Tropical Storm Hilary creates mess for summer travelers in California
Happy Monday, Daily Money readers! If you don’t buy that Monday is all that happy, keep this in mind: It’s still summer! Anyway, it’s Paul Davidson bringing you the latest headlines.
If you’re from California and this is your big summer vacation week, you may have to do some improvising. After slamming into Los Angeles, Tropical Storm Hilary is churning its way north through California and threatening Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties with threats of flash floods.
Southwest Airlines canceled more than 700 flights Sunday and about 200 Monday. Burbank, Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Las Vegas, are among the cities affected. Customers can rebook or fly standby within 14 days of their original travel date at no extra charge.
American, Delta and JetBlue are among the airlines with fewer cancellations but they’re also offering travel waivers.
No pets allowed
Next time you go grocery shopping at Publix, bring a healthy appetite but leave Fido at home.
The Southeastern supermarket chain is cracking down on shoppers with pets or emotional support animals in tow, recently posting prominent signs stating that only service animals are allowed in the store.
Although the policy has existed for years, the signs are new and come after the pandemic triggered an explosion in dog ownership. They remind shoppers that misrepresenting pets as service animals is a second-degree misdemeanor under Florida law.
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Recall alert
Last week was a busy one for vehicle recalls, most prominently one for more than 230,000 Nissan Sentra sedans for a problem that could cause drivers to lose steering control, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Chrysler also recalled more than 181,000 Jeep Compass SUVs to fix a software glitch that may prevent motorists from adjusting the instrument panel brightness.
All told, automakers issued recalls of nearly 660,000 vehicles, with Ford, Mercedes-Benz and General Motors models also affected.
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