunities for Chula Vista and Tijuana-Rosarito, and border crossings. Transportation to the event will be available to media from the Chula Vista City Hall (to the event and back) The reception will include food from Tijuana’s La Diferencia restaurant, as well as local Baja California beer and wines.
WHAT: The Second “Binational Reception” event, promoting binational issues and collaboration.
WHEN: 4pm – 6pm, Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 (Bus to/from event will depart from Chula Vista City Hall at 3:15pm.; return time approximately 7:00pm-7:30pm depending on border wait).
WHERE: Olympic Training Center at Tijuana ’s Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC)
Address: Circuito Víal Sur s/n Otay Universidad, Tijuana , B.C 22539
WHO & VISUALS: Participants in the event will include: Cheryl Cox, Mayor of Chula Vista; Alejandro Monraz, Baja California representative for Mexico ’s Secretariat of the Economy; Hugo Torres, Mayor of Playas de Rosarito, and additional business, tourism, and civic leaders from Chula Vista , Tijuana and Rosarito.
Medio Camino, Rosarito - Announcing a price reduction on Medio Camino Oceanview, an 800 sq. ft., 1 bath, 2 bdrm single story. Now MLS® $119,900 - Panoramic Ocean View. Was $140k.
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