Local WeatherPhoto GalleriesEvent CalendarLocal MapsPost a Classified AdContact UsTell a FriendSearchAdvertise on BanderasNews  Polly Vicars: Los Bambinos Wow at Viva Bar! On February 5th, Viva Bar was packed to the rafters with a plugged-in crowd whoopin’, hollerin’, singin’ and dancin’ to Los Bambinos. (Immer, Lazzaro, Carlos, Luis, & Giorgio)  UPCOMING EVENTS + add your event   Feb 9 - Vallarta Expats Going to the Beach! Feb 11-13 - El Tigre Valentine's Tennis Tournament Feb 12 - Becas Vallarta Valentine Recital Feb 13-14 - 2010 Painting Workshop Exhibition Feb 13-16 - Daiquiri Dick's Does Mardi Gras Feb 13 - Tropicasa Celebration of Art and Design Feb 13 - Kristine W at Club Mañana Feb 14 - Sunday Brunch at Vallarta Botanical Gardens Feb 14 - R.I.S.E. and Shine on Valentines Day Feb 14-16 - Love Hot Party 2010 with DJ Escape Feb 19 - US Consular Network Breakfast Feb 21 - Yacht Club Art and Wine Festival Feb 21 - Vallarta Butcher Block Pata Salada BBQ Feb 22 - Tom Coster Concert at Vallarta Yacht Club  THINGS TO DO 101+ Hottest   • Mexico Real Estate and Mortgage How-To's • World-Class Sculptors' Symposium in Puerto Vallarta • The Dancing Garveys 2010 Tango Classes • Ongoing Events at bite me! Beach Club • English Classes at PVRPV • International Cooking Classes at the BBCC • Ron Pass at El Pianito in Puerto Vallarta • Las Alamandas Winter Art Exhibitions • North Bay Home Tours for PEACE  AROUND BANDERAS BAY Mother and Baby Humpback Whale Rescued Near Puerto Vallarta What started out as a normal morning of whale watching out on the Bay of Banderas turned into a rescue mission to release two whales entangled in an illegal fishing net. Mismaloya Barcelo Completes Renovation El Tigre Valentine's Tennis Tournament Wheelchair Pro Tennis at Canto Del Sol Banderas Bay Art Escapades Vallarta Health News: February 2010 Scientific Milestone at Dolphin Adventure The Fabulous QuesaDivas at bite me! Best Ever Los Amigos de La Peñita Fiesta Fine Food & Wine at Kaiser Maximilian Eden on Vallarta's Southern Shores Twila's Out and About in Puerto Vallarta Los Mangos Library Subasta a Success! Sculptors Find Inspiration in Vallarta Make-A-Wish Golf Tourney a Big Success Heavy Rains & High Winds Tuesday Night Sleek Beach Condo in Puerto Vallarta PV Little League Results - Week Three Canto Del Sol 26th Annual Pro-Am Results Daiquiri Dick's Does Mardi Gras Sweet Valentine Deals at Pie in the Sky Vallarta Yacht Club Art and Wine Festival Puerto Vallarta Health News: February more local news | living | health | community  THE SPORTS RAP From the NBA to the NFL, with a little bit of everything in between, Bob Cohen brings you his weekly sport report. local | international | tennis | fishing  AROUND THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO Amid Drug War, Mexico Less Deadly than Decade Ago Reports of violence have obscured a significant fact: A falling homicide rate means people in Mexico are less likely to die violently now than they were more than a decade ago. Mexico Works on Climate Change ‘Roadmap’ Govt: Mexico Flooding Kills at Least 33 Calderón Conducts 2nd Tour of Flood Area Drug Violence Spurs Music-Warning Bill Activists Protest Bullfighting in Mexico Mexico Asks U.N. to Honor Its Cuisine more news around the republic  ISSUES, EDITORIALS & OPINIONS Blum: Shunning Howard Zinn's History Is there a Plague in Mexico City? A New Generation of N. American Citizens Haitian Women Become Crime Targets False Medal Claims: Crime or Just Lying? more issues | environmental | editorials | opinions  AMERICAS & BEYOND US Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77 Costa Rica Elects 1st Woman President Brazil Handing Out Condoms for Carnival US Food Stamps Set Ever-Higher Record SPUSA Backs Stewart Alexander more news around the world  BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY US/MEX: Resolving Trucking Dispute? 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