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The Need For Plastics Ban Is Getting SeriousMaybe we need to pay attention, this is more than just straws

BY JORGE RUIZ-ESPARZA

The Baja California Sur Eco-logical Balance and Environment Protection act, was last modified last August with the hopes of restricting the use of disposable plastics such as straws and plastic wrap. Minor modifications and tweaks are being worked on in order to finally enforce the act

throughout the state. The president of the Legis-

lative and Regulations Com-mission, Virginia del Pilar Vil-lavicencio, become a key figure in working out the details of this ambitious project. As she explained, the deadline for any additional modifications to the

bill has been set for April 18th .She also emphasized that

they’ve been collaborating with several civilian sectors for months now. “This very im-portant because it will impact small businesses. The regulation includes the complete ban of all single-use (disposable) materi-als; plastics that include straws, bags used for carrying food and containers, all of which will of

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A good citizen uses no straws, no umbrellas, and don’t think you can feel green and cocky with a single-use plastic bottle of water. What are you going to do with that empty bottle? And use no can or bottle of beer. All this stuff are environmental disasters.

The entire problem is about packaging. Or, here’s an idea; how about enjoying your drink as you want it,

and just pick up your packaging and put it in the recycle bin? Don’t leave it on the beach, and for crying out loud don’t toss it in the ocean, what are you thinking? There are critters who live there! ,

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And another good job rec-ognized. The Palapa society of Todos Santos raised a record $11,000 this year with their an-nual open studio tour. This is enough for 4.5 scholarships for local kids.

Fish on the cheap. On Sat-urday July 20, the Van Wormer resorts in Los Barriles on the East Cape will hold its 15th An-nual East Cape Dorado Shoot

the Cabo San Lucas airport. You never see these homes, Bunky, but care a little, this is where your waiters and housekeepers live and right now they only get water out of their taps a couple of times a week.

Almost no unemployment. The latest report from Mexico’s institute of geography and sta-tistics (Inegi) revealed that our Southern Baja state had very low unemployment during the month of January. Only 3 per-cent, 0.5 lower than the same month last year.

From another perspective, our state registered an annual job growth of 5.5 percent, which is the third highest of the coun-try and above the national 3.4 percent average. It represents an increase of 10,000 new jobs in one year.

The report also revealed that the number of informal workers (peddlers, taco stand attendants, Avon salespeople and assorted people who work under the table), has decreased from 39.3 to 35.8 percent, the third lowest in Mexico. This is significant since it’s a way better life to be paying taxes. Really. Mexico has lots of freebies for taxpayers, like child care, credits towards their choice of housing, medical care, and a pretty generous pension when they reach 60.

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Triathlon in La Paz. The

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It will be swam, ran and

bike your brains out along the Malecon and up the hill towards Pichilingue north of town. It is estimated to leave behind $1.2 million in revenue, plus the media coverage that will make our capitol city more famous. Be ready and look sharp for the cameras!

More water to us. During his recent visit, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO), gave the green light to build a second desal plant for Cabo San Lucas, which will cost a tad over $51 million and will be operating 27 months from now. Allegedly. Don’t say we said it would be up and running in just over two years.

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A Shocker From AMLO Presi-dent Lopez Obrador, (AMLO), announced on his visit to La Paz he is definitively killing the pro-posed gold mine in the Sierras up behind us beach dwellers in Southern Baja. The fight is over, his is the final word.

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it gambled 13 million dollars on their political connections secur-ing the permits. Seems that’s not going to happen on President AMLO’s watch. Things are dif-ferent now.

We can all take credit for this as he said with his announcement: “We have to take care of the envi-ronment because people are living off tourism”.

Blame It On The PopeGood Catholics must abstain

from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all the Fridays of Lent. Lent is the 40 days lead-ing up to the Thursday before Easter, April 18. Don’t mess this up, Easter is on April 21, April 18 is Maundy Thursday. The night of the last supper, it means, oh never mind, didn’t you learn anything in Sunday school?

Moving on. There are so many obedient Catholic tourists visiting us from the mainland to go to the beaches, and do other pious stuff, that the local fish mongers have already jacked up the price of fish just for them. And for us. For instance, red snapper went from just over $2 a lb. to nearly $3 a lb.

So, hang in there, as soon as the holiday is over, so will the Big Fish Rip Off be over.

How Embarrassing Is This?The President of the Republic,

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, came to visit us, mainly to take his bows for money he's planning on mailing to us.

About 3500 people showed up to see him, but first our governor, Carlos Mendoza, was to give a speech.

He was kept from speaking by 20 solid minutes of booing, finally giving up and slinking off. The Big Boo was from The Workers and Employees Committee of Mexico, consisting of mainly bus drivers, truck drivers, and taxi drivers.

The President then took the stage and the hostilities ended. Well, they should, the President announced he was sending us money for a new desal plant.

But the story gets even bet-ter: Turns out many of the 3500 booers were bused in from cities

as far away as Loreto. They were paid about $15 US and given a sandwich and a cold drink, paid for by the Morena party, the Presi-dent's party. It's called plumping up the crowd.

Better still: The booed Gover-nor is a member of an opposing party.

Better, better: The fact that our mayor is from the President's party didn't hurt our chances at the free handout. No! Not the sandwich and the cold drink, the desal plant! Pay attention!

Down, Incoming!The city of La Paz believes 200

homes and condos are rented by the single night by individual owners. But even that amount seems a bridge too far for them and they're getting chintzy with those people. There are three government officials with noth-ing to do but cruise the internet for rentals advertised there, and then slap commercial water rates on them instead of letting them pay residential rates. Commercial rate is about three times the resi-dential rate.

Or they could invest that time and money into detecting and fix-ing the estimated 30% of the water lost to leaks and illegal taps.

We're Rolling in DoughThe President of the Republic

visited us last week and left behind $30 million dollars.

He said, it's part of his My México Urban Improvement Program, which seeks to rescue

the barrios of 15 cities, especially tourist destinations such as Los Cabos, Acapulco, Vallarta, and Bahía de Banderas.

He said, "The government no longer wants offensive contrasts between paradise zones with luxuries and access to dreamy beaches, and on the other hand marginalized neighborhoods, where the employees who give those services live without basic services, insecurity and short-ages."

The money will be invested in drainage, paving, urban equip-

ment, parks, tap water, and home improvement. Well, he didn't precisely leave the check, but he did say it's in the mail.

Does That Even Happen?The Advisory Council of the

Area of Protection of Flora and Fauna (APFF), would like to an-nounce that they have located more than 500 tires in the waters of our bay, 8 cars, numerous PVC pipes and assorted refrigerators and stoves.

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Can we have one of those? Ground breaking took place Monday near Cancún for a US $312 million mall that will offer major brands. The Grand Outlet

Riviera Maya will employ its “malltertainment” concept as nearly half the square footage will be allocated to entertain-ment attractions. The mallter-tainment concept consists of offering an all-round experience to the consumer. They even get an ice rink.

Construction started this week and is expected to take

18 months. There will also be a 7,500-seat auditorium, water features, an amusement park, a go-kart track described as the largest in the world and a hot air balloon ride. And three hotels.

And our stumble bums who

built our mall which is now more than 20 years old and hasn’t had a facelift, has taken more than two years just to build 58 condos on top of it, and they’re still not finished. Sigh.

Vanishing dolphins. Only 22 vaquita type of porpoises re-main in the Gulf of California, a biology professor said yesterday, warning that the species could become extinct within months. The only place they can be found is the upper Sea of Cortez.

How do they know this? It’s a big sea, how can they be sure they’ve count them all? Because 22 vaquitas were heard over a network of acoustic monitors. Ha! Maybe some vaquita were there and had nothing to say.

Vaquita huggers want more vigilance by the Navy but af-ter angry fishermen who are accidently catching the little dolphins in their nets attacked a ship, Navy vessels have been too scardy cat to stop the illegal fishing.

Who doesn’t like Oxxo? Some residents of Oaxaca claim Oxxo is a threat to Mexico’s heritage. A movement calling itself anti-

Oxxo, (less than imaginative but descriptive), erected blockades on several streets to prevent the mega-chain from constructing a new store in front of an elemen-tary school. The group hopes to get all the locations in the city closed down. Members demand that the city government review every location’s construction permits and prohibit the fran-chise from opening more stores. Whoa, this is serious if they’re demanding permits. No way Oxxo, or any sophisticated chain spreads its tentacles legally.

At least five Oxxos are already located in the city center, which has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is

a very cute town.Electricity is terrorism now?

For the second time this year the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) cut electricity service to the Acapulco water and sewer system, a move described by the water utility as “terrorism.” 600,000 residents were without water, no word on the sewer system, shudder.

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THE NEED FOR PLASTICS...


course include a series of sanc-tions,” she said.

All supermarkets and restau-rants have a deadline of this Au-gust to stop using these products. The state’s technical committee will be responsible for explaining the bill to all of the municipali-ties so they can enforce it. Even though the bill will be applied in the entire state, each municipality will have to independently notify their citizens. This means that if a municipality fails to alert all busi-nesses and restaurants, the blame goes directly to the top authority, in this case the buck stops with the head of the municipality; the mayor.

Each municipality will need to do this all the while promot-ing natural resource conservation and environmental awareness among its citizens.

To put things into perspective as to how neccessary this act is not only statewide, but nation-wide, the Secretary of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (SEMAMAT in Spanish) calcu-lated that each day an estimated 20 million plastic bags are used in Mexico City alone. Of course this may be the most populated city in North America, yet no city is im-mune to the contamination that plastic waste inevitably brings. The Education and Training for Sustainable Development Center here in Mexico reminds us that

plastic bags take up to 150 years to completely break down and degrade, while other organiza-tions such as Greenpeace, claim the very same bags could last up to 400 years. Yikes. How do they know that? Have they watched a bag over 400 years? We take a wild guess here and say no.

The Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability director in the town of Loreto, (population about 20,000), Luis Espino, pipes up that his munici-pality will focus on informing his public about this plastic thing to comply with the state norms, you bet, he’s on it. Maybe we could make him poster boy for our state.

Seriously, this is a big step and the transition will be difficult. Costco has it handled, Walmart

will be challenged. We all need to be understanding and coop-erative. ,

horrendous. Construction is also grow-

ing, with an annual increase of 66.9 percent. Just because you see all that growth on the cor-ridor coming to an end, don’t think there isn’t construction going on. Just drive up behind Costco and Home Depot and you will see homes, condos, and even a strip center shooting up.

Baby cruise ship The U.K.- based Cruise and Maritime Voy-ages announced last week the opening of a new route up and down our Southern Baja state, with ports of call at La Paz, Los Cabos, Santa Rosalia and Loreto.

The ship, carrying 550 pre-cious passengers, will begin operations in December this year. The cruise ship has oper-ated the Rocky Point, Guaymas, Topolobampo and Mazatlan

route in the past. Doggie census. Los Cabos

health director has announced they will count each stray dog in order to come up with a plan to control their population. Sure, makes sense to us: a dog with a number won’t become a parent.

The census, he said, will indicate the need to create ken-nels, and how much is needed to spay and neuter them and find them homes. Euthanasia was not included in his speech, but this is Mexico, what do you think?



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Local Youth Win Trip To Abu DhabiWell, sort of

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Sometimes it seems that the latest innovations and new tech-

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The pride of Los Barriles High School, Angel Martinez, and his science team members developed a powerful electric boat motor. Angel, now in his third year at University of La Paz in the soft-ware engineering program, has a new team that’s winning awards.

Angel and his teammates, Alan Escobar and Olivia Lopez, both from La Paz, won a compe-tition against 500 competitors, held on the mainland, that won a prize to ExpoSciences Interna-tional to be held in Abu Dhabi. Only seven teams from all over the world were invited.

Angel’s project, called Rescue Dasc, is a system of first response aid to provide basic assistance in case of accident or natural disaster. Not to give away the secret sauce, but a drone carries a box holding medication and a basic first aid kit. To get the drone with the Band Aids and such, you request it by a mobile

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So: Do not toss crap into the dry river beds. Those river beds do their jobs and become flooded and then everything is wooshed into the sea. Some of the cars that are under our bay were new. (Re-member how Lydia took out the Chevy dealership and brand new cars were caught in trees? Those were the lucky cars.)

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Anyone that has spent time in Cabo or San Jose knows we have a trash issue. The problem exists primarily on public land, like beaches and trails through-out both cities and on the cor-ridor. Over the years there have been sporadic efforts by resorts and local organizations to clean up beaches like Santa Maria and

Chillano Bay and other areas the tourists see, but most of the hiking trails and out of the way places still remain terribly lit-tered with trash.

As with most days, I start my morning with a hike. On this day I chose to hike Camino al Cerro de las Antennas. Liter-ally, the road on the hill to the towers. The trail head is behind Santa Carmela market if you are looking for a good hike, I recom-mend it. It’s not a trail exactly, but a really bad road, as it’s used to service the towers. There are unbelievable views from the top.

This road always has its fair share of trash drifting around it, but on this day I stumbled upon a bus load of Auberge resort em-ployees that had just cleaned up the entire mountain road. I don’t know why, but I was shocked to see the amount of trash they had collected.

A team of 34 employees had gathered in the early morning to start combing the mountainside and by 8 am, the time I arrived, they had collected a truck load of trash. I soon discovered Au-berge Resorts had developed a social outreach program named Planet Auberge. Once a month they clean a different location. A representative of Auberge Resorts, Mallely Cruz stated, “Planet Auberge teaches us to take care of our planet, our community, and about health

and safety standards.” Auberge Resorts is improving the com-munity’s public image while at the same time developing social patterns in its employees. These men and women, and by their extension their children, are learning what it means to have a clean Cabo. This is true leader-ship and social responsibility by an organization that is looking to enrich their community.

This is standard operating procedure in MBA programs around the world and referred to as organizational social re-sponsibility, but is rare in this part of Mexico, in spite of the fact that the vast amount of

money the resorts bring in each year arrives on public roads, uses public beaches, hiking trails, and community services. Some resort taxes go back into maintaining these public loca-tions but clearly does not cover the extent of work needed. The job of keeping Cabo clean rests largely on the backs of the resorts bringing in the lion’s share of tourist revenue. Hope-fully programs such as Auberge Planet will be replicated by other resorts as this is good for Cabo, good for business, and good for humanity.

Every company could be doing something that enriches our environment. For example, Home Depot could keep the lot in front of their store clean to show its social responsibility to the community while enrich-

ing the store front and creating a better environment. Social groups could be organizing to clean along the corridor as well as problem spots like Camino Del Cielo.

It’s going to take leadership

like Planet Auberge has shown to maintain a clean Baja because government isn’t going to do it: We will need every business to send out at least a few employees to bend over and pick up the trash around them. ,

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BY JACKIE RODRIGUEZ

“Water is more valuable than gold because life is more valuable than money, and golf mining is water intensive.”

These words are from the President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, (AMLO), as he announced he was saying no to giving the permit for the Los

Cardones open pit gold mining project and yes to a $30 million investment in a desalination plant in Los Cabos.

The mining project, planned for the hills of the Sierra la Laguna

area between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz, but up in the hills, inland a little ways from the highway, is thought to have reserves of ap-proximately1.5 billion dollars at today’s price of golf.

The problem is gold mining is very water intensive and that area is La Paz’s biggest source of water.

The project started in 2016 with controversial permits which were issued by a former La Paz administration. That move drew an immediate reaction from the representative for the civil associ-

ation of environment and society in Mexico, Trasvnia Taylos, who said the environmental damage the project could bring down on us, was substantial. “In this area there are toxic minerals contained in the earth which with the min-ing activity could release and jeopardize 10,000 local farmers’ jobs and the population’s general health due to pollution of the air and water,” he said.

Ouch! For sure it was not easy to leave that money in the ground. The property was origi-nally owned by a Canadian com-pany that threw in the towel on getting permits to start digging, so they sold to a well connected Mexican company for $13 mil-lion. No doubt the Mexican buyers thought they could trade their political clout for permits but they didn’t plan on AMLO

getting elected and putting the kybosh on that.

The current owner even prom-ised they would build a desal plant and pump the water all the way up the hill, not taking any fresh water from the area surrounding the mine. Of course nobody was believing that was going to hap-pen. And what about the holding ponds for the tailings? Earthen dams at other mines have broken with no consequences. And who would get the profit from this

mine, those who took the risk to their environment? Of course not.

The mining company almost made it, they got every permit but the one from the President. It was their one and a half billion dollar bad luck that AMLO was elected.

He explained we need to take care of our paradise because, “Our people live from tourism, so we need to take care of our paradise and natural resources.”

In the same announcement, which came on a visit to San Lucas, he said yes to a $50 mil-lion desalinization plant and that the federal government would

provide the money. And for good measure he tossed in another $30 million dollars for local urban improvement.

He called it, “Offensive to see the contrast between luxurious tourist compounds and marginal barrios with no basic services like water or light.” His new pro-grams are designed to reverse the inequalities of the country and will focus on basic services like water, light, paved streets, public transport, quality public spaces,

and legal help to fix land inequi-ties suffered by poor Mexican families.

The promised new desalini-zation plant is scheduled to be inaugurated in 27 months, which might be a bit ambitious, and everyone’s hoping the money will actually be there to get it built. But part of AMLO’s promise has been for all his federal projects to be ad-ministered by his people, not the locals, as has been the procedure in the past. This, in hopes there will be less hanky panky with the money. Our mayor, Armida Castro, must be seething. ,


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Pedal Your Way Through Todos SantosOn a bicycle built for 14

BY MARLA KING

With seating for 14 and 20 pedals, the multi-rider bike contraption looks a bit gim-micky. But thanks to thoughtful planning and great staffing, the LocoMotion bike tour through Todos Santos is a surprisingly authentic and fun experience.

Custom-built in the US, the bike has seats for up to 10 people who sit around in an elongated circle, very similar to a dining room table. They sit on a bicycle seat and pedal the contraption around town. There are four seats with no pedals for those who just want to kick back and relax. It’s equipped with nearly every conceivable convenience – storage for your purse, stereo system, and even misters for extra hot days. No, not quite every convenience, as there is no bathroom. This is a bike, after all.

A captain steers the bike through the streets while a guide

explains the sites and answers questions. The pedaling wasn’t hard, though I could feel resis-tance going uphill and felt like I got a bit of a workout. There is a hidden battery onboard and when the tourists start slacking off, the driver/captain cranks up the battery and it quietly helps out with the work.

The company is the brain-child of two couples, one from California and one local Mexican duo, who became friends and went into business together in 2014.

“We wanted to do something different, something new,” says one of the founders, Abigail Tovar. “Our friends mentioned how popular the bike tours with multiple stations were in some US cities, so we took a ride together in San Diego, liked it, and decided to create the same business here.”

These are not the booze bike tours famous in most cities in the States that allow riders to legally imbibe while pedaling. Those usually go from bar to bar and were created for pub crawl-ing tours while avoiding the draconian drunk driving laws there. On LocoMotion’s bike, the cup holders are strictly for non-alcoholic drinks and the focus is on experiencing the town.

