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Creation date 2009-7-1, Created by kdeweese
Creation date 2009-7-1, Created by kdeweese
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The Winners!
RED WINES
Cabernet Sauvignon
Ancient Peaks, $15+, Paso Robles, 2009, 90 pts.
Beringer Founders’ Estate, Under $15, California, 2008, 92 pts.
Blackstone, Under $30, Reserve, Sonoma County, 2007, 93 pts.
BR Cohn Winery, Under $30,...Tags: Lake County (Oregon), Rialto, Lake County (Michigan), Napa (Napa, California), French Literature
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Calaveras County: Still hopping to it
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles and this tiny Gold Rush town share the same "City of Angels" nickname, and the similarities don't end there. Just as Hollywood honors its celebrities with a star on the Walk of Fame, Angels Camp gives the same treatment to its best frog...Tags: Services and Shopping, Los Angeles Times, Rhode Island, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Fredric March
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Controller reveals thousands of California salaries
Money & CompanyFollowing up on the hullaballoo in the city of Bell, where a Los Angeles Times investigation found council members and administrators receiving six-figure salaries for part-time work, State Controller John Chiang has scurried to unveil salaries of state... -
Thousands of Residents in the Sierra, Foothills Without Power
FOX40 NewsAt least 22,000 customers are without power in the Sierra Foothills due to a winter storm that slammed Northern California this weekend. PG&E is reporting that there are 290 outages in the Sierra Foothills Region and that it is the hardest hit region for...Tags: Tuolumne County (California), West Point, Weather, Nevada, PG&E Corporation
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George Smithey: A Victim's Mother's Perspective
FOX40 NewsIt's the first time the State of California has given a convict an intelligence test, and found him not smart enough to be put to death. Meanwhile, the story of George Hatton Smithey had been lingering in the hills of Calaveras County like an echo from a...Tags: Prisons, California, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Punishment
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Mark Twain celebrations around the country
Because Mark Twain traveled widely and lived in several places, the centennial of his death has prompted special events at Twain-related sites across the U.S. Among them:
In Florida, Mo., about 40 miles west of Hannibal, Missouri's parks department...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Florida, Benito Mussolini, Connecticut, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Murphys rings in St. Patrick's Day with green wine
Forget green beer this year. In this grape-rich Calaveras County hamlet, they'll be celebrating with green wine. Not surprisingly, a town with a name like Murphys takes St. Patrick's celebrations pretty seriously. Tucked away in the rolling Sierra Nevada...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Symbols and Symbolism, St. Patrick's Day, Hotels and Accommodations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Exploring Moaning Caverns, a Calaveras County adventure
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVallecito, Calif. Deep under the wooded hills of Calaveras County -- in the belly of one of the state's largest caves -- I worm my way through a rocky slot that our cavern tour guide calls the "pancake." It's a rectangular gap, 3 feet wide by about 18...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Landforms, Caves and Caverns, Climbing, Statue of Liberty
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Riding the zip line at Moaning Cavern in California
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterVallecito, Calif. As I step off a 25-foot-tall wooden platform, a shrill scream nearly drowns out the high-pitched zipping sound of a metal trolley spinning along a half-inch metal cable just above me. Legs flailing, hair blowing in the wind, a white-...Tags: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Landforms, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Idaho
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