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Cruise lines have rerouted their May cruises, substituting stops at Catalina Island, Santa Barbara and San Francisco, or days at sea, for the usual ports in Mexico. If California is not your idea of an exotic cruise destination, Carnival will waive its cancellation policy and allow customers to reschedule for a later cruise. Princess is offering to credit you back 50% of the fare you paid for a Mexico cruise, which you may use toward any other cruise through April 2011. If you want to cancel altogether, the standard policies apply - unless you bought the Princess Vacation Protection insurance, which...
...from the government may well put public pressure on Calderón to let businesses like restaurants open sooner than the end of the long Cinco de Mayo weekend on Tuesday. With few people on the streets on what is usually a bustling Mexico holiday, businessmen like taxi driver Francisco Diaz are chafing. "I've been driving all day and all I've got to show for it is 60 pesos [$4.60]," says Diaz. "It's like we've protected ourselves healthwise but now we won't survive economically...
...Kansas, Texas, California and New York. And Massachusetts is on high alert while two children in Lowell, Mass., await test results for the illness after returning from a trip to Mexico. The virus may not have infected Boston yet, but Harvard students are already feeling its effects. For Francisco J. Marmolejo ’12, a sustained outbreak could mean not returning to his hometown of San Luis Potosí in Mexico for the summer. “There is a sort of fear [in San Luis]. People are afraid to go out. Everyone wears face masks...
...sixth annual Auction to Benefit the Summer Urban Program (SUP). The event featured a silent auction as well as a live auction conducted by guest auctioneer and musician Livingston Taylor—the brother of singer-songwriter James Taylor. With big ticket items including trips to San Francisco and tickets to games at Fenway garnering high bids, PBHA received considerable funding for its community service programs. The night’s curator, PBHA Events and Fundraising Officer Sophia C. Sakellariadis ’11, described the annual auction as “the biggest fundraising event supporting SUP, and important...
Lawrence H. Diller is on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of Running on Ritalin and The Last Normal Child...