Because this is Mexico it took three years to get the proper permits and licenses to start the tours. They still can’t get the permit for tours in Cabo, and with the taxi union so strong in that city, it’s going to be an uphill

struggle. Tours have been offered in Todos Santos since July 2017

When planning the route of the tour, the company took into consideration the culture of the town and which local businesses would work with them.

“In Todos Santos, what we do is different than our plans for Cabo,” Tovar explains. “We want to help the people in the town and follow the rules of its federal tourist designation as a Pueblo Magico.”

The LocoMotion Todos San-tos tour is a four-hour experi-ence geared towards adults, and focusing on the history, culture and culinary treats of the village. Cost is $89 US for those who don’t require transportation to Todos Santos, or $119 includ-ing a round-trip van ride from Cabo. And getting people there was a struggle, too. Taxistas don’t like it when tourist dollars don’t take their taxis. Other tours that have not been so tenacious have foundered on the shores of op-position from the taxi cartel.

Currently, day tours are of-fered on Tuesdays and Fridays and can be organized other days for groups of six or more.

Typically I am quite averse to organized excursions, especially anything that seems cheesy or geared to tourists. My husband

loathes them. But we both found the LocoMotion experience ab-solutely enjoyable and instruc-tional, even though we’ve been in Todos Santos for several winters.

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What Running Your DNA Can Do For YouThe short answer: Plenty

Spa Cielo has for all of its 12 years in San Jose, been forward thinking in cutting edge preservation of youth and good looks.

But now owner/manager Cathy Dammann is branching into the use of recent developments in DNA technology to guide us into being as healthy and feeling as good as she has made us look.

She can guide you into how to run your DNA, and the doctor who heads her program, Dr. Joseph Dib, reviews your entire DNA report with you, interpreting it for you so you know what you’ve got cooking in your genes.

But the value in knowing your DNA is, oftentimes the doc-tor can get into a gene that has run amuck compensate for it.

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Markets Are Different HereNo, we’re not talking about Soriana’s, this is the real Mexican market scene. In the real Mexico.

BY ALEJANDRA BORBOLLA

Mexican markets have a cul-ture of their own, and I wish every foreigner who steps foot in this country could experience one. Some markets are organized in sections, and walking through the meat, fish and poultry isles might not be the most pleasant experience on your olfactory nerves, but that unpleasantry is balanced by the fruit, vegetable and flower sections.

Traditional markets in towns on the mainland offer a com-pletely different experience than the supermarkets found in mod-ern Los Cabos. These markets are large, they are covered, but otherwise are an open collection of square booth spaces individu-ally rented. The floor is paved, but that’s about the only concession to the last four or five centuries. Each booth sells different mer-chandise, from shoe polish to baskets, to rugs, but always food as well. One thing every market has in common is the food sec-tion: they all have an amazing food selection, where all classes of people share a tradition of eat-ing, some on the same stool for many years. Yes, in addition to groceries, there are always square stands that are lined on all sides with simple stools where you can sit and eat prepared foods as you take in the sights and smells and

activity of the market. And there are sights, smells and activity like you can only imagine. Stuff hanging from racks in mid air,

not always something you want to see. Or smell. Usually there is no refrigeration, and no screen doors.

I was born in Queretaro, and there’s a gordita place that should be considered a national treasure. “El Güero” (blonde man) started with a tiny spot making gorditas with his wife. Nowadays, he has about five spots in the market and sells probably thousands of dollars a day. I have been lucky enough to live in four different

states in Mexico and I can say without a doubt that the markets are my favorite place in each and every one of my “homes”.

For me, Mexican market cul-ture consists of getting to the market as early as possible, get-ting all my items off my list -by the way, I rather buy my meat from those markets rather than supermarkets, it’s so much bet-ter- and having breakfast or lunch at one of the food joints. Most markets have everything in them, and I really do mean everything: makeup, herbs, clothes, cooking utensils, toys… just like markets

were thousands of years ago. I think the only difference is that back then, we didn’t see pirated DVDs and mix CDs.

The main plaza, or market, which is almost the same as the downtown plazas we have today, was traced to the time of the Aztecs. There were also many specialty markets, like the salt market in Atenantitlan, dog mar-ket (for human consumption) in Acolman and a slave market in Azcapotlazco. These places are now Mexico City or in its sur-roundings. This might be why to-day in big Mexican cities items are sold by the neighborhood: All the linens are in one neighborhood, furniture in another neighbor-hood, printing shops are found in their own barrio, and so on.

The importance of religion in markets goes as far back as pre-hispanic times, too. The original altars were to thank the gods for

the different crops sold at market. This too, has a great relationship with the present day market, as important days like Guadalupe Day on December 12th, the mar-ket is filled with special food, and even some people give gifts of their products to those who pray at the market altar.

The 16th century saw little changes in the markets, mer-chants still came and went with their specialties across Aztec territory, regional products were traded, and some Spanish prod-ucts were added to the mix of merchandise, especially manu-

factured goods. Cacao, (from which chocolate is derived), was still used as currency, and metal money started to be produced as well. Cacao kept its value up until the beginning of the next century.

In 1580, the government start-ed to control commerce, espe-cially grains. The church started gaining importance as food pro-ducers, which gave Spaniards a lot of power for the following couple of centuries. This, however did not eliminate the industrious-ness of indigenous merchants who kept hawking their various products.

At the end of the 1800s big markets split into smaller, more local markets, and politics were not in a good place either. The time is referred to as porfiriato - when Porfirio Diaz was a dicta-tor- commerce evolved into many little corner stores, causing the huge markets to dwindle even more. This period led to the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and a crisis was hitting the country: there was an abrupt decrease in crop production, as nearly all the farmers were off fighting. This also affected commerce, as communications and the flow of products was disrupted.


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You know those pretty trash cans in downtown Cabo? Turns out they don’t clean themselves. So one would think the city man-agement would send someone out, right? Ja ja. How long did you say you’ve been in Mexico, Bunky?

The private downtown Mer-chants Ass. Pays for it from dues voluntarily paid by most down-town merchants. The non profit called Amigos de Cabo San Lucas work tirelessly to keep our city looking spiffy, holding the city workers accountable. But they

pick their battles, and when they know they can’t move the city to action, they move themselves to action, doing the job themselves.

Currently, they’re meeting over spring break plans, pushing the city to provide extra protection downtown and on walking routes to hotels favored by the youngsters, that are four and five blocks from the bars.

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in 10 states are seeking a 20% pay increase and a fat bonus. The mainly female cashiers and other low-ranking employees earn on average between US $7 to $7.50 per day, (minimum wage is about $5 a day). They are not enrolled in medical insurance or retire-ment, their union claims. This is illegal.

In addition, they charge that Walmart doesn’t respect the right to an eight-hour work day, doesn’t pay overtime in accor-dance with the law, discriminates against pregnant women, and has dismissed workers unfairly. Workers at 121 Walmart stores as well as 56 Sam’s Club outlets and an unspecified number of Bo-dega Aurrera stores are prepared to walk off the job and in some states they are supported by gov-ernors who have acknowledged the “abuse” to which Walmart

employees are subjected. Uh, well, why didn’t they stop it then?

The threatened strike follows widespread job actions in several other states where thousands of factory workers have won 20% pay increases and annual bo-nuses of as much as US $1,650. And they got this within days. However, those were manufac-turers who had big contracts to deliver product and would suf-fer badly if they didn’t deliver. Maybe Walmart can go a few days or weeks without selling a pair of socks.

AMLO strikes again. Almost 90% of government vehicles put up for auction by the new presi-dent who doesn’t think the public should support them, were sold but the total funds raised fell well short of President López Obra-dor’s $5 million target.

218 cars, SUVs, motorcycles and other vehicles were up for grabs. A businessman made the two priciest purchases, picking up two armored vehicles previ-ously used by former president Enrique Peña Nieto. The new owner said both vehicles as well as an additional five he bought

There goes the neighbor-hood. Los Cabos will welcome 65,000 European tourists this year, mostly from the U.K., along with tourists from other parts of Europe. That would be an increase from the current 12,000 European visitors per year.

The facilitator? A new direct flight from London that will begin landing at the San Jose international airport November 4, as we had announced earlier. The new flight was confirmed and officially announced at the International Tourism Fair (Fitur), held last week in Spain.

Usually Brits go to Florida or Cancun, but it looks like they’re being more creative now. Never met a Limey who didn’t com-plain about his weather at home, which is good for us.

Footsies only. But only on Sundays. Beginning last Sunday, the beautiful boulevard that runs the length of La Paz bay will be closed to vehicle traffic every Sunday from 8:00 am to



will be available for rent or loan to the president and visiting dignitaries.

The 22 vehicles that weren’t sold will be available for pur-chase at another auction at which government planes and helicop-ters will be on the block. López Obrador has said the funds raised will be used to help fund the creation of the national guard –the new security force that the Senate approved unanimously last week. The auction of the ve-hicles is part of a wider austerity push by López Obrador, who has converted the official presi-dential residence into a cultural center, disbanded the president’s personal security contingent, and hopes to sell the luxurious presidential plane.

So, what, he’s going to show up at the next world summit fly-ing coach on a discount airline? Yes, that’s exactly what he’s go-ing to do. The only thing worse would be to wear a serape and a sombrero. ,

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weaving, savored wine from Baja Norte’s Valle de Guadelupe re-gion, and made corn tortillas on the only wood-burning tortilla oven left in the state. A mojito-making lesson and visit to an ice cream shop ended the tour, where I enjoyed corn-flavored ice cream for the first time (un-expectedly delicious!). Visitors are then given some free time before catching their van back to Cabo.

