"We are pleased everything turned out just as we expected," said promoter Gary Foster of Bicycling West in San Diego in a statement released through PR Newswire. "Everyone felt safe, and we had a lot of fun." Rosarito Beach and other resort areas in Baja California have been hit hard by reaction to the travel alerts and media reports of crime in Mexico's border areas A report in the Associated Press earlier this year said: "Assaults on American tourists have brought hard times to hotels and restaurants that dot Mexican beaches just south of the border from San Diego. Full Article at The Orange County Register