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/ 13 February 2007
Sports fishermen better known for battling marlin with rod and reel now are defending their beloved game fish by launching a high-profile campaign to convince diners not to order marlin at restaurants, under the slogan: ”No Marlin on the Menu!” With stocks of the spike-nosed marlin becoming smaller and harder to find even in the Pacific.
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/ 3 September 2006
Hurricane John ripped tin roofs off homes, knocked out power and sent billboards flying in the southern tip of Baja California before weakening to a tropical storm that could still bring flash floods and mudslides as it crosses the peninsula. No deaths were reported as the storm blew through the city of La Paz.
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/ 2 September 2006
Fierce but compact Hurricane John slammed into a stretch of sparsely populated desert on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, its most dangerous winds failing to extend far enough to touch the glittering twin resorts of Los Cabos. ”Fortunately … we don’t have a direct hit,” said Luis Armando Diaz, mayor of the municipality.
More than 1 000 people fled their homes and stiff rains sparked flooding along main streets of the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas on Saturday as Hurricane Otis swirled off the coast of western Mexico. Forecasters expected Otis to move ashore along a sparsely populated stretch of desert far north of the city on Sunday.