A cooler and calmer beach getaway awaits travelers who wait until the end of the summer to visit Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, is the closest beach to Arizona.

When oppressive Phoenix summers prove hard to handle, some desert dwellers flock south to an escape with sugary white sand and crystal blue water. Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, also known as Rocky Point, is ...

Known to most Americans by its English name "Rocky Point," Puerto Peñasco is where the majestic Sonoran desert landscape meets the sparkling waters of Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Friends often talked ...

Mexican authorities are searching for two Americans who went missing after a kayaking trip off the coast of Puerto Peñasco in the Gulf of California, local authorities said late Saturday. Corey Allen ...

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico — Tacky T-shirts, NFL blankets, tequila and tchotchkes galore are peddled to tourists on the seaside Malecon. Glenn Dennis prefers to catch his souvenirs. The haul on a trip ...

Puerto Peñasco fans love to brag that the Mexican beach town is closer to Phoenix than San Diego’s surf and sand are. So it’s fitting that the 215-mile road trip from central Phoenix to Rocky Point, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers found 12 skeletons and one decomposed body in a shallow pit in the desert near the Mexican resort of Puerto Peñasco. Prosecutors in the northern border state of ...

For almost a decade, hope for a cruise from Puerto Peñasco has mirrored the rise and fall of the waves lapping the beach city on Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Steve Schwab, who owns the vacation rental ...

MEXICO CITY, CDMX — Volunteer searchers found 12 skeletons and one decomposed body in a shallow pit in the desert near the Mexican resort town of Puerto Peñasco. Prosecutors in the northern border ...