Food and drink are included in the tour price; LocoMotion says they pay the businesses for these stops, contributing to the local economy. There is the op-tion to buy extra drinks during the lunch stop for those who want more buzz, followed invari-ably less pedaling. Remember that battery, it comes in handy.

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consider helping the team make it to the competition by giving a donation….no amount is too small to help get them there. A down payment deadline for the Abu Dhabi contest is coming up March 29, so funds are needed now if they are going to have the confidence to commit. And then of course Angel and his team-

mates will be back passing the sombrero for the plane tickets. Hey, it would be the trip of a lifetime for these youngsters. Pony up. ,

They’re calling these 10 seats with pedals and a captain to steer the contraption a bicycle, but that might be a bit of a stretch. It has pedals, though, so what else should we call it? We’re going with bicycle.

the tour recommended to them by a colleague who had been on it before, and the others found it

on TripAdvisor. Despite all my positive rav-

ing, Tovar admits it took a while for the company to gain ac-ceptance from locals who were against more tourists and traffic in the town. However, many have come around to recognize the benefits that responsible tourism can bring. As in more money spent, of course. After all, money is the reason the govern-ment has declared Todos Santos a magical town; the designation draws tourists who want to see the magic. (There are no card tricks, just a quaint looking town with lots of galleries and trinket shops).

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Road Re-Opens

Tropical Storm Lidia caused a land slide into the fourlane that goes to Todos Santos way back a year and a half ago. It just reopened last week. Seems like a tardy repair until you here what they had to do.

They pushed the dirt back up the hill and then stabilized that hill slide with 4 berms, each 30 feet high and each with a shelf of about 15 feet. The total height of the slope is now 150 feet with anchors going down about 24 feet. Then they finished it all off with a gabion wall of 125 feet long. A gabion wall is those basket of rocks you often see along a road. ,

MARKETS ARE DIFFERENT...


In the 1950s, old wooden mar-ket structures were torn down and replaced by modern build-ings, a precursor to our Sorianas, and there was even refrigeration,

Traditional market in Guadalajara

What about singleuse plasticbottles?

Petroleum-based plastics decompose the same way organic material does. This kind of decomposition requires sunlight, not bacteria. When UV rays strikeplastic, theybreakfaster

Mexico is the third largest consumer of plastic single use bottles, right after China and the US.

Mexico consumes enough water bottles each year to wrap around the Earth 170 times.

But there is an argument that banning bottled water removes a healthy choice and leads to increased consumption of unhealthy sugary drinks.

a huge step for markets.The closest you can come to

experiencing a traditional Mexi-can market is in San Jose, between the fourlane and downtown. You need to really look for it, as it appears from the outside to be smaller than it is. It’s between the street with all the inverted speed

bumps, and the next street north. There are doors on each street.

The brand new Chedraui, (pronounced ched wowie), at the traffic circle in San Jose gives a nod to the old traditional market, with its food booths and stools arrayed around the food stand. It’s all modern, bright, air condi-tioned, and sweet smelling, but does have the traditional booths selling prepared foods, just like in the good old days. It’s all sanitized now, but sit there, squint, hold your nose and you can pretend yourself to a traditional market on mainland Mexico without air conditioning or refrigeration, or screen doors. ,

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La Paz. Her passion for tourism caused her to move to the Los Cabos area few years ago, where she has had the opportunity to work directly in sales and customer service. Working in real estate has en-abled her to develop all these skills. She enjoys meeting peo-ple and being able to provide this service to customers.

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A Limited Liability CompanyUse it to acquire property for rental in Mexico

Yes. If the company is con-stituted in Canada or the United States and the shareholders or partners are acquiring one to five properties in the restricted zone, these can be acquired and held through the bank trust, the fidei-comiso. In this case the partners or

shareholders need not be Mexican residents. Payment of taxes on gross income must be done through a Mexican corporation or individual.

If the company is constituted in Canada or the United States and intends to develop apartment or condo complexes on a larger scale,

it will be necessary to register the company with the Mexican Na-tional Foreign Investment Registry and to have it officially declared as a foreign company doing business in Mexico.

This is a rather complicated process and will require translation of the company documents and for-malization of same before a Mexi-can notary public, with registration in the National Foreign Investment Registry, the local Public Registry of Property and then, the administra-tor and possibly all shareholders will be required to obtain the ap-propriate immigration documents with permission to receive income from a foreign company operating in Mexico.

Since the company is a foreign entity it will still be necessary to place title for any property located within the restricted zone, in a Mexican bank trust. This will cause standard fees of approximately $3,500. USD for the permit and initial bank fees, plus notary and transfer costs. Annual fees to the bank for the trust are $350. to $500. (Recently the federal legislature tried to do away with the need for this fideicomiso, but the bank lobby

swung into action and killed that. They rake in that $350 to $500 each year for doing absolutely nothing and they aren’t going to let that go.)

The company must obtain a Federal Taxpayer Identification number and will be required to file a declaration each month with pro-visional payments on anticipated income. An annual declaration will also be required.

Estimated costs to register the company in Mexico:

Translation, Notary Fees, Reg-istration Fees $5,000. USD, ap-proximately

Monthly tax reporting and ac-counting $ 300. to 500. USD,

Plus annual tust fees, we already told you about that, see above.

A more direct method might be to establish a Mexican Limited

Liability Company and acquire title directly to the unit(s) to be developed and/or rented.

Set up of the Mexican Com-pany $ 5,000. USD approximately

The administrator must obtain the appropriate immigration status with permission to operate the company

A Tax ID number must be obtained.

Monthly tax declarations and reporting are required.

No Mexican trust is required. The law specifies, however, that property acquired by a Mexican company can be used for business purposes only, no personal use. If the unit is to be used by adminis-trator and/or family, it should be rented to them.CONTINUED ON PAGE 17

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Dual Agency And The Real Estate AgentCan it be possible?

BY LINDA NEIL

In real estate the party that represents a buyer and or a seller in the purchase or sale of a property is called an agent. In Mexico as in other countries of the world, the agent has a duty to treat his principal in an ethi-cal and professional manner. The Mercantile Code, Articles 273 to 308 outline the obliga-tions involved in represent-ing the interests of the client. Both law and custom make it very difficult for the conscien-tious agent to represent BOTH buyer and seller since the buyer

wants to buy the property for the lowest price possible and the seller is looking for the greatest amount of money he can get for his property.

With this in mind, how can the conscientious agent hon-estly represent both parties? Almost anyone will agree; there is a conflict of interest when

anyone tries to fairly represent both sides of a transaction.

No matter how much the agent needs or wants the money that will come from a FULL commission, it is better to call

in a colleague to represent one side or the other. That way both share in the commission, both principals are honestly and fairly served and the agent will have clients who will recommend his or her services to other friends and acquaintances

It ends up being win-win for everyone!

To reinforce the relation-ship with buyer or seller clients it is important to understand and discuss this with the client;

outline the responsibilities of the buyer's agent, the obligations of the seller's agent and how to handle the important issues such as money where price is being negotiated. A confirmation of the relationship should be signed with the buyer or seller client.

Not only does this confirm the essentials of the fiduciary relationship, but also the clients, knowing that an agent is work-ing EXCLUSIVELY for them, and not the other side, will be much more likely to remain loyal to his/her agent.

And what are the obligations and responsibilities? Simply put, the seller’s agent has the obligation to counsel his seller as to fair and reasonable sell-ing price, as to the importance of disclosure of defects in the property, as well as to offer the property to the widest audience possible. The purpose of this, of course, is to obtain the highest price possible for the property.

The buyer’s agent should assist the client in locating the best property possible which will meet buyer’s requirements. Once located, the property should be inspected as to suit-ability for the purpose intended and the most attractive price and terms possible negotiated for the acquisition of the property.

In all cases, the agent must treat all parties with honesty and fairness.

Forms confirming agency relationships are available by contacting the author at the ad-dress below.

Linda Jones Neil has been designated as an Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) by the National Association of Realtors® (USA). She is also the founder of The Settlement Company®, which specializes in real estate transfers and escrows, specializing in the Virtual Clos-ing®. Licensed as a California real estate broker, Ms. Neil has pursued her profession in Mexico for over thirty years. Her skills in negotiating contracts between parties from three distinct cul-tures have placed her services in demand as a consultant and for speaking engagements on Mexi-can law and customs in Mexico,

the United States and Canada. She has been widely published on the subject of real property in Mexico. Memberships; FIABCI, AMPI and NAR. Linda is a former member of the National Advisory Council of AMPI and served as NAR Presidential Li-aison to Mexico, 2011-2014. For

reprints or further information, please contact The Settlement Company®: in Mexico: E-mail [email protected], http://www.settlement-co.com, Copy-right,2010-2014 Consultores Phoenix, S.C. Reproduction prohibited without permis-sion. ,

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Real Estate Market Report

Last year was fantastic for the real estate market in Los Ca-bos with $360 million dollars of sales volume and 928 units sold. This number refers to houses, condominiums, lots, and other property types like fractionals, commercial, and multi-units. The average list price to sales price was 89 percent, that is to say, an 11 percent average negotiation room.

About the individual prop-erty types, starting with condos:

We had $160 million dollars in sales volume and 284 total condos sold with an average sales price of $409,000. The average days on the market was 352 days. The average list price to sales price was 92 percent.

The sales volume for houses was $161 million dollars, and the number of units sold was 340 with an average sales price of $474,000 per house. The average days on the market was 359 days.

The average list price to sales price was 90 percent.

Lots had a sales volume of 74 million dollars in 2018; 284 units sold, an average sales price of $263,000 per lot, and an average days on market of 528 days. The average list price to sales price was 82 percent.

For more informa-tion, you can download the reports here: http://mls.losca-b o s a g e n t . c o m / Also, I am avail-able to prov ide a

more detailed report about any specific community in Los Cabos. Already 2019 is looking to exceed 2018 numbers. It is a booming real estate market in Cabo!

