![]() If the men feel excluded they can wander next door to J&J Habanos, the area’s finest purveyor of Cuban cigars, or across the street to Minerva's Baja Tackle, the top stop for big-game fishing gear like rods, reels and lures. Magic of the Moon is probably the best known, with original fashions for women from owner and designer Pepita Nelson displayed in downtown Cabo San Lucas. Those seeking to adopt the local style will find regionally appropriate resort clothing available at several excellent boutiques. In July, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that allows prosecutors to charge those who work with others to steal merchandise.Although first-time visitors to Los Cabos can’t help but notice the area’s rich abundance of jewelry stores–Taxco silver and Mexican fire opals are among the most frequently featured commodities–cape cities Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo do indeed offer a wide variety of shopping options, ranging from upscale clothing boutiques and arts and crafts galleries to shopping centers and souvenir markets. Stores in Union Square, a posh shopping district popular with tourists, have been targeted for years by well-organized thieves who at times have rammed vehicles into storefronts to break glass doors and windows and enter the buildings during non-business hours. San Francisco Police Officer Robert Rueca said in a statement posted on social media that officers responded to reports of possible looting and vandalism at Union Square stores Friday night and arrested several people. Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Yves Saint Laurent, Burberry, and Dolce & Gabbana were all targeted Friday night, Fox 2 News reported. The incident came a day after several high-end stores in San Francisco’s Union Square were broken into by a large group of people who smashed windows, stole merchandise, and then ran to waiting cars, police said. “Walnut Creek Police investigators are in the process of reviewing surveillance footage to attempt to identify other suspects responsible for this brazen act,” the department said in Sunday's statement. Nordstrom employees began calling 911 around 9 pm as thieves entered the store and began stealing merchandise, police said. The Walnut Creek Police Department said a firearm was recovered from one of the three arrested suspects. “We probably saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks, crowbars, a bunch of weapons," Barrette told ABC 7 News. “About 25 cars just blocked the street and rushed into the Walnut Creek Nordstrom making off with goods before getting in cars and speeding away,” Hernandez said on Twitter.Ĭellphone video from the scene showed masked people streaming out of the store, carrying bags and boxes, jumping into the cars and fleeing the scene.īrett Barrette, the manager of a nearby PF Chang's restaurant, began locking doors at his establishment while watching the chaos unfold. NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez tweeted that she saw the thieves rush into the store in the downtown shopping district in the city some 20 miles (32 kilometres) northeast of San Francisco. Two employees were assaulted and one was hit with pepper spray during what police called "clearly a planned event.” Three people were arrested while the majority got away after the large-scale theft Saturday night shocked shoppers at the Nordstrom at the Broadway Plaza outdoor mall in Walnut Creek, police said in a statement Sunday. About 80 people, some wearing ski masks and wielding crowbars, ransacked a high-end department store in the San Francisco Bay Area, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise before fleeing in cars waiting outside, police and witnesses said. ![]()
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