Results containing 'Environment'
News Article
Date: 2/15/2013
The 10th annual Todos Santos Film Festival makes its return on Wednesday, February 20, celebrating a 10 year anniversary that began with humble, modest, beginnings in 2003. The event is spearheaded by community leaders who continue to promote their special city. Peter Buck of REM and founding member of the Todos Santos Music Fest, joins a very long list of local, affluent people, helping to bring the Film Festival back for another spectacular run.
The festival kicks off with the screening of the Mexican documentary, ''Leonardo, Querido'' (My Beloved Leonardo). All of the films entered in the festival are in Spanish with...
News Article
Date: 1/18/2013
The documented history of San Jose del Cabo goes as far back as Hernan Cortes and the Spanish explorers who passed through this area as early as 1535. A Jesuit mission wasn't established in the city until 1730. The town's past reflects with undisputed clarity of San Jose del Cabo's Estuary and Bird Sanctuary, being the largest body of fresh water in Southern Baja California. The estuary´s vast waters are fed by an underground river, known as Rio San Jose, which inherits its water flow from the Sierra Laguna Mountains, located and visible within the near distance.
For a very good part...
News Article
Date: 1/16/2013
When anyone, everywhere, thinks or talks of Cabo, one of the first things they'll mention is the warm weather and beautiful beaches. With more than 340 days of summer-like weather, Los Cabos continues to be a vacation paradise. And with so many beaches available to the public, is it any wonder, the sister cities of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo have enjoyed the high volume of tourism they have over the years.
In Baja California, federal law dictates no beach can be inaccessible to the public. According to the Constitution of Mexico, 72 feet from high tide is designated...
News Article
Date: 1/14/2013
As if Cabo San Lucas didn't have enough to offer the world with year round summer weather, spectacular golf, world famous sport fishing, and dozens of 5 star resorts to pamper oneself and totally relax; amongst the most beautiful landscape and warm ocean waters. Adding the trail hiking adventure up to the peak of the third tallest mountain range in Baja California; El Picacho, simply adds another interesting wrinkle to the multitude of cool and daring activities available in a Cabo known more for its beaches and sunshine.
The Picacho mountain stands 6, 507 feet above sea level and is a favorite...
News Article
Date: 12/21/2012
“Is water in Cabo safe to drink from the tap or filter?” – Almost everyone coming to Cabo.
For the longest of time, dating back to the 1970's, 80's and 90's, one of the most commonly asked questions about Mexico has been whether the country's tap water was safe. American, Canadian and European concerns on whether the water in Mexico was safe enough to use while brushing their teeth or more specifically; if the water was safe enough to drink.
That all important health issue regarding the quality of tap water in Cabo San Lucas is still being questioned even as the country...
News Article
Date: 11/15/2012
Opening night at the first annual BIFF (Baja International Film Festival) proceeded in duplicate fashion similar to the very legendary film festivals of Cannes, Venice and Sundance which this newly minted grand event aspires to be like. There were the streaming hollywood premier night lights cascading against the dark San Jose del Cabo evening, as if beckoning to everyone in beautifully warm Los Cabos, ''Here we...
News Article
Date: 11/13/2012
Joining the ranks of world recognized film festivals like Cannes and Sundance this week is the Baja International Film Festival, which kicks off its inaugural gathering of filmmakers, film enthusiasts, and celebrities on Wednesday November 14 with an opening party of cocktails, appetizers and the full red carpet treatment.
The outdoor screenings will be free to the general public and indoor screenings will have a modest fee of 40 pesos per film while a VIP ticket to every screening and party carries a not so modest cost of $ 300 hundred US dollars a day or $ 1, 500 for the...
Date: 7/27/2012
After celebrating their one year anniversary on June 29, 2012, CICLOVIA continues to rock and roll every Sunday morning when the main road into Cabo San Lucas' downtown area is closed from the Pemex gas station and City Club at the entrance to town and all the way back to where...
News Article
Date: 6/16/2012
On Friday June 15th, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the cancellation of the much anticipated mega resort development project in Baja Californina aptly known as Cabo Cortez. In his adress, the President cited concerns that arose over the environmental impact the development would have on an area much treasured by the Republic of...
News Article
Date: 5/21/2012
The Grand Faro Hotel Convention Center, in San Jose del Cabo, was the newest site of the 15th Annual Surf Summit, which took place over a four day period, from May 15-19. The Surf Summit is the yearly Los Cabos conference in which every important issue of the surfing industry is discussed by network professionals. This year’s guest speakers consisted of Stacy Peralta, a writer/producer/director and avid surfing legend, as well as Jean-Michel Cousteau, an ocean explorer/filmmaker/environmentalist and television personality recognized all over the world and respected family member of the Jacque Cousteau legacy. Cousteau discussed his unique perspective of the...