Nick Fong is the broker at Los Cabos Agent. He can Be con-tacted at [email protected]. 619.831.2000 (US and WhatsApp) 624.227.5766 (MX) www.loscabo-sagent.com ,

can be done with only a tourist per-mit and appointment of a Mexican entity or individual to take care of the tax obligations on income. The really good news, is through tax treaties between Canada, the US and Mexico, double taxation is not permitted and taxes paid in Mexico can serve as a credit against taxes in the foreigner’s home country.

Linda Jones Neil is the founder of The Settlement Company, which specializes in real estate transfers and escrows. Licensed as a California real estate broker, she has pursued her profession in Mexico for over forty years. Her skills and experience in negotiating contracts between par-ties from three distinct cultures have placed her services in demand as a consultant and for speaking engage-ments on Mexican law and customs

in Mexico, the United States and Canada. She has been widely pub-lished on the subject of real property in Mexico. Memberships; FIABCI, AMPI and NAR. Linda is a former member of the National Advisory Council of AMPI and has served as Presidential Liaison for Mexico

to the National Association of Re-altors®. She is also co-founder of Global Mexico Real Estate Institute (IIGM), an educational institution which provides international real estate classes and designations. For reprints or further informa-tion, please contact The Settlement Company: in Mexico: E-mail [email protected], website: http://www.settlement-co.com. Copyright, 2004-2019, Consultores Phoenix, S.C. Reproduction prohib-ited without permission. ,


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Nobody does it better than Bob and Anita Jankovics in Mexico and Shelly Jankovics who backs them up in the US offices.

We’re a family that’s been licensed since 1969, which is almost 50 years selling auto, home, business, and medical insurance in New York, Nevada, and South Dakota.

We’ve been in Mexico for almost 12 years, currently serving over 11,000 active customers here.

We have the best products for all US and Canadian customers, and that includes auto, home, condo, medical, business, medical evacuation and any other insurance needs you feel you need.

We have handled more than 15,000 South Dakota, North Dakota, and Tennessee plates for our clients in Mexico and various countries in Europe, including Russia!

All renewals are processed in Mexico and New York. We live in Cabo, our offices are in Cabo, and we’re glad to help sometimes with specialty services we don’t even charge for.

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Congratulations Dom Dom and Mae Mae! Marriage is like journalism: You only master it when you finally admit you

have no idea what you are doing.

Love, the VancesTo many years of watching ballenas drinking ballenas!

Love, DonaldY’all are shady, but I love you just the same.

LucTo a future with more Luna-types and less Flika-types, but

either way a barnyard of love.

3 De los boys J+JLong live the Braculas.

Love, Lindsay+ BrettMay your scrimps be plentiful!

xoxo Brian, Katie, & QuinnscrimpitoEspero ahora puedan completar sus sueños de criar conejxs

en su propio circo y viajen por todo el mundo.

Los quiere, PalosCongratulations Dominic and Meghan - here’s to a long life of

baby talk together.

Wuv you, GinaYou guys re-define the meaning of love every day!

Alexa and DanielHere’s wishing you a lifetime of blowholes to the face +

smooth, smooth skateboarding skillz.

Love, Kiki + Kyle the horseMay the Force Be With You.

Love Nikolaj, Oskar, Mel & NilsAmor y mezcal por siempre.

Eli & EmilyI’ve seen your love blossom into something truly special, and

I’m so excited to see it continue to flourish.

Love, SaraCongrats Meghan and Dom from all of us at PRIME. We love you mucho. P.S. Congratulations Flika for being a good girl.

Yours Truly, Griffy

Dominic & Meghan9 March 2019

No pets are allowed. Hey! Quit your whining dog people, we have had two bad maulings on the Malecon in the last two



One man’s Drive To RecycleEven drip tape can be put to good use

BY ALEJANDRA BORBOLLA

Drip tape is used as a cheap solution for watering crops. It’s a skinny, .008 inch thick tube made from class 3 PVC. They are plastic tubes that are placed in crops to water the plants without watering weeds, and saving lots of money and lots of work in the fields. A 10,000 foot roll sells for

less than 200 dollars, and can not be reused. Once the drip tape has served it’s purpose in one crop rotation, it has to be removed before the fields are prepared for the next crop. Every year in Cabo alone, seven million feet of drip tape makes the inevitable journey to landfills. And, drip tape takes

about 100 years to disintegrate. We know a guy who timed it.

But, a company named Eco Palapa and shade found a handy dandy way to re purpose used drip tape, turning it into sheets of material that can be used to build palapas, fences, and furniture at this point and they are still look-ing for more uses.

The only other solution that has been found is to burn drip tape, which releases toxic fumes, contaminating the air and atmo-sphere.

The man behind the project is Vaughn Ermoyan, a retired marine living at La Ribera. His team consists entirely of senoras, and he has taught the ladies how to weld and use machinery they would have most likely only seen their husbands use, bringing home some good income. They have all learned together, as more projects pop into the creative mind of Uncle Von. That’s what the senoras call him. ,

Baled drip tape could go either way; landfills or recycle

months. Even when they’re on a leash there are problems.

Two more hotels in La Paz. One by the Forte Capital Group, (a NY Investment firm), and a Hilton Garden Inn.

If anyone cares. Cardi B, the famed rapper and her on-and-off beau named Offset, jetted into Cabo on Sunday. Offset? Isn’t that a name for a dog? CONTINUED ON PAGE 25


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Colorado State University In Todos SantosBrought to you on a wing and a prayer by the Tres Santos developers

BY MARLA KING

The numbers are impressive. In the past year, one Baja organization has:

Had 2500 attendees at workshops and events

Helped spay/neuter and vaccinate over 1600 animals

Formed partnerships with 10 Mexican and American universities and schools

Taught over 700 hours of English classes

Then why do so few people seem to know what happens at the Colo-rado State University (CSU) Todos Santos Center? Part of the confusion

probably stems with the sheer breadth of their numerous programs and part-nerships, and some can be attributed to the genesis of the Center.

“The concept for the Todos Santos Center started about six years ago, and the facility opened in April 2015,” says Dr. Aines Castro, the Center’s Director for the past four years. Located behind the Tres Santos Los Huertos complex, near Jazzmango, the Center acknowledges the land and facility were donated by the developers MIRA in Mexico City through the Black Creek group out of, surprise! Denver Colorado. Black

Creek is the money behind the Tres Santos real estate project that has been mired in controversy and has pretty much come to a halt. The Todos Santos Colorado University Center is brought here, opponents of the Tres Santos project say, as an ecological cover for their destructive plans.

Castro explains,” Colorado State University independently operates the Center, with full academic free-dom to develop programs, research, and partnerships. The CSU and MIRA Trust Agreement allows CSU to function in these ways and within the footprint of Tres Santos while acknowledging the donation that makes it possible.”

The Center itself is an impressive structure. Crafted in brick and stucco in a traditional Mexican style with beautiful landscaping, the complex includes dorm rooms for up to 50 students, faculty apartments, and indoor and outdoor classroom space.

When it was completed, the first priority for the Center’s leadership was to conduct a community needs assessment to learn the top priorities in the area.

“We visited schools, women’s

groups, local businesses, government authorities, environmental groups, and more,” said Castro. “We listened on how CSU can fill gaps in Todos Santos and El Pescadero.”

This study, which can be viewed on the Center’s website at todossan-tos.colostate.edu, confirmed there were misunderstandings about the Center’s mandate in the community, whether it was actually a university for local students, or if it was

commercially-driven by the develop-ers. Neither of these are completely accurate.

“Personally, I see the Center as a hub between cultural and knowledge exchange,” Castro asserts.

The assessment did find that edu-cation, including youth engagement and English classes, environment protection around water and waste

management, and sustainable de-


Monday to Saturday. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Ranch market in To-dos Santos. Featuring homemade products from rural areas. Ar-tisanal cheeses, organic chicken and eggs, liqueurs and virgin honey, as well as handicrafts such as furniture made with regional woods, leather goods and clay pottery all made by ranch hands. The Mercado (market). Todos Santos on Calle Morelos between Rangel and Cuauhtemoc inside the San Diego Feed Store.

Every Tuesday. 8:00 am. Rota-ry Club at the Sheraton Hacienda del Mar resort. In the Chapel. RSVP: 172-0009 or 172-0010

Every Tuesday and Saturday. 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. La Paz or-ganic market. Postal Park, Consti-tucion and Madero streets. Free.

Every Wednesday. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. At La Esquina in Todos Santos. Organic eggs, honey, lo-cally made jewelry and beauty products, traditional baskets and more! Info: [email protected], facebook.com/laes-quinats.

Every Wednesday. 5:00 to 10:00 pm. Art Day. Art, paintings, books, live music. At El Merkado, in the Koral Center in Cerro Colorado.

Every Wednesday. 5:00 to 6:00 pm. Art classes at the Palapa Society campus in Todos Santos. Every Wednesday. Classes are free to children ages 6 and up, class

size is limited to 16 students.Every Wednesday. 7:00 am to

12:30 pm. The Organic Market at Pedregal. Fresh, organic pro-duce, coffee, fish, seafood, eggs, whole lambs, (Little Bo Peep!) pigs, (Porky? Is that you?) & handicrafts.

Every Thursday. November 1st to June 30th. San Jose Art Walk.

First Thursday. 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. YoReciclo sets up tents to receive clear glass bottles, met-als, plastics (except Styrofoam), thick cardboard, computer equip-ment (except monitors), small home appliances (except TV's of all kinds), cellphones and ac-cessories, edible vegetable oil, ink cartridges and toners of HP, Samsung and Xerox only, please. In San Jose at Centenario corner with Ildefonso Green. In Cabo San Lucas at the parking lot of the baseball stadium. Email [email protected] for more information.

