CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Norma strengthened slightly and dumped heavy rain after being downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it moved into mainland Mexico, while Hurricane Tammy left the Caribbean island of Barbuda with minor damage. Norma’s gusts continued to cause damage as the storm moved northeast, crossing the Gulf of California toward the Mexico mainland’s Sinaloa state, …
The Southland is anticipating fewer issues than Mexico with flights during Hurricane Hilary, but Alaska Airlines and several others are waiving many extra charges for passengers who change plans to fly through Mexico’s Baja California Sur state this weekend. Flights through Southern and Central California United Airlines has posted a travel alert that flights might be affected Sunday and Monday …
Pharmacies in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with illicit substances and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals. Authorities in Mexico raided several Los Cabos drugstores last month and arrested four people as part of an ongoing investigation into pharmacies selling counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and methamphetamine. The raids are important, Pineda said, “because the …
Mexican states of Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur, popular with tourists, are seeing higher numbers of infections. Mexican government data shows that Quintana Roo, where tourists flock to Cancun, Tulum and other spots along the Mayan Riviera, and Baja California Sur, which draws beachgoers to the twin Pacific resorts that make up Los Cabos, are experiencing some of their …
A push-up competition Tuesday at Mango Deck, a beach bar in Cabo San Lucas. “I’d definitely prefer to be here with a mask on than in my home without one.” Kierston Jackson, 24, traveled with her boyfriend to Cabo San Lucas from Houston. Mexico’s official death toll last week surpassed 113,000 — the fourth highest in the world — although …