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Take a tour of the California missions
Sunday April 28th, 2013 07:01:00 AM By SCOTT M. BROWN
Making a trip to a mission is a rite of passage for most California fourth-graders. It can also make for a fun tour of the California coast. Here's what you'll find.
Vegas, baby!
Wednesday April 10th, 2013 11:29:00 PM By LAYLAN CONNELLY
Usually around this time of year, I'd be packing my snowboard gear for Mammoth or scoping out some Central American exotic surf spot where the waters are warmer than the Orange County coast.
But this year, motherhood is on the horizon. I'm expecting...
Food runs can be tricky
Monday March 4th, 2013 11:23:00 PM By B.J. TERHUNE
Navigating where and when to eat at Mammoth on a holiday weekend can be as tough on the nerves as a black diamond run.On our drive to Mammoth, we were encouraged to make a pit stop along the way in Bishop at Erick Schat's Bakkery. It was obvious that...
Lobbing tips for navigating Indian Wells event
Friday March 1st, 2013 06:14:00 PM By LORI BASHEDA
If you play tennis or even just watch tennis and you live in Southern California, then you know that our annual pilgrimage to the desert is nigh.
The BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden begins Monday.
The question is: What wonders...
Day Trip: Palm Springs inside or out
Tuesday February 12th, 2013 05:02:00 AM
Palm Springs is where summer refuses to die – even in the heart of winter.
High temperatures in winter months average between 70 and 80 degrees, which is why it's high season. Come back in August, and it will be well over 100 degrees.
How to spend...
Sleepovers show nature in a new light
Friday January 11th, 2013 01:43:00 AM By KATE LUCAS
Kids and adults can fall asleep to the hypnotic view of fish gliding through the water, or gaze up at the stars in a tent camp at one of these overnight experiences for all ages.
ESCONDIDO
Roar and Snore sleepovers take place in a campground...
San Francisco bike tour: Scents, sounds and sights
Tuesday December 4th, 2012 07:09:00 AM By PAULA FROKE
Reveling in the lush green canopy above and savoring the fragrance of eucalyptus trees as we pedaled through the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, we paused for a few moments to take in the scene: San Franciscans young and old wandering by on foot, on...
Carpinteria keeps breezing along
Monday November 12th, 2012 05:03:00 PM By DANIELLE PERGAMENT
You know what doesn't change in 20 years? The smell of eucalyptus. To some people, that soft, sweet green scent is the smell of massages and yoga classes. To me, it's teenage angst. To me, the smell of high school, the smell of nervousness,...
Park Semper Fi salutes Marines
Saturday November 10th, 2012 01:09:00 AM By GARY A. WARNER
Semper Fi is short for "Semper Fidelis," Latin for "Always Faithful." It's the Marine Corps motto and even though the Marines shut down the El Toro and Tustin air bases and left Orange County over a decade ago, the legions of veterans, reservists,...
Give kids brain candy for Halloween
Monday October 8th, 2012 07:01:00 PM By KATE LUCAS
Pumpkin patches are springing up, evoking Halloween excitement for kids of all ages. Leave the haunted houses for the teenagers. Here's a list of fun, educational family activities to get your little witches and ghouls ready for the 31st.
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