Every Thursday. 8:00 am. Ro-tary Club breakfast. At the Playa Grande Resort, above the Sports Bar, Cabo San Lucas.

Every Thursday. 12:00 to 8:00 pm. Artisans Market at Mako (Vegetarian restaurant). On the road to the Hacienda Beach Re-sort (behind the Puerto Paraiso mall), across from the Marina Fiesta hotel.

Every other Thursday. You guess which one. Los Cabos To-matoes, ladies’ social group. All women who aspire to be a tomato are welcome. Email [email protected] for more information.

Every other Thursday. (alter-nate to the Tomatoes meeting). You guess which one, From 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Marina Sol. Los Cabos Writers Group resumes. Marina Sol clubhouse. Cabo San Lucas. Writers, poets or dream-ers, all welcome. Call Adriana 624-108-2095

Every Friday. 6:00 pm. Trivia Night. Todos Santos Brewing. English and Spanish with short rounds and prizes available each round. Alvaro Obregón (between Militar & Rangel). Facebook @TodosSantosBrewing. Ph 612 1452023 or email [email protected]

Every Friday. 11:00 a.m. Al-Anon Family Group. Next to Cal-vary Chapel Corner of Degollado and Margarita Maza de Juarez in San Jose. Call 624-165-3333 for more information.

Every Saturday. 7:00 am to 12:30 pm. The Organic Market at Pedregal. Fresh, organic pro-duce, coffee, fish, seafood, eggs, whole lambs, (Little Bo Peep!) pigs, (Porky? Is that you?) & handicrafts.

Every Saturday and Tues-day 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. La Paz organic market. Postal Park, Constitucion and Madero streets. Free.

Every Saturday. All day. The granddaddy of all markets. In ad-dition to organic produce, there are handicrafts, books, critters to adopt, food to eat and who knows what. Behind the town of San Jose. Go to their website and study the map: www.sanjomo.com

Every Saturday. 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Children's library open. Story tellers at 10:30 and 12:30. Looking for gently used books. [email protected], Todos Santos. Spanish.

Every Sunday. 6:00 pm. Sun-day Sessions Live Music. Todos Santos Brewing. Enjoy the beauti-ful star filled Baja sky, live acous-tic music, fabulous handmade craft beers and delicious food. Álvaro Obregón street (between Militar & Rangel). Facebook @TodosSantosBrewing for more information, 612-145-2023 or email [email protected]

Every Sunday 12 to 4pm. 1 acre secured park like setting open to all dogs. Off leash, but be friendly please. Info/map at cabok9corral.com 624-136-2971

Every Sunday. 5:00 to 8:00 pm. “Live Jazz Sunsets”, featuring pianist Bill Levine. At El Mira-dor Restaurant in Todos Santos. Amazing mother of all palapas on the cliffs gives view to China.

Facebook @GuaycuraHo-tel E-mail reservation@

guaycura.com Ph +52 (612) 175 0800. Hard to find, but worth it.

Every Sunday. 7:00 to 11:00 am. Bicycle,

walk, skate or drag your pet around downtown

Cabo. The main drag in Cabo San Lucas closes to vehicle traffic. Great

opportunity to exercise and mingle with local families. Each week a different activity, like spinning, aerobics, zumba les-sons. Email [email protected] for information.

March 21, Thursday. Annual International Reading Week. At the small Cultural House, on 5 de Mayo street at the hill behind the now abandoned Aramburo supermarket, downtown Cabo. All-ages all-languages event to promote reading, starting at 7:00 pm. For one entire week

March 21.Thursday. From 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Live Music At La Esquina, Todos Santos. No cover. Reservations:[email protected].

March 23, Saturday. 5:00 pm. Tango night: dinner, dance show and short films. El Mirador Res-taurant near Todos Santos. Watch tango dance exhibition and stay

for short films from the Todos Santos Film Festival includes dinner and a drink. About $37. [email protected] (612) 175 0800.

March 23,Saturday. Special Saturday Live Latin music with Algarabía downtown, Todos San-tos. Cuban Musicians from La Paz playing Salsa, Bachata and Me-rengue. Tiny cover charge. Erik & Zara Castellanos [email protected], 612-1450789.

March 21-24, Thursday to Sunday. “Todos Santos Film Festival”. At the Central Plaza in Todos Santos. Town square at the Teatro-Cine Manuel Marquez de Leon. Facebook @festivalcineto-dossantos

Thursday, March 28, Live Music At La Esquina 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. at La Esquina, Todos Santos. Matt Heck & Chronic Band Reg-gae, no cover.: [email protected]

March 30, Saturday. Beer Fest. Todos Santos. Information: [email protected]

March 30 and 31. Tour de France 2019. Well, not really, but they do say they are in cahoots somehow with the Big One. Amateur bikers from all over the world will compete. It will be broadcast on TV so everyone look sharp!

April 7, Sunday. Sarahuaro Foundation’s 1st Annual 3k and 5k run. To “Raise Strong Chil-dren. One Mother at a Time.” Foundation helps low income family women learn new skills and become economically inde-pendent. For sponsorship and participation details, Pam at cell

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Calendar of Performing Artswork. Plaza el Pescador across from Cabo Azul resort in the hotel zone. San Jose.

Every Saturday. 6:00 .pm. Hermanita de Ysabela Reading lounge. At Cultural Pavilion’s Cinema lobby. Cabo San Lucas downtown next to the marina.

Every Sunday. Vagabond Movie Club presents a different artsy movie in the original lan-guages with Spanish subtitles. Free. More info: 624-156-8522. Casa Roots. Corner of Mayas and Cuitlahuac in the 4th of Marzo neighborhood, Cabo San Lucas. (Only for adventurous people.)

Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 8 p.m. On permanent display. Man, Nature and Culture. A permanent photography show of cultural identity of Baja California Sur. Video also. Text is in English and Spanish. Free. CÓDEX Península salon at The Centro Cultural La Paz. The old city hall on 16 de September at the corner of Belisa-rio Dominguez, across from the Sears store. Downtown La Paz.

Monday and Wednesday 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Short Film Script Work Shop. For 13 to 18 years old. Spanish. 300 pesos/

Every Tuesday from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Garden of the Arts. More than forty local artists show and sell their works, including paintings, sculptures, photog-raphy and engravings. Open area. Spanish with some English. Mijares Main Plaza in downtown San Jose. More info on Facebook: Jardin del Arte Los Cabos.

Every Tuesday. 8:00 p.m. Documentary Movie Club. A dif-ferent documentary every week. In the original language with Spanish subtitles. Free. Alfredo Green Cultural House Down-town San Jose.

Every Wednesday. 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Los Cabos Writers Group. Marina Sol club house. Cabo. Writers, poets, or dream-ers. Adriana 624 108 2095

Every Wednesday. 5:00 to 10:00 pm. Art Day. Art, paint-ings, books, live music. Spanish and English. El Merkado at Koral Center, next to the H+ Hospital. Kilometer 24.5 on the fourlane to San Jose.

Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Art Fair. Food sampling and wine tasting at the restaurants and shops in the mall. Live music and local artists showcasing their

Play by Voces Adolescentes pro-gram. Spanish. Free. Cerrito del Timbre Casa de Cultura.

March 24. Sunday. 11 am to 6:00 pm.th El Triunfo Artisan. Local arts and crafts, food and artistic activities, crafts contest, piano concert and more. Triunfo. 124 0100.

March 28. Thursday. 6:00 pm. Classic guitar recital. Sala de Conciertos, La Paz. Morelos, corner of Marcelo Rubio Sts. Free. 612122 22 86.

March 29. Friday. 5:00 pm. Son de Mariachi, Ritmo de Tan-go. Argentinian and Mexican folk dance with traditional gaucho and mariachi live music, passion and joy at the same time. More than 30 artists on stage. With Lledo, pianist. Teatro de la Ciu-dad, La Paz. Navarro St. between Altamirano and. Downtown La Paz. 612 122 5011.

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month. Hierro St. corner with Cobre St., El Dorado neighbor, La Paz. Tel: 612 128 1612.

Monday to Friday. Different hours. La Circo Arts Work-shop. Salsa dance: Mondays and Tuesdays. Bachata dance: Thursdays. Flexibility and hand standing: Tuesdays and Thurs-days. Rhythm Gymnastics: Fri-days. Spanish. 612 119 9503 / 624 182 1614. Ángela Ceseña St. El Rosarito, San José.

Every Thursday 5:00 pm. Art Walk, at the Art Galleries district in Downtown San Jose. Art, paintings, photography, sculpture, live music and more form national and internationally recognized artists. San Jose.

Monday to Saturday. Differ-ent hours. Arts, crafts, and other cultural workshops at San Jose’s Cultural House. Ballet, Poly-nesian dance, folk dance, sing-ing, painting, literature, theater, guitar, and more.facebook.com/casadecultura/call 624 146 9836 in office hours. Spanish. Alvaro Obregon St. Downtown San Jose.

Wednesday to Monday. From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ruta de Plata Museum at El Triunfo. Dis-cover the rich mining history and settlement of the Cape Region. Enjoy exciting, interactive ex-hibits. Explore the complex, the gift shop, places to wine and dine, and the historic village. Spanish and English. 100 pesos entrance fee. Info: museorutadeplata.com, Ayuntamiento St. (Progreso and Márquez de León St), El Triunfo. Closed on Tuesday.

Every Thursday. 8:00 p.m. Vagabond Movie Club. The origi-nal movie club is back at the Cul-tural Pavilion, the gray building at the marina. Downtown San Lucas.

Every other Friday. 8:30 p.m. Vagabond Movie Club. Various movies in their original languages with Spanish subtitles. Short films and art videos before the movie. Free. Playa Migriño St. up from Miguel A. Herrera

St. Turn right 2 blocks before the gas station (Pueblo Bo-nito Sunset area). San Lucas.

March 23. Saturday. 7:00 pm. Ofelia en el Desván. (Ofelia at The Attic). Play by Voces Adolescentes program. Spanish. Free. San Jose Casa de Cultura. Downtown San Jose. 612 129 4216.

March 27. Wednesday. 6:30 pm. Ofelia en el Des-

ván. (Ofelia at The Attic).

624 122 2460 or email: [email protected].

June 1 – 4. The Probemos Mexico (Let’s taste Mexico) na-tional congress of Gastronomy and culture. A food fest with recipes of the 32 states of Mexico,

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At AMELIA WILKES PLAZA Main plaza downtown CSL,Every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Herman Ita de Ysabela Reading club has a different book to read and comment. Saturdays starting April 9. Spanish mostly. Book donations are welcome. More info and special activities with Nixania email: [email protected] Free. At PLAZA COTA, From Monday to Friday. From 7:00 am to 9:00 pm. Reading club. Books available to all. Lazaro Cardenas one block before to the main park in Cabo San Lucas. Spanish and some in English. Free.At HOLLYDANCE CAFÉ. Leona Vicario St. And 12 de Octubre St, 2º Floor, downtown Cabo.Every Tuesday from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Trotamundos Reading Club. Spanish mostly. More info and special activities on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saladelecturatrotamundos/timeline At KINESIS GYM. El Chamizal barrio near the Convention Center. From Monday to Friday. 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. La Maroma Reading club. Books available. More info and special activities on Facebook: facebook.com/Sala-de-lectura-La-Mar%C3%B8ma-Kinesis-Fabuladanza-691039797630803/timeline. At LA CIRCO. Libroteka Reading Club. From Monday to Friday. From 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Books available and circus drama style reading on Thursdays at 7:00 pm. More info with Sara Flores on Facebok: https://www.facebook.com/LaCirco-577897035553733/timeline ,

CommunityReading Lounges

featuring 32 traditional female chefs who will prepare the most iconic meal of their state. The lady chefs will present more than 192 traditional dishes and bever-ages at the Delmar international school located here in El Tezal. Folk music and 200 exhibitors selling Mexican traditional prod-ucts, workshops, conferences and shows.

July 20, Saturday. 15th Annual East Cape Dorado Shoot Out. Van Wormer resorts in Los Barriles, East Cape. Over $200K in cash and prizes,. www.vanwormer-esorts.com

August 24, Saturday. An-nual Gold Cup Wahoo Jackpot. At Hotel Palmas de Cortez, Los Barriles, East Cape. The heaviest Wahoo (well, the angler) will win a SUV. Entry fee $500 per team. Registration at Baja Mark, Call 877-777-8862. www.vanwormer-resorts.com

October 26, Saturday. Tuna Shoot Out. At Hotel Palmas de Cortez, Los Barriles, East Cape. $21,000 purse based on 60 teams. $500 per team. Call 877-777-8862 or visit www.vanwormerresorts.com

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Don’t Eat Our Sport Fish!Marlin & dorado are species reserved exclusively for sport fishing & cannot be sold commercially.If you see them on a restaurant menu, please do not order them. It is against the law.We know they taste good but these sport fish are the foundation of our community; all business & families are linked directly or indirectly to sport fishing and without a healthy fishery we will not have a healthy economy or environment.However, if you catch a marlin or dorado & want to have it cooked for your own personal use at a local restaurant that’s fine, but it cannot be sold.


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Ask a MexicanThis week we asked:Do you think a university would do such a thing?

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Jonatan Ruiz, 21, student. Yucatan.

Of course, they would launder money. If institutions like food banks and hospitals do, what would stop a university to do so? I think its an idiotic state of mind to believe universities are perfect, because

they are in charge of education but they are some of the worst organi-zations out there. There’s a reason why so many student groups are against the administration.

Natalia Ruiz, 22, suden. Méxi-co City.

That is not the only univer-sity to launder money, not after Enrique Pena Nieto was presi-dent. My school has been accused since 2012 and nothing happens. We have gone on strike, we have walked out of classes and tried to get the university to answer some

questions but they never do. Us as students only fear violence from them, because of what happened to the 43 picketing students and the Tlatelolco killings. I know it’s not the same, but it is just what happened when the authorities were attacked.

Diana Juarez, 19, student. Pachuca.

I don’t think universities need to launder money, because they get government resources. And if they did, we would have better classrooms or libraries, which we don’t. I am not defending anyone, but who would be responsible? The deans or the state if it were a public school? We need to know how to take this information properly as sometimes the people just get angry and chaos starts to rise, and many times there’s noth-ing we as citizens can do, let alone

university students.

Horacio Valdés, 20, student. San Luis Potosi.

Of course, they do, but that is one of the smallest offenses they do, as universities. The worst thing is, they hire teach-ers because they are in stupid unions, who are rapists and the academies usually know about this but they won’t fire them. And the girls are victimized to the point where they’re too scared to come forward, so thy just stick it out until they graduate and forget the whole thing.

Jaime Garcia, 21, student.

The University of Hidalgo is accused of laundering $156 million through its bank accounts. They deny this.

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Mexico City.I don’t think universities are

the only institutions that launder money, and for that matter there’s far many more institutions that do worse. Of course, the will deny it, it’s not like someone is going to come out and say “yes, I launder money I’m sorry” what do people think? Why don’t people care about more important things, like how many universities are losing their statuses for lack of resources? Or how many of them are losing students because of vio-

lence? That is far more important.

Suseth Lisboa, 22, student. Guanajuato.

I can not say I’m surprised but I didn’t know either. I know universities do a lot of bad things, but we don’t punish them because we think they do a certain good in our society by educating people. I think it also depends if the school is public or private. ,

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Fish Killer Of The Week

Cabo San LucasThe striped marlin have con-

tinued to spread out along the Pacific side with good action concentrated from just a few miles off the Lighthouse out to the Golden Gate and San Jamie Bank. The seasonal migration has begun to turn the corner following schools of bait up into the Sea of Cortez. Stripers are now reported off Palmilla and Punta Gorda and as far east as

the Gordo Banks. The fleets are reporting solid counts averaging one to two fish per day, with a few still reporting multiple fish for their anglers. The dorado counts have been a bit spotty, but the wahoo counts have been up. Yellowfin tuna counts were also down a bit, perhaps because of fewer boats targeting the tuna as they were almost 30 to 35 miles out. The wahoo have been spot-ted from west of the Lighthouse

along to the east off Palmilla.Inshore fishing has improved

with nice catches of schools of skipjack, along with the sierra and jacks showing from Solmar to El Arco. Roosterfish have had a good showing in the surf from Solmar around the point to the Lighthouse and in the Palmilla area. Yellowtail are also showing up in the most recent counts.

Cabo Climate: Late February into early March has been a bit cooler than average with a mix of mostly sunny-to partly-cloudy skies. The outlook is for a pleas-ant March with average daytime temps in the mid- to upper-70s and evenings in the low- to mid-60s. The two-week forecast is for mostly sunny-to-partly cloudy skies with zero chance of rain through late March. Winds are expected to pick up a bit into the 9- to 15-mph range through late March, mostly out of the W and W/SW. Humidity is expected to run in the mid-60s.

Sea Conditions: Seas have been relatively calm in the morn-ings throughout the area with some swells and chop showing up in the afternoons as breezes

increase. The forecast is for more of the same with winds in the 9-to 15-mph range from the W and W/SW. Pacific side sea temps seem to have stabilized. Temps are running from 71 to 74 degrees on the Pacific side and in the 69- to 73-degree range on the inside around the corner to the Sea of Cortez as some cooler, greener water has pushed down.

Best Fishing Areas: The mar-lin hot spots have remained pri-marily to the west and north, but decent action was again reported on the inside this past week. The

Lighthouse area has been a major hot spot with most of the fish be-ing found from two to ten miles offshore toward the canyon. Good numbers of stripers are also showing in the Golden Gate and San Jamie areas. Soaking live bait off Palmilla, the 95 Spot, and the Gordo Bank was reported successful for the marlin.

The yellowfin, when found, are 25- to 30-miles out to the S and SW.The best catches of do-rado seem to have been on the inside off Palmilla and Punta

From Paso Robles, Joe Zermati hooked into this nice yellowtail while slow-trolling a sardina in shallow water as he was fishing the lee side of Cerralvo Island, uptight and close to shore to minimize the winds. Photo, Jonathan Roldan's Tailhunter International

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She can’t wait to please whom-ever she is with, (OK, so, whoever feeds her), laying down on her front paws gazing up at you for instructions.

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Los Cabos Humane SocietyEvery Monday and Wednesday the Los Cabos Humane Society performs free spay and neuters. Plus regular mobile clinics in the community which are also

free. But this does cost money. So if you believe in the concept of spay and neuter, you can help by giving a donation. Every little bit helps. LCHS is a pri-

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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 5:00 pm.

Wednesday and Saturday 11:00 amIn the building On Calle Melchor

Ocampo between Rangel and Cuauhtémoc. Across from SuperMercado Hermanos Martinez.

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Meetings

16th Todos Santos Film Festival. March 21 to 24All movies are in Spanish with English subtitles. Tickets: 50 pesos ($2.5 USD) general. Opening Night 100 pesos (around $5 USD). All movies VIP pass 400 pesos (20.50 USD). For sale at El Tecolote bookstore Todos Santos. Arts and craft, live music, food stands. All profits to benefit the Todos Santos Leonardo Perel Film School. More

info:Todossantoscinefest.comMarch 21. Thursday. 2:00 pm. Averno. (Hell) Film from Bolivia. Manuel Márquez de León Theater.

March 21. Thursday. 3:45 pm. Las Niñas Bien. (Wealthy). Premiere. Manuel Marques de Leon The-ater.

March 21. Thursday. 6:00 pm. El C o m - plot Mongol. (The Mongolian Plot).

Pre- miere. Meet the actors. Opening night of the Todos Santos Film Festival. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater. Todos Santos.March 21. Thursday. 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Arts and Crafts fair & expo. Local products and original art for sell. Main Plaza.March 21. Thusday. 7:30 pm. Maestros Milongueros. (Milonga Music Masters). Main Plaza. March 22. Friday. 3:00 pm. Erase Una Vez (Once Upon A Time). New Documentary Film. Meet the director. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater.March 22. Friday. 5:15 pm. Asfixia. (Suffocation).the talent. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater. Todos Santos.March 22. Friday. 7:30 pm. La Habitacion. (The Room). Film from Mexico. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater.March 23. Saturday. 11:00 am. Todos Santos y Su Gente. (Todos Santos and its People) Cineminuto workshop. By the Todos Santos Leonardo Perel Film School. Spanish with some help in English. Free.the Cultural Center.March 23. Saturday. 11:00 am. Animation workshop for kids. By Leonardo Perel Film School. Spanish and English. Free. Colorado University.March 23. Saturday. 3:00 pm. La Era de la Desconexion. (The Age of Being Out of Touch). Made in Baja. Mark Spark. Man-uel Marques de Leon Theater.March 23. Saturday. 5:15 pm. Yo soy Tita de Buenos Aires. (I am Tita from Buenos Aires). Film from Argen-tina. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater.March 23. Saturday. 7:30 pm. Los Adio- ses. (The Good byes). Spanish with English subtitles. Manuel Marques de Leon Theater. Todos Santos.March 23. Saturday. 7:00 pm. La Ahorcadita. (The little hanged girl). Film made in Todos Santos. Cemetery Night. At Panteon 19 (the graveyard). March 23. Saturday. 7:30 pm. Noche Tanguera (Tango Night). Tango short films. 750 pesos. Guaycura Mirador. March 24. Sunday. 1:00 pm. Jovenes en Video (YouthVideo). Short Films Marathon.Marques de Leon Theater. March 24. Sunday. 3:00 pm. Hasta Los Dientes. (Up to the Teeth).Marques de Leon Theater. March 24. Sunday. 5;00 pm. Y de Pronto El Amanecer. (And Suddenly).Marques de Leon Theater.March 24. Sunday. 7:30 pm. Agave: The Spirit of a Nation. Mezcal and Movies. Mezcal tasting and dinner at El Refugio Mezcaleria. Todos Santos.

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one-finger salute to the five-fin-ger wave.” That’s a minor miracle, as the contraption of more than a dozen people pedaling down the street is quite an obstruction.

The company has also con-tributed to local charities, in-cluding the Palapa Society, and hopes to eventually dedicate a portion of revenue to help wor-thy causes on a regular basis.

When I reflected on the day, I realized the bike is a great way to see Todos Santos. Sure, you could walk between all the locations, but first you’d have to know about them and you’d have

The husband and wife, who reunited last month after calling it quits late last year, turned up the romance at a fancy pants hotel in Cabo. The Bodak Yellow star showed off their digs on so-cial media, chronicling the fancy bathroom and bedroom. Offset led the way for her thanks to a

to dodge cars and passersby. You could do a vehicle excursion, but then you wouldn’t be in the open air and you’d be going too fast to appreciate all the fascinating details, nooks, and galleries.

It’s anybody’s guess when the permits will be in place for tours to begin in Cabo San Lucas - that’s still on the government’s desk. But the plan is to offer three types of tours there: a cultural tour similar to the Todos offer-ing, one focusing specifically on cooking Mexican food, and an evening party tour that will take riders between Cabo’s famous watering holes.

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path of rose petals leading to a heart on the bed.

This was all after Cardi just made a new single and music video with Bruno Mars and Offset. Now there’s a dog’s name for sure. We visualize a pit bull named Bruno.

26-year-old Chantel Jeffries, the popular DJ best known for getting it on with Justin Bieber, looked stunning in a neon green bikini at Omnia, where she put

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Love a MexicanAPACHEMale 4 years old mix chow-

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He looks old right now but af-ter one month in Baja SAFE care Apache will again look like the puppy he is. For now he is very gentle and still scared, but he will forget his ever being scared, we see it all the time. Apache will be ready to go in 4 weeks.

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and needs a lovely home. Sell, Sioux doesn’t know from lovely, she just wants some kibble and love. She is very skinny now and will be ready in about one month, at the same time her friend Apache will be good to go. They were found few days apart in the Barrio. Hey, here’s an idea! Why don’t you go for a twofer and take both?

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velopment were the biggest priorities. This then helped set the direction for future Center programming. As an international extension of CSU, stu-dents and faculty at the university in Fort Collins, Colorado can participate in Center activities ranging from one week to three-month semester credit programs.

For example, each winter the Center welcomes a class in the Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology program. They take part in class-room-based lectures on the marine and desert ecosystem around Todos Santos as well as doing hands-on

research out in the landscape. That sounds like way more fun than shov-eling snow in Colorado.

Fourth-year students in the Vet-erinary Medicine program come for a two-week program to provide surgical and medical support to local shelters, participate in spay/neuter campaigns, and work with local ranchers to study their herds.

Castro explains how the Center is open to all CSU faculty, even those who seemingly might not have a con-nection to Baja. “There was a profes-sor and students in interior design that wanted to visit the Center, but obviously that’s not necessarily a big priority here. However, waste man-agement is a priority so we were able to use their expertise in the creation

of a recycling center.” She also notes how life-changing

the experience can be for CSU stu-dents, many of whom have never been outside their hometown. “It’s very interesting for them to come to Mexico, and they see that it’s a differ-ent environment but we as humans all face similar challenges,” she says. Not entirely: People in Baja don’t face the challenge of shoveling snow. But pos-sibly everyone knew that before they signed up for a visit to Baja.

When it comes to programming for local residents, the Center has started teaching free English classes for adults and children at different levels, and hosting workshops on such topics as composting and global CONTINUED ON PAGE 27


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Gorda. No reports off the Finger Bank recently; however, private sports fishers traveling down are reporting good numbers of billfish there for those willing to make the 50-mile run. Wahoo were being reported from west of the Lighthouse around the inside off Palmilla.

Favorite Bait: Trolled black/green or green/silver mackerel-looking lures, along with live mackerel or live caballito have been the favorite for marlin. Trolled feathers and cedar plugs were the ticket for the yellowfin. Hoochies were by far the pre-ferred and most productive lures for the sierra. Poppers near the surf were the most successful bait for jack crevalle and roosterfish.

Bait Supply: Live bait is avail-able at $3.00 per bait upon exit from the harbor. Mackerel, when available, are popular with the captains.

Puerto Los CabosIn recent days there have

been sardina found schooling near the Marina jetty, and some nice sierra, jack crevalle, and even roosterfish have been found along the beach stretches. Other bait options were caballito, chi-huil, ballyhoo and slabs of squid.

Most local charters have been working the grounds from the Gordo Banks to the Iman Bank, with some scouting as far north as Vinorama. The most common species have been the Eastern Pacific bonito and red snapper (mostly smaller fish, but all good eating), striking on yo-yo jigs and various bait. Some red crabs were starting to be seen at times Occasional amberjack or leopard grouper were highlighting the bottom action with no yellowtail reported.

The yellowfin tuna have be-come very scarce recently. Those fish that were weighed in were in the 30- to 70-pound class range.

Dorado have also become very scattered after the inshore water changed to an off-col-ored green; There were a few 15-pound dorado.

The striped marlin have also been very scattered, though every day we have seen a few landed. Bait schools are more spread out, so the marlin seem not to be congregating on any hot spot.

East CapeCooler temperatures and

even rain have been the story at East Cape, and while the north winds persist, there are hints of an early spring. There have only been a few boats out fishing. There have been some schooling yellowtail spotted breezing, and the sierra and jack continue to make the beach scene interesting for small boaters.

FISH REPORT...


warming. There isn’t funding for such programs, but through grants Castro hopes to expand the Center’s com-munity outreach.

You can learn more about the CSU Todos Santos Center and its events on their website or Facebook page. You can also find the trailhead to the newly-completed recreational path behind the Center. From there you can walk, run or bike through the desert landscape for three miles to Punta Lobos on the Pacific. It’s all downhill, so make a plan for the uphill return. ,

La Paz It has been a "hit-or-miss"

kind of fishing. Even on the few fishable days, the anglers who did go out found it less than stellar, although they did catch some fish.

The yellowtail bite near Punta Perico and over at Cerralvo Island diminished significantly. Bait got a little harder to find, again! Overall fishing was just kind of ho-hum, even for this time of the year.

The coming month looks promising. Early, there were some strong winds, but since then they have been dropping back quite a bit. That will hope-

fully kick the fish up again.Cabo San Lucas Tracy Ehren-bergwww.piscessportfishing.com San Jose del Cabo Gordo Bank Pangas Eric Brict-son,www.gordobanks.com East CapeJen Wren Sportfishingwww.thejenwren.com East Cape Tackle Cindy Kirk-wood,www.eastcapetackle.comLa PazJonathan Roldan's Tailhunter International www.tailhunter-international.com ,


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